Professor Naomi Wray
Professor

Naomi Wray

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Background

Naomi Wray is the Michael Davys Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford. She holds an appointment at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) within the University of Queensland. She joined UQ Queensland Brain Institute in 2011 moving to the IMB in 2015. She was Head of the Centre for Population & Disease Genomics within IMB 2018-2023. Her Oxford appointment started in 2023.

Her research focuses on development and application of quantitative genetics and genomics methodologies across complex diseases, disorders and traits, but particularly psychiatric-related traits.

She is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership Fellow, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science. In 2020 she was awarded the NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Award for Leadership in Basic Science and the 2021 International Society of Psychiatric Genetics Ming Tsuang Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a Clarivate Highly Cited researcher.

She was Director of the Program in Complex Trait Genomics (PCTG) funded as an NHMRC Program Grant 2017-2022. She plays a key role in the International Psychiatric Genomics Consortium and established the sporadic ALS Australia systems genomics consortium (SALSA) funded by the MND Research Australia IceBucket Challenge and FightMND. She is a co-investigator on the Australian Genetics of Depression Study (AGDS) and is currently launching the AGDS-Cello project focussed on establishing a cell line resource from participants with a detailed history of anti-depressant use and response measures. She is part of an NHMRC Synergy (2023-2027) "Rhythms and blues: Personalising care for body clock dysfunction in mood disorders".

She is secretary of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, and is on the editorial advisory boards of JAMA Psychiatry, Neuron, Royal Society Open and Research Directions: Depression.

Availability

Professor Naomi Wray is:
Not available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

Research interests

  • Genetics of complex genetic traits, disease and disorders

    Quantitative genetics methodology Genetics of Psychiatric Disorder Genetics of Motor Neurone Disease Genetics of Cognitive Ageing Systems Genomics

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562 works between 1987 and 2025
All (562) Journal Article (448) Book Chapter (4) Conference Publication (76) Other Outputs (34)

301 - 320 of 562 works

2018

Other Outputs

GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease

Marioni, Riccardo E., Harris, Sarah E., McRae, Allan F., Zhang, Qian, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Hill, W. David, Davies, Gail, Ritchie, Craig W., Gale, Catharine, Starr, John M., Goate, Alison M., Porteous, David J., Yang, Jian, Evans, Kathryn L., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2018). GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease. doi: 10.1101/246223

GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease

2018

Journal Article

Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data

Zhu, Zhihong, Zheng, Zhili, Zhang, Futao, Wu, Yang, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Maier, Robert, Robinson, Matthew R., McGrath, John J, Visscher, Peter M, Wray, Naomi R and Yang, Jian (2018). Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 224, 224. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02317-2

Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data

2018

Other Outputs

Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank

Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Peyrot, Wouter J., Purves, Kirstin L., Davis, Katrina A.S., Rayner, Christopher, Choi, Shing Wan, Hübel, Christopher, Gaspar, Héléna A., Kan, Carol, Van der Auwera, Sandra, Adams, Mark James, Lyall, Donald M., Choi, Karmel W., Consortium, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics, Dunn, Erin C., Vassos, Evangelos, Danese, Andrea, Maughan, Barbara, Grabe, Hans J., Lewis, Cathryn M., O’Reilly, Paul F., McIntosh, Andrew M., Smith, Daniel J., Wray, Naomi R., Hotopf, Matthew, Eley, Thalia C. and Breen, Gerome (2018). Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank. doi: 10.1101/247353

Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank

2018

Conference Publication

Fine-mapping reveals complex genetic architecture underlying DNA methylation

Chundru, V. Kartik, Marioni, Riccardo E., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2018). Fine-mapping reveals complex genetic architecture underlying DNA methylation. Human Genome Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 12-15 March 2018. London, United Kingdom: Henry Stewart Publications. doi: 10.1186/s40246-018-0138-6

Fine-mapping reveals complex genetic architecture underlying DNA methylation

2018

Journal Article

Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank

Barbu, Miruna C., Zeng, Yanni, Shen, Xueyi, Cox, Simon R., Clarke, Toni-Kim, Gibson, Jude, Adams, Mark J., Johnstone, Mandy, Haley, Chris S., Lawrie, Stephen M., Deary, Ian J., Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F.M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T.F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H.R., Bryois, Julien ... Whalley, Heather C. (2018). Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4 (1), 91-100. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.07.006

Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank

2018

Conference Publication

Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits

Zeng, Jian, de Vlaming, Ronald, Wu, Yang, Robinson, Matthew R., Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Yengo, Loic, Yap, Chloe X., Xue, Angli, Sidorenko, Julia, Mcrae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery, Grant W., Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tonu, Gibson, Greg, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits. 48th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Boston MA, United States, 20-23 June 2018. New York, NY United States: Springer New York.

Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits

2018

Journal Article

Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels

Lupton, Michelle K., Medland, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Goncalves, Tabatha, MacGregor, Stuart, Mackey, David A., Young, Terri L., Duffy, David L., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Nyholt, Dale R., Bain, Lisa, Ferreira, Manuel A., Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Montgomery, Grant W., Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2018). Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 64 (1), 49-54. doi: 10.3233/JAD-171104

Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels

2018

Journal Article

Brain age predicts mortality

Cole, J. H., Ritchie, S. J., Bastin, M. E., Valdes Hernandez, M. C., Munoz Maniega, S., Royle, N., Corley, J., Pattie, A., Harris, S. E., Zhang, Q., Wray, N. R., Redmond, P., Marioni, R. E., Starr, J. M., Cox, S. R., Wardlaw, J. M., Sharp, D. J. and Deary, I. J. (2018). Brain age predicts mortality. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (5), 1385-1392. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.62

Brain age predicts mortality

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide gene-environment interaction in depression: a systematic evaluation of candidate genes: the childhood trauma working-group of PGC-MDD

Van der Auwera, Sandra, Peyrot, Wouter J., Milaneschi, Yuri, Hertel, Johannes, Baune, Bernhard, Breen, Gerome, Byrne, Enda, Dunn, Erin C, Fisher, Helen, Homuth, Georg, Levinson, Douglas, Lewis, Cathryn, Mills, Natalie, Mullins, Niamh, Nauck, Matthias, Pistis, Giorgio, Preisig, Martin, Rietschel, Marcella, Ripke, Stephan, Sullivan, Patrick, Teumer, Alexander, Völzke, Henry, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Boomsma, Dorret I., Wray, Naomi R., Penninx, Brenda and Grabe, Hans (2018). Genome-wide gene-environment interaction in depression: a systematic evaluation of candidate genes: the childhood trauma working-group of PGC-MDD. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 177 (1), 40-49. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32593

Genome-wide gene-environment interaction in depression: a systematic evaluation of candidate genes: the childhood trauma working-group of PGC-MDD

2018

Conference Publication

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depressive disorder

Trzaskowski, Maciej, Wray, Naomi and Sullivan, Patrick (2018). Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depressive disorder. Human Genome Meeting 2018, Yokohama, Japan, 12-15 March 2018. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central . doi: 10.1186/s40246-018-0138-6

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depressive disorder

2018

Conference Publication

Invited abstract: Leveraging big GWAS data to address question about selection, pleiotropy, assortative mating and epidemiology

Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and Yang, Jian (2018). Invited abstract: Leveraging big GWAS data to address question about selection, pleiotropy, assortative mating and epidemiology. 27th Annual Meeting of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES), San Diego, CA, United States, 14-16 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.

Invited abstract: Leveraging big GWAS data to address question about selection, pleiotropy, assortative mating and epidemiology

2017

Journal Article

A genetic investigation of sex bias in the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Martin, Joanna, Walters, Raymond K., Demontis, Ditte, Mattheisen, Manuel, Lee, S. Hong, Robinson, Elise, Brikell, Isabell, Ghirardi, Laura, Larsson, Henrik, Lichtenstein, Paul, Eriksson, Nicholas, 23andMe Research Team, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: ADHD Subgroup, iPSYCH–Broad ADHD Workgroup, Werge, Thomas, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Pedersen, Marianne Giørtz, Mors, Ole, Nordentoft, Merete, Hougaard, David M., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Wray, Naomi R., Franke, Barbara, Faraone, Stephen V., O'Donovan, Michael C., Thapar, Anita, Børglum, Anders D. and Neale, Benjamin M. (2017). A genetic investigation of sex bias in the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 83 (12), 1044-1053. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.026

A genetic investigation of sex bias in the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

2017

Journal Article

Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese

Gratten, Jacob, Zhao, Qiongyi, Benyamin, Beben, Garton, Fleur, He, Ji, Leo, Paul J., Mangelsdorf, Marie, Anderson, Lisa, Zhang, Zong-Hong, Chen, Lu, Chen, Xiang-Ding, Cremin, Katie, Deng, Hong-Weng, Edson, Janette, Han, Ying-Ying, Harris, Jessica, Henders, Anjali K., Jin, Zi-Bing, Li, Zhongshan, Lin, Yong, Liu, Xiaolu, Marshall, Mhairi, Mowry, Bryan J., Ran, Shu, Reutens, David C., Song, Sharon, Tan, Li-Jun, Tang, Lu, Wallace, Robyn H. ... Fan, Dongsheng (2017). Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese. Genome Medicine, 9 (97) 97, 97. doi: 10.1186/s13073-017-0487-0

Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese

2017

Journal Article

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

Rietschel, Liz, Streit, Fabian, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Frank, Josef, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Witt, Stephanie H., Binz, Tina M., Bolton, Jennifer L., Hayward, Caroline, Direk, Nese, Anderson, Anna, Huffman, Jennifer, Wilson, James F., Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor, Wright, Alan, Hastie, Nicholas, Wild, Sarah H., Velders, Fleur P., Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Lahti, Jari, Räikkönen, Katri, Kajantie, Eero, Widen, Elisabeth, Palotie, Aarno, Eriksson, Johan G., Kaakinen, Marika ... Rietschel, Marcella (2017). Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 15351, 15351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11852-3

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

2017

Journal Article

Inference in Psychiatry via 2-Sample Mendelian Randomization-From Association to Causal Pathway?

Byrne, Enda M, Yang, Jian and Wray, Naomi R (2017). Inference in Psychiatry via 2-Sample Mendelian Randomization-From Association to Causal Pathway?. JAMA psychiatry, 74 (12), 1191-1192. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3162

Inference in Psychiatry via 2-Sample Mendelian Randomization-From Association to Causal Pathway?

2017

Journal Article

Investigating the relationship between iron and depression

Mills, Natalie T., Maier, Robert, Whitfield, John B., Wright, Margaret J., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Byrne, Enda M., Scott, James G., Byrne, Gerard J., Hansell, Narelle K., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., CouvyDuchesne, Baptiste, Montgomery, Grant W., Henders, Anjali K., Martin, Nicholas G., Wray, Naomi R. and Benyamin, Beben (2017). Investigating the relationship between iron and depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 94, 148-155. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.07.006

Investigating the relationship between iron and depression

2017

Journal Article

Genetic Association of Major Depression With Atypical Features and Obesity-Related Immunometabolic Dysregulations

Milaneschi, Yuri, Lamers, Femke, Peyrot, Wouter J., Baune, Bernhard T., Breen, Gerome, Dehghan, Abbas, Forstner, Andreas J., Grabe, Hans J., Homuth, Georg, Kan, Carol, Lewis, Cathryn, Mullins, Niamh, Nauck, Matthias, Pistis, Giorgio, Preisig, Martin, Rivera, Margarita, Rietschel, Marcella, Streit, Fabian, Strohmaier, Jana, Teumer, Alexander, Van der Auwera, Sandra, Wray, Naomi R., Boomsma, Dorret I., Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., for the CHARGE Inflammation Working Group and the Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium and Middeldorp, Christel (2017). Genetic Association of Major Depression With Atypical Features and Obesity-Related Immunometabolic Dysregulations. JAMA Psychiatry, 74 (12), 1214-1225. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3016

Genetic Association of Major Depression With Atypical Features and Obesity-Related Immunometabolic Dysregulations

2017

Journal Article

CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits

Macé, Aurélien, Tuke, Marcus A., Deelen, Patrick, Kristiansson, Kati, Mattsson, Hannele, Nõukas, Margit, Sapkota, Yadav, Schick, Ursula, Porcu, Eleonora, Rüeger, Sina, McDaid, Aaron F., Porteous, David, Winkler, Thomas W., Salvi, Erika, Shrine, Nick, Liu, Xueping, Ang, Wei Q., Zhang, Weihua, Feitosa, Mary F., Venturini, Cristina, Van Der Most, Peter J., Rosengren, Anders, Wood, Andrew R., Beaumont, Robin N., Jones, Samuel E., Ruth, Katherine S., Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Tyrrell, Jessica, Havulinna, Aki S. ... Kutalik, Zoltán (2017). CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 744, 744. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00556-x

CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits

2017

Other Outputs

Age at first birth in women is genetically associated with increased risk of schizophrenia

Ni, Guiyan, Gratten, Jacob, Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics, Wray, Naomi R. and Lee, S. Hong (2017). Age at first birth in women is genetically associated with increased risk of schizophrenia. doi: 10.1101/194076

Age at first birth in women is genetically associated with increased risk of schizophrenia

2017

Journal Article

Does childhood trauma moderate polygenic risk for depression? A meta-analysis of 5,765 subjects from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

Peyrot, Wouter J., Van der Auwera, Sandra, Milaneschi, Yuri, Dolan, Conor V., Madden, Pamela A. F., Sullivan, Patrick F., Strohmaier, Jana, Ripke, Stephan, Rietschel, Marcella, Nivard, Michel G., Mullins, Niamh, Montgomery, Grant W., Henders, Anjali K., Heat, Andrew C., Fisher, Helen L., Dunn, Erin C., Byrne, Enda M., Air, Tracy A., Baune, Bernhard T., Breen, Gerome, Levinson, Douglas F., Lewis, Cathryn M., Martin, Nick G., Nelson, Elliot N., Boomsma, Dorret I., Grabe, Hans J., Wray, Naomi R. and Penninx, Brenda W. J. H. (2017). Does childhood trauma moderate polygenic risk for depression? A meta-analysis of 5,765 subjects from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Biological Psychiatry, 84 (2), 138-147. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.09.009

Does childhood trauma moderate polygenic risk for depression? A meta-analysis of 5,765 subjects from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2027
    How does Epstein-Barr virus infection lead to multiple sclerosis?
    NHMRC MRFF CTAI and EPCDRI Multiple Sclerosis
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    Understanding the causal mechanisms of antidepressant exposure and response (a Wellcome Trust application submitted by King's College London)
    Kings College London
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Enabling pharmacogenomics in the Australian context: improving the accuracy of clinical utility and cost effectiveness analyses (MRFF externally administered by QIMR)
    Queensland Institute of Medical Research
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Rhythms and blues: Personalising care for body clock dysfunction in mood disorders (NHMRC Synergy grant administered by University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Youth-GEMs: Gene Environment interactions in Mental health trajectories of Youth
    NHMRC European Union Collaborative Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Risk and Resilience in Developmental Diversity and Mental Health (NHMRC-EU grant administered by Murdoch Children's Research Institute)
    Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    MAGNET - A multi-arm, adaptive, group-sequential trial network to evaluate drug efficacy in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (FightMND grant administered by NeuRA)
    Neuroscience Research Australia
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Preparing Australia for use of genomics in prevention of heart-disease: Focus on South Asian Australians
    NHMRC MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    The Australian Genetic Diversity Database: towards a more equitable future for genomic medicine in Australia (MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission grant administered by UNSW)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Genomic risk prediction and risk-tailored screening and early detection for common cancers (MRFF Genomics Grant led by University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Australian Pharmacogenomics Diversity Project: Examining the evidence and improving the performance of pharmacogenomics in the Australian context (MRFF grant administered by QIMR Berghofer)
    Queensland Institute of Medical Research
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    A novel biomarker for ALS
    Cure for MND Foundation - Impact Grants
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Sporadic ALS Australian Systems Genomics Consortium (SALSA-SGC)
    Cure for MND Foundation - Translational Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Quantitative Genomics of Common Disease
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023
    Establishing an Australian pathway to accreditation and clinical reporting for Polygenic Risk Scores (Administered by University of Melbourne under the NHMRC Australian Genomics Grant GNT2000001)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    An Australian Sporadic ALS transcriptome resource
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Innovator Grant
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    A high-throughput system to identify ALS risk genes from genome-wide association studies
    Cure for MND Foundation - Impact Grants
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2024
    iPSC clinical trials - population wide screening of patient iPSC¿s to reassess high value drug targets for motor neuron disease (MRFF Stem Cell Therapies administered by University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Targeting NAT1 to improve metabolism and slow disease progression in MND
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Innovator Grant
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Transcriptomic and Functional Evaluation of Immune-Activated Monocytes in MND
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Linda Rynalski Bridge Funding Grant
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Understanding influence of genetics on Brain Biomarkers
    Alto Neuroscience (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    ATHENA CV-19 Genomics Study
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Transcriptomic and Functional Evaluation of Immune-Activated Monocytes in MND.
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Prediction of phenotype for multiple traits from multi-omic data (ARC Discovery Project administered by University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Kids are not OK: Emergency Department management of acute mental health crises in children and young people (Monash administered MRFF Million Minds
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2024
    Postpartum Depression: Action Towards Causes and Treatment
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Immunogenetics of motor neurone disease - a pilot study
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2024
    ALS Trials Australia (ALSTA) to develop precision medicine (MRFF RCRDUN led by University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Identifying molecular pathways affected by the sporadic ALS risk factor, GGNBP2
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Cell-free DNA profiling in cases and disease-mimics to develop a biomarker test for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    Brain Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2024
    Estimating the genetic and environmental architecture of psychiatric disorders (NIH Grant administered by the University of Colorado)
    University of Colorado
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    Motor Neurone Disease: Patient centred care for a progressive neurological disease - evidence driving policy (NHMRC Partnership Project administered by the University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Longitudinal assessment of behaviour and cognition in ALS through brief Online Carers' behavioural Questionnaire (OCQ)
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    BRAIN-MEND: Biological Resource Analysis to Identify New MEchanisms and phenotypes in Neurodegenerative Diseases (EU JPDN grant led by King's College London)
    Kings College London
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    BRAIN-MEND: Biological Resource Analysis to identify new mechanisms and phenotypes in Neurodegenerative Diseases (NHMRC component of EU JPND application)
    NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    CogChip: development of a targeted genotyping chip for executive function (ARC Linkage Project administered by Monash University)
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    GWAS data for SALSA-SGC
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Cell-free DNA and ALS; insight into disease mechanisms and progression
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Inclusion of an environmental questionnaire into SALSA online data collection
    The Halpin Trust
    Open grant
  • 2017
    Functional analysis of ALS candidate genes
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    New and innovative polygenic approach for understanding and modelling MNDs in zebrafish
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2023
    Complex trait genomics
    NHMRC Program Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Identification of phenotypic modifiers in sporadic ALS through systems genomics (Motor Neuron Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc project administered by Macquarie University)
    Macquarie University
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Single Cell Transcriptomic Laboratory
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Using biomarkers to explore heterogeneity of motor neurone disease
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2021
    Development and validation of systems genomics-based predictors for autism (Stage 1)
    CRC for Living with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Autism CRC Limited)
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Sporadic ALS Australian Systems Genomics Consortium (SALSA-SGC)
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    1/2 A Large-Scale Schizophrenia Association Study in Sweden (NIH grant administered by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    University of North Carolina
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Gene discovery in motor neuron disease through systems genomics
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    Multivariate whole genome estimation and prediction analysis of genomics data applied to psychiatric disorders
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    NHMRC Research Fellowship: Using genomics to understand psychiatric disorders
    NHMRC Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Tackling heterogeneity in the etiology of major depressive disorder (NHMRC Project Grant administered by QIMR)
    Queensland Institute of Medical Research
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    The role of altered neuromuscular signaling in ALS: factors that modify the course of MND
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Trans-ethnic and trans-omic statistical analyses to identify new ALS risk variants
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Whole exome sequencing of sporadic MND
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    Estimation and partitioning of the still-missing heritability for complex disease
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    Statistical analyses of whole genome genotype data to better understand psychiatric disorders
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Towards an etiological understanding of the comorbidity of psychiatric disorders (transfer in from QIMR)
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Better Methods for Individual Risk Prediction of Complex Traits in Human Populations
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    NHMRC Research Fellowship (SRF A)
    NHMRC Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of psychiatric and psychological traits with application to prediction of genetic risk
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Naomi Wray is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multi-Omic Analyses of a Clinical Trial Cohort of Young People at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne, Dr Allan McRae

  • Doctor Philosophy

    ELUCIDATING LIFESTYLE AND GENETIC FACTORS UNDERLYING DEPRESSION HETEROGENEITY AND TREATMENT RESPONSE

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetics of childhood onset psychiatric symptoms, their persistence and comorbidity with other traits

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding cellular and molecular heterogeneity in endometriosis using multi-omics data

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sally Mortlock, Dr Allan McRae

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic architecture and evolution of complex traits across populations in humans

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher, Dr Fleur Garton, Dr Jian Zeng

Completed supervision

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