QIMR Berghofer Senior Scientist Professor Nick Martin has been ranked 90
th in a list of the world’s most highly cited researchers.
Professor Martin is recognised as a world leader in the genetics of mental health disorders and psychological traits.
He heads QIMR Berghofer’s Genetic Epidemiology Research Group. He joined the Institute in 1986, and has contributed to more than 1400 scientific papers over his career.
Professor Martin has made major contributions to genetic research into anxiety, depression, alcoholism, melanoma and other conditions.
He founded the Australian Twin Registry and for decades has conducted research into twins to unravel the different roles of genetics and environment in various behavioural and psychological traits.
Genetic tests, assured
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The Australian insurance industry’s self-regulated moratorium restricting the use of genetic test results in life insurance underwriting comes up for review in 2022. A new research project has been funded to ensure the review gets adequate, independent evidence.
In a perspective published today in the
Medical Journal of Australia, public health genomics experts say the A-GLIMMER project (Australian Genetics and Life Insurance Moratorium: Monitoring the Effectiveness and Response) seeks to answer the question of whether the Financial Services Council’s (FSC) voluntary moratorium is “an adequate and effective long-term regulatory solution for Australia”.
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