Craig Olsson

Professor
human genetics
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Professor Genetics
Biography

Craig Olsson is a Developmental Psychologist with expertise in lifecourse epidemiology and human genetics. He holds an Australian Research Council Principal Research Fellowship (Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award) and directs one of Australia's oldest running longitudinal studies of social-emotional development, The Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study. He is actively involved in a number of Australasian cohort studies and is National Convenor of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) Longitudinal Studies Network. He has been based at the RCH since 1994, completed his PhD through the University of Melbourne in 2000, and currently holds a joint appointment in lifecourse epidemiology with the MCRI and Deakin University. He is founding convener of the MCRI LifeCourse initiative, and has an active interest in helping researchers gain a better understanding of cohort studies run on campus, population and clinical, and how they might be accessed for advancing understanding of child health and development.​

Research Intrest

Human Genetics and Population Health

List of Publications
Olsson CA, Foley DL, Parkinson-Bates M, Byrnes G, McKenzie M, Patton GC, Morley R, Anney RJ, Craig JM, Saffery R. Prospects for epigenetic research within cohort studies of psychological disorder: a pilot investigation of a peripheral cell marker of epigenetic risk for depression. Biological psychology. 2010 Feb 28;83(2):159-65.
Olsson CA, Byrnes GB, Lotfi-Miri M, Collins V, Williamson R, Patton C, Anney RJ. Association between 5-HTTLPR genotypes and persisting patterns of anxiety and alcohol use: results from a 10-year longitudinal study of adolescent mental health. Molecular psychiatry. 2005 Sep 1;10(9):868.
Olsson CA, Bond L, Burns JM, Vella-Brodrick DA, Sawyer SM. Adolescent resilience: A concept analysis. Journal of adolescence. 2003 Feb 28;26(1):1-1.