Susan Wyber Serjeantson (born 1946) is an Australian geneticist and professor of genetics at the

John Curtin School of Medical Research The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) is an Australian multidisciplinary translational medical research institute and postgraduate education centre that forms part of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. The school ...

at the

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Academic career

Born Susan Wyber in 1946 in Riverstone, New South Wales, Serjeantson was educated at

Caringbah High School Caringbah High School is a government-funded co-educational academically selective secondary day school, located in Caringbah, in the Sutherland Shire of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school was opened in 1960 as a co-educational h ...

. She was dux and school captain in 1963. Serjeantson completed a BSc at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

in 1967. In 1970, she graduated from the

University of Hawaiʻi The University of Hawaiʻi System is a public college and university system in Hawaii. The system confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three universities, seven community colleges, an employment training center, ...

with a PhD. She joined the

(ANU) in 1976 as a research fellow in the John Curtin School of Medical Research. She was appointed full professor in 1988 and in 1993 became Deputy Vice-Chancellor of ANU and Director of its Institute of Advanced Studies. She resigned in 1997 and took up a visiting fellowship there. She was executive secretary of the

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from 2001. In 1994, she was interviewed by

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and included as one of three women in ''Portraits In Science.''

Honours and recognition

Serjeantson was awarded the Clunies Ross Award for Science and Technology in 1992. In that year she gave Ruth Sanger oration and was made a life member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion. In the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours, Serjeantson was made an

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"service to science, particularly through research in the field of human genetics, and to academic administration as an advocate of scientific research in higher education". Serjeantson was awarded the 2008 Academy Medal by the

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Academic career

Honours and recognition

Selected works

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