Joanne Trinh, PhD
Research Group Leader (Institute of Neurogenetics)
- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck; Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
- +49 (0)451 3101 8230
- +49 (0)451 3101-8204
- joanne.trinh@uni-luebeck.de
- https://www.neurogenetics-luebeck.de
2008-2012 Bachelor of Science (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
2012-2017 PhD Thesis (Centre for Applied Neurogenetics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia)
2015-2016 Visiting Scientist (VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp)
2017-2018 Postdoctoral research (Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck)
2018-present Leader of research group “Integrative Omics approaches in Parkinson’s disease” (Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck)
2020 Habilitation (Assistant Professor equivalent) Medicine at University of Lübeck
2010-present Member of the American Society of Human Genetics
2012-present Member of the Michael J. Fox Foundation LRRK2 modifier consortium
2013-present Member of the Michael J. Fox Foundation LRRK2 consortium
2012-present Ad Hoc Reviewer (Journals): Nature Communications, Nature Neurology Reviews, Annals of Neurology, Movement Disorders, European Journal of Neurology, Scientific Reports, Neuroscience Letters, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, Frontiers of Neurology, Journal of Neurological Sciences, Neurobiology of Aging, Parkinson’s disease
2019-present Review Editor, Frontiers of Neurology – Neurogenetics; Review Editor, Frontiers of Neurology – Movement Disorders; Topic Editor, Genes
2010-present International and National Travel Awards: >10 (e.g. MDS International Congress Travel Award, Colorado Keystone Meeting Travel Award, GeoPD Travel Award, Cold Spring Harbor Travel Award)
2010-present Poster Awards: 1st place (Life Sciences Institute, UBC), Honourable Mention (National Canadian Institutes of Health Research), Honourable Mention (CCMT/CFRI UBC Competition), Best Poster (NGS Symposium, Cancer Agency)
2014 UBC Four Year Fellowship Award and Tuition Award
2014 Simons Foundation Doctoral Award
2014 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Award
2015 Michael Smith Foreign Exchange Supplement Award (CIHR)
2015 James Miller Memorial Award for Outstanding Translational Research (Department of Medical Genetics, UBC)
2015 Faculty of Medicine Graduate Student Award
2017 Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship
2017 CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (deferred)
2017 Joachim Herz Stiftung: Add-on Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Science
2019 Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Fellowship
From 43 publications; total citations: >1,900; h-index: 16, i-index: 22
- Vilariño-Güell C, Rajput A, Milnerwood AJ, Shah B, Szu-Tu C, Trinh J, Yu I, Encarnacion M, Munsie LN, Tapia L, Gustavsson EK, Chou P, Tatarnikov I, Evans DM, Pishotta FT, Volta M, Beccano-Kelly D, Thompson C, Lin MK, Sherman HE, Han HJ, Guenther BL, Wasserman WW, Bernard V, Ross CJ, Appel-Cresswell S, Stoessl AJ, Robinson CA, Dickson DW, Ross OA, Wszolek ZK, Aasly JO, Wu RM, Hentati F, Gibson RA, McPherson PS, Girard M, Rajput M, Rajput AH, Farrer MJ. DNAJC13 mutations in Parkinson disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 2014;23(7):1794-801. (IF: 39)
- Trinh J, Amouri R, Duda JE, Morley JF, Read M, Donald A, Vilariño-Güell C, Thompson C, Szu Tu C, Gustavsson EK, Sassi SB, Hentati E, Zouari M, Farhat E, Nabli F, Hentati F, Farrer MJ. A comparative study of Parkinson;s disease and LRRK2 p.G2019S parkinsonism. Neurobiology of Aging. 2014;35(5):1125-31 (IF: 85).
- Hentati F, Trinh J (equally contributing first author), Thompson C, Nosova E, Farrer M, Aasly J. LRRK2 parkinsonism in Tunisia and Norway: A comparative study of disease penetrance. Neurology. 2014; 83(6):568-9. (IF: 286)
- Trinh J, Guella I, Farrer M. Disease penetrance of late-onset parkinsonism: a meta-analyses. JAMA 2014;71(12):1535-9. (IF: 7.271)
- Trinh J, Gustavsson EK, Vilariño-Güell C, Latourelle J, McKenzie M, Szu Tu C, Nosova E, Khina J, Lesage S, Brice A, Aasly J, Parkkinen L, Foroud T, Myers RH, Milnerwood A, Sassi SB, Hentati E, Nabli F, Farhat E, Amouri R, Hentati F, Farrer MJ. DNM3 modifiers age of onset in LRRK2 parkinsonism: a linkage and association study. Lancet 2016;15(12):1248-1256. (IF: 26.28)
- Trinh J, Lohmann K (equally contributing first author), Baumann H, Balck A, Borsche M, Brüggemann N, Dure L, Tünc S, Prasuhn J, Pawlack H, Imhoff S, Lill CM, Kasten M, Bauer P, Rolfs A, Klein C. Utility and implications of exome sequencing in early-onset Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders. 2019;34(1):133-137. (IF: 061)
- Trinh J, Zeldenrust FMJ, Huang Jana, Kasten M, Petkovic S, Madoev H, Zorn I, Schaake S, König I, Bertram L, Lohmann K, Lill CM, Klein C, Marras C. Genotype-phenotype relations for the Parkinson’s disease genes: SNCA, LRRK2, VPS35: MDSGene systematic review. Movement Disorders. 2018;33(12):1857-1870. (IF: 061)
- Kia DA, Sabir MS, Ahmed S, Trinh J, Badres-Ciga S. Analysis of LRP10 in a large series of Parkinson’s disease. Lancet 2018; 17(12):1032. (IF: 28.755)
- Dulovic Mahlow M, Trinh J (equally contributing first author), Kandaswamy KK, Braathen GJ, Werber M, Krajka V, Busk OL, Oprea G, DiDonato N, Vos M, Rolfs A, Lohmann K. De-novo mutations in TAOK1 cause neurodevelopmental disorders. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2019; 105(1):213-220. (IF: 9.924)
- Lüth F, König I, Grünewald A, Kasten M, Klein C, Hentati F, Farrer M, Trinh J. Age at onset of LRRK2 p.Gly2019Ser is related to environmental and lifestyle factors. Movement Disorders. 2020. doi:10.1002/mds.28238 2020 (IF: 8.76)