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Dr Simon Sadedin

Dr Simon Sadedin

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Role Head of Clinical Bioinformatics
Research area Genomic Medicine
Simon has over 20 years of diverse software engineering experience spanning telecommunications, logistics and healthcare in both the USA and Australia.

In 2011 he joined the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) to develop the computational analysis pipelines necessary to translate clinical sequencing at the Institute to high throughput methods.

In 2016 Simon completed a PhD in Bioinformatics under the supervision of Dr Alicia Oshlack and is now the Head of Clinical Bioinformatics within VCGS and MCRI.
Simon has over 20 years of diverse software engineering experience spanning telecommunications, logistics and healthcare in both the USA and Australia.

In 2011 he joined the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and the Victorian Clinical...
Simon has over 20 years of diverse software engineering experience spanning telecommunications, logistics and healthcare in both the USA and Australia.

In 2011 he joined the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) to develop the computational analysis pipelines necessary to translate clinical sequencing at the Institute to high throughput methods.

In 2016 Simon completed a PhD in Bioinformatics under the supervision of Dr Alicia Oshlack and is now the Head of Clinical Bioinformatics within VCGS and MCRI.

Top Publications

  • Sadedin, SP, Oshlack, A. Bazam: A rapid method for read extraction and realignment of high throughput sequencing data. 433003 2026
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  • Dashnow, H, Lek, M, Phipson, B, Halman, A, Sadedin, S, Lonsdale, A, Davis, M, Lamont, P, Clayton, JS, Laing, NG, et al. STRetch: detecting and discovering pathogenic short tandem repeat expansions. 159228 2026
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  • Stark, Z, Lunke, S, Downie, L, Caruana, J, Kugenthiran, N, De Fazio, P, Hollizeck, S, Bouffler, S, Amor, D, Archibald, A, et al. Genomic newborn screening: feasibility, acceptability and clinical outcomes. 2026
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  • Lunke, S, Downie, L, Caruana, J, Kugenthiran, N, De Fazio, P, Hollizeck, S, Bouffler, SE, Amor, DJ, Archibald, AD, Bombard, Y, et al. Feasibility, acceptability and clinical outcomes of the BabyScreen+ genomic newborn screening study.. Nat Med 31(12) : 4236 -4245 2025
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  • Welland, MJ, Ahlquist, KD, De Fazio, P, Austin-Tse, C, Pais, L, Wedd, L, Bryen, S, Rius, R, Franklin, M, Morrison, C, et al. Scalable automated reanalysis of genomic data in research and clinical rare disease cohorts.. 2025
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