Leading rare disease researcher appointed to inaugural Patricia Kailis Chair at UWA

Families and children affected by rare diseases including Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy stand to benefit from continued research and potential new treatment discoveries.

In the long and often solitary struggle of families living with rare genetic diseases, institutions sometimes find ways to formalize their commitment to the search for answers. The University of Western Australia has done so by appointing Professor Gina Ravenscroft as the inaugural Dr Patricia Kailis Chair in Rare Diseases — a position that honors a geneticist who mapped the inherited architecture of conditions like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and now charges her successor with carrying that work forward. Funded through a partnership of research, philanthropic, and academic institutions, the

Leading rare disease researcher appointed to inaugural Patricia Kailis Chair at UWA

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