Biostatistician and Member

Research Interests: Dr Stankovich is a statistician analysing genetic variation in humans. He works with fellow genetic statisticians Dr Russell Thomson and Devindri Perera to search for genetic variants that influence susceptibility to diseases such as multiple sclerosis and cancer. He is particularly interested in methods to identify rare genetic variants using large families and distant genealogical links between people. Other major collaborators are cancer geneticist Dr Jo Dickinson, geneticist Professor Simon Foote, haematologist Dr Liz Tegg, neurologist Associate Professor Bruce Taylor, genetic statistician Dr Melanie Bahlo at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne and neuro-geneticist Dr Justin Rubio at the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne.

Research Projects:

  1. The Genetics of Renal Failure
  2. ANZGENE: The Genetics of Multiple Sclerosis
  3. Methods to Identify Rare Genetic Variants Influencing Susceptibility to Disease
  4. Patterns of Human Genetic Variation & Evidence of Selection
  5. The Genetics of Hyperplastic Polyposis Syndrome
  6. The Genetics of Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
  7. The Tasmanian Environmental Control Study of MS
  8. Australian Scleroderma Screening Program
  9. Characterisation of integrins in prostate cancer: As potential biomarkers and targets for therapy
  10. Regulation of the ITGA2 Gene by Methylation in Prostate Cancer
  11. Tasmanian Systemic Sclerosis Epidemiology Study (TASSiE)
  12. The Identification of Genes Underlying a Familial Susceptibility to Blood Cancers
  13. The Identification of Genes Underlying Susceptibility to Prostate Cancer
  14. Vitamin D pathway analysis using ANZgene and other genetic databases
  15. Genetic studies investigating the cause of the Tiwi Islanders Renal Disease
  16. Identifying a Genetic Basis of Multiple Sclerosis
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