Melanie Bahlo is an Australian geneticist.
Bahlo attended secondary school at Albury High School in Albury, Australia. She received her PhD in population genetics from Monash University in 1998. Bahlo's research interests include statistics, genetics, bioinformatics, and population genetics. Her work has "led to the discovery of new genes involved in genetic diseases such as deafness and epilepsy". As of 2009 she is the Laboratory head in the Bioinformatics Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, where her work has focused on "high throughput sequencing data of human and non-human organisms".
Bahlo's research projects have included:
In-silico gene prioritisation using brain specific gene expression data
Analysis methods for cell-free DNA for the detection of foetal anomalies and transplant rejection
Discovery of expanded repeats with whole genome sequencing data
Identification of identity by descent relationships with DNA data
2010 Future Fellowship, Australian Research Council
2010 Senior Research Fellowship National Health and Medical Research Council
2009 Moran Medal, Australian Academy of Science
2009–present Craven and Shearer Award, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
2014-2018 Program Grant “Computational and statistical bioinformatics for medical ‘omics’”, National Health and Medical Research Council
2008-2012 Program Grant “Genetic and Bioinformatic Analysis of Complex Human Diseases”, National Health and Medical Research Council
2014 Panel Member, Marsden Fund New Zealand
2014 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science Lecture: “Using statistics to find the causes of inherited diseases”
2014 Invited attendee “Translation of Omics-Based Discoveries into Clinical Research and Practice”, Workshop, National Health and Medical Research Council
2014 Gene Technology Access Centre Afternoon Tea with Victorian Teachers
2014 Gene Technology Access Centre Year 9 Students “Meet the scientists”
Human Genetics Society of Australia
American Society for Human Genetics
Statistical Society of Australia
International Statistics Institute
Royal Statistical Society
