Joanne Wendy DIXON ONZM

BSc (Otago) 1974, MB ChB (Otago) 1979, MMedSci (Auck) 1988, FCCMG 1991 HGSA (CG) 1991, FRACP 2002

Born Invercargill 12 Feb 1954

Educated at James Hargest High School, Invercargill

HP / HS Hastings Hospital 1980

GP locum, Taupo 1981

SHO, Middlesex Hospital, London 1981

SHO, Kew Hospital, Southland 1982

Medical Registrar, Dunedin Hospital 1983 - 1984

MRC Training Fellow, Medical Genetics, Auckland School of Medicine 1985 - 1987

Health Workforce Development Fund Fellow in Clinical Genetics, Auckland School of Medicine 1988

Clinical Fellow, Clinical Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 1989 - 1991

Clinical Lecturer, Pathology, Wellington School of Medicine 1991 - 2004

Senior Clinical Lecturer, Pathology, Wellington School of Medicine 2004 - 2010

Medical Geneticist, Central Regional Genetics Service, Wellington Hospital 1991 - 2011

Clinical Leader, Genetics, Wellington Hospital 2000 - 2011

Clinical Geneticist, South Island Hub, Genetic Health Service, NZ 2012 -

Chair, NZ Public Health Commission Advisory Committee on Genetic Services and Newborn Screening 1992 - 1996

Chair, NZ Newborn Metabolic Screening Program Advisory Group 2005 - current

Chair, HGSA Genetics Services Committee 2010 - current

Vice-President, HGSA 2011 - 2013

Interim National Clinical Director, Genetic Health Service, NZ 2012

Last updated 2 November 2016.