Cas previously led research teams at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (University of Queensland) and at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, with a focus on understanding the genetic underpinning of rare and undiagnosed genetic disorders, and also served as head of computational biology at the Queensland Facility for Applied Bioinformatics, leading a team of bioinformaticians and IT professionals to deliver contract research and analysis to a diverse life science clientele. Cas holds a PhD in Genomics and Computational Biology from the University of Queensland. As Lead of the CPG’s Rare Disease team, Cas’s current work is focussed on the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases and on developing improved computational approaches to identify the cause of rare genetic diseases.
The Centre for Population Genomics is a joint national initiative of Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. The Institutes are national leaders in genomic research, with complementary strengths spanning large-scale genomics, data science, population health, and clinical impact.
The Centre for Population Genomics values diversity in our team and our work. We believe that including all human diversity in genomic research will empower medical care that benefits everyone.
We pay our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to their Elders past and present. We gratefully accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart “to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future”.
