Professor Bryan Mowry
Professor

Bryan Mowry

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Background

Bryan is a graduate in medicine from the University of Queensland and holds a BA (Hons) degree in philosophy from the University of Western Australia. A medical specialist in psychiatry, he is a clinician researcher, who is Conjoint Professor at the Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, and Director of Genetics at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. His primary research interest is the molecular genetics of schizophrenia, and holds a MD degree (University of Queensland) in this field. Since 1990, he has conducted studies, with national and international collaborators, to identify susceptibility genes for this disorder. He is the recipient of grants from the Australian NHMRC and the US NIMH.

The primary research goal is to identify and functionally characterise susceptibility genes for schizophrenia and related disorders. A special focus is on the study of large collaborative samples and ethnically homogeneous populations. Key methodologies used in the lab include genome-wide association studies, next-generation sequencing, transcriptome profiling of post-mortem brain samples, neurocognitive and neuroimaging phenotyping and induced pluripotent stem cells.

Current areas of interest include pharmacogenomics of clozapine treatment response, whole exome sequencing focused on de novo mutations, and the neuroimmunology of schizophrenia

Availability

Professor Bryan Mowry is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Clinical sciences Genetics Neurosciences

Qualifications

  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

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278 works between 1985 and 2024
All (278) Journal Article (215) Book Chapter (4) Conference Publication (58) Other Outputs (1)

81 - 100 of 278 works

2015

Journal Article

Paracingulate sulcus morphology is associated with hallucinations in the human brain

Garrison, Jane R., Fernyhough, Charles, McCarthy-Jones, Simon, Haggard, Mark, The Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank, Carr, Vaughan, Schall, Ulrich, Scott, Rodney, Jablensky, Assen, Mowry, Bryan, Michie, Patricia, Catts, Stanley, Henskens, Frans, Pantelis, Christos, Loughland, Carmel and Simons, Jon S. (2015). Paracingulate sulcus morphology is associated with hallucinations in the human brain. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 8956, 8956.1-8956.6. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9956

Paracingulate sulcus morphology is associated with hallucinations in the human brain

2015

Journal Article

Executive functioning in schizophrenia: Unique and shared variance with measures of fluid intelligence

Martin A.K, Mowry, B, Reutens, D and Robinson, G.A (2015). Executive functioning in schizophrenia: Unique and shared variance with measures of fluid intelligence. Brain and Cognition, 99, 57-67. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2015.07.009

Executive functioning in schizophrenia: Unique and shared variance with measures of fluid intelligence

2015

Journal Article

Common genetic risk variants are associated with positive symptoms and decision-making ability in patients with schizophrenia

Martin, Andrew K, Robinson, G, Reutens, D and Mowry, B (2015). Common genetic risk variants are associated with positive symptoms and decision-making ability in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 229 (1-2), 606-608. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.04.045

Common genetic risk variants are associated with positive symptoms and decision-making ability in patients with schizophrenia

2015

Journal Article

Clinical and parental age characteristics of rare copy number variant burden in patients with schizophrenia

Martin, Andrew K., Robinson, Gail, Reutens, David and Mowry, Bryan (2015). Clinical and parental age characteristics of rare copy number variant burden in patients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 168 (5), 374-382. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32321

Clinical and parental age characteristics of rare copy number variant burden in patients with schizophrenia

2015

Journal Article

Interest in employment among people with schizophrenia

Westcot, Cassandra, Waghorn, Geoffrey, McLean, Duncan, Statham, Dixie and Mowry, Bryan (2015). Interest in employment among people with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 18 (2), 187-207. doi: 10.1080/15487768.2014.954162

Interest in employment among people with schizophrenia

2015

Journal Article

Transcriptome outlier analysis implicates schizophrenia susceptibility genes and enriches putatively functional rare genetic variants

Duan, Jubao, Sanders, Alan R., Moy, Winton, Drigalenko, Eugene I., Brown, Eric C., Freda, Jessica, Leites, Catherine, Goering, Harald H. H., Gejman, Pablo V., Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia Consortium and Mowry, Bryan (2015). Transcriptome outlier analysis implicates schizophrenia susceptibility genes and enriches putatively functional rare genetic variants. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (16), 4674-4685. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv199

Transcriptome outlier analysis implicates schizophrenia susceptibility genes and enriches putatively functional rare genetic variants

2015

Journal Article

Role functioning among adults with schizophrenia

Westcott, Cassandra, Waghorn, Geoff, McLean, Duncan, Statham, Dixie and Mowry, Bryan (2015). Role functioning among adults with schizophrenia. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78 (3), 158-165. doi: 10.1177/0308022615573372

Role functioning among adults with schizophrenia

2015

Conference Publication

Characterizing large, rare copy number deletions in schizophrenia: a clinical, cognitive, and neuroimaging study

Martin, Andrew K., Robinson, Gail, Reutens, David and Mowry, Bryan (2015). Characterizing large, rare copy number deletions in schizophrenia: a clinical, cognitive, and neuroimaging study. 15th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR), Colorado Springs, CO USA, 28 March-1 April 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Characterizing large, rare copy number deletions in schizophrenia: a clinical, cognitive, and neuroimaging study

2015

Journal Article

LD Score regression distinguishes confounding from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies

Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan K., Loh, Po-Ru, Finucane, Hilary K., Ripke, Stephen, Yang, Jian, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Patterson, Nick, Daly, Mark J., Price, Alkes L., Neale, Benjamin M., Nertney, Deborah A., Mowry, Bryan J. and Catts, Stanley V. (2015). LD Score regression distinguishes confounding from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies. Nature Genetics, 47 (3), 291-295. doi: 10.1038/ng.3211

LD Score regression distinguishes confounding from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies

2015

Journal Article

Uncovering the hidden risk architecture of the schizophrenias: confirmation in three independent genome-wide association studies

Arnedo, Javier, Svrakic, Dragan M., del Val, Coral, Romero-Zaliz, Rocio, Hernandez-Cuervo, Helena, Fanous, Ayman H., Pato, Michele T., Pato, Carlos N., de Erausquin, Gabriel A., Cloninger, C. Robert, Zwir, Igor, Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia Consortium and Mowry, B. J. (2015). Uncovering the hidden risk architecture of the schizophrenias: confirmation in three independent genome-wide association studies. American Journal of Psychiatry, 172 (2), 139-153. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14040435

Uncovering the hidden risk architecture of the schizophrenias: confirmation in three independent genome-wide association studies

2015

Journal Article

Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

O'Dushlaine, Colm, Rossin, Lizzy, Lee, Phil H., Duncan, Laramie, Parikshak, Neelroop N., Newhouse, Stephen, Ripke, Stephan, Neale, Benjamin M., Purcell, Shaun M., Posthuma, Danielle, Nurnberger, John I., Lee, S. Hong, Faraone, Stephen V., Perlis, Roy H., Mowry, Bryan J, Thapar, Anita, Goddard, Michael E., Witte, John S., Absher, Devin, Agartz, Ingrid, Akil, Huda, Amin, Farooq, Andreassen, Ole A., Anjorin, Adebayo, Anney, Richard, Anttila, Verneri, Arking, Dan E., Asherson, Philip, Azevedo, Maria H. ... Breen, Gerome (2015). Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways. Nature Neuroscience, 18 (2), 199-209. doi: 10.1038/nn.3922

Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

2015

Conference Publication

Voxel-Based Morphometry of Patients with Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders

Shaffer, J., Choupan, J., Mowry, B., Yang, Z. and Reutens, D. (2015). Voxel-Based Morphometry of Patients with Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders. Southern Regional Meeting of the American-Federation-for-Medical-Research, New Orleans, LA, United States, 26-28 February 2015. Philadelphia, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1097/JIM.0000000000000146

Voxel-Based Morphometry of Patients with Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders

2015

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study suggested the PTPRD polymorphisms were associated with weight gain effects of atypical antipsychotic medications

Yu, Hao, Wang, Lifang, Lv, Luxian, Ma, Cuicui, Du, Bo, Lu, Tianlan, Jin, Chao, Yan, Hao, Yang, Yongfeng, Li, Wenqiang, Ruan, Yanyan, Zhang, Hongyan, Zhang, Hongxing, Mi, Weifeng, Mowry, Bryan, Ma, Wenbin, Li, Keqing, Zhang, Dai and Yue, Weihua (2015). Genome-wide association study suggested the PTPRD polymorphisms were associated with weight gain effects of atypical antipsychotic medications. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 42 (3), 814-823. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbv179

Genome-wide association study suggested the PTPRD polymorphisms were associated with weight gain effects of atypical antipsychotic medications

2015

Journal Article

New data and an old puzzle: the negative association between schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis

Lee, S. Hong, Byrne, Enda M., Hultman, Christina M., Kahler, Anna, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Ripke, Stephan, Andreassen, Ole A., Frisell, Thomas, Gusev, Alexander, Hu, Xinli, Karlsson, Robert, Mantzioris, Vasilis X., McGrath, John J., Mehta, Divya, Stahl, Eli A., Zhao, Qiongyi, Kendler, Kenneth S., Sullivan, Patrick F., Price, Alkes L., O'Donovan, Michael, Okada, Yukinori, Mowry, Bryan J., Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Wray, Naomi R., Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Rheumatoid Arthritis Consortium International and Visscher, Peter M . (2015). New data and an old puzzle: the negative association between schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis. International Journal of Epidemiology, 44 (5) dyv136, 1-16. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv136

New data and an old puzzle: the negative association between schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis

2014

Journal Article

Cognitive and structural neuroimaging characteristics of schizophrenia patients with large, rare copy number deletions

Martin, Andrew Kenneth, Robinson, Gail, Reutens, David and Mowry, Bryan (2014). Cognitive and structural neuroimaging characteristics of schizophrenia patients with large, rare copy number deletions. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 224 (3), 311-318. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.10.006

Cognitive and structural neuroimaging characteristics of schizophrenia patients with large, rare copy number deletions

2014

Journal Article

A rare functional noncoding variant at the GWAS-Implicated MIR137/MIR2682 locus might confer risk to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Duan, Jubao, Shi, Jianxin, Fiorentino, Alessia, Leites, Catherine, Chen, Xiangning, Moy, Winton, Chen, Jingchun, Alexandrov, Boian S., Usheva, Anny, He, Deli, Freda, Jessica, O'Brien, Niamh L., MGS, GPC, McQuillin, Andrew, Sanders, Alan R., Gershon, Elliot S., DeLisi, Lynn E., Bishop, Alan R., Gurling, Hugh M. D., Pato, Michele T., Levinson, Douglas F., Kendler, Kenneth S., Pato, Carlos N., Gejman, Pablo V. and Mowry, Bryan J. (2014). A rare functional noncoding variant at the GWAS-Implicated MIR137/MIR2682 locus might confer risk to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. American Journal of Human Genetics, 95 (6), 744-753. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.11.001

A rare functional noncoding variant at the GWAS-Implicated MIR137/MIR2682 locus might confer risk to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

2014

Journal Article

Partitioning Heritability of Regulatory and Cell-Type-Specific Variants across 11 Common Diseases

Gusev, Alexander, Lee, S. Hong, Trynka, Gosia, Finucane, Hilary, Vilhjálmsson, Bjarni J., Xu, Han, Zang, Chongzhi, Ripke, Stephan, Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan, Stahl, Eli, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, SWE-SCZ Consortium, Kaehler, Anna K., Hultman, Christina M., Purcell, Shaun M., McCarroll, Steven A., Daly, Mark, Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Sullivan, Patrick F., Neale, Benjamin M., Wray, Naomi R., Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Price, Alkes L., Visscher, Peter M., Mowry, Bryan J., Psychosis Endophenotypes International Consortium and Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (2014). Partitioning Heritability of Regulatory and Cell-Type-Specific Variants across 11 Common Diseases. American Journal of Human Genetics, 95 (5), 535-552. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.10.004

Partitioning Heritability of Regulatory and Cell-Type-Specific Variants across 11 Common Diseases

2014

Journal Article

Copy number deletion burden is associated with cognitive, structural, and resting-state network differences in patients with schizophrenia

Martin, A. K., Robinson, G., Reutens, D. and Mowry, B. (2014). Copy number deletion burden is associated with cognitive, structural, and resting-state network differences in patients with schizophrenia. Behavioural Brain Research, 272, 324-334. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.07.002

Copy number deletion burden is associated with cognitive, structural, and resting-state network differences in patients with schizophrenia

2014

Journal Article

DSM-IV "Criterion A" schizophrenia symptoms across ethnically different populations: evidence for differing psychotic symptom content or structural organization?

McLean, Duncan, Thara, Rangaswamy, John, Sujit, Barrett, Robert, Loa, Peter, McGrath, John and Mowry, Bryan (2014). DSM-IV "Criterion A" schizophrenia symptoms across ethnically different populations: evidence for differing psychotic symptom content or structural organization?. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 38 (3), 408-426. doi: 10.1007/s11013-014-9385-8

DSM-IV "Criterion A" schizophrenia symptoms across ethnically different populations: evidence for differing psychotic symptom content or structural organization?

2014

Journal Article

Cannabis abuse and age at onset in schizophrenia patients with large, rare copy number variants

Martin, Andrew Kenneth, Robinson, Gail, Reutens, David and Mowry, Bryan (2014). Cannabis abuse and age at onset in schizophrenia patients with large, rare copy number variants. Schizophrenia Research, 155 (1-3), 21-25. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.03.004

Cannabis abuse and age at onset in schizophrenia patients with large, rare copy number variants

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2023
    Investigating the neuro-developmental role of schizophrenia-associated genes using the zebrafish (NHMRC Project Grant administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Genotype Imputation Resources for Productive Genetic Disease Studies of Indigenous Oceanic Sub-Populations
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Investigating the neuro-developmental role of schizophrenia-associated genes using the zebrafish.
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Investigating the aetiopathogenic role of autoantibodies against the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in patients with first episode of schizophrenia
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Using the Zebrafish to fight psychiatric disorders. From proof-of-principle to new insights and treatments
    RL Cooper Medical Research Foundation Limited
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Dissecting the role of RYK in cortical neuron specification and schizophrenia
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2018
    Genetic analysis of de novo and inherited exome variation in schizophrenia
    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 - 2024
    Genetics of Schizophrenia Research Collaboration Programme
    West Moreton Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Genetics of Schizophrenia Research Collaboration Programme
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2011
    An automated liquid handling platform for High-throughput Preparation of multiplexed targeted sequence capture DNA libraries for Next-Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS)
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Establishing a UWA-UQ network for collaboration in Autism Research
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2010
    High performance computing cluster to expand research capacity in neuroscience modelling, imaging and bioinformatics
    NHMRC Equipment Grant
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Identifying eQTLs and endophenotyping known CNVs in a large Australian schizophrenia sample
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Linkage and association studies of schizophrenia in an isolated population
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2010
    Next-generation DNA sequencer to accelerate discovery in molecular and cellular research programs at QBI
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2014
    Studying the molecular basis of schizophrenia in a large, globally competitive Indian sample
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    QCMHR Operational (Genetics Laboratory Programme Funding)
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Adiponectin - Multimerization, Secretion and Action
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2006
    Genetics of schizophrenia
    RL Cooper Medical Research Foundation Limited
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2006
    Structural And Diffusion Tensor Neuroimaging In Twins Concordant And Discordant For Psychosis
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    Australian Psychotic Twins Study - MRI Research
    Schizophrenia Fellowship of South Qld Inc
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2001
    A genetic study of schizophrenia in regional Tasmania: Initial genotyping of the first large pedigree
    Ramaciotti Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2000
    The molecular genetics of schizophrenia
    RL Cooper Medical Research Foundation Limited
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2003
    Molecular genetics of Schizophrenia
    United States National Institutes of Health
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2001
    A Genetic Study of Schizophrenia in the Iban of Sarawak
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 1999
    The molecular genetics of schizophrenia (2)
    Garvan Institute
    Open grant
  • 1998 - 2012
    QCMHR Operational (Genetics Research Project)
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 1998 - 2006
    An integrated research program examining risk factors for psychoses
    Stanley Foundation Research Awards Program
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 1999
    A genetic study of schizophrenia in Fiji
    Scottish Rite Schizophrenia Research Program
    Open grant
  • 1997
    A molecular genetic linkage study of schizophrenia
    Ramaciotti Foundation
    Open grant
  • 1997
    A molecular genetic linkage study of Schizophrenia
    UQ Foundation
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 1999
    A molecular genetic linkage study of schizophrenia
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 1996 - 1997
    Molecular genetic linkage study of schizophrenia
    Perpetual Trustee Company Limited
    Open grant
  • 1996 - 1997
    Schizophrenia Genetics Research Program : Hot spot mapping in an extended schizophrenia cohort
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 1996 - 1997
    The molecular genetics of schizophrenia
    RL Cooper Medical Research Foundation Limited
    Open grant

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  • Culture and psychiatry
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  • Psychiatric ethics
  • Psychiatry - trans-cultural
  • Schizophrenia
  • Trans-cultural psychiatry

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