Founder, Lyfe Languages, Program Director, Undiagnosed Diseases Program, Genetic Services of WA

Professor Gareth Baynam 

Professor Gareth Baynam is a practicing clinical geneticist, genomic policy advisor, clinician scientist and intrapreneur with expertise in rare disease, Indigenous health, precision phenotyping, digital health and health system implementation.

Professor Gareth Baynam 

Professor Gareth Baynam is the Medical Director of the Rare Care Centre at Perth Children’s Hospital, a founding board member of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network International, the Program Director and Founder of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program WA at GHWA, the Head of the WA Register of Developmental Anomalies, and the Chair of the Interdisciplinary Scientific Committee of the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium. He is also the founder of Project Y, Lyfe Languages (a universal Indigenous medical translator), and Cliniface (a 3D facial analysis tool for rare disease diagnosis). 

Additionally, he chairs or serves as an executive or advisory member for multiple international rare disease initiatives, as well as for several national health institutes across Europe, North America, and Asia. 

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