Jodie Painter
Associate Professor | Senior Research Officer
CAREER HISTORY
Dr Painter is a mid-career researcher with over 13-years’ experience in her current research field, investigating the genetic basis of complex traits (human traits or diseases with multiple contributing factors). Her primary research interest is in the genetics underlying reproductive health, particularly of conditions that can affect achieving and maintaining a healthy pregnancy: current research topics include investigating genetic factors contributing to infertility and to miscarriage. Having started her career in a wet-lab, Dr Painter also has a strong research interest in bioinformatics, using large-scale genetic and biological data to determine how genetics impacts our susceptibility to disease at a functional level.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- 2008-current: Senior Research Officer, QIMR Berghofer
- 2020-current: Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Research – Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
- 2019-current: Honorary Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
- 2002-2007: Senior Scientist, Folkhalsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
- 1998-2001: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki, Finland
- 1998: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
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CURRENT AREA OF RESEACH
- Impact of heritable health and lifestyle factors on maternal miscarriage risk
- Genetics of infertility
- Genetic influences on normal brain development
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
- Our recent publication of 306 genetic variants that impact normal cortical development
Grasby KL, Jahanshad N, Painter JN, et al. (2020) The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex. Science 367:eaay6690. - The first genome-wide association study for miscarriage
Laisk T, Soares ALG, Ferreira T, Painter JN, et al (2020) The genetic architecture of sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage. Nature Communications 11:5980. - Our ongoing search for genetic factors influencing nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
Colodro-Conde L, Cross SM, Lind PA, Painter JN, et al. (2017) Cohort Profile: Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy Genetics Consortium (NVP Genetics Consortium). International Journal of Epidemiology. 46:e17.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Society of Human Genetics
- European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
AWARD RECOGNITION
- 2014: QIMR RIO TINTO Ride to Conquer Cancer Research Grant ($30,000). Genes underlying risk of developing endometrial cancer: CIA
ONOGIONG RESEARCH SUPPORT
- Large-scale genome-wide analyses to investigate the genetic aetiology of miscarriage. NHMRC: GNT1163040, 2019-2021, Chief Investigator A
PREVIOUS RESEARCH SUPPORT
- Investigating the relationship between Depression, Anxiety and Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy: Causation or shared liability?
NHMRC: GNT1084325, 2015-2018, Chief Investigator C - Investigating the relationship between Depression, Anxiety and Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy: Causation or shared liability?
NHMRC:GNT1026033, 2012-2015, Chief Investigator E - Inheritance of DNA methylation
NHMRC: GNT1010374, 2012-2014, Chief Investigator B
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- 1998: PhD, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
Thesis: Colony structure and relatedness in the cooperatively breeding bell miner, Manorina melanophrys. - 1991: BSc (Biological Sciences) with Honours (Genetics), La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
Thesis: The genetic characterization of the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) population at the Melbourne Zoological Gardens.