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Cancer Genetics Research Group - HistoryThe Cancer Genetics Research Group, established in 2001, has emerged out of a past history of more than 40 years of related research on the Christchurch Hospital/School of Medicine campus. The Cytogenetics Unit was founded in 1961 by clinical haematologist Dr Fred Gunz and scientist Dr Peter Fitzgerald with the aim to investigate chromosome alterations in human leukaemia. Dr Peter Crossen joined the team soon afterwards in 1963. As the Unit expanded through the 1970's, part of the research expertise was gradually translated into a diagnostic cytogenetic service laboratory supported by Christchurch Hospital. Cytogenetics Unit as it was in 1963Click on picture for full size The Unit's grant-funded cancer research interests continued to diversify through the 1980's and early 1990's with the introduction of new molecular genetic and cytogenetic procedures, and through the years since establishment has contributed more than 270 papers to an expanding international knowledge and understanding of the human genome. There remains a high level of interaction between the Cancer Genetics Research Group presently based within the Christchurch School of Medicine, and the Haematology and Oncology Service Departments of the Canterbury District Health Board. This close clinical-research interaction has been key to the establishment of a nationally progressive diagnostic service and to ongoing internationally competitive cancer research programmes.
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