GenoCare— with Dr Ali Archibald & friends
GenoCare is a podcast for clinicians, patients, and anyone navigating genetic and genomic care. Hosted by Dr Ali Archibald, the series explores how genomic testing is used in real clinical practice — and what happens beyond the test result.
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- Sep 7, 2026
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Episode 29: Sickle Cell Disease - Genetics, Screening, Treatment and Advocacy with Agnes Nsofwa (opens the original)
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In this episode, host A/Prof Ali Archibald is joined by Agnes Nsofwa, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Australian Sickle Cell Advocacy Association , to explore sickle cell disease, its genetics, diagnosis and treatment, and the importance of advocacy and support for people living with the condition. Drawing on her experience as both an advocate and a mother of a daughter with sickle cell disease, Agnes shares her family’s journey from diagnosis through to bone marrow transplantation, and
Episode 28: How does genetics influence mental illness? Psychiatric genetic counselling with Jo Isbister-Smith (opens the original)
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In this episode, host Ali speaks with Jo Isbister-Smith, clinical genetic counsellor at Australia’s first dedicated mental health genetics service, to explore the emerging field of psychiatric genetic counselling — why it’s needed, what it offers, and how genetics and environment interact in shaping mental health. This conversation offers clarity, reassurance and practical insight for individuals, families and clinicians navigating mental illness and family history. In this episode: What psychia
Episode 27: Choosing a Non-Invasive Prenatal Screen - Understanding the Options with Ali and Alice Poulton (opens the original)
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What type of NIPT do I choose? In this episode, host Ali is joined again by Alice Poulton, genetic counsellor and researcher, to unpack one of the most confusing aspects of prenatal screening: the fact that not all NIPTs are the same. Building on earlier episodes that covered how NIPT works and how labs process samples, this conversation dives into the variation between NIPT options, what is screened, and what patients and clinicians need to know before choosing a test. In this episode: The two
Episode 26: Implementing AI Scribe Technology in a Public Hospital: What Actually Changed? (opens the original)
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Letters at Queensland Children's Hospital took an average of eight days to finalise. After the AI scribe rollout, 14 minutes. That is the headline. Another interesting finding is that the expected business case — overtime savings — did not materialise, because clinicians were already doing the extra hours without claiming them. The burden was real. It had simply never appeared in a budget. In this week's episode, Ali is joined by Pauline McGrath, Principal Genetic Counsellor at Children's Health
Episode 25: Rethinking Donor Carrier Screening: with Ali and Katherine Rose (opens the original)
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Guest: Katherine Rose, Genetic Counselling Manager, Newlife IVF Host: A/Prof Alison Archibald Test enough genes and everyone is a carrier for something. In over 90% of reproductive couples screened for more than 1000 genes, at least one partner has a carrier result. That is manageable using a couple-based screening approach. In a donor program, where a genetic counsellor must match one donor's report against one recipient's report, often from different labs and different panels, it becomes a cli
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