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Clinical Professor Bruce Bennetts is affiliated with the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health, Department of Genetic Medicine, and works at the Children's Hospital, Westmead. His research focuses on medical genetics, pediatric genetics, and genetic disorders, with a clinical specialty in pediatrics. Key interests include molecular genetics, inborn errors of metabolism, and genetic diagnostics.
Research Interests:
- Genetic disorders and their molecular mechanisms
- Genomic applications in diagnosing retinal dystrophies and pediatric lung diseases
- Clinical implementation of genetic testing and precision medicine
- Policy and ethics in genetic screening programs
Recent publications highlight advancements in genetic diagnostics for conditions like GABRA1-related disorders, kidney genetics, and newborn genomic sequencing. His work emphasizes translating genomic findings into clinical practice and improving patient outcomes.
Grants:
- 2023: Resolving genetic variant uncertainty in syndromic and non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa
- 2022: RNA-4RD: A disease-agnostic, nationally-accessible pipeline of clinical RNA Diagnostics
- 2020: Innovation in Paediatric Precision Medicine Seed Funding
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Children's Hospital Westmead research teams and the KidGen consortium for kidney genetics research.