Marleen de Moor

MHM.de.Moor@psy.vu.nl

Position     Postdoc Department     Biological Psychology Address     Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam Room     2B-21 Phone     +31 (0) 20 598 8618 Office hours     Monday to Friday

Professional interests

Research interests:
* Methodology in behavior genetics: causality, structural equation modeling, categorical data, genome-wide linkage and association studies
* Genetics of lifestyle and mental health: exercise behavior, alcohol use and dependency, anxiety, depression and personality


Postdoc project:
Genetic determinants of risk behavior in relation to alcohol use and alcohol use disorder: a developmental perspective


Publications:

18. De Moor, M.H.M., Costa, P.T., Terracciano, A.,Krueger, R.F.,De Geus, E.J.C., Tanaka, T., Penninx, B.W.J.H., Esko, T., Madden, P.A.F., Derringer, J., Amin, N., Willemsen, G., Hottenga, J-J., Distel, M.A., Uda, M., Sanna, S., Spinhoven, P., Hartman, C.A., Sullivan, P., Realo, A., Allik, J., Heath, A.C., Pergadia, M.L., Agrawal, A., Lin, P., Grucza, R., Widen, E., Cousminer, D.L., Eriksson, J.G., Palotie, A., Peltonen, L., Luciano, M., Tenesa, A., Davies, G., Houlihan, L.M., Hansell, N.K., Medland, S.E., Ferrucci, L.,Schlessinger, D., Montgomery, G.W., Wright, M.J., Aulchenko, Y.S., Janssens, A.C.J.W., Oostra, B.A., Metspalu, A., Abecasis, G.R., Deary, I.J., Räikkönen, K., Bierut, L.J., Martin, N.G., Boomsma, D.I. & Van Duijn, C.M. Meta-analytic genome-wide association study in 17.375 individuals reveals new loci for two personality dimensions of the Five-Factor Model (NEO-FFI). Submitted.

17. Boomsma, D.I., Viatcheslav, S., Hottenga, J.J., Distel, M.A., De Moor, M.H.M., Vink, J.M., Geels, L., Van Beek, J.H.D.A., Slagboom, E.P., Bartels, M, De Geus, E.J.C. & Willemsen, G. Genetic epidemiology and linkage of ADHD in adults. Submitted.

16. De Moor, M.H.M., Willemsen, G., Rebollo-Mesa, I., Stubbe, J.H., De Geus, E.J.C. & Boomsma, D.I. Exercise participation in adolescents and their parents: Evidence for genetic and generation specific environmental effects. Under revision.

15. Van Beek, J.H.D.A., Willemsen, G., De Moor, M.H.M., Hottenga, J.J. & Boomsma, D.I. (2010). Associations between ADH gene variants and alcohol phenotypes in Dutch adults. Twin Research and Human Genetics. In press.

14. Lind, P.A., MacGregor, S., Vink, J.M., Pergadia, M.L., Hansell, N.K., De Moor, M.H.M., Smit, A.B.,Hottenga, J-J., Richter, M.M., Heath, A.C., Martin, N.G., De Geus, E.J.C., Vogelzangs, N., Penninx, B.W., Whitfield, J.B., Montgomery, G.W., Boomsma, D.I. & Madden, P.A.F. (2010). A genomewide association study of nicotine and alcohol dependence in Australian and Dutch populations. Twin Research and Human Genetics. In press.

13. Simonis-Bik, A.M., Eekhoff, E.M., De Moor, M.H.M., Kramer, M.H., Boomsma, D.I., Heine, R.J., Dekker, J.M., Maassen, J.A., ‘t Hart, L.M., Diamant, M. & De Geus, E.J.C. (2009). Genetic influences on insulin secretion by the beta-cell in response to different secretagogues. Diabetologica, 52(12), 2570-2577.

12. De Moor, M.H.M., Liu, Y-J., Boomsma, D.I., Li, J., Hamilton, J.J., Hottenga, J-J., Levy, S., Liu, X-G., Pei, Y-F., Posthuma, D., Recker, R.R., Sullivan, P.F., Wang, L., Willemsen, G., Yan, H., De Geus, E.J.C. & Deng, H-W. (2009). Genome-wide association study of exercise behavior in Dutch and American adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 41(10), 1887-1895.

11. Distel, M.A., De Moor, M.H.M. & Boomsma, D.I. (2009).Nederlandse vertaling van de Personality Assessment Inventory- Borderline kenmerken schaal (PAI-BOR): Normgegevens, factorstructuur en betrouwbaarheid. Psychologie & Gezondheid, 37(1), 38-46.

10. De Moor, M.H.M., Boomsma, D.I. & De Geus, E.J.C. (2009). Sportgedrag en depressie. Tijdschrift voor Neuropsychiatrie & Gedragsneurologie, 8(2), 31-35.

9. De Moor, M.H.M., Distel, M.A., Trull, T.J. & Boomsma, D.I (2009). Assessment of Borderline Personality Disorder features in population samples: Is the PAI-BOR scale measurement invariant across sex and age? Psychological Assessment, 21 (1), 125-30.

8. De Geus, E.J.C. & De Moor, M.H.M. (2008). A genetic perspective on the association between exercise and mental health, Mental Health and Physical Activity, 1 (2), 53-61.

7. De Moor, M.H.M., Boomsma, D.I., Stubbe, J.H., Willemsen, G., & De Geus, E.J.C (2008). Testing causality in the association between regular exercise and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65 (8), 897-905.

6. De Moor, M.H.M., Spector, T.D., Cherkas, L.F., Falchi, M., Hottenga, J.J., Boomsma, D.I., & De Geus, E.J.C (2007). Genome-wide linkage scan for athlete status in 700 British female DZ twin pairs. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10(6), 812-820.

5. De Moor, M.H.M., Posthuma, D., Hottenga, J.J., Willemsen, G., Boomsma, D.I., & De Geus, E.J.C (2007). Genome-wide linkage scan for exercise participation in Dutch sibling pairs. European Journal of Human Genetics, 15 (12), 1252–1259.

4. De Moor, M.H.M., Stubbe, J.H., Boomsma, D.I., & De Geus, E.J.C. (2007). Exercise participation and self-rated health: do common genes explain the association? European Journal of Epidemiology, 22 (1), 27-32.

3. Stubbe, J.H., De Moor, M.H.M., Boomsma, D.I., & De Geus, E.J.C. (2007). The association between exercise participation and well-being: a co-twin study. Preventive Medicine, 44 (2), 148-152.

2. De Moor, M.H.M., Beem, A.L., Stubbe, J.H., Boomsma, D.I., & De Geus, E.J.C. (2006). Regular exercise, anxiety, depression and personality: a population-based study. Preventive Medicine, 42 (4), 273-279.

1. Rebollo, I., De Moor, M.H.M., Dolan, C.V., & Boomsma, D.I. (2006). Phenotypic Factor Analysis of Family Data: Correction of the Bias due to Dependency. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (3), 367-376.

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Teaching

Opzetten van Onderzoek ("Designing Research").
Third year course of the bachelor Biological Psychology.

CV

2004-2008 PhD degree, cum laude, Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam
Thesis: "Exercise behavior and mental health: A genetic perspective" (defense date 13 February 2009)

1998-2004 Masters degree, cum laude, Psychological Methods, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam

2001-2002 Exchange year Berlin, Philosophy and Psychology, Free University Berlin, Germany

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