Head of Division
Professor Jenefer Blackwell BSc(Hons) PhD FMedSci

Professor, University of Western Australia. Professor Blackwell joined the Institute in 2007, after spending 17 years at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and 17 years at the University of Cambridge. She was the founding director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, and retains a position there as Honorary Senior Scientist and Affiliated Principal Investigator. Her primary goal at the Institute is to establish the use of genetics as a tool for epidemiological research.

Divisional Summary
The primary aim of the new Division of Genetics and Health at TICHR is to build capacity to enable genetics to be applied as a tool in epidemiological studies that underpin much of the research of the Institute.  Following the human genome project, measuring human genetic variation has emerged as a powerful tool in understanding both genetic and modifiable environmental risk factors for disease.  Specific projects in the Division build on the group’s previous interests in genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases through research undertaken at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), Cambridge, UK, as well as on new and collaborative projects being established for the first time at TICHR.  Jenefer Blackwell, Head of the Division, retains a position as Honorary Senior Scientist and Affiliated Principal Investigator at CIMR, allowing her to maintain a small laboratory in Cambridge to underpin continuing studies based in the UK and overseas.  The work described here covers interests across both laboratories.   

Core funding – The Stan Perron Charitable Foundation, The Western Australian Government, and The University of Western Australia

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Contact
Email - jblackwell@ichr.uwa.edu.au
Phone - +61 8 9489 7777
Fax - +61 8 9489 7700