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Amanda B Spurdle

Genetics and Computational Biology Division, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia

Biography

Professor Spurdle has been continuously involved in scientific research since 1987.  She was employed as a medical scientist at the South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa. Her roles included genetic analysis for the purpose of prenatal diagnosis, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and independent research. Her topics of research included XX true hermaphroditism and other sex anomalies, Oudtshoorn skin disease linkage analysis and Y chromosome population and evolutionary genetics. The latter was the focus of her PhD, conducted part-time in parallel to other responsibilities.

Publications

Referral of Patients with Suspected Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer or Lynch Syndrome for Genetic Services: A Systematic Review

Background: Referral of individuals with suspected hereditary breast-ovarian cancer or Lynch syndrome for genetic services is very important as it allows effective surveillance and prevention strategies for these individuals and their family members. However, evidence to date indicates poor recognition of both hereditary cancer syndromes, and inapp... Read More»

Yen Y Tan, Leonie L Noon, Julie M McGaughran, Amanda B Spurdle and Andreas Obermair

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 2013, 3:255

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