Professor Jozef Gécz

Professor Jozef Gécz, PhD is a National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Principal Research Fellow and Channel 7 Inaugural Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability at the University of Adelaide and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide. Professor Gécz career spans 33 years of competitive research in genomics and molecular biology of childhood onset neurological disorders across Europe and Australia.

Professor Gécz discovered or contributed to the discovery of >200 disease genes. His pioneering research into the genetics of non-syndromic intellectual disabilities and X-chromosome linked forms in particular later expanded into childhood onset epilepsies, autisms and more recently cerebral palsies. His achievements have been recognised, among others, also by his election to the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Science of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.

Professor Gécz’ research is patient centric and focuses on the application of genomics for precision diagnosis of childhood onset neurodevelopment disabilities to empower early and personalised intervention, management and treatment.