Naomi Wray
CitizenshipAustralian
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (BSc, 1984; PhD, 1989)
Cornell University (MS, 1986)[1]
Known forResearch on genetic architecture of complex traits
Scientific career
FieldsQuantitative genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Queensland
ThesisConsequences of selection in finite populations with particular reference to closed nucleus herds of pigs (1989)
Doctoral advisorsBill Hill
Robin Thompson

Naomi Ruth Wray FAA FAHMS is an Australian statistical geneticist at the University of Queensland, where she is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience and an Affiliate Professor in the Queensland Brain Institute. She is also a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellow and, along with Peter Visscher and Jian Yang, is one of the three executive team members of the NHMRC-funded Program in Complex Trait Genomics.[2] Naomi pioneered the use of polygenic scores in human genetics, and has made significant contributions to both the development of methods and their clinical use.

Education and career

Wray has a B.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh (1984),[3] and an M.S. from Cornell University in 1986.[4] She earned her Ph.D. in 1989 from the University of Edinburgh where she worked on population genetics.[5]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

She was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2016[6][7] and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2020.

References

  1. "Naomi Wray". Program in Complex Trait Genomics. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. "Academy elects 28 new Fellows". AAHMS - Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  4. Wray, Naomi Ruth (1986). Analysis of gestation lengths in American Simmental cattle (Thesis). OCLC 63341482.
  5. Wray, Naomi Ruth (1989). Consequences of selection in finite populations with particular reference to closed nucleus herds of pigs. University of Edinburgh. OCLC 556698761.
  6. "Professor Naomi Wray". Queensland Brain Institute. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. "Professor Naomi Ruth Wray". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 19 August 2018.


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