Speaker Details
Tae Sok Kun
Malaysia
Dr Tae Sok-Kun is a clinical geneticist, consultant pediatrician, and senior lecturer at Genetic and metabolism unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya and currently heading the unit. She studied medicine at University of Malaya and obtained her postgraduate qualification from Royal College of Paedaitric and Child Health (RCPCH), United Kingdom. She received genetic training and completed her fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service (VCGS) in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Tae is involved in diagnosing and managing patients with rare diseases which include gene therapy and genetic counselling for patients. She is currently embarking on several research projects as principal/co-investigator for a few research grants. She took part in a few clinical trials for genetic diseases. She has published a few peer-reviewed papers on rare genetic conditions and co-authored a book chapter. She presented several posters and oral presentations at national and international scientific meetings. She is involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate training in the field of medicine, paediatric and genetic counselling.
Her major area of interests includes preventive and curative strategies for genetic disorders, genetic counselling, health economy in genomic medicine, medical education and access to genetics and genomics services in developing countries.
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