Professor Bryone Kuss

Professor

College of Medicine and Public Health

place Flinders Medical Centre Building (6D:201.2)
GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Associate Professor Bryone Kuss is the academic head of Molecular Medicine (Haematology and Molecular Genetics) for Flinders University and the clinical head of Molecular Genetics at SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre. She is a senior consultant haematologist qualifying in 1993. She obtained a PhD in molecular genetics from Adelaide University in 1997 and has been a recipient of Fellowships from the NHMRC, Royal Society of London and RACP for the study of molecular mechanisms in leukaemia.

Bryone is co-coordinator of Knowledge of Health and Illness for the year 1 Graduate Entry Medical Programme and tutors in haematology and molecular genetics courses for Flinders University.

Qualifications

MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, Fsc

Adelaide University                             MB BS         1985    Medicine and surgery

Royal Australasian College of Physicians &

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia          Dual Fellow     1992    Haematology

Adelaide University                             PhD           1997    Molecular Haematology

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia          FFSc           2012    Founding Fellow, Faculty of Sc.

Honours, awards and grants

1994 -1996     NH&MRC Postgraduate Medical Research Scholarship

1994            Albert Baikie Memorial Award: Best young investigator, HSANZ

1997 -1998     C R Blackburn Research Fellowship

1998 - 2000     Howard Florey Post-doctoral Research Fellowship: Royal Society of London

2000 - 2001     NHMRC Howard Florey/ CJ Martin Fellowship (dual awarded with Royal Society)

2001 - 2003     Rotary-Peter Nelson Leukaemia Research Fellowship

Key responsibilities

Head of Unit - Department of Clinical and Laboratory Haematology, Flinders Medical Centre

Clinical lead - Haematology and Genetic Pathology, Flinders Medical Centre and SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre

Professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Teaching interests

Haematology and foundation pathology for the MD, Flinders University

Advanced trainees and basic physician trainees, Flinders Medical Centre and SA Pathology

Topic coordinator
MMED8120A Knowledge of Health and Illness
Topic lecturer
MMED3935 Human Molecular Genetics
MMED9350 Clinical Performance LAPS
Supervisory interests
Cancer genetics
Haematology
Molecular genetics
Higher degree by research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor: Genetics of Disease (2), CLL (2)
Associate supervisor: Genetics of Disease (1)
Completion
Principal supervisor: Genetics of Disease (1), CLL (1)