
Overview
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
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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
Works
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2017
Journal Article
Cross-ethnic meta-analysis identifies association of the GPX3-TNIP1 locus with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Benyamin, Beben, He, Ji, Zhao, Qiongyi, Gratten, Jacob, Garton, Fleur, Leo, Paul J., Liu, Zhijun, Mangelsdorf, Marie, Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Anderson, Lisa, Butler, Timothy J., Chen, Lu, Chen, Xiang-Ding, Cremin, Katie, Deng, Hong-Weng, Devine, Matthew, Edson, Janette, Fifita, Jennifer A., Furlong, Sarah, Han, Ying-Ying, Harris, Jessica, Henders, Anjali K., Jeffree, Rosalind L., Jin, Zi-Bing, Li, Zhongshan, Li, Ting, Li, Mengmeng, Lin, Yong, Liu, Xiaolu ... Fan, Dongsheng (2017). Cross-ethnic meta-analysis identifies association of the GPX3-TNIP1 locus with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 611, 611. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00471-1
2017
Journal Article
Concepts, estimation and interpretation of SNP-based heritability
Yang, Jian, Zeng, Jian, Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Concepts, estimation and interpretation of SNP-based heritability. Nature Genetics, 49 (9), 1304-1310. doi: 10.1038/ng.3941
2017
Journal Article
Embracing polygenicity: a review of methods and tools for psychiatric genetics research
Maier, R. M., Visscher, P. M., Robinson, M. R. and Wray, N. R. (2017). Embracing polygenicity: a review of methods and tools for psychiatric genetics research. Psychological Medicine, 48 (7), 1055-1067. doi: 10.1017/s0033291717002318
2017
Journal Article
Performance of risk prediction for inflammatory bowel disease based on genotyping platform and genomic risk score method
Chen, Guo-Bo, Lee, Sang Hong, Montgomery, Grant W., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Gearry, Richard B., Lawrance, Ian C., Andrews, Jane M., Bampton, Peter, Mahy, Gillian, Bell, Sally, Walsh, Alissa, Connor, Susan, Sparrow, Miles, Bowdler, Lisa M., Simms, Lisa A., Krishnaprasad, Krupa, Radford-Smith, Graham L. and Moser, Gerhard (2017). Performance of risk prediction for inflammatory bowel disease based on genotyping platform and genomic risk score method. BMC Medical Genetics, 18 (1) 94, 94. doi: 10.1186/s12881-017-0451-2
2017
Other Outputs
Genomic dissection of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia including 28 subphenotypes
Ruderfer, Douglas M, Ripke, Stephan, McQuillin, Andrew, Boocock, James, Stahl, Eli A, Pavlides, Jennifer M Whitehead, Mullins, Niamh, Charney, Alexander W, Ori, Anil P S, Loohuis, Loes M Olde, Domenici, Enrico, Di Florio, Arianna, Papiol, Sergi, Kalman, Janos L., Adolfsson, Rolf, Agartz, Ingrid, Agerbo, Esben, Akil, Huda, Albani, Diego, Albus, Margot, Alda, Martin, Alexander, Madeline, Allardyce, Judith, Alliey-Rodriguez, Ney, Als, Thomas D, Amin, Farooq, Anjorin, Adebayo, Arranz, Maria J, Awasthi, Swapnil ... Kendler, Kenneth S (2017). Genomic dissection of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia including 28 subphenotypes. doi: 10.1101/173435
2017
Other Outputs
Genome-wide association study identifies 30 Loci Associated with Bipolar Disorder
Stahl, Eli A, Breen, Gerome, Forstner, Andreas J, McQuillin, Andrew, Ripke, Stephan, Trubetskoy, Vassily, Mattheisen, Manuel, Wang, Yunpeng, Coleman, Jonathan R I, Gaspar, Héléna A, de Leeuw, Christiaan A, Steinberg, Stacy, Pavlides, Jennifer M Whitehead, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Pers, Tune H, Holmans, Peter A, Abbott, Liam, Agerbo, Esben, Akil, Huda, Albani, Diego, Alliey-Rodriguez, Ney, Als, Thomas D, Anjorin, Adebayo, Antilla, Verneri, Awasthi, Swapnil, Badner, Judith A, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Barchas, Jack D, Bass, Nicholas ... Sklar, Pamela (2017). Genome-wide association study identifies 30 Loci Associated with Bipolar Disorder. doi: 10.1101/173062
2017
Journal Article
Detection and quantification of inbreeding depression for complex traits from SNP data
Yengo, Loic, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Weir, Bruce S., Yang, Jian, Robinson, Matthew R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Detection and quantification of inbreeding depression for complex traits from SNP data. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (32), 8602-8607. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1621096114
2017
Other Outputs
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 (2017). Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data. doi: 10.1101/168674
2017
Journal Article
Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness
Willems, Sara M., Wright, Daniel J., Day, Felix R., Trajanoska, Katerina, Joshi, Peter K., Morris, John A., Matteini, Amy M., Garton, Fleur C., Grarup, Niels, Oskolkov, Nikolay, Thalamuthu, Anbupalam, Mangino, Massimo, Liu, Jun, Demirkan, Ayse, Lek, Monkol, Xu, Liwen, Wang, Guan, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Gaulton, Kyle J., Lotta, Luca A., Miyamoto-Mikami, Eri, Rivas, Manuel A., White, Tom, Loh, Po-Ru, Aadahl, Mette, Amin, Najaf, Attia, John R., Austin, Krista, Benyamin, Beben ... Ohlsson, Claes (2017). Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 16015, 16015. doi: 10.1038/ncomms16015
2017
Journal Article
A direct test of the diathesis–stress model for depression
Colodro-Conde, L., Couvy-Duchesne, B., Zhu, G., Coventry, W. L., Byrne, E. M., Gordon, S., Wright, M. J., Montgomery, G. W., Madden, P. A. F., Ripke, S., Eaves, L. J., Heath, A. C., Wray, N. R., Medland, S. E. and Martin, N. G. (2017). A direct test of the diathesis–stress model for depression. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (7), 1590-1596. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.130
2017
Journal Article
10 years of GWAS discovery: biology, function, and translation
Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Zhang, Qian, Sklar, Pamela, McCarthy, Mark I., Brown, Matthew A. and Yang, Jian (2017). 10 years of GWAS discovery: biology, function, and translation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 101 (1), 5-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.06.005
2017
Journal Article
Whole exome sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in a clinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohort
Garton, Fleur C., Benyamin, Beben, Zhao, Qiongyi, Liu, Zhijun, Gratten, Jacob, Henders, Anjali K., Zhang, Zong-Hong, Edson, Janette, Furlong, Sarah, Morgan, Sarah, Heggie, Susan, Thorpe, Kathryn, Pfluger, Casey, Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., McRae, Allan F., Robinson, Matthew R., Shah, Sonia, Visscher, Peter M., Mangelsdorf, Marie, Henderson, Robert D., Wray, Naomi R. and McCombe, Pamela A. (2017). Whole exome sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in a clinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohort. Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, 5 (4), 418-428. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.302
2017
Journal Article
Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder reveals genetic overlap with bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia.
Witt, S. H., Streit, F., Jungkunz, M., Frank, J., Awasthi, S., Reinbold, C. S., Treutlein, J., Degenhardt, F., Forstner, A. J., Heilmann-Heimbach, S., Dietl, L., Schwarze, C. E., Schendel, D., Strohmaier, J., Abdellaoui, A., Adolfsson, R., Air, T. M., Akil, H., Alda, M., Alliey-Rodriguez, N., Andreassen, O. A., Babadjanova, G., Bass, N. J., Bauer, M., Baune, B. T., Bellivier, F., Bergen, S., Bethell, A., Biernacka, J. M. ... Rietschel, M. (2017). Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder reveals genetic overlap with bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia.. Translational psychiatry, 7 (6), e1155-e1155. doi: 10.1038/tp.2017.115
2017
Other Outputs
Widespread 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, Yengo, Loic, Yap, Chloe, 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 (2017). Widespread signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits. doi: 10.1101/145755
2017
Journal Article
Extra-motor abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: another layer of heterogeneity
McCombe, P. A., Wray, N. R. and Henderson, R. D. (2017). Extra-motor abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: another layer of heterogeneity. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 17 (6), 561-577. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2017.1273772
2017
Other Outputs
Genetic stratification of depression in UK Biobank suggests a subgroup linked to age of natural menopause
Howard, David M., Folkersen, Lasse, Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Adams, Mark J., Glanville, Kylie, Werge, Thomas, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Han, Buhm, Porteous, David, Campbell, Archie, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Breen, Gerome, Sullivan, Patrick F., Wray, Naomi R., Lewis, Cathryn M. and McIntosh, Andrew M. (2017). Genetic stratification of depression in UK Biobank suggests a subgroup linked to age of natural menopause. doi: 10.1101/134601
2017
Journal Article
Maternal depression and family adversity: linked pathways to offspring depression?
Najman, Jake M., Plotnikova, M., Williams, G. M., Alati, R., Mamun, A. A., Scott, J., Clavarino, A. M. and Wray, N. (2017). Maternal depression and family adversity: linked pathways to offspring depression?. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 88, 97-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.01.006
2017
Journal Article
Genetic signatures of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans
Yang, Jian, Jin, Zi-Bing, Chen, Jie, Huang, Xiu-Feng, Li, Xiao-Man, Liang, Yuan-Bo, Mao, Jian-Yang, Chen, Xin, Zheng, Zhili, Bakshi, Andrew, Zheng, Dong-Dong, Zheng, Mei-Qin, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Lu, Fan and Qu, Jia (2017). Genetic signatures of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (16), 4189-4194. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1617042114
2017
Journal Article
Genetic effects influencing risk for major depressive disorder in China and Europe
Bigdeli, T. B., Ripke, S., Peterson, R. E., Trzaskowski, M., Bacanu, S-A, Abdellaoui, A., Andlauer, T. F. M., Beekman, A. T. F., Berger, K., Blackwood, D. H. R., Boomsma, D. I., Breen, G., Buttenschon, H. N., Byrne, E. M., Cichon, S., Clarke, T-K, Couvy-Duchesne, B., Craddock, N., de Geus, E. J. C., Degenhardt, F., Dunn, E. C., Edwards, A. C., Fanous, A. H., Forstner, A. J., Frank, J., Gill, M., Gordon, S. D., Grabe, H. J., Hamilton, S. P. ... Kendler, K. S. (2017). Genetic effects influencing risk for major depressive disorder in China and Europe. Translational Psychiatry, 7 (3) e1074, e1074-e1074. doi: 10.1038/tp.2016.292
2017
Journal Article
Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia
McLaughlin, Russell L., Schijven, Dick, Van Rheenen, Wouter, Van Eijk, Kriste R., O'Brien, Margaret, Kahn, Rene S., Ophoff, Roel A., Goris, An, Bradley, Daniel G., Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Van Den Berg, Leonard H., Luykx, Jurjen J., Hardiman, Orla, Veldink, Jan H., Project MinE GWAS Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Catts, Stanley V., Gratten, Jacob, Lee, S. Hong, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Mowry, Bryan J. (2017). Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 14774, 14774. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14774
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Naomi Wray is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
ELUCIDATING LIFESTYLE AND GENETIC FACTORS UNDERLYING DEPRESSION HETEROGENEITY AND TREATMENT RESPONSE
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding cellular and molecular heterogeneity in endometriosis using multi-omics data
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sally Mortlock, Dr Allan McRae
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetics of childhood onset psychiatric symptoms, their persistence and comorbidity with other traits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne
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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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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Studying the effects of DNA methylation variation across neurodegenerative disorders
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic analyses of complex traits using biobank data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
A Complex Trait Genomics Approach to Investigating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Genetic Architecture of Psychiatric Disorders
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of Cytokines and Inflammatory Markers in Depression in Adolescents
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gerard Byrne, Professor James Scott, Professor Nick Martin
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Using genomic data to advance understanding of heart failure aetiology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sonia Shah
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Development and application of statistical methods to identify genes and cell types associated with complex traits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jian Zeng
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Complement Modulation of Peripheral Immunity in Motor Neurone Disease and Huntington's Disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Lee, Professor Trent Woodruff
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Genomics of Perinatal Depression
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the influence of genetics and heritability on the heterogeneity of ADHD presentations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Sarah Medland
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Systems biology of motor neurone disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Shyuan Ngo, Dr Allan McRae
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Multi-omics data offer systemic insights into autism
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gerald Holtmann, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic influences on substance use behaviour, substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Sarah Medland, Professor Nick Martin, Dr Lucia Colodro-Conde
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Improving fine-mapping methodology using DNA methylation as a model trait
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher, Dr Allan McRae
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2018
Master Philosophy
Integrating genome-wide association study data with gene expression to understand complex traits and common diseases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten
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