John CHRISTODOULOU

John is a medical graduate of the University of Sydney and obtained his PhD from the University of Melbourne. He has formal qualifications in paediatrics, medical genetics and genetic pathology, with his main focus of clinical practice having been in the diagnosis and management of children with inborn errors of metabolism for over three decades. He has been based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) in Melbourne in a full-time research position since 2016. He is currently the Director of the Genomic Medicine Theme of the MCRI and co-leads the Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group at the MCRI. He holds the Chair of Genomic Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne.
He has an active laboratory-based research program, with a particular focus on mitochondrial disorders, and application of “multi-omic” technologies for rare disease gene discovery.
He has published over 420 peer reviewed papers and is regularly called upon for lectures on a range of genetics and genomics subjects.
John is a former Past President of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (2005 – 2007). In 2010 he became a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) and in 2017 became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences.