The Centre has several major areas of research interest:

• enabling the internationally unique population-based epidemiological resources in Western Australia for genetic research
• methodological research in statistical genetics and bioinformatics;
• applied research in the genetic epidemiology of specific clinical diseases such as asthma, age-related macular degeneration, melanoma, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, schizophrenia and sleep disorders
• the social, ethical and legal context for genetic research and genomic medicine

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