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Nathan A. Gillespie is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research spans medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong concentration in genetics, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, and clinical psychology.

The primary topics of their work include genetic associations and epidemiology, dementia and cognitive impairment research, functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, cannabis and cannabinoid research, epigenetics and DNA methylation, as well as alcohol consumption and health effects.

Gillespie has published extensively in several key scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Alzheimer's & Dementia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Psychological Medicine, Neurobiology of Aging, and Twin Research and Human Genetics.

Notable recent papers by Gillespie include:

  • Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use, 2022, Nature
  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders, 2023, Nature Mental Health
  • Multi-ancestry study of the genetics of problematic alcohol use in over 1 million individuals, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Genetic correlations and genome-wide associations of cortical structure in general population samples of 22,824 adults, 2020, Nature Communications

Collaborations are a significant component of Gillespie's work. Frequent co-authors include Carol E. Franz, William S. Kremen, Michael J. Lyons, Michael C. Neale, and Chandra A. Reynolds.

Best Publications

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

    Gail Davies;Max Lam;Sarah E. Harris;Joey W. Trampush

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia

    Joëlle A. Pasman;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Zachary Gerring;Sven Stringer

  • The relationship between stressful life events, the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype and major depression

    Nathan A. Gillespie;John B. Whitfield;Ben Williams;Andrew C. Heath

  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

    Emma C Johnson;Ditte Demontis;Thorgeir E Thorgeirsson;Raymond K Walters

  • The genetic and environmental relationship between Cloninger's dimensions of temperament and character.

    Nathan A. Gillespie;C. Robert Cloninger;Andrew C. Heath;Nicholas G. Martin

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    L. Schmaal;D.J. Veltman;T.G.M. van Erp;P.G. Sämann

  • The genetics of addiction-a translational perspective.

    Arpana Agrawal;K. J.H. Verweij;K. J.H. Verweij;N. A. Gillespie;Andrew Heath

  • A Genome-Wide Analysis of Liberal and Conservative Political Attitudes

    Peter K. Hatemi;Nathan A. Gillespie;Lindon J. Eaves;Brion S. Maher

  • Genetic Basis of Male Pattern Baldness

    Dale R Nyholt;Dale R Nyholt;Nathan A Gillespie;Andrew C Heath;Nicholas G Martin

  • Recent advances in the genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics of substance use disorders

    Kenneth S Kendler;Xiangning Chen;Danielle Dick;Hermine Maes

  • Genome-wide association study of lifetime cannabis use based on a large meta-analytic sample of 32 330 subjects from the International Cannabis Consortium

    S Stringer;C.C. Minică;Karin J. H. Verweij;H Mbarek

  • The Nature of Nurture: Using a Virtual-Parent Design to Test Parenting Effects on Children's Educational Attainment in Genotyped Families.

    Timothy C. Bates;Brion S. Maher;Sarah E. Medland;Kerrie McAloney

  • Creating a Social World: A Developmental Twin Study of Peer-Group Deviance

    Kenneth S. Kendler;Kristen C. Jacobson;Charles O. Gardner;Nathan Gillespie

  • A genome scan for eye color in 502 twin families: Most variation is due to a QTL on chromosome 15q

    Gu Zhu;David M. Evans;David L. Duffy;Grant W. Montgomery

  • Pathways to cannabis abuse: a multi-stage model from cannabis availability, cannabis initiation and progression to abuse

    Nathan A Gillespie;Michael C Neale;Kenneth S Kendler

  • Resting State Abnormalities of the Default Mode Network in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Lisa T Eyler;Jeremy A Elman;Sean N Hatton;Sarah Gough

  • Factor and item-response analysis DSM-IV criteria for abuse of and dependence on cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, sedatives, stimulants and opioids.

    Nathan A. Gillespie;Michael C. Neale;Carol A. Prescott;Steven H. Aggen

  • Perceived social support in a large community sample--age and sex differences.

    W. L. Coventry;N. A. Gillespie;A. C. Heath;N. G. Martin

  • Subcortical brain structure and suicidal behaviour in major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis from the ENIGMA-MDD working group.

    M E Rentería;M E Rentería;L Schmaal;D P Hibar;B Couvy-Duchesne;B Couvy-Duchesne

  • Erratum: The genetics of addiction - a translational perspective (Translational Psychiatry (2012) 2 (e140) DOI: 10.1038/tp.2012.54)

    A. Agrawal;K. J. H. Verweij;N. A. Gillespie;A. C. Heath

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Ian B. Hickie
Ian B. Hickie University of Sydney
William S. Kremen
William S. Kremen University of California, San Diego
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Margaret J. Wright
Margaret J. Wright University of Queensland
Michael C. Neale
Michael C. Neale Virginia Commonwealth University
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne
Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne University of Queensland

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