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Biographies<br />
Dr Hilary Burton, Director, PHG Foundation<br />
Hilary Burton was the PHG Foundation’s Programme Director before<br />
becoming its Director (CEO) in 2010. She is a highly experienced public health<br />
physician who believes passionately that genomic science can, and should be<br />
used by public health professionals alongside the social and environmental<br />
determinants of health to bring about improvements in population health. Her<br />
special interests include the integration of genomics within mainstream<br />
medicine, genetics education for health professionals, and genomics and the<br />
developing world. Hilary trained at St Hugh’s College and The Radcliffe<br />
Hospital, Oxford and became a consultant in public health medicine in 1993.<br />
She was a member of the Department of Health’s Human Genomics Strategy<br />
Group and currently serves on the Joint Committee of Medical Genetics of the<br />
Royal Colleges and the Council for the British Society of Human Genetics. She<br />
is a Fellow of Hughes Hall, Cambridge, and holds an Honorary Lectureship at<br />
the University of Cambridge.<br />
Professor Donald Chalmers, Distinguished Professor, University of<br />
Tasmania; Deputy-Director, Centre for Law and Genetics<br />
Donald Chalmers is Distinguished Professor at the University of Tasmania and<br />
in the Centre for Law and Genetics. He is a Foundation Fellow of the Australian<br />
Academy of Law and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical<br />
Sciences. In 2010, he received the NHMRC Ethics Award, the Distinguished<br />
Service Medal, University of Tasmania and the Australian Red Cross<br />
Distinguished Service Award. His major research interests focus on medical<br />
research ethics and the regulatory aspects of human genetics. He has been chief<br />
investigator on Australian Research Council discovery grants, with colleagues on<br />
the legal, ethical and governance implications of genetics, particularly<br />
commercialisation, biobanking and personalised medicine and on an NHMRC<br />
program grant on cancer genetics, He has published in health law and genetics,<br />
research ethics and law reform criminal law, legal studies trusts, authored a<br />
number of government and Law Reform Commissioner reports and made regular<br />
submissions to government enquiries. Throughout his career, he has been<br />
involved in teaching, administration and served on many State, national and<br />
international committees.<br />
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