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Location
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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 |
Appointments
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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
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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, 1995 BA in Psychology and Asian Studies/Mandarin, 1988 Higher School Certificate, |
Awards and Presentations
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2005 6th HJ Eysenck Memorial
Fund Award 2004 Fulker
Award, 34th Annual Behavior Genetics Association meeting in 2003 Public and Environmental Health
Research Award, Annual 2000 Thompson Prize, 30th
Annual Behavioral Genetics Conference, 2000 University of 1999 Elsie 1997 University Mobility in 1993 Member Gold Key National Honor
Society. |
Publications
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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 |
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Book Chapters
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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. 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 |
Abstracts
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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
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2008 38th Annual
Behavior Genetics Association meeting, Louisville, 2006 36th Annual
Behavior Genetics Association meeting, Storrs,
2006 Annual Meeting of the
Association for Research in Personality, 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 2004 11th International
Congress on Twin Studies, 2004 34th Annual
Behavior Genetics Association meeting in 2003 Australian Society for
Psychiatric Research Annual Scientific Meeting, 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, 2002 3rd
Australasian Human Gene Mapping Meeting, Hobart. Are There Genes for Late
Onset Depression? 2002 Lecture Series, 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 2001 31st
Annual Behavior Genetics Association meeting in 2001 1st
Australian Conference for Personality & Individual Difference
Researchers, 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, 1999 29th
Annual Behavioral Genetics Conference, |
Poster Presentations
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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, |
Papers in progress
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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. |