Janine Grant (Roberts), BSc MAACB

Medical Scientist
Biochemistry Department
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Professional Qualifications 

Bachelor of Science (Major Biology), Deakin University, 1987
Membership of the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (MAACB), 1990  

Employment history 

Medical Laboratory Scientist        February 1988 – present
Biochemistry Department
Royal Melbourne Hospital
           Grade I   Feb 1988 – May 1991
           Grade II (on merit)   May 1991 – present 
           Acting Grade III (Total 3.5 years)
                Automated and Stat Lab    Feb 1992 - Nov 1992 
                Special Chemistries lab     Dec 1990 – Feb 1992 
                                       “                  Nov 1992 – June 1993 
                                       “                  Dec 1993 – Feb 1994 
                                       “                  July 1998 – Jan 1999 
             Periods acting as Grade IV in both sections totalling 19 weeks   
            Scientific exchange    Feb 1994 - June 1994
                Porphyria laboratory
                University Hospital of Wales
                Cardiff, UK

Academic coordinator and lecturer        June 2002 - December 2003
Casual lecturer                                      ongoing
Clinical Biochemistry
Medical Laboratory Science
RMIT University

Courses attended

Beckman CX5 training course,  Dec 1988, Sydney  
Hewlett Packard HPLC Seminar,  Sept 1989,  Melbourne  
RCPA/AACB Chemical pathology Course,  Feb 1990,  Melbourne  
RMIT Phebotomy course,  June 1992,  Melbourne  
How to supervise people,  March 1992,  Melbourne  
Radiometer ABL troubleshooting seminar,  May 1992, Melbourne  
Confident public speaking (CAE),  June 1996,  Melbourne  
RMIT Introduction to Haematology,  July 1997,  Melbourne  
Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint,  July 1998,  Melbourne
Short Course in Clinical Chemistry (lecturer), RMIT, Feb 2004, Melbourne
 

Conferences attended

AACB Annual Scientific Meeting,  Oct 1990,  Auckland, NZ  
AACB Annual Scientific Meeting,  Oct 1991,  Perth  
IFCC World Congress,  Nov 1993,  Melbourne  
Porphyrins, Porphyria and PDT,  Nov 1993,  Melbourne  
ACB Annual Scientific Meeting,  May 1994,  Brighton, UK  
AACB Annual Scientific Meeting,  Oct 1995,  Sydney  
IASL Biennial Scientific Meeting, Feb 1996, Cape Town, SA  
Diabetes, Glycation and Complications, May 1996,  Melbourne  
AACB Annual Scientific Meeting,Aug 1996,  Darwin  
AACB/AIMS Combined State Meeting,  May 1998, Lorne  
AACB Annual Scientific Meeting, Sept 1998, Brisbane  
Thyroid Symposium,  Nov 1998,  Melbourne  
AACB Joint Vic/SA Branch Meeting,  April 1999, Mildura  
AACB Annual Scientific Meeting, Oct 1999, Melbourne  
AACB Joint Vic/NSW Branch Meeting, June 2000, Albury  
AACB Joint Vic/SA Branch Meeting June 2002, Coonawarra
AIMS North West Regional Meeting (Invited speaker) September 2003, Bendigo
AACB Annual Scientific Meeting, Sept 2004, Perth
  

Committees 

Total Quality Management Team 1993  
Biogenic Amines Discussion Group – Secretary  1991 – 1994  
IFCC Porphyria Satellite Meeting Organisation Committee 1993  
RMH Ward Glucose QA Group – Coordinator 1995 – 1999  
AACB Vic Branch – Education Representative 1997 – 1999  
AACB Vic Branch – Committee Member 1999– 2000  
AACB Vic Branch – Newsletter Editor and Webpage Coordinator 2000 – ongoing
AACB Porphyria Working Party - Co-chair 1998 - ongoing 

Publications / Presentations

An improved, sensitive screening method for urinary porphobilinogen. Dennis Blake and Janine Roberts.  Poster Presentation; AACB meeting, Perth 1991; RMH Research Symposium 1991. 

Diagnosis of Porphyria in Australia.  Dennis Blake, Janine Roberts, Sujiva Ratnaike.  Poster presentation; ACB meeting, UK, 1993.

A porphyrin quality control program for non-specialist laboratories. Janine Roberts and Dennis Blake.  Oral presentation; IFCC Satellite Meeting 1993.

Faecal coproporphyrinogen isomer ratios in family studies of hereditary coproporphyria and porphyria variegata.  D Blake, V Cronin and J Roberts.  Oral presentation; International Symposium on Porphyrias and Haem related disorders, Helsinki 1995. 

Porphyrin profiles in chronic Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B Virus infection. J Roberts, D Blake, V Cronin, S Ratnaike and P Gibson.  Poster and Oral Presentation; IASL Satellite Meeting, Cape Town 1996; RMH Research Symposium, 1996. 

Quality Control for ward glucose measurement - Was it worth the effort? Janine Roberts and Andrew Wootton.  Poster presentation, AACB meeting, Darwin, 1996.

New directions in blood glucose monitoring in a hospital environment.  S North, K Young, A Pekin, J Roberts, P Colman. ADA meeting, Sydney, 1996.

Quality Control of ward glucose meters.  Janine Roberts and Andrew Wootton.  Article; AACB Newsletter - Point of Care Special Issue, June 1998.

Quality assurance of ward glucose analysis. Janine Roberts, Andrew Wootton and Jeanette Robinson. Oral presentation, Point of Care testing workshop, AACB annual meeting, Brisbane 1998.

Effect of hepatobiliary disease, chronic hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus infections and interferon-a on porphyrin profiles in plasma, urine and faeces. Peter R Gibson, Janine Grant, Virginia Cronin, Dennis Blake and Sujiva Ratnaike. J. Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2000;15:192-201.  

Biochemical Testing for Porphyria.  Janine Grant and Virginia Cronin. Guest speakers at Porphyria Support Group Meeting. 2003.

RCPA/AACB QAP QC Update. Invited Speaker. 2004.

Click here to contact Janine : janine.grant@mh.org.au