Professor Lyle Palmer

Research Interests

• Methodological research in statistical genomics and bioinformatics
• Genetic epidemiology of complex disease
• Life course genetic epidemiology
• Pooled meta-analysis of genetic data
• SNP variation discovery, high throughput genotyping, pharmacogenomics, phenotype definition

Current Appointments

• Foundation Chair in Genetic Epidemiology, The University of Western Australia
• Director, Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia
• Professor, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia
• Professor, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia
• Adjunct Associate Professor of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland USA
• Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland USA
• Visiting Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston USA
• Associate Senior Research Fellow, Dept of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Leicester UK
• Honorary Research Fellow, School of Social Medicine, Bristol University UK

Recent Awards

• Vice Chancellors Research Prize, The University of Western Australia, 2007
• One of City of Perth's Lord Mayor's One Hundred Local Champions, 2007
• Overall Winner, WA Business News "40 Under 40" Award, 2005
• The Sunday Times Western Australian Leader, 2005
• Lotterywest / Scoop Magazine Inspirational Western Australian, 2005

Training

• Director of Statistical Genomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston USA 2000-2003
• FRSS - Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, 2000
• Churchill Fellowship, 1999-2000
• Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1999-2000
• Research Fellow, The Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, 1999-2000
• NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Genetic Epidemiology, 1997-2000
• PhD (Distinction), The University of Western Australia, 1996

Networks

• Board of Directors, International Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G)
• Board of Directors, Busselton Population Research Foundation
• Advisory Board, European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Infrastructure Project
• Director, The WA Genetic Epidemiology Resource
• Director, The Australian Medical Bioinformatics Resource
• Director, The Joondalup Family Health Study
• Director, The Busselton Health Study Research Laboratory
• Director, The Australasian HuGENET Centre
• Co-Director, The Western Australian Twins Register
• Executive Committee, The Australasian Sleep Trials Network
• Executive Committee, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia
• Executive Committee, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia
• Executive Committee, Sleep Apnea CardioVascular Endpoints (SAVE) Study
• Member, Raine Cohort Management Committee
• Member, Western Australian Genetics Council
• Fellow, Australian Institute of Management