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Grant W. Montgomery

Grant W. Montgomery

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Genetics
Australia
2026

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188
Citations
151893
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451
National Ranking
8

Genetics

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188
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38
National Ranking
2

Medicine

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189
Citations
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264
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Grant W. Montgomery is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has a substantial research profile primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work spans several related subfields including Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Uterine Myomas and Treatments
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Birth, Development, and Health

Grant W. Montgomery has contributed to numerous scientific papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression (2021) in Nature Genetics
  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation (2021) in Nature Genetics
  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder (2020) in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression (2020) in Nature Genetics
  • Prevalence and incidence of endometriosis in Australian women: a data linkage cohort study (2020) in BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The scientist regularly publishes in a range of academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Twin Research and Human Genetics
  • Nature Genetics

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Nicholas G. Martin
  • Sally Mortlock
  • Jouke-Jan Hottenga
  • Scott D. Gordon
  • Dorret I. Boomsma

Grant W. Montgomery was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2016, reflecting a professional acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • 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

  • Integration of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies predicts complex trait gene targets

    Zhihong Zhu;Futao Zhang;Han Hu;Andrew Bakshi

  • 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

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci

    Andre Franke;Dermot P B McGovern;Jeffrey C. Barrett;Kai Wang

  • 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

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

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

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • 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

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • Conditional and joint multiple-SNP analysis of GWAS summary statistics identifies additional variants influencing complex traits

    Jian Yang;Teresa Ferreira;Andrew P Morris;Sarah E Medland

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

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

  • Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47.

    Carl A. Anderson;Gabrielle Boucher;Charlie W. Lees;Andre Franke

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

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

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

  • Mutations in an oocyte-derived growth factor gene (BMP15) cause increased ovulation rate and infertility in a dosage-sensitive manner.

    S. M. Galloway;K. P. McNatty;L. M. Cambridge;M. P. E. Laitinen

  • 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

Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Dale R. Nyholt
Dale R. Nyholt Queensland University of Technology
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Peter M. Visscher
Peter M. Visscher University of Oxford
Jouke-Jan Hottenga
Jouke-Jan Hottenga Hamad bin Khalifa University
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Gonneke Willemsen
Gonneke Willemsen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andres Metspalu
Andres Metspalu University of Tartu

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