The Australasian Society of Diagnostic Genomics Quality Assessment Program (ASDG QAP) is Australasia’s premier provider of proficiency testing and external quality assessments in Clinical Cytogenomics.
We provide a comprehensive program for cytogenomic evaluation of blood, prenatal and haematological malignancy samples by G-banded karyotype analysis, Chromosome Microarray Analysis, Fluorescent in situ Hybridisation (FISH) and Formalin-Fixed Paraffin Embedded FISH.
The program assesses aspects of the testing process including technical/image quality, result interpretation, and written reports. Laboratory analytical and interpretive competency is evaluated against national regulatory guidelines.
The ASDG QAP is an accredited Provider of Proficiency Testing and is compliant with the International Standard ISO/IEC 17043: Conformity assessment – General Requirements for Proficiency Testing.
For enquiries please contact the Scheme Facilitator at asdgqap@gmail.com
Proficiency Testing Modules being offered in 2027
| Module | Module ID | Opening Date | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics | |||
| Case Audits | Blood | ||
| Haematological Malignancy | |||
| Prenatal / POC | |||
| Microarray | |||
| FFPE FISH | |||
| ISCN (2024) | Constitutional G-Bands | ||
| Constitutional FISH | |||
| Constitutional Microarray | |||
| Neoplasia G-Bands | |||
| Neoplasia FISH | |||
| Neoplasia Microarray | |||
| Image Analysis G-Bands | Blood PT1 | ||
| Blood PT2 | |||
| Bone Marrow PT1 | |||
| Bone Marrow PT2 | |||
| Prenatal / POC PT1 | |||
| Prenatal / POC PT2 | |||
| Image Analysis FISH | Constitutional PT1 | ||
| Constitutional PT2 | |||
| Haematological Malignancy PT1 | |||
| Haematological Malignancy PT2 | |||
| FFPE PT1 | |||
| FFPE PT2 | |||
| Microarray | Blood PT1 | ||
| Blood PT2 | |||
| Prenatal / POC PT1 | |||
| Prenatal / POC PT2 | |||
| Haematological Malignancy PT1 | |||
| Haematological Malignancy PT2 | |||
| Tumour PT1 | |||
| Tumour PT2 |
Committee Members:
| Chair | Nicole Chia | PhD, FHGSA, FFSc | ASDG QAP Executive | ||
| Deputy Chair | Angela Brown | B.Sc, FHGSA, FFSc | Nicole Chia | Chair, Qld, Australia | |
| Past Chair | Karen Dun | B.Sc, FHGSA | Angela Brown | Deputy Chair, New Zealand | |
| Scheme Facilitator | Jillian Cross | B.App.Sc, MHGSA | Karen Dun | Past Chair, Assessor, Vic, Australia | |
| Support Officer | Sharon Bain | B.Sc, MComm, FHGSA | Nicole Bain | Assessor, NSW, Australia | |
| Amanda Dixon-McIver | Assessor, New Zealand | ||||
| Assessors | Nicole Bain | B.Biomed.Sc (Hons), FHGSA, FFSc | Louise Carey | Assessor, HGSA Board Member, NSW, Australia | |
| Karen Dun | B.App.Sc, FHGSA | ||||
| Dale Wright | B.App.Sc, MSc, FHGSA, FFSc | Ancillary Staff to Executive | |||
| Sarbjit Riyat | PhD, FHGSA | Jillian Cross | Scheme Facilitator, NSW, Australia | ||
| Angela Brown | BSc,FHGSA,FFSc | Sharon Bain | Support Officer, SA, Australia | ||
| Helen Wilkin | B.Sc (Hons), M.Med.Sc, MHGSA | ||||
| Amanda Dixon-McIver | BMLSc, MSc, PhD | ||||
| Dariusz Ladon | PhD, MSc | ||||
| Monica Armstrong | B.Med.Sci, M.Pub.Hlth, MHGSA | ||||
| Tina Lillis | B.Sc, MHGSA | ||||
| Louise Carey | B.App.Sc, FHGSA, FFSc | ||||
| Dorothy Hung | B.Med.Sc,M.App.Sc, FHGSA, FFSc | ||||
| Associate Assessors | Vanessa McLaughlin | B.Sc, MGHSA | |||
| Jodie Fitness | B.AppSc, MHGSA | ||||
| Farida Zabih | B.Med.Sc, MHGSA | ||||
| David Finch | B.Biomed.Sc, MHGSA | ||||
| Nisha Singh | MSc,PhD,MHGSA | ||||
| Emilie Parkes | B.MedLabSc, MHGSA | ||||
| Crisoula Batzios | B.AppSc(MedLab Sc), MHGSA | ||||
| Krystle Standen | BSc(Biomed), MHGSA | ||||
| Jillian Nicholl | PhD, BAppSc, MHGSA | ||||
| Pina D'Achille | BSc, MHGSA | ||||
| Rachel Hollins | BAppSc, MHGSA | ||||
| Stephanie Greenidge | BAppSc(Biomed), MHGSA |