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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7374
Email
anna.gosling@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Department of Anatomy
Qualifications
BBiomedSc BA(Hons I) MSc PhD
Research summary
Biological anthropology and human genetic variation in ancient and modern populations

Research

My research focuses on understanding the patterns of genetic variation seen in human populations. What variation is there? How did this variation arise and when? How might this variation contribute to health? Why do contemporary Pacific populations have a disproportionately high prevalence of metabolic disease (e.g. gout), and how might ancient and modern DNA help us to understand the evolutionary processes underlying this?

Publications

Paulino, Y. C., Camacho, F., Paulino, T. V. C., Lee, D. J., Natividad, L. L., Matisoo-Smith, E., Merriman, T. R., & Gosling, A. L. (2025). Conducting genetic epidemiology research on hyperuricaemia and gout in an indigenous community in Guam: A feasibility study. BMC Public Health, 25, 484. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21643-5 Journal - Research Article

Dickerson, R. R., Takei, R., Cadzow, M., Schurr, T. G., Castel, S., Emde, A.-K., … Gosling, A. L., & Merriman, T. R. (2024). Mitonuclear discordance and metabolic function in admixed Polynesian populations. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 183(S77), (pp. 42). doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24928 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paulino, T., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Gosling, A. (2023). Contextualizing the Pacific: Identifying cardiometabolic disease risk factors among Micronesians in Guam. In R. Richards, I. Walter, A. Finigan, T. Ruhe, L. Avia, M. Schaaf & E. Fehoko (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XX. (pp. 33). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16433 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Dickerson, R. R., Takei, R., Cadzow, M., Castel, S., Emde, A.-K., Wasik, K., … Gosling, A. L., & Merriman, T. R. (2023). Mitonuclear discordance and metabolic function in admixed Polynesian populations. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 180(S75), (pp. 46). doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24731 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Zalloua, P., Elias, N., Senovska, A., Collins, C., Gosling, A., Karam, S., … Matisoo-Smith, E. (2023). Ancient DNA investigation of the 17 Maronite patriarchs of Qanubin. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 60, 108-113. doi: 10.1016/j.culher.2022.12.006 Journal - Research Other

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