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Buenos Aires, June 2007

Monroe Park Campus 2007

Nag's Head, April, 2008

Wedding, Nag's Head, April, 2008

 

Lake Anna, Virginia, May 2009

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Monroe Park, Richmond, July, 2008: North Rebel 2008 12m (red) & Liquid Force Havoc 2008 10m (blue)

   

   

   

   

 

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Location

Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

800 East Leigh Street, Biotech 1, Suite 101

Richmond VA 23219-1534

United States

Email: ngillespie@vcu.edu   

 

Queensland Institute of Medical Research

Royal Brisbane Hospital Post Office

Brisbane 4029

Queensland

Australia

 

Appointments

2008  NIDA K99-R00 Pathway to Independence Post Doctoral Fellow

Faculty at the 2008 International Workshop On Methodology Of Twin And Family Studies

Faculty at the 2006 International Workshop On Methodology Of Twin And Family Studies

2005-2007 Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Sidney Sax Post Doctoral Fellow

2004  Associate Editor  for Personality and Individual Difference

Part time reviewer for Addiction, Behavior Genetics, Journal of Abnormal Psychology,

Journal of Personality, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Psychological Medicine,

and Twin Research and Human Genetics

 

Education and Training

 

2008  NIDA Short Course on the Genetic and Epigenetics of Addiction

2005-2008 Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Sidney Sax Post Doctoral Fellowship recipient

2004  Post-doctoral fellow at the Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

2004  PhD Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research.

1997-1999 Psychologist, Toowong Psychology Centre, Brisbane, Queensland.

1996  BA Honours in Psychology, University of Queensland.

1995  BA in Psychology and Asian Studies/Mandarin, University of Queensland.

1988  Higher School Certificate, Sydney Technical High School, NSW.

 

Awards and Presentations

2005  6th HJ Eysenck Memorial Fund Award

2004  Fulker Award, 34th Annual Behavior Genetics Association meeting in Aix-en-Provence, France.

2003  Public and Environmental Health Research Award, Annual Queensland Health and Medical Scientific Meeting.

2000  Thompson Prize, 30th Annual Behavioral Genetics Conference, Burlington, Vermont, United States.

2000  University of Queensland Graduate School Award.

1999  Elsie Stella Annandale Bequest for travel, School of Psychology.

1997  University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific Scholarship to study mandarin at Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.

1993  Member Gold Key National Honor Society.

 

Publications

1.      NA Gillespie, KM Kirk, AC Heath, NG Martin, & IB Hickie (1999). Somatic distress as a distinct psychological dimension. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 34(9), 451-458.pdf  

2.      NA Gillespie, Z Gu, AC Heath, IB Hickie, & NG Martin (2000).The genetic etiology of somatic distress. Psychological Medicine, 30(5),1051-1061. pdf 

3.      NA Gillespie, S Johnstone, P Boyce, AC Heath & NG Martin (2001). The genetic and environmental relationship between the Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure (IPSM) and the personality dimensions of Eysenck and Cloninger. Personality and Individual Differences, 31, 1039-1051. pdf 

4.      DM Evans, NA Gillespie & NG Martin (2002). Biometrical Genetics. Journal of Biological Psychology, 61, 33-51. pdf

5.      NA Gillespie, CR Cloninger, AC Heath & NG Martin (2003). The genetic and environmental relationship between Cloninger's dimensions of temperament and character. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 1931-1946. pdf

6.      NA Gillespie, G Zhu, MC Neale, AC Heath, & NG Martin (2003). Direction of causation modelling between measures of distress and parental bonding. Behavior Genetics, 33(4), 383-396. pdf

7.      DR Nyholt, NA Gillespie, AC Heath & NG Martin (2003). Genetic Basis of Male Pattern Baldness. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 121(6), 1561-1564. pdf

8.      NA Gillespie, KM Kirk, DM Evans, AC Heath, IB Hickie, NG Martin. (2004). Do the genetic or environmental determinants of anxiety and depression change with ageing? A longitudinal study of Australian twins. Twin Research, 7 (1), 31-53. pdf

9.      DR Nyholt, NA Gillespie, AC Heath, D Phill, KR Merikangas, DL Duffy & NG Martin (2004). Latent class and genetic analysis does not support migraine with aura and migraine without aura as separate entities. Genetic Epidemiology, 26, 231-244. pdf

10.    Gu Zhu, DM Evans, DL Duffy, GW Montgomery, SE Medland, NA Gillespie, KR Ewen, M Jewell, YW Liew, NK Hayward, RA Sturm, JM Trent, NG Martin (2004).  A genome scan for eye colour in 502 twin families: most variation is due to a QTL on chromosome 15q. Twin Research, 7 (2), 197-210. pdf

11.    WL Coventry, NA Gillespie, AC Heath, NG Martin. (2004). Perceived social support in a large community sample: Age changes through adulthood. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 39 (8), 625-636.  pdf

12.    TC Bates, A Castles, M Coltheart, NA Gillespie, M Wright, NG Martin (2004). Behaviour genetic analyses of reading & spelling: A component processes approach. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56 (2) 115-126 . abstract

13.    NA Gillespie, DM Evans, MM Wright, NG Martin (2004). Genetic Simplex modeling of Eysenck’s dimensions of personality in a sample of young Australian twins. Twin Research, 7, 637-648. pdf

14.    NA Gillespie, JB Whitfield, B Williams, AC Heath & NG Martin (2005). The relationship between stressful life events, the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype and major depression. Psychological Medicine, 35, 101-111. pdf

15.    JC Loehlin, EG Jönsson,  JP Gustavsson, MC Stallings, NG Gillespie, MM Wright & NG Martin (2005). Psychological masculinity-femininity via the gender diagnosticity approach: Heritability and consistency across ages and populations. Journal of Personality, 73(5), 1295-1317. pdf

16.    CM Middeldorp, AJ Birley, DC Cath, NA Gillespie, G Willemsen, D Statham, EJC de Geus, JG Andrews, R van Dyck, AL Beem, PJ Sullivan, NG Martin & DI Boomsma (2004). Familial clustering of major depression and anxiety disorders in Australian and Dutch twin sibships. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8, 609-615.

17.    AJ Birley, NA Gillespie, AC Heath, PF Sullivan, DI Boomsma & NG Martin (2006). Heritability and twenty-year stability of long and short EPQ Neuroticism scales. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 737-747. pdf

18.    TD Wade, JL Bergin, NG Martin, NA Gillespie & CG Fairburn (2006). A transdiagnostic approach to understanding eating disorders: A twin study of the relationship between eating disorder behaviours and impairment. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194, 510-517. pdf

19.    NA Gillespie & MC Neale (2006). A finite mixture model for genotype and environment interactions: Detecting latent population heterogeneity. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9(3), 412-423. pdf

20.    C Beseler, KC Jacobson, WS Kremen, MJ Lyons, SJ Glatt, SV Faraone, NA Gillespie, MC Neale, MT Tsuang (2006). Is There Heterogeneity among Syndromes of Substance Use Disorder for Illicit Drugs? Addictive Behaviors, 31(6), 929-947. pdf

21.    NA Gillespie, CA Prescott, SH Aggen, CO Gardner Jr, K Jacobson, KS Kendler, & MC Neale (2007). Longitudinal Modelling of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Availability of Psychoactive Substances: Alcohol, Cigarettes, Marijuana, Cocaine and Stimulants. Psychological Medicine, 37(7), 947-960 pdf

22.    NA Gillespie, MC Neale, CA Prescott, SH Aggen, & KS Kendler (2007). Factor and Item-Response Analysis of DSM-IV Criteria for Abuse of and Dependence on Cannabis, Cocaine, Hallucinogens, Sedatives, Stimulants and Opioids. Addiction, 102, 920-930. pdf

23.    TD Wade, NA Gillespie, & NG Martin (2007). A comparison of early family life events amongst monozygotic twin women with lifetime anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or major depression. International Journal of Eating Disorders. pdf

24.    KS Kendler, K Jacobson, CO Gardner Jr, NA Gillespie, SH Aggen, CA Prescott (2007). Creating a social world: A developmental twin study of peer group deviance. Annals of General Psychiatry. 64(8), 958-965. html pdf

25.    PW Andrews, KS Kendler, NA Gillespie, MC Neale (2007). The sensitivity of variance component estimates to underreporting: Method and application to substance abuse data. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10(5), 721-728 pdf 

26.    NA Gillespie, G Zhu, DM Evans, SE Medland, MJ Wright, & NG Martin (2008). A genome wide scan for the Eysenckian personality dimensions in adolescent twin sibships: Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism and Lie. Journal of Personality, 76(6), 1415-1446. html pdf

27.    DR Nyholt, NA Gillespie, KR Merikangas, GW Montgomery, SA Treloar, NG Martin (2009). Common Genetic Influences Underlie Migraine and Endometriosis Comorbidity. Genetic Epidemiology, 33(2), 105-113. ncbi pdf

28.    NA Gillespie, MC Neale & KS Kendler (2009). Pathways to cannabis abuse and dependence: A multi-stage model from cannabis availability, cannabis initiation, and progression to abuse and dependence. Addiction, 104(3), 430-438. pdf

29.    NA Gillespie, MC Neale, K Jacobson, KS Kendler (2009). Modeling the genetic and environmental association between peer group deviance and cannabis use in male twins, Addiction. 104(3), 420-429. pdf

30.    I Hickie, T Davenport, SD Vernon, R Nisenbaum, WC Reeves, D Hadzi-Pavlovic, A Lloyd, & the International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group (2009). Are chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome valid clinical entities across countries and healthcare settings? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(1), 25-35. pdf

31.    WL Coventry, MR James, LJ Eaves, S Gordon, NA Gillespie, L Ryan, AC Heath, NG Martin, & NR Wray (accepted). Do 5HTTLPR and stress interact on risk for depression and suicidality? Item response analyses of a large sample?  American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics

 

Submitted

32.    WL Coventry, SE Medland, NA Gillespie, AC Heath, & NG Martin (submitted). Genetics of Perceived Social Support; differences by sex and relationship.  Behavior Genetics

33.    NA Gillespie, MC Neale, GH Lubke, & KS Kendler (submitted). Two-part random effects growth modelling and risk profiling to identify predictors of alcohol and cannabis initiation, initial average use and changes in drug consumption in a sample of adult, male twins. Addiction

 

 

 

Book Chapters

1.     NA Gillespie & NG Martin (2005). Multivariate genetic analysis. In B Everitt & DC Howell (Eds), Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science, 1363-1370. Wiley, Chichester. pdf

2.     NA Gillespie & NG Martin (2005). Modeling direction of causation. In B Everitt & DC Howell (Eds), Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science. Wiley, New York, Vol 1, 496-499. pdf

3.     MJ Wright, NA Gillespie, M Luciano, G Zhu & NG Martin (2008). Genetics of Personality and Cognition in Adolescents. In JJ Hudziak (Ed), Developmental Psychopathology and Wellness: Genetic and Environmental
Influences. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc, Washington, DC, 85-108.

 

Abstracts

1.     DR Nyholt, NA Gillespie, AC Heath & NG Martin (2001). The heritability of early onset male pattern baldness. American Journal of Human Genetics 69(4): 1388 Suppl.

2.     NA Gillespie, NG Martin (2001). Genetic simplex modeling of personality in adolescent twins.  Behavior Genetics 31(5): 454.

 

Paper Presentations

2008 38th Annual Behavior Genetics Association meeting, Louisville, KY. Looking for politically relevant genes.

2006 36th Annual Behavior Genetics Association meeting, Storrs, Connecticut. Longitudinal modeling of drug availability & the association with cannabis abuse.

2006 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, Palm Springs, CA. Neuroticism: environmental & genetic factors revisited.

2005 XIII World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Boston, MA. Longitudinal Modelling of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Drug Availability: Alcohol, Cigarettes, Marijuana, Cocaine and Stimulants

2004 The Biological Basis of Personality and Individual Differences, Stony Brook University. Neuroticism as a genetic marker for anxiety and depression.

2004 11th International Congress on Twin Studies, Odense, Denmark. Predictors of reproductive fitness.

2004 34th Annual Behavior Genetics Association meeting in Aix-en-Provence, France. A genome wide scan for adolescent personality: Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism and Lie.

2003 Australian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Scientific Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand. The relationship between stressful life events, the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype and major depression.

2003 Annual Queensland Health and Medical Scientific Meeting. Do the genetic or environmental determinants of anxiety and depression change with ageing?

2002 7th Australian Twin Registry Conference, Hobart, Tasmania. Predictors of Reproductive Fitness. 

2002 3rd Australasian Human Gene Mapping Meeting, Hobart. Are There Genes for Late Onset Depression?

2002 Lecture Series, School of Psychology, University of Queensland. Structural Equation Modeling.

2001 The Prince Charles Hospital Mental Health Seminar, Brisbane, Qld. Personality Disorders: The genetics of personality.

2001 Invited speaker at the VIII International Meeting of the Human Genome Project: Genetics and Behaviour, Valencia, Spain. The genetics and biology of personality.

2001 31st Annual Behavior Genetics Association meeting in Cambridge, England. Genetic simplex modeling of personality in adolescent Australian twins.

2001 1st Australian Conference for Personality & Individual Difference Researchers, Wollongong, NSW. The genetic and environmental etiology of Cloninger's dimensions of character.

2000 Thompson Prize at the 30th Annual Behavioral Genetics Conference, Burlington, Vermont. Modeling direction of causation on cross-sectional data using multiple indicators of parental bonding and distress in a sample of Australian female twin pairs.

1999 9th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Vancouver. Somatic distress as distinct psychological dimension.

1999 29th Annual Behavioral Genetics Conference, Vancouver. Genetic etiology of somatic distress.

 

Poster Presentations

2001 Twins and Families in Biomedical and Behavioural Research Conference, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne. Modeling direction of causation on cross-sectional data using multiple indicators of parental bonding and distress in a sample of Australian female twin pairs. 

1999 Australian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia. Somatic Distress as Distinct Psychological Dimension.

 

Papers in progress

Psychometric modelling of superior drug use disorder phenotypes.

2-part random effect modeling of alcohol and cannabis consumption to predict initiation, average initial use and rate of change of use.

Growth mixture modeling of average alcohol and cannabis consumption.