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Allison Miller

Allison MillerResearch Technician 

PGDipSc

Email allison.miller@otago.ac.nz
Tel 64 3 378 6268

Research interests

  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Pharmacogenomics

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Publications

Hitchman, L. M., Faatoese, A., Merriman, T. R., Miller, A. L., Liau, Y., Graham, O. E. E., Kee, P. S., Pearson, J. F., … Cameron, V. A., Kennedy, M. A., & Maggo, S. D. S. (2022). Allelic diversity of the pharmacogene CYP2D6 in New Zealand Māori and Pacific peoples. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, 1016416. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1016416

Hitchman, L. M., Faatoese, A., Merriman, T. R., Miller, A. L., Liau, Y., Graham, O. E. E., Kee, P. S., Pearson, J. F., … Cameron, V. A., Kennedy, M. A., & Maggo, S. D. S. (2022, August-September). Allelic diversity of the pharmacogene CYP2D6 in New Zealand Māori and Pacific peoples. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Liau, Y., Maggo, S., Lehnert, K., Doogue, M. P., Scull, A., Miller, A. L., Pearson, J. F., & Kennedy, M. A. (2022, August-September). Genomic analysis of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists & Toxicologists (ASCEPT) NZ Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Kee, P. S., Maggo, S., Kennedy, M. A., Barclay, M. L., Miller, A., Lehnert, K., … Faull, R. L. M., … Chin, P. K. L. (2022, August-September). Omeprazole treatment failure in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and genetic variation at the CYP2C locus. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists & Toxicologists (ASCEPT) NZ Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Maggo, S., Kee, J., Hitchman, L., Chin, P., Doogue, M., Miller, A., … Kennedy, M. (2021). Assessing the pharmacogenomic landscape of adverse drug reactions in Aotearoa [Invited]. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Hitchman, L. M., Faatoese, A., Merriman, T. R., Miller, A. L., Liau, Y., Graham, O. E. E., Kee, P. S., Pearson, J. F., … Cameron, V. A., Kennedy, M. A., & Maggo, S. D. S. (2022). Allelic diversity of the pharmacogene CYP2D6 in New Zealand Māori and Pacific peoples. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, 1016416. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1016416

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Ip, H. F., van der Laan, C. M., Krapohl, E. M. L., Brikell, I., Sánchez-Mora, C., Nolte, I. M., … Miller, A., … Boden, J., Pearson, J., Horwood, L. J., Kennedy, M., Poulton, R., … Boomsma, D. I. (2021). Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age. Translational Psychiatry, 11, 413. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01480-x

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Seddon, A. R., Liau, Y., Pace, P. E., Miller, A. L., Das, A. B., Kennedy, M. A., Hampton, M. B., & Stevens, A. J. (2021). Genome-wide impact of hydrogen peroxide on maintenance DNA methylation in replicating cells. Epigenetics & Chromatin, 14(1), 17. doi: 10.1186/s13072-021-00388-6

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Sinha, P., Cree, S. L., Miller, A. L., Pearson, J. F., & Kennedy, M. A. (2021). Transcriptional analysis of sodium valproate in a serotonergic cell line reveals gene regulation through both HDAC inhibition-dependent and independent mechanisms. Pharmacogenomics Journal, 21, 359-375. doi: 10.1038/s41397-021-00215-x

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Ward, Z., Schmeier, S., Saddic, L., Sigurdsson, M. I., Cameron, V. A., Pearson, J., Miller, A., Morley-Bunker, A., … Pilbrow, A. P. (2021). Novel and annotated long noncoding RNAs associated with ischemia in the human heart. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, 11324. doi: 10.3390/ijms222111324

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Graham, O. E. E., Pitcher, T. L., Liau, Y., Miller, A. L., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., Anderson, T. J., & Kennedy, M. A. (2020). Nanopore sequencing of the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene in a New Zealand Parkinson's disease cohort. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 70, 36-41. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.11.022

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Searchfield, G. D., Poppe, T. N. E. R., Durai, M., Jensen, M., Kennedy, M. A., Maggo, S., Miller, A. L., … Russell, B. R., … Wise, K. (2020). A proof-of-principle study of the short-term effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on tinnitus and neural connectivity. International Journal of Neuroscience, 130(7), 671-682. doi: 10.1080/00207454.2019.1702544

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Taylor, W. S., Pearson, J., Miller, A., Schmeier, S., Frizelle, F. A., & Purcell, R. V. (2020). MinION sequencing of colorectal cancer tumour microbiomes: A comparison with amplicon-based and RNA-sequencing. PLoS ONE, 15(5), e0233170. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233170

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Liau, Y., Cree, S. L., Maggo, S., Miller, A. L., Pearson, J. F., Gladding, P. A., & Kennedy, M. A. (2019). A multiplex pharmacogenetics assay using the MinION nanopore sequencing device. Pharmacogenetics & Genomics, 29(9), 207-215. doi: 10.1097/fpc.0000000000000385

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Liau, Y., Maggo, S., Miller, A. L., Pearson, J. F., Kennedy, M. A., & Cree, S. L. (2019). Nanopore sequencing of the pharmacogene CYP2D6 allows simultaneous haplotyping and detection of duplications. Pharmacogenomics, 20(14), 1033-1047. doi: 10.2217/pgs-2019-0080

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Maggo, S. D. S., Sycamore, K. L. V., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2019). The three ps: Psychiatry, pharmacy, and pharmacogenomics, a brief report from New Zealand. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 690. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00690

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Prickett, T. C. R., Spittlehouse, J. K., Miller, A. L., Liau, Y., Kennedy, M. A., Cameron, V. A., Pearson, J. F., Boden, J. M., Troughton, R. W., & Espiner, E. A. (2019). Contrasting signals of cardiovascular health among natriuretic peptides in subjects without heart disease. Scientific Reports, 9, 12108. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48553-y

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de Jong, L. C., Cree, S., Lattimore, V., Wiggins, G. A. R., Spurdle, A. B., kConFab Investigators, Miller, A., Kennedy, M. A., & Walker, L. C. (2017). Nanopore sequencing of full-length BRCA1 mRNA transcripts reveals co-occurrence of known exon skipping events. Breast Cancer Research, 19, 127. doi: 10.1186/s13058-017-0919-1

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Shchepetkina, A. A., Hock, B. D., Miller, A., Kennedy, M. A., & Gieseg, S. P. (2017). Effect of 7,8-dihydroneopterin mediated CD36 down regulation and oxidant scavenging on oxidised low-density lipoprotein induced cell death in human macrophages. International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 87, 27-33. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2017.03.017

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Cree, S. L., Fredericks, R., Miller, A., Pearce, F. G., Filichev, V., Fee, C., & Kennedy, M. A. (2016). DNA G-quadruplexes show strong interaction with DNA methyltransferases in vitro. FEBS Letters, 590(17), 2870-2883. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12331

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Jodczyk, S., Pearson, J. F., Aitchison, A., Miller, A. L., Hampton, M. B., & Kennedy, M. A. (2015). Telomere length measurement on the Roche LightCycler 480 platform. Genetic Testing & Molecular Biomarkers, 19(2), 63-68. doi: 10.1089/gtmb.2014.0208

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Stevens, A. J., Stuffrein-Roberts, S., Cree, S. L., Gibb, A., Miller, A. L., Doudney, K., Aitchison, A., Eccles, M. R., Joyce, P. R., … Kennedy, M. A. (2014). G-quadruplex structures and CpG methylation cause drop-out of the maternal allele in polymerase chain reaction amplification of the imprinted MEST gene promoter. PLoS ONE, 9(12), e113955. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113955

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Chua, E. W., Foulds, J., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2013). Novel CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 variants identified in a patient with adverse reactions towards venlafaxine monotherapy and dual therapy with nortriptyline and fluoxetine. Pharmacogenetics & Genomics, 23(9), 494-497. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0b013e328363688d

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Fergusson, D. M., Boden, J. M., Horwood, L. J., Miller, A., & Kennedy, M. A. (2012). Moderating role of the MAOA genotype in antisocial behaviour. British Journal of Psychiatry, 200(2), 116-123. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.093328

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Fergusson, D. M., Boden, J. M., Horwood, L. J., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2011). MAOA, abuse exposure and antisocial behaviour: 30-year longitudinal study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 198, 457-463. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.086991

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Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2011). Life stress, 5-HTTLPR and mental disorder: Findings from a 30-year longitudinal study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 198, 129-135. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085993

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Doudney, K., Harley, J. A., Pearson, J. F., Miller, A., Aitchison, A., Kennedy, M. A., Porter, R. J., Elmslie, J. L., & Joyce, P. R. (2009). Upstream genetic variant near INSIG2, influences response to carnitine supplementation in bipolar patients with valproate-induced weight gain. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 21(3), 133-140. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2009.00379.x

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Joyce, P. R., McHugh, P. C., Light, K. J., Rowe, S., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2009). Relationships between angry-impulsive personality traits and genetic polymorphisms of the dopamine transporter. Biological Psychiatry, 66(8), 717-721. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.03.005

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Porter, R. J., Mulder, R. T., Joyce, P. R., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. (2008). Tryptophan hydroxylase gene (TPH1) and peripheral tryptophan levels in depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 109(1-2), 209-212. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.11.010

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Light, K. J., Joyce, P. R., Luty, S. E., Mulder, R. T., Carter, J. D., Frampton, C. M. A., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2007). An association study of DRD2 and COMT polymorphisms with novelty seeking and harm avoidance scores, in two independent samples of depressed patients. Behavioral & Brain Functions, 3(3). Retrieved from http://www.behavioralandbrainfunctions.com/content/3/1/3

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Roberts, R. L., Gearry, R. B., Hollis-Moffatt, J. E., Miller, A. L., Reid, J., Abkevich, V., … Merriman, T. R., Barclay, M. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2007). IL23R R381Q and ATG16L1 T300A are strongly associated with Crohn's disease in a study of New Zealand Caucasians with inflammatory bowel disease. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 102, 2754-2761.

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Joyce, P. R., McHugh, P. C., McKenzie, J. M., Sullivan, P. F., Mulder, R. T., Luty, S. E., Carter, J. D., Frampton, C. M. A., … Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2006). A dopamine transporter polymorphism is a risk factor for borderline personality disorder in depressed patients. Psychological Medicine, 36, 807-813. doi: 10.1017/s0033291706007288

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Joyce, P. R., McKenzie, J. M., Mulder, R. T., Luty, S. E., Sullivan, P. F., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2006). Genetic, developmental and personality correlates of self-mutilation in depressed patients. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 225-229.

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Light, K. J., Joyce, P. R., Luty, S. E., Mulder, R. T., Frampton, C. M. A., Joyce, L. R. M., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2006). Preliminary evidence for an association between a dopamine D3 receptor gene variant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in patients with major depression. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B, 141B(4), 409-413. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30308

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Joyce, P. R., Porter, R. J., Mulder, R. T., Luty, S. E., McKenzie, J. M., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2005). Reversed diurnal variation in depression: Associations with a differential antidepressant response, tryptophan: Large neutral amino acid ratio and serotonin transporter polymorphisms. Psychological Medicine, 35, 511-517.

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Taylor, D. R., Epton, M. J., Kennedy, M. A., Smith, A. D., Iles, S., Miller, A. L., Littlejohn, M. D., Cowan, J. O., Hewitt, T., Swanney, M. P., Brassett, K. P., & Herbison, G. P. (2005). Bronchodilator response in relation to β2-adrenoceptor haplotype in patients with asthma. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, 172(6), 700-703.

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Rogers, G., Joyce, P., Mulder, R., Sellman, D., Miller, A., Allington, M., Olds, R., Wells, E., & Kennedy, M. (2004). Association of a duplicated repeat polymorphism in the 5′-untranslated region of the DRD4 gene with novelty seeking. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B, 126B, 95-98.

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Joyce, P. R., Mulder, R. T., Luty, S. E., McKenzie, J. M., Miller, A., Rogers, G. R., & Kennedy, M. A. (2003). Age-dependent antidepressant pharmacogenomics: Polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter and G protein β3 subunit as predictors of response to fluoxetine and nortriptyline. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 6, 339-346.

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Joyce, P. R., Rogers, G. R., Miller, A., Mulder, R. T., Luty, S. E., & Kennedy, M. A. (2003). Polymorphisms of DRD4 and DRD3 and risk of avoidant and obsessive personality traits and disorders. Psychiatry Research, 119, 1-10.

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Littlejohn, M. D., Taylor, D. R., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2002). Determination of β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) haplotypes by a multiplexed polymerase chain reaction assay. Human Mutation, 20(6), 479. doi: 10.1002/humu.9091

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Wood, J. G., Joyce, P. R., Miller, A., Mulder, R. T., & Kennedy, M. A. (2002). A polymorphism in the dopamine β-hydroxylase gene is associated with "paranoid ideation" in patients with major depression. Biological Psychiatry, 51, 365-369.

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Kennedy, M. A., Rowland, S., Miller, A., Morris, C. M., Neville, L., Dodd, A., … Love, D. R. (1996). Structure and location of the murine adrenoleukodystrophy gene. Genomics, 32(3), 395-400.

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Bulik, C. M., Thornton, L. M., Parker, R., Kennedy, H., Baker, J. H., MacDermod, C., … Cleland, L., Miller, A. L., … Jordan, J., Kennedy, M. A., & Martin, N. G. (2021). The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI): Study protocol. BMC Psychiatry, 21(1), 234. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03212-3

Journal - Research Other

Clemens, B. J., Arakawa, H., Baker, C., Coghlan, S., Kucheryavyy, A., Lampman, R., … Miller, A., … Yanai, S. (2021). Management of anadromous lampreys: Common threats, different approaches. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47, s129-s146. doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2020.09.005

Journal - Research Other

Maggo, S., Kennedy, M. A., Barczyk, Z. A., Miller, A. L., Rucklidge, J. J., Mulder, R. T., & Foulds, J. A. (2019). Common CYP2D6, CYP2C9, and CYP2C19 gene variants, health anxiety, and neuroticism are not associated with self-reported antidepressant side effects [Brief report]. Frontiers in Genetics, 10, 1199. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01199

Journal - Research Other

Bridgman, P. G., Finsterer, J., Lacey, C., Kimber, B., Parkin, P. J., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2016). CTG-repeat expansions in the DMPK gene do not cause takotsubo syndrome [Short communication]. International Journal of Cardiology, 203, 107-108. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.112

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Chua, E.-W., Miller, A. L., & Kennedy, M. A. (2015). Choice of PCR microtube can impact on the success of long-range PCRs. Analytical Biochemistry, 477, 115-117. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.02.023

Journal - Research Other

Pearson, J. F., Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J., Miller, A. L., Sullivan, P. F., Youfang, L. E., & Kennedy, M. A. (2013). Increased risk of major depression by childhood abuse is not modified by CNR1 genotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B, 162(2), 224-226. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32124

Journal - Research Other

Light, K. J., Miller, A. L., Doughty, C. J., Joyce, P. R., Olds, R. J., & Kennedy, M. A. (2007). FAT and bipolar affective disorder [Letter to the editor]. Molecular Psychiatry, 12, 899-900.

Journal - Research Other

Maggo, S., Kee, J., Hitchman, L., Chin, P., Doogue, M., Miller, A., … Kennedy, M. (2021). Assessing the pharmacogenomic landscape of adverse drug reactions in Aotearoa [Invited]. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Maggo, S., Kennedy, M., Barczyk, Z., Miller, A., Rucklidge, J., Mulder, R., & Foulds, J. (2019). Pharmacogenetic variants and psychological factors do not explain self-reported antidepressant side effects. Proceedings of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) and the Population Approach Group of Australia & New Zealand (PAGANZ) Joint Scientific Meeting: Shared Horizons: Optimizing Drug Response to Improve Patient Outcomes. (pp. 66). Retrieved from https://www.asceptasm.com

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Cree, S., Maggo, S., Slow, S., Ton, K., de Jong, L., Anderson, T., Pearson, J., Miller, A., Walker, L., Murdoch, D., & Kennedy, M. (2017). Long read nanopore sequencing in the laboratory. Proceedings of the MapNet Conference. Retrieved from http://scienceevents.co.nz/mapnet/

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kennedy, M. A., Maggo, S. D. S., Foulds, J., Luty, S., Chua, E. W., Cree, S., Ton, K., Liau, Y., Miller, A. L., Chin, P., … Doogue, M. (2017). DNA banking and genetic analysis of adverse drug reactions in the New Zealand healthcare setting. Proceedings of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting. 2123. Retrieved from http://www.ashg.org/2017meeting/

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Macmil, S. L., Fredericks, R., Miller, A., Fee, C., Filichev, V. V., & Kennedy, M. A. (2013). Structure based function: Investigating the role of G-quadruplex structures in de novo DNA methylation. Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting on G-quadruplex Nucleic Acids: From Structure to Chemistry and Biology. 79. Retrieved from http://www.g4meeting2013.com/

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Stevens, A. J., Stuffrein-Roberts, S., Macmil, S., Gibb, A., Doudney, K., Miller, A. L., Bagshaw, A., Aitchison, A., Eccles, M. R., Joyce, P. R., … Kennedy, M. A. (2013). Allelic-dropout during PCR of the imprinted MEST promoter caused by interaction between G-quadruplex structures and DNA methylation. Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting on G-quadruplex Nucleic Acids: From Structure to Chemistry and Biology. 83. Retrieved from http://www.g4meeting2013.com/

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