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Nathan Gillespie

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychiatry

Tel: 804 828 Fax: 804 828 1471

Email: ngillespie@vcu.edu

P.O. Box: 980126

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Education

• 1995: BA Psychology and Asian Studies/Mandarin, University of Queensland
• 1996: BA Honors in Psychology, University of Queensland
• 2004: Ph.D Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

Professional Experience

• 1997-1999: Psychologist, Toowong Psychology Centre, Brisbane, Queensland
• 2004 - present: Postdoctoral Training, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
• 2004: Associate Editor, Personality and Individual Differences

Honors

• 1993: Member,Gold Key National Honour Society
• 1997: University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific Scholarship to study mandarin at Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
• 1999: Elsie Stella Annandale Bequest for Travel, School of Psychology
• 2000: Thompson Prize, 30th Annual Behavioral Genetics Conference, Burlington, Vermont
• 2003: Public and Environmental Health Research Award, Annual Queensland Health and Medical Scientific Meeting
• 2004: Fulker Award, 34th Annural Behavior Genetics Association Meeting in Aix-en-Provence, France

Selected Publications

• 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.
• NA Gillespie, Z Gu, AC Heath, IB Hickie, & NG Martin (2000).The genetic etiology of somatic distress. Psychological Medicine, 30(5),1051-1061.
• 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.
• DM Evans, NA Gillespie & NG Martin (2002). Biometrical Genetics. Journal of Biological Psychology, 61, 33-51.
• 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.
• 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.
• DR Nyholt, NA Gillespie, AC Heath & NG Martin (2003). Genetic Basis of Male Pattern Baldness. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 121(6), 1561-1564.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• NA Gillespie, JB Whitfield, B Williams, AC Heath, & NG Martin (2004). The relationship between stressful life events, the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype and major depression. Psychological Medicine, 34, 1-11.
• WL Coventry, NA Gillespie, AC Heath, NG Martin. (accepted). Perceived social support in a large community sample: Age changes through adulthood. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
• NA Gillespie, DE Evans, MM Wright, & NG Martin (submitted). Genetic simplex modeling of the dimensions of adolescent personality in a sample of young Australian twins. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
• TC Bates, NA Gillespie, A Castles, M Coltheart, M Wright, NG Martin.(submitted). Behaviour genetic analyses of reading & spelling: A component processes approach. Australian Journal of Psychology.
  
  
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