Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Department of Physiology

Profile

I graduated with a BAppSc majoring in molecular biology at Victoria University of Technology.
I have been working in the Dept of Physiology since 1996, researching the genetics of cardiovascular risk factors.

Service to the University, discipline or community and recent presentations

Member of departmental Environment Health & Safety committee

Research Profile, Interests and Recent Publications

Research Interests:

Genes determining blood pressure responses

Recent Publications:

Harrap SB, Wong ZYH, Stebbing M, Lamantia A, Bahlo M. Blood pressure QTLs identified by genome-wide linkage analysis and dependence on associated phenotypes. Physiol Genomics 2002;8:99-105

Stephen B. Harrap, Zilla Y. H. Wong, Katrina J. Scurrah, Angela Lamantia. Genome-wide linkage analysis of population variation in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Human Genetics 2006; 119(5), 541-546

Justine A. Ellis, Katrina J. Scurrah, Anna E. Duncan, Angela Lamantia, Graham B. Byrnes, Stephen B. Harrap. Comprehensive multi-stage linkage analyses identify a locus for adult height on chromosome 3p in a healthy Caucasian population. Human Genetics 2007; 121:2, 213.

Supervisor

Stephen Harrap

Justine Ellis