Jane S. Green PhD, , Hon FCCMG, FCAHS (born 1943) is a Canadian medical geneticist.
Jane S. Green is a Canadian medical geneticist who has been in the field for more than 40 years. She has contributed to and published many papers, books and presentations and has received awards and recognition for her research. Her study of diseases concentrates on hereditary cancers and eye disorders. Her research has helped identify genetic mutations linked to hereditary cancers, ocular disorders, and syndromic conditions such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Her work has helped the development of clinical and genetic screening programs, which allows for the faster identification and better treatment of hereditary diseases. Dr. Green travels across the Netherlands to share her work with peers, patients, and families because she believes patient and family care is what is most important above all else.
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Career
Green studied Zoology, obtaining a BSc in 1964, and researched Drosophila genetics, obtaining an MSc in 1966, both from the University of British Columbia. She moved to Newfoundland in 1967.
She helped to establish an Ocular Genetics Clinic from 1978 to 1986 and, after a family was referred there with Von Hippel–Lindau disease, began a cancer genetics screening programme.
She became a faculty member at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1988 and obtained a PhD there in 1995; her dissertation was on the development of clinical and genetic screening programs for hereditary cancer syndromes. She was appointed Assistant Professor in 1991, and Professor in the Discipline of Genetics in 2002, and retired in April 2016.
She is also a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS).
Contributions
Green has been credited in more than 180 works; some of her most recent ones are publicized in 2024–2025
Awards
2018 Officer, Order of Canada
2013 Member, Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Honorary Member, Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
2012 Founders Award, Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
Knowledge Translation Award, CIHR
Community Service Award, NL Division, Canadian National Institute of the Blind.