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Overview

Dale R. Nyholt is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, Nyholt focuses on several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Epidemiology.

Nyholt's publications cover a range of topics, notably:

  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Endometriosis Research and Treatment

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "A Comparison of Ten Polygenic Score Methods for Psychiatric Disorders Applied Across Multiple Cohorts," 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Genome-wide Association Analysis in Humans Links Nucleotide Metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length," 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness," 2020, Nature Human Behaviour

Nyholt collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Nicholas G. Martin
  • Grant W. Montgomery
  • Scott D. Gordon
  • Dorret I. Boomsma
  • Hreinn Stefánsson

Their work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Genes
  • Nature Communications
  • Human Genetics
  • Cephalalgia

Best Publications

  • Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height

    Jian Yang;Beben Benyamin;Brian P. McEvoy;Scott Gordon

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • A Simple Correction for Multiple Testing for Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Linkage Disequilibrium with Each Other

    Dale R. Nyholt

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Gonneke Willemsen
Gonneke Willemsen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Jouke-Jan Hottenga
Jouke-Jan Hottenga Hamad bin Khalifa University
Krina T. Zondervan
Krina T. Zondervan University of Oxford

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