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DR MARY AITKEN



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Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Communicating genetic information in families: practical, legal, social and ethical issues Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • 'It is not in my world': an exploration of attitudes and influences associated with cystic fibrosis carrier screening
    Year: 2008
    Journal: European Journal of Human Genetics
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 435-444
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  • Health first, genetics second: exploring families' experiences of communicating genetic information
    Year: 2008
    Journal: European Journal of Human Genetics
    Volume: 2008
    Page numbers: 1 - 7
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  • The importance of program evaluation: how can it be applied to diverse genetics education settings?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Genetic Counseling
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 170-179
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Publications in 2007

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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Educational outcomes of a workplace screening program for a genetic susceptibility to hemochromatosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical Genetics
    Volume: 69
    Page numbers: 163-170
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  • It's 'back to school' for genetic screening
    Year: 2006
    Journal: European Journal of Human Genetics
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 384-389
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Educating general practitioners about prenatal testing: Approaches and challenges
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Prenatal Diagnosis
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 592-601
    Publisher: Wiley Europe
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  • Educating genetic counselors in Australia: developing an international perspective
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Genetic Counseling
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 283-294
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(New York)
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  • Genetic susceptibility screening in schools: attitudes of the school community towards hereditary haemochromatosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Clinical Genetics
    Volume: 67
    Page numbers: 166-174
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  • Harry Potter and the recessive allele
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Nature
    Volume: 436
    Issue: 7052
    Page numbers: 776
    Publisher: Macmillan Publishers(London)
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  • Tay Sachs disease carrier screening in schools: Educational alternatives and cheekbrush sampling
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Genetics in Medicine
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 626-632
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  • Use of community genetic screening to prevent HFE-associated hereditary haemochromatosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 366
    Issue: 314-316
    Page numbers: 9482
    Publisher: Lancet(London)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Genetics and public health - evolution, or revolution?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 894-899
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • Multimedia messages in genetics: design, development and evaluation of a computer based instructional resource for secondary students in a Tay Sachs disease carrier program
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Genetics in Medicine
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 226-231
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Evaluation of a Tay-Sachs Disease screening program.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Clinical Genetics
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 386-392
    Publisher: Munksgaard International Publishers(Copenhagen)
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  • Experiences at the time of diagnosis of parents who have a child with a bone dysplasia resulting in short stature
    Year: 2003
    Journal: American Journal of Medical Genetics
    Volume: 122A
    Page numbers: 100-107
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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