A bit about me

As a Genetic Counsellor with over eight years of experience, I hold a Master of Genetic Counselling from the University of Sydney (2015) and a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University (2012). From July 2021 to June 2022, I contributed to Mackenzie’s Mission—a national reproductive carrier screening research project—through my role at Genetic Health Queensland. Prior to this, I held clinical genetic counselling positions at Genes Australia, the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Liverpool Hospital, and the Brain and Mind Institute. I also work as a Research Genetic Counsellor at the Children’s Hospital Queensland.

Current Projects

• Paediatric Inborn Errors of Immunity (BRIDGE Study)

• Pathway for laboratory accreditation of PRS  

• The South Asian Genes and Health in Australia (SAGHA) study

Selected Publications

For full list of publications, see https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6122-3062

1. Evaluating an approach for communicating integrated risk scores for melanoma

   Wallingford, Courtney K., Mothershaw, Adam, Primiero, Clare, Clinch, Tenielle, Dawson, Tamara, Ingold, Nathan, Soyer, H. Peter, Law, Matthew H., McInerney-Leo, Aideen, and Yanes, Tatiane (2025). Evaluating an approach for communicating integrated risk scores for melanoma. European Journal of Human Genetics 33 (4) 523-530. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-024-01750-4

2. Nationwide, Couple-Based Genetic Carrier Screening

   Kirk, Edwin P., Delatycki, Martin B., Archibald, Alison D., Tutty, Erin, Caruana, Jade, Halliday, Jane L., Lewis, Sharon, McClaren, Belinda J., Newson, Ainsley J., Dive, Lisa, Best, Stephanie, Long, Janet C., Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Downes, Martin J., Scuffham, Paul A., Massie, John, Barlow-Stewart, Kristine, Kulkarni, Abhi, Ruscigno, Amy, Kanga-Parabia, Anaita, Rodrigues, Bianca, Bennetts, Bruce H., Ebzery, Camron, Hunt, Clare, Cliffe, Corrina C., Lee, Crystle, Azmanov, Dimitar, King, Emily A., Madelli, Evanthia O., ... for the Mackenzie’s Mission Investigators (2024). Nationwide, Couple-Based Genetic Carrier Screening. New England Journal of Medicine 391 (20) 1877-1889. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2314768