Dr. Edwin Kirk is both a clinical geneticist and a genetic pathologist, a rare combination. As a clinician, he sees patients at Sydney Children's Hospital, where he has worked for more than 20 years. He is also a researcher, working in the fields of cardiac genetics, metabolic diseases, and intellectual disability, studies reproductive carrier screening, and is a co-author of more than 100 publications in scientific journals.
"""This new book sets out to share the experiences and anecdotes of a career in genetic medicine more than two-decades long, while narrating segments of the history of genetic pathology and exploring the world of genes today and to come...Kirk makes effective use of footnotes to deflate the academic style and maintain a sense of personality and fun."" --David Ferrell, Canberra Times ""Both an account of the human stories at the heart of Kirk's practice and a beginner's guide to genetic medicine, The Genes That Make Us tells of the significant progress that has been made in genetics over the past two decades, while also signalling how far there is left to travel."" --Diane Stubbings, Australian Book Review"