Associate Professor Miguel Rentería
Associate Professor

Miguel Rentería

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Background

I am a genetic epidemiologist specialising in the genetics of neurodegenerative diseases, with a particular focus on Parkinson’s disease, chronic pain, and other age-related conditions. I lead a dynamic team of scientists dedicated to understanding how genetic and environmental factors influence neurodegeneration, brain health, and related health outcomes. My research is interdisciplinary, integrating advanced statistical genetics, bioinformatics, and data science to unravel disease mechanisms, improve patient stratification, and identify potential therapeutic targets.

In 2020, I founded the Australian Parkinson’s Genetics Study (APGS), now the largest Parkinson’s cohort in Australia with over 10,000 participants. This landmark study has positioned Australia as a key contributor to global Parkinson’s genetics research. I am also actively involved in the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2), where I contribute to large-scale data analysis and work within the underrepresented populations working group to enhance diversity in genetic research worldwide.

Committed to training the next generation of researchers, I have supervised over 16 students, including several PhD candidates who have gone on to successful careers in academia and industry. Two of my recent PhD graduates received the Outstanding Thesis Award, and another received the AIPS Florey Next Generation Award.

I have published consistently in prominent journals, including Nature, Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, BRAIN, Biological Psychiatry, and SLEEP. To date, I have authored over 100 academic articles, which have been widely cited, and I have secured competitive funding from NHMRC, MRFF, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Shake It Up Australia Foundation, the US National Institutes of Health, and the Alzheimer’s Association. My work has been recognised with several prestigious awards, including the 2023 Al & Val Rosenstrauss Fellowship from the Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation, the 2021 Enrico Greppi International Migraine Research Award, and the 2024 Adele Green Emerging Leader Award from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. I am also a Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, a program by the University of California San Francisco and Trinity College Dublin, which supports my commitment to promoting brain health equity worldwide.

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Fields of research

Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Neurology and neuromuscular diseases Neurosciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Genomics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Genetics, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework) of Public Policy, University of Oxford

Search Professor Miguel Rentería’s works on UQ eSpace

165 works between 2008 and 2026
All (165) Journal Article (132) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (30) Book Chapter (2)

101 - 120 of 165 works

2021

Journal Article

Identifying complex lncRNA/Pseudogene–miRNA–mRNA crosstalk in hormone-dependent cancers

Jayarathna, Dulari K., Rentería, Miguel E., Sauret, Emilie, Batra, Jyotsna and Gandhi, Neha S. (2021). Identifying complex lncRNA/Pseudogene–miRNA–mRNA crosstalk in hormone-dependent cancers. Biology, 10 (10) 1014, 1014. doi: 10.3390/biology10101014

Identifying complex lncRNA/Pseudogene–miRNA–mRNA crosstalk in hormone-dependent cancers

2021

Journal Article

Factors that affect patient attrition in buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective real-world study using electronic health records

Ker, Sheryl, Hsu, Jennifer, Balani, Anisha, Mukherjee, Sankha Subhra, Rush, A John, Khan, Mehreen, Elchehabi, Sara, Huffhines, Seth, DeMoss, Dustin, Rentería, Miguel E and Sarkar, Joydeep (2021). Factors that affect patient attrition in buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective real-world study using electronic health records. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 17, 3229-3244. doi: 10.2147/ndt.s331442

Factors that affect patient attrition in buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective real-world study using electronic health records

2021

Journal Article

Transcriptome-based polygenic score links depression-related corticolimbic gene expression changes to sex-specific brain morphology and depression risk

Miles, Amy E., Dos Santos, Fernanda C., Byrne, Enda M., Renteria, Miguel E., McIntosh, Andrew M., Adams, Mark J., Pistis, Giorgio, Castelao, Enrique, Preisig, Martin, Baune, Bernhard T., Schubert, K. Oliver, Lewis, Cathryn M., Jones, Lisa A., Jones, Ian, Uher, Rudolf, Smoller, Jordan W., Perlis, Roy H., Levinson, Douglas F., Potash, James B., Weissman, Myrna M., Shi, Jianxin, Lewis, Glyn, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Boomsma, Dorret I., Hamilton, Steven P., Sibille, Etienne, Hariri, Ahmad R., Nikolova, Yuliya S. and Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (2021). Transcriptome-based polygenic score links depression-related corticolimbic gene expression changes to sex-specific brain morphology and depression risk. Neuropsychopharmacology, 46 (13), 2304-2311. doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01189-x

Transcriptome-based polygenic score links depression-related corticolimbic gene expression changes to sex-specific brain morphology and depression risk

2021

Journal Article

Integrative transcriptome-wide analyses uncover novel risk-associated MicroRNAs in hormone-dependent cancers

Jayarathna, Dulari K., Rentería, Miguel E., Malik, Adil, Sauret, Emilie, Batra, Jyotsna and Gandhi, Neha S. (2021). Integrative transcriptome-wide analyses uncover novel risk-associated MicroRNAs in hormone-dependent cancers. Frontiers in Genetics, 12 716236. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.716236

Integrative transcriptome-wide analyses uncover novel risk-associated MicroRNAs in hormone-dependent cancers

2021

Journal Article

Genetic susceptibility to pneumonia: a GWAS meta-analysis between the UK Biobank and FinnGen

Campos, Adrian I., Kho, Pik, Vazquez-Prada, Karla X., García-Marín, Luis M., Martin, Nicholas G., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Genetic susceptibility to pneumonia: a GWAS meta-analysis between the UK Biobank and FinnGen. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 24 (3) PII S183242742100027X, 145-154. doi: 10.1017/thg.2021.27

Genetic susceptibility to pneumonia: a GWAS meta-analysis between the UK Biobank and FinnGen

2021

Journal Article

Genetic risk for chronic pain is associated with lower antidepressant effectiveness: converging evidence for a depression subtype

Campos, Adrián I., Ngo, Trung Thanh, Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Hickie, Ian B., Byrne, Enda M., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Genetic risk for chronic pain is associated with lower antidepressant effectiveness: converging evidence for a depression subtype. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (9) 00048674211031491, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/00048674211031491

Genetic risk for chronic pain is associated with lower antidepressant effectiveness: converging evidence for a depression subtype

2021

Journal Article

Genetic propensity for risky behavior and depression and risk of lifetime suicide attempt among urban African Americans in adolescence and young adulthood

Rabinowitz, Jill A., Jin, Jin, Kahn, Geoffrey, Kuo, Sally I.‐Chun, Campos, Adrian, Renteria, Miguel, Benke, Kelly, Wilcox, Holly, Ialongo, Nicholas S., Maher, Brion S., Kertes, Darlene, Eaton, William, Uhl, George, Wagner, Barry M. and Cohen, Daniel (2021). Genetic propensity for risky behavior and depression and risk of lifetime suicide attempt among urban African Americans in adolescence and young adulthood. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 186 (8) ajmg.b.32866, 456-468. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32866

Genetic propensity for risky behavior and depression and risk of lifetime suicide attempt among urban African Americans in adolescence and young adulthood

2021

Journal Article

Phenome-wide screening of GWAS data reveals the complex causal architecture of obesity

García-Marín, Luis M., Campos, Adrián I., Kho, Pik-Fang, Martin, Nicholas G., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Phenome-wide screening of GWAS data reveals the complex causal architecture of obesity. Human Genetics, 140 (8), 1253-1265. doi: 10.1007/s00439-021-02298-9

Phenome-wide screening of GWAS data reveals the complex causal architecture of obesity

2021

Conference Publication

Structural Brain Alterations Associated With Suicidal Ideation and Attempt: Mega-Analytic Results Across 37 International Studies

van Velzen, Laura, Jahanshad, Neda, Campos, Adrian, Salminen, Lauren, Renteria, Miguel and Schmaal, Lianne (2021). Structural Brain Alterations Associated With Suicidal Ideation and Attempt: Mega-Analytic Results Across 37 International Studies. Society of Biological Psychiatry’s 2021 Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting, New Orleans, LA United States, 28-30 April 2022. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.02.072

Structural Brain Alterations Associated With Suicidal Ideation and Attempt: Mega-Analytic Results Across 37 International Studies

2021

Journal Article

Comorbid chronic pain and depression: shared risk factors and differential antidepressant effectiveness

Roughan, William H., Campos, Adrián I., García-Marín, Luis M., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Lupton, Michelle K., Hickie, Ian B., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Byrne, Enda M., Ngo, Trung Thanh, Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Comorbid chronic pain and depression: shared risk factors and differential antidepressant effectiveness. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12 643609, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.643609

Comorbid chronic pain and depression: shared risk factors and differential antidepressant effectiveness

2021

Journal Article

Evidence of genetic overlap between circadian preference and brain white matter microstructure

Garcia-Marin, Luis M., Alcauter, Sarael, Campos, Adrian I., Mulcahy, Aoibhe, Kho, Pik-Fang, Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Evidence of genetic overlap between circadian preference and brain white matter microstructure. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 24 (1) PII S1832427421000049, 1-6. doi: 10.1017/thg.2021.4

Evidence of genetic overlap between circadian preference and brain white matter microstructure

2021

Journal Article

Brain correlates of suicide attempt in 18,925 participants across 18 international cohorts

Campos, Adrian I., Thompson, Paul M., Veltman, Dick J., Pozzi, Elena, van Veltzen, Laura S., Jahanshad, Neda, Adams, Mark J., Baune, Bernhard T., Berger, Klaus, Brosch, Katharina, Bülow, Robin, Connolly, Colm G., Dannlowski, Udo, Davey, Christopher G., de Zubicaray, Greig I., Dima, Danai, Erwin-Grabner, Tracy, Evans, Jennifer W., Fu, Cynthia H.Y., Gotlib, Ian H., Goya-Maldonado, Roberto, Grabe, Hans J., Grotegerd, Dominik, Harris, Matthew A., Harrison, Ben J., Hatton, Sean N., Hermesdorf, Marco, Hickie, Ian B., Ho, Tiffany C. ... Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Brain correlates of suicide attempt in 18,925 participants across 18 international cohorts. Biological Psychiatry, 90 (4), 243-252. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.03.015

Brain correlates of suicide attempt in 18,925 participants across 18 international cohorts

2021

Journal Article

Inference of causal relationships between sleep-related traits and 1,527 phenotypes using genetic data

García-Marín, Luis M., Campos, Adrián I., Martin, Nicholas G., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Inference of causal relationships between sleep-related traits and 1,527 phenotypes using genetic data. Sleep, 44 (1) zsaa154. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa154

Inference of causal relationships between sleep-related traits and 1,527 phenotypes using genetic data

2020

Journal Article

Depression polygenic scores are associated with major depressive disorder diagnosis and depressive episode in Mexican adolescents

Rabinowitz, Jill A., Campos, Adrian I., Benjet, Corina, Su, Jinni, Macias-Kauffer, Luis, Méndez, Enrique, Martinez-Levy, Gabriela A., Cruz-Fuentes, Carlos S. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2020). Depression polygenic scores are associated with major depressive disorder diagnosis and depressive episode in Mexican adolescents. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2 100028. doi: 10.1016/j.jadr.2020.100028

Depression polygenic scores are associated with major depressive disorder diagnosis and depressive episode in Mexican adolescents

2020

Conference Publication

The relationship between comorbid chronic pain and poorer self-reported antidepressant efficacy is partly mediated by genetics

Campos, Adrián I., Roughan, William H., García-Marin, Luis M., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Lupton, Michelle K., Hickie, Ian B., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Byrne, Enda M., Ngo, Trung T., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2020). The relationship between comorbid chronic pain and poorer self-reported antidepressant efficacy is partly mediated by genetics. Virtual 2020 World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Online, 16–22 October 2020.

The relationship between comorbid chronic pain and poorer self-reported antidepressant efficacy is partly mediated by genetics

2020

Journal Article

Assessment and visualization of phenome-wide causal relationships using genetic data: an application to dental caries and periodontitis

Haworth, Simon, Kho, Pik Fang, Holgerson, Pernilla Lif, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Timpson, Nicholas J., Rentería, Miguel E., Johansson, Ingegerd and Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel (2020). Assessment and visualization of phenome-wide causal relationships using genetic data: an application to dental caries and periodontitis. European Journal of Human Genetics, 29 (2), 300-308. doi: 10.1038/s41431-020-00734-4

Assessment and visualization of phenome-wide causal relationships using genetic data: an application to dental caries and periodontitis

2020

Journal Article

Genetic aetiology of self-harm ideation and behaviour

Campos, Adrian I., Verweij, Karin J. H., Statham, Dixie J., Madden, Pamela A. F., Maciejewski, Dominique F., Davis, Katrina A. S., John, Ann, Hotopf, Matthew, Heath, Andrew C., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2020). Genetic aetiology of self-harm ideation and behaviour. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 9713, 9713. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66737-9

Genetic aetiology of self-harm ideation and behaviour

2020

Journal Article

ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing

Schmaal, Lianne, Pozzi, Elena, C. Ho, Tiffany, van Velzen, Laura S., Veer, Ilya M., Opel, Nils, Van Someren, Eus J. W., Han, Laura K. M., Aftanas, Lybomir, Aleman, André, Baune, Bernhard T., Berger, Klaus, Blanken, Tessa F., Capitão, Liliana, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, R. Cullen, Kathryn, Dannlowski, Udo, Davey, Christopher, Erwin-Grabner, Tracy, Evans, Jennifer, Frodl, Thomas, Fu, Cynthia H. Y., Godlewska, Beata, Gotlib, Ian H., Goya-Maldonado, Roberto, Grabe, Hans J., Groenewold, Nynke A., Grotegerd, Dominik, Gruber, Oliver ... Veltman, Dick J. (2020). ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing. Translational Psychiatry, 10 (1) 172, 172. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0842-6

ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing

2020

Journal Article

Educational attainment polygenic scores are associated with cortical total surface area and regions important for language and memory

Mitchell, Brittany L., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Grasby, Katrina L., Campos, Adrian I., Strike, Lachlan T., Hwang, Liang-Dar, Okbay, Aysu, Thompson, Paul M., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Wright, Margaret J. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2020). Educational attainment polygenic scores are associated with cortical total surface area and regions important for language and memory. NeuroImage, 212 116691, 116691. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116691

Educational attainment polygenic scores are associated with cortical total surface area and regions important for language and memory

2020

Journal Article

ENIGMA and global neuroscience: a decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

Thompson, Paul M., Jahanshad, Neda, Ching, Christopher R. K., Salminen, Lauren E., Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Bright, Joanna, Baune, Bernhard T., Bertolín, Sara, Bralten, Janita, Bruin, Willem B., Bülow, Robin, Chen, Jian, Chye, Yann, Dannlowski, Udo, de Kovel, Carolien G. F., Donohoe, Gary, Eyler, Lisa T., Faraone, Stephen V., Favre, Pauline, Filippi, Courtney A., Frodl, Thomas, Garijo, Daniel, Gil, Yolanda, Grabe, Hans J., Grasby, Katrina L., Hajek, Tomas, Han, Laura K. M., Hatton, Sean N., Hilbert, Kevin ... Zelman, Vladimir (2020). ENIGMA and global neuroscience: a decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries. Translational psychiatry, 10 (1) 100, 100. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0705-1

ENIGMA and global neuroscience: a decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic Aetiology of Cognitive and Speech-Related Features in Parkinson's Disease

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Monogenic Parkinson's disease among individuals from underrepresented backgrounds in Australia and Mexico

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding the genetic aetiology of age-related diseases in diverse populations

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic architecture of differences in symptomatology and treatment response in major depressive disorder

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Nick Martin, Honorary Professor Sarah Medland

  • Master Philosophy

    Application of machine learning techniques on longitudinal fitness tracker data to augment disease risk prediction.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Bridging gaps on the genetics of age-related disorder among under-represented populations

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From Genes to Brain Networks: AI Approaches to Understanding the Genetic Foundations of Brain Functionality in Health and Disease

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Human genetics
  • Parkinson's disease

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