Susan Treloar
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
BSocStud (Hons) University
of Sydney
MSW University of NSW
MSc University of London
PhD University of Queensland
Susan Treloar is an
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with the Office of Public Policy and Ethics
at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience. Sue is a Senior Research Officer
in the Genetic Epidemiology Unit at Queensland
Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), and a Research Fellow in the
School
of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Queensland.
Her background is in public health research and teaching, originally at
the University of Sydney. There she worked with Professor Charles Kerr
for several years, and became interested in clinical genetics as well
as in women's health and health care delivery.
Research Interests
In 1988 Sue moved to Brisbane and into genetic epidemiology
with Professor Nick Martin at QIMR, to investigate the extent of genetic
contributions to women's health. Her first paper in this field reported
genetic influences on age at menarche, based on research involving twin
pairs from the Australian Twin Registry. Sue's interest in genetics and
twin research has also been influenced by the fact that she is an identical
twin. Over the past decade or so she has investigated problems including
predictors of hysterectomy, genetic influences on early cancer detection
behaviours, postnatal depression, premenstrual and menstrual symptoms,
pre-eclampsia of pregnancy, and age at menopause. She has spent much of
her time since 1995 as project leader for a very large international study
aiming to identify genes predisposing women to endometriosis.
Sue's research interests have recently expanded to include working with
Dr. Sandy Taylor (The University of Queensland) and Dr. Margaret Otlowski
(The University of Tasmania) on their ARC-funded national study of Genetic
Discrimination in Australia.
Contact Details
Publications
Books and Monographs
Treloar, S. (1997) The Australian Health System. Comprehensive volume
for 10 credit point subject (SM861), interactive flexible learning package.
Graduate Health Studies Program, Faculty of Health Sciences: The University
of Queensland. 281pp. plus readings.
Treloar, S. (1982) A Citizen's Guide to Abortion and the Alternatives.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
Treloar, S. (1977) The Relationship Between Poverty and Disability in
Australia. Commission of Inquiry into Poverty Research Report, Social/Medical
Aspects of Poverty Series. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing
Service
Book chapters
Treloar, S., Petritsi-Jones, D. and Kerr, C.B. (1977) Use of Health Services
by Greek Immigrants. In Commission of Inquiry into Poverty Research Report,
Health Studies of Selected Disadvantaged Groups. Canberra: AGPS.
Other contributions to refereed journals
Treloar, S.A. (1985) [Editorial]. Social work and health care. Australian
Social Work. 38(2):2-3.
Treloar, S. (1994) (Book review) Abortion Regimes, by Kerry Petersen.
Australian Journal of Public Health. 18(2): 230-231.
Treloar, S. Book review. Nancy L. Segal (1999) Nancy L. Segal. Entwined
Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior. New York: Dutton.
Twin Research 2(4):291-292.
Treloar, S. Book review. Nancy L. Segal (1999) Nancy L. Segal. Entwined
Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior. New York: Dutton.
International Society for Human Ethology Bulletin December issue.
Treloar S, Treloar C. (2002) Book review. Shapcott T. Twins in the Family.
Melbourne, Lothian Books. Twin Research 5(2):137.
Treloar S. (2002) Book review. Lyons S (ed) Finding our Way: Life with
Triplets, Quadruplets and Quintuplets. Canada, Triplets, Quads and Quints
Association. Twin Research 5(2):138.
Original papers
1. Treloar S, Snyder E, Kerr C. (1977) Effect of a new service on women's
abortion experience. Journal of Biosocial Science. 9(4):417-427.
2. Treloar S, Snyder E. (1977) Contraceptive practice by women presenting
to a free-standing abortion clinic. The Medical Journal of Australia.
1(15)527-532.
3. Treloar S, Snyder E. (1978) The Auckland abortion experience from a
Sydney viewpoint. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 13(4):311-313.
4. Treloar S. (1981) The junior hospital doctors' pay dispute 1975-76:
an analysis of events, issues and conflicts. Journal of Social Policy.
10(1):1-30.
5. Treloar SA, Martin NG. (1990) Age at menarche as a fitness trait:
nonadditive genetic variance detected in a large twin sample. American
Journal of Human Genetics. 47:137-14
6. Martin NG, Treloar SA. (1991) Age at menarche as a fitness trait: further
considerations. American Journal of Human Genetics. 48:420-421.
7. Treloar SA, Martin NG, Dennerstein L, Raphael B, Heath AC. (1992) Pathways
to hysterectomy: insights from longitudinal twin research. American Journal
of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 167(1):82-88.
8. Baker LA, Treloar SA, Reynolds C, Heath A, Martin NG. (1996) Genetics
of educational attainment in Australian twins: sex differences and secular
changes. Behavior Genetics. 26(2):89-102.
9. Wade T, Tiggemann M, Heath AC, Abraham S, Treloar SA, Martin NG. (1996)
Structure of disordered eating in a twin community sample. International
Journal of Eating Disorders. 19(1):63-71.
10. Wade T, Heath AC, Abraham S, Treloar SA, Martin NG, Tiggemann M. (1996)
Assessing the prevalence of eating disorders in an Australian twin population.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 30:845-851.
11. Yeo M, Treloar SA, Marks GC, Heath AC, Martin NG. (1997) What are
the causes of individual differences in food consumption and are they
modified by personality? Journal of Personality and Individual Differences.
23(4):535-542.
12. Treloar SA, Martin NG, Heath AC. (1998) Longitudinal genetic analysis
of menstrual flow, pain and limitation in a sample of Australian twins.
Behavior Genetics. 28(2):107-116.
13. Treloar SA, Do K-A, Martin NG. (1998) [Commentary]. Genetic influences
on the age at menopause. The Lancet 352(9134):1084-1085.
14. Treloar S, Martin NG. (1998) [Abstract]. Genetic influences on endometriosis
in an Australian twin sample. Twin Research. 1(2):115.
15. Treloar S, McDonald C, Martin NG.(1998) [Abstract] Genetics of early
cancer detection behaviors in Australian female twins. Behavior Genetics.
28(6):483.
16. Do K-A, Treloar SA, Pandeya N, Purdie D, Green AC, Heath AC, Martin
NG. (1998) Predictive factors of age at menopause in a large Australian
twin study. Human Biology. 70(6): 1073-1091.
17. McGrath P, Patterson C, Yates P, Treloar S, Oldenburg B, Loos C. (1999)
A study of post-diagnosis breast cancer concerns for women living in rural
and remote Queensland. Part 1. Personal concerns. Australian Journal of
Rural Health. 7(1): 34-42.
18. McGrath P, Patterson C, Yates P, Treloar S, Oldenburg B, Loos C. (1999)
A study of post-diagnosis breast cancer concerns for women living in rural
and remote Queensland. Part 2. Support issues. Australian Journal of Rural
Health. 7(1): 43-52.
19. Treloar SA, O'Connor DT, O'Connor VM, Martin NG. (1999) Genetic influences
on endometriosis in an Australian twin sample. Fertility and Sterility
17(4): 701-710.
20. Treloar SA, McDonald C, Martin NG. (1999) Genetics of early cancer
detection behaviours in Australian female twins. Twin Research 2(1):33-42.
21. Treloar SA, Martin NG, Bucholz KK, Madden PAF, Heath AC. (1999) Genetic
influences on postnatal depressive symptoms: findings from an Australian
twin sample. Psychological Medicine 29(3):645-654.
22. Treloar SA, Do KA, O'Connor VM, O'Connor DT, Yeo MA, Martin NG. (1999)
Predictors of hysterectomy: an Australian study. American Journal of Obstetrics
and Gynecology. 180(4):945-954.
23. Loehlin JC, Spurdle A, Treloar SA, Martin NG. (1999) Number of X-linked
androgen receptor gene CAG repeats and femininity in women. Personality
and Individual Differences. 27(5):887-899.
24. Wade TD, Martin NG, Neale MC, Tiggemann M, Treloar SA, Bucholz KK,
Madden PAF, Heath AC. (1999) The structure of genetic and environmental
risk factors for three measures of disordered eating. Psychological Medicine.
29:925-934.
25. Wade TD, Martin NG, Tiggemann M, Abraham S, Treloar SA, Heath, AC.
(2000) Genetic and environmental risk factors shared between disordered
eating, psychological and family variables. Personality and Individual
Differences. 28:729-740.
26. Do, KA, Broom BM, Kuhnert P, Todorov AA, Duffy D, Treloar SA, Martin
NG. (2000) Genetic analysis of the age at menopause by using estimating
equations and Bayesian random effects models. Statistics in Medicine 19(9):1217-1235.
27. Treloar SA, Sadrzadeh S, Do K-A, Martin NG, Lambalk CB. (2000) Birth
weight and age at menopause in Australian female twin pairs: exploration
of the fetal origin hypothesis. Human Reproduction 15(1):55-59.
28. Treloar SA, Macones G, Mitchell LE, Martin N. (2000) Genetic influences
on premature parturition in an Australian twin sample. Twin Research 3(2):80-82.
29. Ewen KR, Bahlo M, Treloar SA, Levinson DF, Mowry B, Barlow JW, Foote
SJ (2000). Identification and analysis of error types in high-throughput
genotyping. American Journal of Human Genetics 67:727-736.
30. Treloar SA, Bahlo M, Ewen K, O'Connor DT, Duffy DL, Wicking CA, Wainwright
BJ, Montgomery GW, Martin NG (2000) Suggestive linkage for endometriosis
found in genome-wide scan. American Journal of Human Genetics 67(4 Supplement):
318:1764.
31. Levinson DF, Ewen KR, Bahlo M, Treloar SA, Mowry B, Barlow JW, Foote
SJ (2000). Estimating genotyping error rate in a fine-mapping project.
American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 96:570-571.
Abstract.
32. Treloar SA, Do KA, Pandeya N, Purdie D, Green AC, Heath AC, Martin
NG (2000) Longitudinal Australian twin data and the age at menopause:
Identifying predictors, genetic influences and more. International Journal
of Behavioral Medicine 7 (suppl 1) :84-85. Abstract.
33. Hay DA, Martin NG, Foley D, Treloar S, Kirk K, Heath AC. (2001) Phenotypic
and genetic analyses of a short measure of psychosis-proneness in a large-scale
Australian twin study. Twin Research 4(1):30-40.
34. Treloar SA, Cooper DW, Brennecke SP, Grehan MM, Martin NG. (2001)
An Australian twin study of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia. American Journal
of Obstetrics and Gynecology 84(3):374-381.
35. Wade T, Martin NG, Neale MC, Tiggemann M., Treloar SA, Bucholz KK,
Madden PAF, Heath AC. (2000). Correspondence. Psychological Medicine 30:483-484.
36. Wade T, Treloar SA, Martin NG. (2001) A comparison of family functioning,
temperament and childhood conditions in monozygotic twin pairs discordant
for lifetime bulimia nervosa. Am J Psychiatry 158(7):1155-1157
37. Whitfield J, Treloar S, Zhu G, Martin NG. (2001) Genetic and non-genetic
factors affecting birth weight and body mass index in twins. Twin Research
4(5):365-370.
38. Duffy D, Montgomery G, Treloar S, Birley A, Kirk K, Boomsma D, Beem
L, de Geus E, Slagboom E, Knighton J, Reed P, Martin N. (2001) IBD sharing
around the PPARG locus is not increased in dizygotic twins or their mothers.
Nature Genetics 28:315.
39. Sadrzadeh S, Loos R, Treloar S, van Baal CGM, Vlietinck R, Derom C,
Derom R, Lambalk CB. (2001) Potential bias regarding birth weight in historical
and contemporary twin data bases. Twin Research 4(5):332-336.
40. Treloar SA, Heath AC, Martin NG. (2002) Genetic and environmental
influences on premenstrual symptoms in an Australian twin sample. Psychological
Medicine 32:25-38.
41. Douglas A, Treloar S, Gough N. (2002) Genetics of Endometriosis -
a step closer. Today's Life Sciences. 14(2):34-38.
42. Treloar SA, Kennedy SH and the International Endogene Study. (2002)
Preliminary results from two combined genome-wide scans in endometriosis.
Fertility and Sterility 77(2) Supplement 1:S19-S20. Abstract.
43. Bell TA, Green A, Purdie D, Treloar SA. (2002) Risk factors for endometriosis.
Fertility and Sterility 77(2) Supplement 1:S44. Abstract.
44. Treloar SA, Whitfield J. (2002) Birthweights in same-sex and opposite-sex
twin pregnancies. Twin Research Letter. 5(4):310. Letter to the Editor.
45. Treloar SA, Hadfield R, Montgomery G, Lambert A, Wicks J, Barlow D,
O’Connor DT, Kennedy S and the International Endogene Study Group.
The International Endogene Study: A collection of families for genetic
research in endometriosis. Fertility and Sterility 78(4): 679-685.
46. Whitfield JB, Treloar SA, Zhu G, Powell LW, Martin NG. (2003) Relative importance of sex-specific effects on iron stores in women. British Journal of Haematology 120:860-866.
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2003