Lyle Palmer

Professor Lyle Palmer

Professor of Genetic Epidemiology

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Professor Lyle Palmer - Doctor of Philosophy with Distinction.

Major Research Interests:
1. Translational bioscience
2. Machine learning applied to medicine
3. Genetic epidemiology of complex diseases
4. Population-based biobanking
5. Life course genetic epidemiology

 

For details on projects available please view the following booklet: School of Public Health Student Projects

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2018 - ongoing Senior Research Fellow Australian Institute for Machine Learning
    2017 - 2020 Chair, SA NT DataLink Steering Committee SA NT DataLink
    2014 - ongoing Professor of Genetic Epidemiology University of Adelaide
    2013 - 2014 Member The Ontario Vascular Health Knowledge Management Work Group
    2012 - 2013 Member The Canadian Health Measures Survey Biobank Advisory Committee (CHMS-BAC)
    2011 - 2014 Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Toronto
    2010 - 2013 Member Arkansas Research Alliance
    2010 - 2014 Executive Scientific Director The Ontario Health Study
    2010 - 2014 Principal Investigator for Ontario The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project
    2010 - 2014 Senior Principal Investigator and Director of Genetic Epidemiology and Biostatistics Platform Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
    2010 - 2014 Senior Investigator Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
    2010 - 2014 Senior Scientist Cancer Care Ontario
    2010 - 2014 Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Epidemiology University of Toronto
    2009 - ongoing Honorary Associate NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, School of Public Heatlh
    2009 - 2010 Winthrop Professor of Genetic Epidemiology University of Western Australia
    2008 - 2010 Chair Australian Genomics and Clinical Outcomes of High Grade Glioma (AGOG) Project Executive Committee
    2008 - 2010 Member of Management Committee Australian Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (COGNO)
    2008 - 2010 Director University of Western Australia
    2007 - 2011 Member, Scientific Advisory Board European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Infrastructure (BBMRI) Project
    2007 - 2010 Member of Expert Reference Panel Australain Twins Register
    2007 - 2010 Scientific Director The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study
    2007 - 2007 Member of Biobanking Inventory Working Group WA Department of Health
    2006 - 2010 Scientific Director University of Western Australia
    2006 - 2010 Co-Director Universtiy of Westen Australia
    2005 - ongoing Honourary Professorial Research Fellow, Genetic Epidemiology Bristol University
    2005 - 2014 Member of Board of Directors International Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G)
    2005 - 2010 Director University of Western Australia
    2005 - 2009 Member, Western Australian Genetics Council WA Department of Health
    2004 - 2010 Director University of Western Australia
    2003 - 2009 Member of Program Committee International Genetic Epidemiology Society
    2003 - ongoing Visiting Scientist Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    2003 - 2010 Professor, Medicine University of Western Australia
    2003 - 2010 Professor, Population Health University of Western Australia
    2003 - 2010 Foundation Chair in Genetic Epidemiology [Endowed Chair] University of Western Australia
    2003 - 2010 Director The Busselton Health Study Research Laboratory
    2003 - 2009 Professor of Genetics, Epidemiology, Biostatistics (Adjunct) Case Western Reserve University
    2003 - 2009 Scientific Director The Western Australian Genome Health Project
    2002 - 2003 Member of Genetics, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology Committee American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Inflammation
    2002 - 2003 Member of Genetics Subcommittee Sleep Heart Health Study Steering Committee
    2001 - 2006 Member of Education Committee International Genetic Epidemiology Society
    2001 - 2004 Member of Assembly on Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation Program Committee American Thoracic Society (ATS)
    2001 - 2003 Consultant Biostatistician Brigham and Women's Hospital
    2000 - 2003 Director of Statistical Genomics and Project leader Harvard Medical School
    2000 - 2003 Associate Epidemiologist Brigham and Women's Hospital
    2000 - 2000 Visiting Fulbright Lecturer John Hopkins University
    1999 - 2003 Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard University
    1999 - 2003 Principal Analyst International Consortium on Asthma Genetics (COAG)
    1997 - 2010 Member, Board of Directors Busselton Population Research Foundation
    1997 - 2010 Member, Scientific Advisory Committee Busselton Population Research Foundation
    1997 - 2000 NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Genetic Epidemiology Telethon Institute for Kids
    1996 - 1999 Consultant Biostatistician University of Western Australia
    1994 - 1994 President, Postgraduate Students Association University of Western Australia
    1994 - 1994 Chair Council of Western Australian Postgraduate Associations

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2018 Achievement Listed as Highly Cited Researcher (Cross Field) Clarivate Analytics United States -
    2011 Award Ori Rotstein Plenury Lecture University of Toronto - -
    2008 Achievement Inaugural De La Salle College (Western Australia) Hall of Excellence Inductee. - - -
    2007 Award Kevin Cullen Lecture - - -
    2007 Award Named Inspirational Doctor Western Australian Medical Students' Society. - -
    2007 Award Murray Clark Oration - - -
    2007 Award Named as one of The Lord Mayor of Perth’s 2007 “One Hundred local champions.” - - -
    2007 Award Fred Hollows Lecture - - -
    2007 Award Vice Chancellors Research Prize University of Western Australia. - $10,000
    2007 Achievement Biography included in Who’s Who in the World. - - -
    2007 Achievement Biography included in Who’s Who in Australia. - - -
    2007 Achievement Biography included in Who’s Who in Western Australia. - - -
    2006 Award Awarded the Barbara Ell Lecture Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute - -
    2006 Award John Blandford Oration - - -
    2005 Award Western Australian Business News “40 under 40” Award - - -
    2005 Award Overall Winner, Western Australian Business News “40 under 40” Award. - - -
    2005 Fellowship Leverhulme Visiting Fellowship Bristol University - -
    2005 Award Named Lotterywest / Scoop Magazine 2005 Inspirational Western Australian. - - -
    2005 Award Named Sunday Times 2005 Western Australian Leader - - -
    2005 Nomination Nominated, Western Australian Citizen of the Year - - -
    2003 Award Personal letter of congratulation on excellence of teaching for course Bio228 Harvard School of Public Health. - -
    2002 Award Paper selected for showcasing as an “example of the focus and quality of the original research presented at the conference”, - - -
    2002 Award Paper selected as one of 6 best papers published in Genetic Epidemiology in 2001 - - -
    2001 Award Paper selected as one of 6 best papers published in 2000/2001 - - -
    1999 Fellowship Churchill Fellowship - - -
    1999 Fellowship Fulbright Fellowship (Postdoctoral) - - -
    1998 Award Public Health Association of Australia (Western Australian Branch) Postgraduate Student Prize for Best Graduating Postgraduate Student, 1998 - - -
    1997 Fellowship 1997-2000 National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - - -
    1996 Scholarship The Australian Lung Foundation/SensorMedics Travel Scholarship - - -
    1996 Award The Allen & Hanburys Respiratory Medicine Research Award for Western Australia - - -
    1995 Scholarship British Council Academic Exchange Scholar to Oxford University, UK - - -
    1994 Award The Lillian Roxon Memorial Asthma Research Trust of Australia Award - - -
    1994 Award Finalist, Royal Commonwealth of Nations Youth of the Year Award - - -
    1993 Award Inaugural winner - - -
    1993 Award National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Postgraduate Medical Training Scholarship - - -
    1993 Award The Convocation of the University of Western Australia Postgraduate Research Award - - -
    1990 Award Malcolm Heywood McKenzie Cuff Prize in Anatomy - - -
    1988 Award Archaeology Society of Western Australia Prize. - - -

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    1998 University of Western Australia & Oxford University Australia/UK Doctor of Philosophy with Distinction - Genetic Epidemiology

  • Postgraduate Training
    Date Title Institution Country
    1999 - 2000 Fulbright Fellow & Churchill Fellow Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland United States
    1999 - 2000 Fulbright Fellow & Churchill Fellow Channing Laboratory, Harvard medical School United States
    1997 - 2000 NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow Telethon Kids Institute Australia

  • Research Interests
    Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing Bioinformatics Biostatistics Epidemiology Genetics Genetics & Heredity Medical Genetics Quantitative Genetics Ageing, Frailty and Mobility Cardiac, Respiratory and Vascular Health Early Origins of Health Men's Health Neuroscience, Behaviour and Brain Health Surgical and Health Systems Innovation Translational Health Outcomes

Competitive Research Funding

National Competitive Schemes

 

Date Project/No. Investigators Funding Body Amount
1993-1996 974301 - The genetic epidemiology of childhood asthma PI - Palmer. NHMRC AUD $90,000
1996 - 1997 A study of HLA and T cell receptor beta-chain DNA polymorphism within a cohort of patients with idiopathic arthritis of childhood Co-PI - Palmer, Manners. Rheumatology Research Trust Fund of Western Australia AUD $10,000
1999 Respiratory health in a remote tropical Aboriginal community Co-PI - Musk, et al. Health Department of Western Australia AUD $140,000
1997 - 2001 974301 - The genetic epidemiology of complex human diseases PI - Palmer. NHMRC AUD $200,000
2001 A whole genome screen for asthma in 387 families from Anqing Province, China. Co-I - Weiss, Xu Mammalian Genotyping Service, NHLBI, NIH, USA USD $200,000
2001 A collaboration to investigate simulated annealing in Gibbs sampler analyses of genetic data. PI - Palmer, Hurn. European Science Foundation €5,000 Euro
2000 - 2004 003209 - Epidemiological studies in maternal and child health Co-I (PI on Core) - Stanley, et al. NHMRC AUD $5,725,000
2000 - 2002 Combination of evidence in complex inheritance: consortium on asthma genetics (COAG) Co-I - Morton, Collins, Palmer. MRC, UK GBP £166,204
2000 - 2004 The Pharmacogenetics of Asthma Treatment Co-I - Weiss. NHLBI, NIH, USA ~USD $13,000,000
2000 - 2004 Innate immunity in Heart, Lung and Blood Disease Co-I - Weiss, Martinez. NHLBI, NIH, USA ~USD $12,800,000
2001 - 2005 The genetics of sleep apnea

Co-I (PI of sub-contract) - Redline

 NHLBI, NIH, USA USD $2,206,330
2001 - 2006 Counter Regulatory Lipid-Derived Signals in Severe Asthma Co-I - Israel NHLBI, NIH, USA USD $3,018,406
2001 - 2005 Molecular Biology and Genetics of EGR-1 in Asthma Co-I - Silverman. NHLBI, NIH, USA USD $1,052,750
2002 - 2007 Asthma Coalition on Community, Environment and Stress Co-I - Wright. NHLBI, NIH, USA ~USD $8,000,000
2003 - 2004 Gene polymorphisms and environmental interactions on plasma HDL-C levels in the Busselton Health Study. Co-I - Beilby, Chapman, Thompson, Palmer. National Heart Foundation of Australia AUD $199,220
2004 Linux supercomputer cluster for high-end and high-availability computing, database, and web-server functions PI - Palmer, et al. UWA Small Bequests Infrastructure Funds AUD $31,440
2004 Ultracold freezers for the Busselton Health Study. Co-PI - Musk, James, Knuiman, Beilby, de Klerk, Olynyk, Hung, Palmer. UWA Small Bequests Infrastructure Funds AUD $32,000
2004 264515 - High-throughput PCR thermocycler & Plate Reader PI - Palmer, et al. NHMRC Equipment Grant AUD $107,000
2004 Infrastructure support PI - Palmer. NIRIS Award, Department of Health, Government of Western Australia AUD $15,000
2004 Sun Fire V20z High Performance Computing Cluster PI - Palmer, et al. Sun Microsystems Australia Equipment Grant AUD $77,455
2004 264652 - Sun Fire V20z High Performance Computing Cluster PI - Palmer, et al. NHMRC Equipment Grant AUD $77,455
2004 - 2005 303176 - Molecular and genetic risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms PI - Norman, van Bockxmeer, Palmer. NHMRC Project Grant AUD $220,163
2004 - 2005 Genetic Investigations of Asthma and Type 1 Diabetes. PI - Palmer. Nitric Oxide Analyser System. AUD $21,120
2005 NHMRC Equipment Grant/UWA Co-PI - Musk, James, Beilby, Palmer, Knuiman. UWA Small Bequest Seeding Grant

AUD $123,915
2005 Provision of new array-based Illumina technology for genetic and genomic studies of cancer aetiology.  PI - Palmer, Klinken, Leedman, Abraham, Millward, Swanson, Robinson, Iacopetta, Musk, Olynyk, Joseph, Zeps.  Cancer Council of Western Australia, Cancer Research Equipment Initiative. AUD $155,000
2006 Feasibility study for establishing an Interdisciplinary Bioethics Centre at UWA focusing on ELSI issues relating to genetic epidemiology Director - Palmer, et al. UWA Institute for Advanced Studies AUD $15,000
2005 - 2006 G 04P 1617 - Genetic polymorphisms and environmental factors that affect HDL metabolism Co-I - Beilby, Thompson, Chapman, Palmer. National Heart Foundation of Australia AUD $112,940
2006 Busselton Health Data Bases Bioinformatics and Pharmaceutical Development Visualisation PI - Palmer et al. Government of Western Australia Department of Industry and Resources: South-West Industry Assistance Scheme AUD $50,000
2002 - 2006 219169 - Strategies to optimise glycaemic control and prevent hypoglycaemia in children and adolescents with type 1 Diabetes.  Co-PI - Jones, Davis, Fournier, Foster, Stick, Palmer.  NHMRC/JDFI Program Grant

AUD

$2,500,000
2005 - 2007 353532 - The Changing Prevalence of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease in Australia Co-PI - Musk, James, Beilby, Palmer, Knuiman.  NHMRC Project Grant AUD $625,000
2005 - 2007 350908 - Genetic polymorphisms in genes controlling innate immunity as risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia Co-PI - Ashton, Armstrong, Palmer, Milne. NHMRC Project Grant AUD $229,234
2003 - 2008 Endowment: Chair in Genetic Epidemiology PI - Palmer Wind Over Water Foundation AUD $2,500,000
2006 - 2008 404009 - Novel statistical methods for genetic epidemiology PI - Palmer, Carter, Baddeley, Hazelton. NHMRC Project Grant. AUD $472,500
2006 - 2008 DP0663247 - Novel Bioinformatics approaches for genetics and data linkage. 

 		 PI - Carter, Palmer, Hopper, Hazelton, Baddeley. Australian Research Council. AUD $233,000
2007 - 2008 G 06P 2521 - Immunogenetic determinants of Kawasaki disease and atherosclerosis. Co-PI - Burgner, Mamotte, Palmer, Christiansen. National Heart Foundation. AUD $123,000
2008 Western Australian Genetic Epidemiology Resource: Computing Infrastructure PI - Palmer, et al. Ramaciotti Foundation AUD $30,000
2008 Enhancement of the WA DNA Bank (CryoBio High Security Storage System for Plasma and Serum) PI - Palmer, et al. NHMRC Equipment Grant AUD $65,000
2008 Genetics Education in the 21st Century. Co - Applicant - Venville, Dawson, Palmer. DEST Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM) Grant AUD $57,750
2004 - 2009 303312 - A National Population-based Genetic Epidemiology, Biospecimen and Bioinformatic Resource PI - Palmer, Holman, Stanley, deKlerk, Zeps, vanBockxmeer, Semmens, Smith.  NHMRC Enabling Grant (Special Facilities) AUD $2,900,000
2005 - 2009 RO1 HL080010-01 - Osteoprotegrin and osteopontin in aortic aneurysm Co-I - Golledge, Daugherty, Bruemmer, Norman, Palmer. NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute USD $1,250,000
2005 - 2009 The Scott Kirkbride Melanoma Genetics Centre Scientific Director - Palmer. Bequest AUD $2,500,000
2006 - 2009 343020 - Australian Sleep Health Clinical Trials Network. Co-PI - Grunstein, McEvoy, Palmer, Marks, Pierce, Rogers NHMRC Enabling Grant (Clinical Trials). AUD $1,040,000
2006 - 2009 403981 - Childhood Precursors of Adult Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity and Diabetes- 16 year follow up of a Longitudinal Cohort Co-PI - Beilin, Palmer, Oddy, Mori, Kendall, Hands. NHMRC Project Grant. AUD $812,213
2007 - 2009 458520 - The Genetic Understanding of Asbestos-Related Disorders (GUARD). PI - Palmer, Musk, Garlepp, deKlerk, Reid, Robinson.  NHMRC National Asbestos Research Grants. AUD $543,600
2007 - 2009 458519 - Epidemiology and community consequences of asbestos exposure in WA. Co-PI - Musk, deKlerk, Palmer, Howat, Berry, Layman, Alfonso, Ambrosini, Lingren, Mackerras, Phillips, Reid, Smyth.  NHMRC National Asbestos Research Grants. AUD $836,385
2007 - 2009 166067 - Gene-Environment Interactions Underlying the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Co - Applicant - Lye, Briollais, Challis, Doherty, Matthews, Newnham, Ozcelik, Pennell, Simminovitch, Stanley, Palmer, Beilin, Zubrick, Van Eekelen. Canadian Institutes for Health Research. AUD $449,924
2006 - 2010 404025 - The Australian Medical Bioinformatics Resource (AMBeR) PI - Palmer, Hopper, Stanley, Armstrong, Baddeley, Eisman, Semmens. NHMRC Medical Bioinformatics, Genomics, Proteomics Program. AUD $2,185,000
2006 - 2010 404116 - The Western Australian DNA Bank. PI - Palmer, Beilby, van Bockxmeer, Zeps, Semmens, Stanley, Klinken, Constable, Christiansen.  NHMRC Enabling Grant (Special Facilities). AUD $1,375,000
2007 - 2010 Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G).

PIs: Knoppers and Hudson.

Co-I - Co-investigators: Burton, Deschênes, Ferretti, Fortier, Khoury, Laberge, Little, Metspalu, Ollier, Palmer, Peltonen.

 Genome Canada and Genome Quebec International Consortium Initiative Canadian $5,489,552
2009 - 2011 572613 - A genome-wide search for genes underlying the developmental origins of health and disease PI - Palmer, Pennell, Beilin, Newnham, Lye, Davey Smith. NHMRC Project Grant. AUD $989,500
2009 - 2010 G 08P 3671 - An investigation of common genes influencing cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular disease in early life Co - Applicant - McCaskie, Beilin, Mattes, Palmer, Pennell, Davey-Smith. National Heart Foundation AUD $129,000
2007 - 2012 Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology Centre (CAiTE).

PIs: Davey-Smith, Thomas.

Co-Applicant -

Co-applicants: Lawlor, Day, Palmer, Donovan, Windmeijer, Green, Gaunt.

 Medical Research Council of the UK Centre of Excellence in Translational Medicine. GBP ₤2,600,000
2008 - 2012 SRP 08-10 - Australian Genomics and Clinical Outcomes of High Grade Glioma: AGOG. PI - Palmer, Nowak, Teo, McDonald, Wheeler, Joseph, Robinson. Cancer Council of New South Wales AUD $1,238,114
2009 - 2013 The Ontario Health Study PI - Palmer Canadian Partnership Against Cancer / Ontario Institute for Cancer Research / Public Health Ontario Canadian $29,000,000
2009 - 2013 1001020 - National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases Co-PI - Robinson, Creaney, Nowak, Lake, Musk, Fazekas de St Groth, Palmer, Simpson, Skates, Watkins NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence AUD $4,500,000
2010 - 2013 Genetic Epidemiology & Biostatistics Platform PI - Palmer Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Canadian $4,000,000
2011 - 2013 1010279 - Examining GWAS-identified loci of interest in predicting coronary events in subjects with known coronary heart disease: the LIPID Genetic Study Co-PI - Thompson, Tonkin, Kirby, White, Beilby, West, Palmer, Blankenberg. NHMRC Project Grant. AUD $632,524
2011 - 2013 1010279 - Developmental Trajectories: A University of Toronto System-Wide Initiative to Improve Health, Learning and Society. Co-PI - Lye, Barr, Briollais, Corter, Fleming, Jenkins, Kennedy, Lee, Levitan, Matthews, Palmer, Pascal, Sokolowski. Connaught Global Challenge (University of Toronto). Canadian $1,000,000
2013 Dissecting the genetic etiology of obstructive sleep apnoea. Co-I - Mukherjee, Palmer. McLaughlin Centre Accelerator Grant, University of Toronto Canadian $50,000
2013 - 2014 Bridge Grant 7487 - Sleep fragmentation and the risk of stroke and heart disease. Co-I - Lim, Palmer, Mukherjee, Ryan, Kowgier, Bennett, Buchman Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO)

Canadian

$70,000

Current:

Date Project/No. Investigators Funding Body Amount
2010 - 2015 MOP-82893 - Gene Environment Interactions Underlying the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Co-Applicant - Lye, Adams, Beilin, Briollais, Matthews, Newnham, Olynyk, Palmer, Pennell Canadian Institutes for Health Research. Canadian $876,530
2011 - 2016 260883 - Measuring and improving the quality of ambulatory care for people with cardiovascular risk factors and/or chronic cardiovascular diseases. Co-I - Tu, Alter, Atzema, Austin, Bhatia, Booth, Garg, Gershon, Glazier, Hillmer, Hogg, Kapral, Ko, Lee, Lewis, Manuel, Palmer, Stukel, Tu, Walton, Wijeysundera, You. Canadian Institutes for Health Research. Team Grant: Chronic Disease Risk and Intervention Strategies. Canadian $1,998,740
2013 - 2017 287194 - Identifying Genetic Determinants of Human Sleep and Circadian Rhythms. Co-I - Lim, Bennett, Buchman, Dejager, Kowgier, Mukherjee, Palmer, Paré, Ryan. Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Canadian $446,488
2013 - 2015 299333 - Canadian Fatty Acid Reference Ranges Co-PI - Ma, Palmer (co-PIs), Little, Stark Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Canadian $545,112

 

 

Teaching
1993

Tutor in Genetics and Anatomy, Department Anatomy & Human Biology, University of Western Australia

2 tutorials/week of 1 Anatomy hour/week and

3 Genetics and human variation hours/week

25 medical students (Anatomy) and 60 BS students (Genetics and human variation).  Prep time: 4 hours/week
2002   

 

Instructor, ‘Gene discovery in complex human disease’.  Five-day short course -    

Genomics, Society and Human Health Program, University of Western Australia.  25 students.  Prep time: 2 weeks.
2003

Instructor, ‘An introduction to genetic epidemiology.’  Five-day short course –       

School of Population Health Summer School, University of Western Australia.  18 students.  Prep time: 2 weeks.
2004 Instructor (with Dr Martin Hazelton), Biostatistics 4S2 (core unit for statistics honours students), School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Western Australia.  Full-semester unit (6 points); 3 hrs/week for 5 months.

Honours students in Statistics / Statistics faculty / PhD students.
2004 Occasional lectures, Masters of Epidemiology Course, School of                 Population Health, University of Western Australia.  40 graduate students.
2004

Occasional lectures and Genetics PBL, Health Sciences Degree Program,   School of Population Health, University of Western Australia.

40 undergraduate (3rd year) students.
2004

Instructor, ‘Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology 750.742.’  School of Population Health, University of Western Australia.

Full-semester unit (6 points); 1 x 3hr lecture/week for 3 months.

10 Graduate students / Clinical Faculty.
2004 Lecturer, ‘Medical Genetics 970.320’, Bachelor of Science 3rd Year Program, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Western Australia.
2004 Lecturer, ‘Genetic Epidemiology’, Neurogenetics Workshop, Australasian   Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Scientific          Meeting, Perth, Australia        (December 2004).
2004 Instructor, ‘Fundamentals of genetic epidemiology.’  Five-day short course –          School of Population Health Summer School, University of Western Australia.
2005

Occasional lectures and Genetics PBL, Health Sciences Degree Program,   School of Population Health, University of Western Australia.

40 undergraduate (3rd year) students.
2005 Tutorials in Medical Genomics, Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery 6th year course, University of Western Australia (4 x 1hr tutorials throughout year).
2006 Tutorials in Medical Genomics, Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery 6th year course, University of Western Australia (4 x 1hr tutorials throughout year).
2006 Contributed to design of new BSc (Bioinformatics) course in Faculty of Life Sciences, including new undergraduate unit in Genetic Epidemiology (PUBH8742).
2007

Occasional lectures, Masters of Epidemiology Course, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia.

40 graduate students.
2007 Tutorials in Medical Genomics, Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery 6th year course, University of Western Australia (4 x 1hr tutorials throughout year).
2007 PUBH8742 Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology (2nd year undergraduate unit taught as part of BSc Bioinformatics course in Faculty of Life Sciences).
2008 Tutorials in Medical Genomics, Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery 6th year course, University of Western Australia (4 x 1hr tutorials throughout year).
2009 Tutorials in Medical Genomics, Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery 6th year course, University of Western Australia (4 x 1hr tutorials throughout year).
2009

Instructor, ‘An introduction to genetic epidemiology.’  Five-day short course –       

School of Population Health Summer School, University of Western Australia.  12 students.  Prep time: 2 weeks.
2016

Course Coordinator, PUB HLTH 7075 Introduction to Epidemiology (MPH Unit), School of Public Health, University of Adelaide. Semester 1. 45 students.  Prep time: 4 hrs/week.

 

 

Student assessment

“Is an effective university teacher” =87.6% (broad agreement=100%)

 

Clinical (undergraduate) research projects
Vacation scholarships

Philip Tong.  The genetic epidemiology of metastatic melanoma.  Supervisors: LJ Palmer, M Millward, J Cole.

Award: UWA Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Vacation Scholarship 2005.

Philip Tong. Pilot study evaluation: The Western Australian Melanoma Health Study. Supervisors: LJ Palmer, SV Ward.

Award: Western Australian Institute for Medical Research Vacation Scholarship Summer 2006 - 2007
Arya Gupta. The association of IL2RB with cardiovascular disease. Supervisors: LJ Palmer, R Webster. Summer 2007 – 2008.

Irwin Kashani.  The association of diabetic retinopathy with various co-morbidities in population-level health data. Supervisors: LJ Palmer.

Award: Western Australian Institute for Medical Research Vacation Scholarship Summer 2007 - 2008
2006 Med IV Research Projects (IMED)
Adam Mossenson, Sally Banfield, Jeremy Hill.  The Genetic Determinants of asthma and decline in lung function - PHF11 Gene.  Supervisors: LJ Palmer, A James, AW Musk.
Sherman Picardo, Amit Malik, Evonne Low.  The Genetic Determinants of asthma and decline in lung function - TGFB1 gene.  Supervisors: LJ Palmer, A James, AW Musk.
Jing Xiao, Fan Zhang.  Investigating genetic and environmental interactions of apolipoprotein polymorphisms with cardiovascular disease. Supervisors: BL Powell, J Hung, LJ Palmer.
Brendan Foo, Yuen Leow.  Investigating gene-gene and gene-environment interactions of Interleukin-1 gene polymorphisms with cardiovascular disease. Supervisors: KW Carter, B McQuillan, LJ Palmer.
Marie Hordijenko, Muntasser Islam, Janitha Jayawardena.  The Scott Kirkbride Melanoma Research Centre: Pilot Study implementation and evaluation. Supervisors: L McDonald, M Millward, LJ Palmer.
2007 Med IV Research Projects (IMED)
Jessica Kierath, Louise O’Halloran, Jennifer Watts.  The Western Australian Melanoma Health Project: Development and assessment of a scar assessment tool in melanoma patients. Supervisors: F Wood, LJ Palmer.
2008 Med IV Research Projects (IMED)
Anand Venkataraman.  Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Depression in the Western Australian Sleep Health Study.  Supervisors: S Mukherjee, LJ Palmer.
Prize: Research of greatest clinical significance. Students in Health & Medical Research Conference, WA Medical Students Society and Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia (2008)
2009 Med IV Research Projects (IMED)
A total of 32 4th year medical students worked within our Centre on various projects during 2009.
Regional, national, or international contributions
1997   

 

Lecturer, Queensland Institute for Medical Research Postgraduate Course on Statistical Genetics, Brisbane

3 day workshop, 50 graduate students                                   

Prep time: 2 weeks
2000

Instructor for Short Course ‘Approaches to gene mapping in complex         human             diseases’, Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women’s         Hospital, Boston MA.

Clinical faculty and fellows

Course given over 10 weeks, 50 participants.

Prep time: 6 hours/week.
2001

Lecturer on Genetics for American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and         Immunology (AAAAI) Board Review Course, Boston. 

Clinical fellows.  100 participants.  Prep time: 6 hours.
2001

Occasional lectures, Division of Health Sciences and Technology,   Harvard Medical School/MIT.

MD/PhD and PhD students.
2001

Instructor, Biostatistics 228b - ‘Statistical Genetics in Complex Human       Disease’, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health          (Fall 2001).  2 x 2hr lectures/week for 2.5 months.  40 students.

Graduate students / clinical fellows / HMS and HSPH faculty.

Prep time: 30 hours/week.

Student assessment [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/registrar/evaluations/index.shtml]

“Usefulness of content”=78.6%; “Advanced knowledge”= 85.7%; “Overall rating”=71.4%.
2002

Course Director (Co-director with Donata Vercelli) – ‘The Genetics            and Genomics        of Innate Immunity in Lung Disease.’  One-day short  course.  The Sheraton Hotel, Tucson, AZ.  90 participants.  Prep time: 2 weeks.

Average of student assessment: 82.3%.
2002

Instructor, Biostatistics 228 - ‘Statistical Genetics in Complex Human        Disease’, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health (Fall 2002).  2 x 2hr lectures/week for 2 months.  40 students.

Graduate students / clinical fellows / HMS and HSPH faculty.

Prep time: 10 hours/week.

Student assessment [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/registrar/evaluations/index.shtml]

“Usefulness of content”=85.7%; “Advanced knowledge”= 85.7%; “Overall rating”=85.7%.
2003 Faculty, ‘Genomics and Genetic Epidemiology: General Principles and Applications to Disease Studies.’  Two-day short course. Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School / Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (April 2003).
2003 Co-Chair (with William Cookson and Scott Weiss) – ‘Genetic association studies in complex lung disease’.  One-day Postgraduate Course, American Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2003.
2003 Instructor – ‘An introduction to the genetic epidemiology of complex human disease.’ Two-day short course, Biostatistics and Clinicial & Molecular Profiling, Merck Research Laboratories, Bluebell, PA.  30 participants. 

Prep time: 1 week.
2004 Instructor, “Genetic Data Analysis”, Master of Science in Biostatistics Program, Center for Statistics, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium. 3-week course.  40 students.

Prep time: 2 weeks.
2004

Instructor – ‘An introduction to the genetic epidemiology of complex human disease.’ Two-day short course, Epidemiology, Merck Research Laboratories, Bluebell, PA, USA.  20 participants. 

Prep time: 1 week.
2004

Lecturer, Sleep Medicine Lecture Series (4 day short course), Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.  60 participants.

Prep time: 1 week.
2005

Lecturer, Short course on genetic epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, Bristol University, Bristol, UK.  30 participants.

Prep time: 1 week.
2005

Lecturer, Short course on genetic epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, Bristol University, Bristol, UK.  30 participants.

Prep time: 1 week.
2011

Lecturer, Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.  8 participants.

Prep time: 1 week.
2012

Lecturer / Module Presenter, ‘Cardiovasulcar Epidemiology’, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.  16 participants.

Prep time: 1 week.
Mentored fellows at Harvard (NIH K awards)

Kelan Tantisira MD MS.  KO8 project: STAT6 Polymorphisms and the Ontogeny of Asthma. 
Sanjay J. Patel MD.  K23 project: The Genetics of Hormonal Resistance in Sleep Apnea.

  

Summer student research projects (Ontario Health Study)
2010 - 2012 Rashida Brown. Summer student from Rutgers University, Master of Public Health Program.
2012 Cody Black. Summer student from McMaster University, Biology and Pharmacology.
2012 Lorraine Mangalit. Summer student from University of Waterloo, Health Studies.
2012 Amanda Manoharan. Summer student from University of Waterloo, Health Studies.
2012 - 2013 Jenny Hayhoe. Summer student from University of Waterloo, Biomedical Science.
2013 Tiffany Fitzpatrick MPH. Summer student from University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Master of Public Health Program

       

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-Supervisor A longitudinal study of the development of dental occlusion and facial profiles of monozygotic and dizygotic Australian twins, from the primary to the permanent dentition. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jamal Giri
    2024 Co-Supervisor Using palatal and arch shape analysis to inform human identity in forensic investigations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Thao Liang Chiam
    2024 Co-Supervisor Unraveling psychosis: Deep Learning Analysis of Structural Neuroimaging to Predict Clinical Outcomes in Schizophrenia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Tristan John Bampton
    2024 Principal Supervisor Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy through Multimodal Data Fusion of Electrocardiogram and Clinical Records Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Xiaoyi Wang
    2024 Co-Supervisor Using deep learning methods to enhance cognitive outcomes in paediatric brain cancer. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Shamini Thirugnana Sambandam
    2024 Principal Supervisor The development and application of machine learning diagnostic and prognostic systems for paediatric brain cancer. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jordan Cooper Vihermaki
    2022 Co-Supervisor Using AI to predict clinical outcomes in dementia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Luke Thomas Whitbread
    2021 Principal Supervisor Deep learning for the discovery of clinically relevant imaging biomarkers in the assessment of rheumatoid arthritis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Alix Bird
    2021 Principal Supervisor Using deep learning and other artificial intelligence methods to determine COPD severity using medical imaging data. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Luke Anthony Smith
    2020 Principal Supervisor Prognostic prediction of large-vessel stroke using machine learning methods Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Minyan Zeng

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Weakly Supervised Localisation for Censor Aware Survival Prediction from Medical Images Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Renato Hermoza Aragones
    2016 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Closing the implementation gap in pre-deployment medical AI study design Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Lauren Oakden-Rayner

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2021 - ongoing Principal Supervisor A project investigating the role of genetics in cerebral palsy patients with comparison to MRI scans The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Honours in the School of Public Health Honours Full Time Huy-Dat Pham
    2020 - ongoing Co-Supervisor AI Stroke Imaging Research The University of Adelaide Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health Doctorate Full Time Ms Minyan Zeng
    2018 - 2018 Co-Supervisor The role of genetic variants in cerebral palsy: A systematic review University of Adelaide Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Honours) Honours Full Time Ryan Pham

  • Board Memberships
    Date Role Board name Institution name Country
    2019 - ongoing Member Australian Alliance for AI in Healthcare (AAAIiH) Executive Committee Australian Alliance for AI in Healthcare (AAAIiH) Australia
    2018 - 2020 Chair SA NT DataLink Steering Committee Government of South Australia Australia
    2014 - 2015 - Faculty of Health Sciences Board University of Adelaide -
    2005 - ongoing Member Board of Directors, International Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G) - -

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2020 - ongoing Member Human Research Ethics Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2020 - ongoing Member Clinical Informatics Advisory Committee Department of Health and Wellbeing, Government of South Australia Australia
    2019 - 2020 Member Vision 2020 Steering Committee Department of Health and Wellbeing, Government of South Australia Australia
    2018 - ongoing Member Department for Health and Wellbeing Human Research Ethics Committee Government of South Australian Australia
    2017 - ongoing Board Member SA-NT DataLink Steering Committee SA-NT DataLink Australia
    2015 - 2021 Chair School of Public Health Research Committee University of Adelaide Australia
    2014 - 2015 Member Executive Deans Advisory Committee Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide -
    2014 - ongoing Member Leadership Group, The Centre for Research Excellence in Aboriginal Chronic Disease Knowledge Translation and Exchange, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. - -
    2013 - 2014 Member The Ontario Vascular Health Knowledge Management Work Group. - -
    2012 - 2013 Chair Ontario Health Study Scientific Steering Committee - -
    2012 - 2013 Member The Canadian Health Measures Survey Biobank Advisory Committee (CHMS-BAC). - -
    2010 - 2014 Member Senior Management Team Ontario Institute for Cancer Institute. -
    2010 - 2013 Member Executive Committee Ontario Biospecimen Research Platform -
    2010 - 2013 Member Steering Committee Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project -
    2010 - 2013 Member National Task Force developing a Cancer Prevention Plan for Canada Canadian Cancer Research Alliance -
    2009 - ongoing Member Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry Ethics Committee - -
    2008 - ongoing Member Australian Genomics and Clinical Outcomes of High Grade Glioma (AGOG) Project Executive Committee - -
    2006 - ongoing Member Executive Committee, Australasian Sleep Trials Network - -
    2006 - ongoing Member Executive Committee, Sleep Apnea CardioVascular Endpoints (SAVE) Study - -
    2005 - ongoing Member Steering Committee, International Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G) - -

  • Editorial Boards
    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2018 - ongoing Associate Editor Nature Scientific Reports Scientific Reports United Kingdom
    2014 - ongoing Editor International Journal of Epidemiology University of Bristol United Kingdom
    2005 - ongoing Associate Editor Human Genetics - -
    2004 - ongoing Editor The Encyclopedia of Biostatistics 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons: Chichester [In Press]. - -
    2003 - ongoing Associate Editor Genetic Analysis Workshop 13 Proceedings. - -
    2003 - ongoing Editor International Journal of Epidemiology - -
    2002 - ongoing Editor Biostatistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology - -
    1994 - ongoing Editor ‘Submission on quality of education in postgraduate research degrees at the University of Western Australia.’ Submitted to the University of Western Australia as a policy paper; subsequently used as a guide for revision of University regulations and distributed nationally. University of Western Australia -
    1993 - ongoing Editor Postgraduate Insert, Pelican Magazine University of Western Australia -

  • Offices Held
    Date Office Name Institution Country
    2019 - ongoing Leader, Precision Healthcare Flagship, Australian Alliance for AI in Healthcare Australian Alliance for AI in Healthcare Australia
  • Position: Professor of Genetic Epidemiology
  • Phone: 83132158
  • Email: lyle.palmer@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83133339
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Rundle Mall Plaza, floor 4
  • Org Unit: Public Health
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