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Email

msouthey@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
Graduate Diploma
University of Melbourne
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-6313-9005

Prof Melissa Southey

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

967 Scholarly works
91 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    DNA methylation estimates of immune cell abundance have prognostic potential in triple negative breast cancer
    DOI: 10.1186/s13148-026-02052-w
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Transcriptomic signatures in brain and blood related to cognitive and psychiatric phenotypes of Prader–Willi syndrome
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-33041-3
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Australian genome-wide association study confirms higher female risk for adult glioma associated with variants in the region of CCDC26
    DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac279
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Trial Integration of Polygenic Scores for Common Cancers Into Standard Clinical Care
  • 2023

    Research grants (other domestic)

    kConFab. The Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Research Into Familial Breast Cancer
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Centre of Research Excellence in Precision Public Health Approaches to Breast Cancer Screening, Early Detection and Mortality Reduction
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Accuracy of Risk Estimates from the iPrevent Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Management Tool
    DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkz066
Melissa Southey

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2010
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, Australia (FRCPA)
2003
FHGSA - Fellow of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Risks of non-breast, non-ovarian cancers for BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers: a prospective cohort study
    DOI: 10.1186/s12916-026-04753-8
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Epigenome-wide analysis of DNA-methylation signatures following climate-related disasters
    DOI: 10.1186/s12916-026-04868-y
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Tumour-based DNA methylation markers of breast cancer survival: a pooled analysis of 2157 cases.
    DOI: 10.1186/s13058-026-02327-3
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Deep learning analysis of breast cancer histology predicts ATM pathogenic variant carrier status.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41746-026-02895-w
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Evaluation of Polygenic Scores and CT Imaging in Risk Factor Modification in Patients With Diabetes: Rationale and Design of the VOLTAIRE Study
    DOI: 10.1002/clc.70363
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Polygenic scores for risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: evaluation of novel and published models.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41698-026-01479-x
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Epigenetic markers of ageing and cancer risk
    DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2026.103041
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Mammographic density, pathogenic breast cancer susceptibility gene variants, and breast cancer risk: a pooled case–control analysis
    DOI: 10.1016/s3050-5038(25)00216-x

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