Selected achievements

Awards

2021 National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant

2020 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS)

2015 Ross Crozier Medal, Genetics Society of Australasia

2010 and 2016 National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship

2010 Australian Research Council Future Fellowship

2009 Moran Medal, Australian Academy of Science

Grants

2021-2025     NHMRC Investigator Grant APP1195236, Bahlo M. “Gene discovery and functional insights for neurological and retinal disorders“

2020-2024     NHMRC Synergy Grant APP1181010, Guymer R, Bahlo M, Fletcher E, Ansell B, Pebay A, Fletcher E, Wu Z, “A Pathway to translation: uncovering novel causes, genetic associations and potential intervention strategies for age related macular degeneration“

2019-2021     NHMRC Project Grant APP1160893 Bahlo M, Morgan A, Fisher S, Reilly S, Jackson V. “Finding the first genetic loci for stuttering”

2017-2021     NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Speech and Language Neurobiology  

Service to the community

2020-Present   American Epilepsy Society Basic Sciences Committee (Member)

2019-Present   Clinical Genomics Advisory Committee, Kinghorn Sequencing Center, Sydney (Chair)

2019-Present   Gen V Scientific Advisory Committee (formerly Strategy Committee), Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (Member)

2018-Present   Viertel Foundation Medical Advisory Board (Member)