ProfessorMarina Kennerson

Professor Marina Kennerson is a neurogenetics/neuroscience researcher, an international scientific leader specialising in hereditary neuropathies and currently the Interim Director of the ANZAC Research Institute. She leads the Translational Gene Discovery and Functional Genomics Hereditary Neuropathy Program at the Northcott Neuroscience Laboratory, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney Local Health District and the University of Sydney. Professor Kennerson has over 25 years of experience leading translational studies into hereditary neuropathies with extensive experience in gene discovery, functional genomics and mentorship. Professor Kennerson is internationally recognised for integrating advanced genomics with functional validation to accelerate diagnosis and therapeutic discovery. She plays an active leadership role in the global neuropathy community, serving as a Board member of the Peripheral Nerve Society, Secretary of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth and Related Neuropathies Consortium (CMTR), Chair of the Asian-Oceanic Inherited Neuropathy Consortium (AOINC), and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the CMT Research Foundation.