Jeff Craig
Professor
Environmental & Genetic Epidemiology Research
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Biography
Associate Professor Jeff Craig works in the Environmental and Genetic Epidemiology Research Group at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and is an Honorary Associate Professor within the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne. He leads a team of researchers in the Early Life Epigenetics team. He has established a number of longitudinal cohorts including the Peri/postnatal Epigenetic Twins cohort. Associate Professor Craig is also an internationally recognised expert on twins and is Deputy Director of the Australian Twin Registry. His work focuses on epigenetic changes associated with early development and the link between environmental factors, development and disease, in particular cardiovascular disease and neurodevelopment. He aims to apply this work to develop epigenetic biomarkers reflecting past environment and predicting future disease risk. He has 95 peer-reviewed publications including Nature Genetics, Molecular Cell, EMBO J, PNAS, J Cell Science & Genome Research .
Research Interest
pediatrics,Environmental and Genetic Epidemiology
Publications
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Longitudinal genome-scale analysis of DNA methylation in twins from birth to 18 months of age reveals rapid epigenetic change and pair-specific effects of epigenetic drift and convergence. In press, Genome Biology.
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Loke YJ, Galati JC, Morley R, Joo EJ, Novakovic B, Li X, Weinrich B, Carson N, Ollikainen M, Ng HK, Andronikos R. Association of maternal and nutrient supply line factors with DNA methylation at the imprinted IGF2/H19 locus in multiple tissues of newborn twins. Epigenetics. 2013 Oct 1;8(10):1069-79.
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Cruickshank MN, Oshlack A, Theda C, Davis PG, Martino D, Sheehan P, Dai Y, Saffery R, Doyle LW, Craig JM. Analysis of epigenetic changes in survivors of preterm birth reveals the effect of gestational age and evidence for a long term legacy. Genome medicine. 2013 Oct 18;5(10):96.
