M.C. (Melinda) Mills, Prof

Professor of Data Science & Public Health Policy

Faculty of Economics and Business

Telephone:

+31 50 36 37018

E-mail:

m.c.mills rug.nl

Homepage ORCID Research Portal

Publications

Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects

Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, May-2022, In: Nature genetics. 54, 5, p. 581-592 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The effect of mandatory COVID-19 certificates on vaccine uptake: synthetic-control modelling of six countries

Mills, M. C. & Rüttenauer, T., Jan-2022, In: The Lancet Public Health. 7, 1, p. e15-e22 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries

Aburto, J. M., Schöley, J., Kashnitsky, I., Zhang, L., Rahal, C., Missov, T. I., Mills, M. C., Dowd, J. B. & Kashyap, R., Feb-2022, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 51, 1, p. 63-74 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour

eQTLgen Consortium, BIOS Consortium, Human Reprod Behav Consortium, Mills, M. C., Tropf, F. C., Brazel, D. M., van Zuydam, N., Vaez, A., Pers, T. H., Snieder, H., Perry, J. R. B., Ong, K. K., den Hoed, M., Barban, N. & Day, F. R., Dec-2021, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 5, 12, p. 1717-1730 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Social network-based distancing strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve in a post-lockdown world

Block, P., Hoffman, M., Raabe, I. J., Dowd, J. B., Rahal, C., Kashyap, R. & Mills, M. C., Jun-2020, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 4, 6, p. 588-596 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Correction to: Genetics of female and male reproductive traits and their relationship with health, longevity and consequences for offspring (Nature Aging, (2024), 4, 12, (1745-1759), 10.1038/s43587-024-00733-w)

Benonisdottir, S., Straub, V. J., Kong, A. & Mills, M. C., Feb-2025, In: Nature Aging. 5, 2, p. 332 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Erratum

Polygenic prediction of occupational status GWAS elucidates genetic and environmental interplay in intergenerational transmission, careers and health in UK Biobank

Akimova, E. T., Wolfram, T., Ding, X., Tropf, F. C. & Mills, M. C., Feb-2025, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 9, p. 391–405 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Socio-economic status is a social construct with heritable components and genetic consequences

Abdellaoui, A., Martin, H. C., Kolk, M., Rutherford, A., Muthukrishna, M., Tropf, F. C., Mills, M. C., Zietsch, B. P., Verweij, K. J. H. & Visscher, P. M., May-2025, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 9, 5, p. 864-876 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The interplay between male fertility, mental health and sexual function

Straub, V. J. & Mills, M. C., Jan-2025, In: Nature reviews urology. 22, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic › peer-review

Why they stay and why they go: The effect of role clarity and social relations on turnover in Médecins sans Frontières Holland

Heyse, L., Visser, M., Wittek, R. & Mills, M., Jun-2025, Hierarchies and Exclusions in Humanitarianism. Egger, C. (ed.). Manchester University Press, p. 231-251

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review