Professor Edwin Philip Enfield Kirk

My Expertise

Genetics

Fields of Research (FoR)

Paediatrics, Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases), Genomics, Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

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Biography

Professor Edwin Kirk is a clinical geneticist at Sydney Children's Hospital and a genetic pathologist at NSW Health Pathology's Randwick Genomics Laboratory. He is co-lead of the Mackenzie's Mission carrier screening project, and reproductive genetic carrier screening is a major research focus. Other research interests include congenital heart disease and the causes of intellectual disability. Kirk ifs the author of the popular science...view more

Broad Research Areas

Reproductive Genetic Carrier Screening

Cardiology and Vascular Disease
Psychological Impact of Genetic Disease
Genetics - Genome Analysis
Paediatrics / Child Health

Specific Research Keywords
Clinical Genetics
Chromosomal disorders
Intellectual Disability

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Society Memberships & Professional Activities
Member of HGSA, ASIEM, AACG, ASDG.
Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

My Grants

Funding Sources
Major source at present is MRFF

My Qualifications

MB BS PhD FRACP FRCPA FFSc(RCPA)

My Research Activities

Reproductive genetic carrier screening has been Kirk's main focus in recent years, but he remains active in research into other areas of genetics including congenital heart disease, causes of intellectual disability and genetic syndromes and the psychosocial aspects of genetic conditions.