ProfessorMarina Kennerson

Associations

Peripheral Nerve Society

American Society of Human Genetics

Australian Society of Medical Research

Asian Oceanic Inherited Neruopathy Consortium

Awards and Honours

Scientific Appointments

2025 - 2029 Peripheral Nerve Society, Member of Board of Directors (recently elected)

2017 - 2025 Peripheral Nerve Society, CMTR Board Member

2021 - present Institute of Precision Medicine & Bioinformatics SLHD, Deputy Director (Research)

2021 - present MND Research Australia - Research Committee Member

2001 - present ANZAC Research Institute - Research Advisory Committee

2020 - present CMT Research Foundation USA - Scientific Advisory Board

2016 - present Asian Oceanic International Neuropathy Consortium (AOINC), Chair

2015 - 2017 NSW Genomics Reference Group (Office of Health & Medical Research)

2006 - present Postgraduate Research Student Interview Committee

In the Media

• Hosting 4^th Asian Oceanic Inherited Neuropathy Consortium (AOINC) meeting in Sydney, Australia; CMT Australia Newsletter (Volume 93, Summer 2020).
• NHMRC Ideas Grant awarded to Northcott Neuroscience Laboratory; ANZAC Research Institute Discovery Newsletter (Issue 23 January 2020).
• NHMRC Success, Participation at the 9^th Annual CMT Aussie Kids and Hosting the second Celebrating Microscopes Together; CMT Australia Newsletter (Volume 94, Autumn 2020).
• Another step closer to understanding diseases of motor neruons; ANZAC Research Institute Discovery Newsletter (Issue 23 January 2020).
• Overcoming Motor Neuron Disease in Australia, SSEAC Stories by the Sydney Southest Asia Centre Podcast (July 15 2020).
• From Gene Discovery to Therapy for Patients, ANZAC Research Institute Discovery Newsletter (Issue 24 August 2020).
• Navigating neurogenomic "dark matter" at CRGH: the role of structural variation in motor neuron disorders, Institute of Precision Medicine and Bioinformatics E-Newsletter (28 October 2020).
• Boost for CMT Research with a $3 million MRFF Grant awarded for improving the diagnosis of rare neurogenetic diseases, CMT Australia Newsletter (Volume 98, Winter 2021).
• Australian researchers win grant to discover genetic mutations, Charcot-Marie-Tooth News (21 July 2021) Australian Researchers Win Grant for CMT to Discover Genetic Mutations (charcot-marie-toothnews.com).
• Introducing IPM&B Deputy Directors, Head of Research, Professor Marina Kennerson, Institute of Precision Medicine and Bioinformatics E-Newsletter (21 July 2021).
• Featured in blog for London Calling 2023 Nanopore Conference on Rare Disease Discovery https://nanoporetech.com/about-us/news/blog-pushing-boundaries-rare-disease-research-updates-london-calling-2023
• IPM&B 2024 ASM - Unlocking disease mechanisms through Multi Omics approaches. Professor Kennerson presentation on the 3D-genome. Institute of Precision Medicine and Bioinformatics E-Newsletter (25 November 2024).