Prof Stephen Robertson

Stephen Robertson has been the Curekids Professor of Paediatric Genetics at Otago University in Dunedin, New Zealand since 2002. He specialised in Paediatrics and then subspecialised in Clinical Genetics after training in Auckland and Melbourne. He held a Nuffield Medical Fellowship at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University, studying the genetic basis of a set genetic disorders characterized by severe, life-limiting malformations in children, before taking up his current position. His work in this area has led to the implication of several genes, in the generation of malformations in children, with a particular focus on conditions that affect the skeleton and brain. He has an active interest in promoting equitable access to and performance of clinical genomics across Aotearoa New Zealand.

He was awarded the Health Research Council’s Liley Medal for outstanding contributions to Medical Research in 2010, the Dunedin School of Medicine Dean's Medal for Distinction in Research in 2018 and was elected Fellow of the Te Aparangi Royal Society of New Zealand in 2018. Professor Robertson is an active clinical geneticist in addition to directing the Laboratory for Genomic Medicine within the Dunedin School of Medicine.