Divya Mehta
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Divya Mehta is a geneticist and biostatistician working as an Associate Professor at the Queensland University of Technology, where she leads the Stress Genomics Lab at the Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health (CGPH). She is also an Affiliate Fellow at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. She has served on the Editorial Board of the Brain Behaviour and Immunity journal since 2020, and has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Psychiatric Research since 2021. She is working at the interface of psychiatry, statistics and molecular genetics.
Education
Divya was born in India, before moving to the UK and Germany for tertiary education. She received an MSc (First Class with Distinction) in Human Molecular Genetics from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in 2004, and her PhD (with Distinction) from the Technical University Munich in 2009. In her PhD dissertation under the supervision of Thomas Meitinger and Holger Prokisch, she identified SNPs affecting gene expression in the general population [1][2][3][4].
Career and research
Divya's research has identified key stress-response genes and improved our understanding of how our genes and epigenetics contribute towards our health [5]. A milestone study by Divya and her co-authors showed how early experiences shape our genome and drive our mental health [6]. Her research has been implemented internationally in 5 patents and 6 public policies [7], and she has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and 4 book chapters.
She has recieved 25 research awards which include the 2021-22 Science and Technology Australia Superstars of STEM and the 2021 Australian Institute of Policy and Science Young Tall Poppy Award [7].
References
- ↑ Döring, Angela; Gieger, Christian; Mehta, Divya; Gohlke, Henning; Prokisch, Holger; Coassin, Stefan; Fischer, Guido; Henke, Kathleen; Klopp, Norman; Kronenberg, Florian; Paulweber, Bernhard; Pfeufer, Arne; Rosskopf, Dieter; Völzke, Henry; Illig, Thomas (April 2008). "SLC2A9 influences uric acid concentrations with pronounced sex-specific effects". Nature Genetics. 40 (4): 430–436. doi:10.1038/ng.107. ISSN 1546-1718. PMID 18327256.
- ↑ Meisinger, Christa; Prokisch, Holger; Gieger, Christian; Soranzo, Nicole; Mehta, Divya; Rosskopf, Dieter; Lichtner, Peter; Klopp, Norman; Stephens, Jonathan; Watkins, Nicholas A.; Deloukas, Panos; Greinacher, Andreas; Koenig, Wolfgang; Nauck, Matthias; Rimmbach, Christian (January 2009). "A Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Three Loci Associated with Mean Platelet Volume". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 84 (1): 66–71. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.11.015. PMC 2668036. PMID 19110211.
- ↑ Weidinger, Stephan; Gieger, Christian; Rodriguez, Elke; Baurecht, Hansjörg; Mempel, Martin; Klopp, Norman; Gohlke, Henning; Wagenpfeil, Stefan; Ollert, Markus; Ring, Johannes; Behrendt, Heidrun; Heinrich, Joachim; Novak, Natalija; Bieber, Thomas; Krämer, Ursula (2008-08-22). Cheung, Vivian G. (ed.). "Genome-Wide Scan on Total Serum IgE Levels Identifies FCER1A as Novel Susceptibility Locus". PLOS Genetics. 4 (8): e1000166. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000166. ISSN 1553-7404. PMC 2565692. PMID 18846228.
- ↑ Lattka, E.; Eggers, S.; Moeller, G.; Heim, K.; Weber, M.; Mehta, D.; Prokisch, H.; Illig, T.; Adamski, J. (2010-01-01). "A common FADS2 promoter polymorphism increases promoter activity and facilitates binding of transcription factor ELK1". Journal of Lipid Research. 51 (1): 182–191. doi:10.1194/jlr.M900289-JLR200. ISSN 0022-2275. PMC 2789778. PMID 19546342.
- ↑ Mehta, Divya. "Stress is a health hazard. But a supportive circle of friends can help undo the damaging effects on your DNA". The Conversation. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ↑ Mehta, Divya; Klengel, Torsten; Conneely, Karen N.; Smith, Alicia K.; Altmann, André; Pace, Thaddeus W.; Rex-Haffner, Monika; Loeschner, Anne; Gonik, Mariya; Mercer, Kristina B.; Bradley, Bekh; Müller-Myhsok, Bertram; Ressler, Kerry J.; Binder, Elisabeth B. (2013-05-14). "Childhood maltreatment is associated with distinct genomic and epigenetic profiles in posttraumatic stress disorder". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (20): 8302–8307. doi:10.1073/pnas.1217750110. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3657772. PMID 23630272.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Divya Mehta". Million STEM. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
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