Phillip Melton

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Genetics

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-2964

Emailphillip.melton@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M409), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia

545 Citations
14 h-Index

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Personal profile

Roles and responsibilities

Head, Statistical Genetics

Funding overview

Ada Bartholomew Medical Trust
National Health & Medical Research Council
National Institute of Health
Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Found.
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Previous positions

Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Teaching overview

Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology

Research

Genetic epidemiology of complex disease in families.

Keywords

Statistical genetics
Bioinformatics
Genetic epidemiology
Population genetics
Computational Biology
Transcriptomics
Cardiovascular disease, genetics of
Complex disease, genetics of
Family-based genetic studies
Phylogeography

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Research Output 2006 2019

545 Citations
14 h-Index
49 Article
6 Conference paper
3 Chapter
3 Abstract/Meeting Abstract
4 More

Analysis of the Epigenome in Multiplex Pre-eclampsia Families Identifies SORD, DGKI, and ICA1 as Novel Candidate Risk Genes

Ariff, A., Melton, P. E., Brennecke, S. P. & Moses, E. K., 19 Mar 2019, In : Frontiers in Genetics. 10, 11 p., 227.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

2 Citations (Scopus)

Differential SLC6A4 methylation: a predictive epigenetic marker of adiposity from birth to adulthood

EpiGen Consortium, May 2019, In : International Journal of Obesity. 43, 5, p. 974-988 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Adiposity

Epigenomics

Methylation

Parturition

Umbilical Cord

1 Citation (Scopus)

Epigenetic age acceleration in adolescence associates with BMI, inflammation and risk score for middle age cardiovascular disease

Huang, R. C., Lillycrop, K. A., Beilin, L. J., Godfrey, K. M., Anderson, D., Mori, T. A., Rauschert, S., Craig, J. M., Oddy, W. H., Ayonrinde, O. T., Pennell, C. E., Holbrook, J. D. & Melton, P. E., Jul 2019, In : The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 104, 7, p. 3012-3024 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Epigenomics

Cardiovascular Diseases

Inflammation

Adiposity

DNA Methylation

11 Citations (Scopus)

Epigenome-wide Meta-analysis of DNA Methylation and Childhood Asthma

BIOS consortium, Jun 2019, In : The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 143, 6, p. 2062-2074

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

DNA Methylation

Meta-Analysis

Asthma

Methylation

Newborn Infant

Genetic influence on scar height and pliability after burn injury in individuals of European ancestry: A prospective cohort study

Wallace, H. J., Cadby, G., Melton, P. E., Wood, F. M., Falder, S., Crowe, M. M., Martin, L. J., Marlow, K., Ward, S. V. & Fear, M. W., May 2019, In : Burns. 45, 3, p. 567-578 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Pliability

Cicatrix

Cohort Studies

Prospective Studies

Wounds and Injuries