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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

957 Scholarly works
91 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

    A framework for the molecular identification of CHIP for clinical research
    DOI: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2026.100575
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP): A need for standardized definition and criteria for translational research studies
    DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2026.102530
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Genome-wide analysis highlights epigenetic link to age at menarche
    DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deag019
  • 2026

    Other

    Data from Region-Based Analyses of Existing Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Potential Genetic Susceptibility Regions for Glioma
    DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.c.7535316
  • 2026

    Other

    Supplementary Table S2 from Region-Based Analyses of Existing Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Potential Genetic Susceptibility Regions for Glioma
    DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.31762267
  • 2026

    Other

    Supplementary Table S9 from Region-Based Analyses of Existing Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Potential Genetic Susceptibility Regions for Glioma
    DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.31762240
  • 2026

    Other

    Supplementary Table S5 from Region-Based Analyses of Existing Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Potential Genetic Susceptibility Regions for Glioma
    DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.31762252
  • 2026

    Other

    Supplementary Figure S2 from Region-Based Analyses of Existing Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Potential Genetic Susceptibility Regions for Glioma
    DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.31762276

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