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.

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).

+YearPositionsRef1978–1988Research Assistant, Faculty of Medicine (Ocular Genetics)1991–1997Assistant Professor, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University1996–presentConsulting privileges as a Scientist, Non-Medical with the Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation1996–presentStaff privileges as Scientist, Non-Medical, Department of Medicine, Eastern Health1997–2000 Associate Professor with Tenure, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University1988–1991Lecturer, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University2000–2002Associate Professor, Discipline of Genetics2002–2016Professor, Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University2016–presentHonorary Research Professor, Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University

Education +Yearplacecerifcationref1960 – 1964University of British Columbia B.Sc. (Zoology)1964 – 1965University of British Columbia M.Sc. (Genetics)1980 – 1981University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital(Research Year)1991 – 1995Memorial UniversityPh.D. (Medical Genetics)

Contributions Green has been credited in more than 180 works; some of her most recent ones are publicized in 2024–2025

+YearNotable PublicationsRef1993Mutations of a mutS homolog in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer1993Genetic Mapping of a Locus Predisposing to Human Colorectal Cancer1960Report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 602004Comparative Genomics Identifies a Flagellar and Basal Body Proteome that Includes the BBS5 Human Disease Gene2007Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on chromosome 8q241994Replication Errors in Benign and Malignant Tumors from Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Patients1988Von Hippel–Lindau disease maps to the region of chromosome 3 associated with renal cell carcinoma1989The Cardinal Manifestations of Bardet–Biedl Syndrome, a Form of Laurence–Moon–Biedl Syndrome2008The Clinical Phenotype of Lynch Syndrome Due to Germ-Line PMS2 Mutations1995Germline mutations in the von Hippel–Lindau disease tumor suppressor gene: Correlations with phenotype2007Founder and Recurrent CDH1 Mutations in Families With Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer1997Germline Mutations of the MEN1 Gene in Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 and Related States1994hMSH2 Mutations in Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Kindreds2016Utility of whole-exome sequencing for those near the end of the diagnostic odyssey: time to address gaps in care1994Identification of intragenic mutations in the von Hippel-Lindau disease tumour suppressor gene and correlation with disease phenotype.2004Mutations in a member of the Ras superfamily of small GTP-binding proteins causes Bardet-Biedl syndrome2005Clinical and genetic epidemiology of Bardet–Biedl syndrome in Newfoundland: A 22-year prospective, population-based, cohort study2000Mutations in MKKS cause obesity, retinal dystrophy and renal malformations associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome2000Mutations in MKKS cause Bardet-Biedl syndrome1996Phenotypic expression in von Hippel-Lindau disease: correlations with germline VHL gene mutations.

Awards

2018 Officer, July 3, 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.

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