Overview
Background
Professor Sarah Medland (OAM, FASSA, FAHMS, PhD) is a Psychiatric and Statistical Geneticist working in Neuroimaging and Mental health genetics. Her work bridges Genetics, Psychology, Neuro-Imaging, Health Economics and applied Statistics with a focus on understanding the genetic and environmental contributions to human behaviour and disease. She chairs the genetics working group of the ENIGMA neuroimaging consortium and is an active member of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.
Primary Appointment: Coordinator of the Mental Health Research Program and Group Leader (Psychiatric Genetics) QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1382-380X
ResearcherID: C-7630-2013
Scopus Author ID: 34571085600
Email: sarah.medland@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Qualifications
2006 PhD (Psychology), University of Queensland
Dean's Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Thesis
2000 BA Hons (Psychology), University of Queensland, 2000 (Psychology Double Major, English Minor)
Availability
- Honorary Professor Sarah Medland is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Beyond the Global Brain Differences: Intra-individual Variability Differences in 1q21.1 Distal and 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 Deletion Carriers
Boen, Rune, Kaufmann, Tobias, van der Meer, Dennis, Frei, Oleksandr, Agartz, Ingrid, Ames, David, Andersson, Micael, Armstrong, Nicola J., Artiges, Eric, Atkins, Joshua R., Bauer, Jochen, Benedetti, Francesco, Boomsma, Dorret I., Brodaty, Henry, Brosch, Katharina, Buckner, Randy L., Cairns, Murray J., Calhoun, Vince, Caspers, Svenja, Cichon, Sven, Corvin, Aiden P., Facorro, Benedicto Crespo, Dannlowski, Udo, David, Friederike S., de Geus, Eco J.C., de Zubicaray, Greig I., Desrivières, Sylvane, Doherty, Joanne L., Donohoe, Gary ... Sonderby, Ida E. (2023). Beyond the Global Brain Differences: Intra-individual Variability Differences in 1q21.1 Distal and 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 Deletion Carriers. Biological Psychiatry, 95 (2), 147-160. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.08.018
2023
Journal Article
“Echoes of a dark past” is a history of maternal childhood maltreatment a perinatal risk factor for pregnancy and postpartum trauma experiences? A longitudinal study
Mackle, Tracey, Colodro-Conde, Lucía, de Dassel, Therese, Braun, Anastasia, Pope, Adele, Bennett, Elizabeth, Kothari, Alka, Bruxner, George, Medland, Sarah E. and Patterson, Sue (2023). “Echoes of a dark past” is a history of maternal childhood maltreatment a perinatal risk factor for pregnancy and postpartum trauma experiences? A longitudinal study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23 (1) 397, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05714-2
2023
Conference Publication
Childhood Trauma Exposure and PTSD Diagnosis Interact With Polygenic Determinants of Hippocampal and Amygdala Volume
Logue, Mark, Zheng, Yuanchao, Garrett, Melanie, Maihofer, Adam, Clarke, Emily, Haswell, Courtney, Sun, Delin, Peverill, Matthew, McLaughlin, Katie, Sambrook, Kelly, Davenport, Nicholas, Disner, Seth, Korgaonkar, Mayuresh, Bryant, Richard, Varkevisser, Tim, Geuze, Elbert, Beckham, Jean, Kimbrel, Nathan, Coleman, Jonathan, Sullivan, Danielle, Wolf, Erika, Hayes, Jasmeet, Verfaellie, Mieke, Salat, David, Spielberg, Jeffrey M., McGlinchey, Regina, Milberg, William, Medland, Sarah E., Nievergelt, Caroline ... Morey, Rajendra (2023). Childhood Trauma Exposure and PTSD Diagnosis Interact With Polygenic Determinants of Hippocampal and Amygdala Volume. 78th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, San Diego, CA United States, 27-29 April 2023. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.02.056
2023
Journal Article
Large- scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia via the ENIGMA consortium
Schijven, Dick, Postema, Merel C., Fukunaga, Masaki, Matsumoto, Junya, Miura, Kenichiro, de Zwarte, Sonja M. C., van Haren, Neeltje E. M., Cahn, Wiepke, Pol, Hilleke E. Hulshoff, Kahn, Rene S., Ayesa-Arriola, Rosa, de la Foz, Victor Ortiz-Garcia, Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Diana, Vazquez-Bourgon, Javier, Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto, Alnaes, Dag, Dahl, Andreas, Westlye, Lars T., Agartz, Ingrid, Andreassen, Ole A., Jonsson, Erik G., Kochunov, Peter, Bruggemann, Jason M., Catts, Stanley V., Michie, Patricia T., Mowry, Bryan J., Quide, Yann, Rasser, Paul E., Schall, Ulrich ... ENIGMA consortium (2023). Large- scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia via the ENIGMA consortium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (14) e2213880120, 1-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2213880120
2023
Journal Article
Large-scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia via the ENIGMA consortium
Schijven, Dick, Postema, Merel C., Fukunaga, Masaki, Matsumoto, Junya, Miura, Kenichiro, de Zwarte, Sonja M. C., van Haren, Neeltje E. M., Cahn, Wiepke, Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E., Kahn, René S., Ayesa-Arriola, Rosa, Ortiz-García de la Foz, Víctor, Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Diana, Vázquez-Bourgon, Javier, Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto, Alnæs, Dag, Dahl, Andreas, Westlye, Lars T., Agartz, Ingrid, Andreassen, Ole A., Jönsson, Erik G., Kochunov, Peter, Bruggemann, Jason M., Catts, Stanley V., Michie, Patricia T., Mowry, Bryan J., Quidé, Yann, Rasser, Paul E., Schall, Ulrich ... Francks, Clyde (2023). Large-scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia via the ENIGMA consortium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (14) e2213880120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2213880120
2023
Journal Article
Author Correction: Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains
Demontis, Ditte, Walters, G. Bragi, Athanasiadis, Georgios, Walters, Raymond, Therrien, Karen, Nielsen, Trine Tollerup, Farajzadeh, Leila, Voloudakis, Georgios, Bendl, Jaroslav, Zeng, Biau, Zhang, Wen, Grove, Jakob, Als, Thomas D., Duan, Jinjie, Satterstrom, F. Kyle, Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Bækved-Hansen, Marie, Gudmundsson, Olafur O., Magnusson, Sigurdur H., Baldursson, Gisli, Davidsdottir, Katrin, Haraldsdottir, Gyda S., Agerbo, Esben, Hoffman, Gabriel E., Dalsgaard, Søren, Martin, Jonna, Ribasés, Marta, Boomsma, Dorret I., Soler Artigas, Maria ... iPSYCH-Broad Consortium (2023). Author Correction: Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains. Nature Genetics, 55 (4), 730-730. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01350-w
2023
Journal Article
Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains
Demontis, Ditte, Walters, G. Bragi, Athanasiadis, Georgios, Walters, Raymond, Therrien, Karen, Nielsen, Trine Tollerup, Farajzadeh, Leila, Voloudakis, Georgios, Bendl, Jaroslav, Zeng, Biau, Zhang, Wen, Grove, Jakob, Als, Thomas D., Duan, Jinjie, Satterstrom, F. Kyle, Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Bækved-Hansen, Marie, Gudmundsson, Olafur O., Magnusson, Sigurdur H., Baldursson, Gisli, Davidsdottir, Katrin, Haraldsdottir, Gyda S., Agerbo, Esben, Hoffman, Gabriel E., Dalsgaard, Søren, Martin, Joanna, Ribasés, Marta, Boomsma, Dorret I., Soler Artigas, Maria ... iPSYCH-Broad Consortium (2023). Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains. Nature Genetics, 55 (2), 198-208. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01285-8
2023
Journal Article
Polygenic risk scores and the prediction of onset of mood and psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults
Scott, Jan, Crouse, Jacob J., Medland, Sarah, Byrne, Enda, Iorfino, Frank, Mitchell, Brittany, Gillespie, Nathan A., Martin, Nicholas, Wray, Naomi and Hickie, Ian B. (2023). Polygenic risk scores and the prediction of onset of mood and psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 18 (6), 397-405. doi: 10.1111/eip.13472
2022
Journal Article
Smoking remains associated with education after controlling for social background and genetic factors in a study of 18 twin cohorts
Silventoinen, Karri, Piirtola, Maarit, Jelenkovic, Aline, Sund, Reijo, Tarnoki, Adam D., Tarnoki, David L., Medda, Emanuela, Nisticò, Lorenza, Toccaceli, Virgilia, Honda, Chika, Inui, Fujio, Tomizawa, Rie, Watanabe, Mikio, Sakai, Norio, Gatz, Margaret, Butler, David A., Lee, Jooyeon, Lee, Soo Ji, Sung, Joohon, Franz, Carol E., Kremen, William S., Lyons, Michael J., Derom, Catherine A., Vlietinck, Robert F., Loos, Ruth J. F., Tynelius, Per, Rasmussen, Finn, Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E. ... Kaprio, Jaakko (2022). Smoking remains associated with education after controlling for social background and genetic factors in a study of 18 twin cohorts. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 13148, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-17536-x
2022
Journal Article
Phenotypic and genetic factors associated with donation of DNA and consent to record linkage for prescription history in the Australian Genetics of Depression Study
Gomez, Lina, Díaz-Torres, Santiago, Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Garcia-Marin, Luis M., Yap, Chloe X., Byrne, Enda M., Yengo, Loic, Lind, Penelope A., Wray, Naomi R., Medland, Sarah E., Hickie, Ian B., Lupton, Michelle K., Rentería, Miguel E., Martin, Nicholas G. and Campos, Adrian I. (2022). Phenotypic and genetic factors associated with donation of DNA and consent to record linkage for prescription history in the Australian Genetics of Depression Study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 273 (6), 1359-1368. doi: 10.1007/s00406-022-01527-0
2022
Conference Publication
Can polygenic Risk Scores Predict Who Will Receive or Respond Better to Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder?
Hopkins, Kristen L., Lind, Penelope A., Mitchell, Brittany L., Whiteman, David C., Olsen, Catherine M., Siskind, Dan J., Hickie, Ian B., Martin, Nicholas G. and Medland, Sarah E. (2022). Can polygenic Risk Scores Predict Who Will Receive or Respond Better to Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder?. 51st Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Los Angeles Ca, Jun 22-25, 2022. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.
2022
Conference Publication
Challenges to Incorporating Polygenic Risk Scores in Clinical Mental Health Practice
Medland, Sarah E., Mitchell, Brittany, Campos, Adrian, Whiteman, David C., Olsen, Catherine M., Siskind, Dan J., Hickie, Ian, Lind, Penelope A. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2022). Challenges to Incorporating Polygenic Risk Scores in Clinical Mental Health Practice. 51st Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Los Angeles Ca, Jun 22-25, 2022. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.
2022
Journal Article
Uncovering the genetic architecture of broad antisocial behavior through a genome-wide association study meta-analysis
Tielbeek, Jorim J., Uffelmann, Emil, Williams, Benjamin S., Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Gagnon, Éloi, Mallard, Travis T., Levitt, Brandt E., Jansen, Philip R., Johansson, Ada, Sallis, Hannah M., Pistis, Giorgio, Saunders, Gretchen R. B., Allegrini, Andrea G., Rimfeld, Kaili, Konte, Bettina, Klein, Marieke, Hartmann, Annette M., Salvatore, Jessica E., Nolte, Ilja M., Demontis, Ditte, Malmberg, Anni L. K., Burt, S. Alexandra, Savage, Jeanne E., Sugden, Karen, Poulton, Richie, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Vrieze, Scott, McGue, Matt, Iacono, William G. ... Spit for Science Working Group (2022). Uncovering the genetic architecture of broad antisocial behavior through a genome-wide association study meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry, 27 (11), 4453-4463. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01793-3
2022
Journal Article
Genetic map of regional sulcal morphology in the human brain from UK biobank data
Sun, Benjamin B., Loomis, Stephanie J., Pizzagalli, Fabrizio, Shatokhina, Natalia, Painter, Jodie N., Foley, Christopher N., Sun, Benjamin, Tsai, Ellen, Bronson, Paola, Sexton, David, John, Sally, Marshall, Eric, Patel, Mehool, Duraisamy, Saranya, Swan, Timothy, Baird, Dennis, Chen, Chia-Yen, Eaton, Susan, Gagnon, Jake, Gao, Feng, Gubbels, Cynthia, Huang, Yunfeng, Kupelian, Varant, Li, Kejie, Liu, Dawei, Loomis, Stephanie, McLaughlin, Helen, Mitchell, Adele, Jensen, Megan E. ... Biogen Biobank Team (2022). Genetic map of regional sulcal morphology in the human brain from UK biobank data. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 6071, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33829-1
2022
Journal Article
Author correction: Genome-wide association and epidemiological analyses reveal common genetic origins between uterine leiomyomata and endometriosis
Gallagher, C. S., Mäkinen, N., Harris, H. R., Rahmioglu, N., Uimari, O., Cook, J. P., Shigesi, N., Ferreira, T., Velez-Edwards, D. R., Edwards, T. L., Mortlock, S., Ruhioglu, Z., Day, F., Becker, C. M., Karhunen, V., Martikainen, H., Järvelin, M.-R., Cantor, R. M., Ridker, P. M., Terry, K. L., Buring, J. E., Gordon, S. D., Medland, S. E., Montgomery, G. W., Nyholt, D. R., Hinds, D. A., Tung, J. Y., Agee, Michelle, Alipanahi, Babak ... the 23andMe Research Team (2022). Author correction: Genome-wide association and epidemiological analyses reveal common genetic origins between uterine leiomyomata and endometriosis. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 5543, 5543. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33222-y
2022
Journal Article
Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention
Wang, Zhe, Emmerich, Andrew, Pillon, Nicolas J., Moore, Tim, Hemerich, Daiane, Cornelis, Marilyn C., Mazzaferro, Eugenia, Broos, Siacia, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bartz, Traci M., Bentley, Amy R., Bielak, Lawrence F., Chong, Mike, Chu, Audrey Y., Berry, Diane, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Dueker, Nicole D., Kasbohm, Elisa, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F., Gieger, Christian, Graff, Mariaelisa, Hall, Leanne M., Haller, Toomas, Hartwig, Fernando P., Hillis, David A., Huikari, Ville, Heard-Costa, Nancy, Holzapfel, Christina ... Lifelines Cohort Study (2022). Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention. Nature Genetics, 54 (9), 1332-1344. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01165-1
2022
Journal Article
Genome-wide meta-analyses reveal novel loci for verbal short-term memory and learning
Lahti, Jari, Tuominen, Samuli, Yang, Qiong, Pergola, Giulio, Ahmad, Shahzad, Amin, Najaf, Armstrong, Nicola J., Beiser, Alexa, Bey, Katharina, Bis, Joshua C., Boerwinkle, Eric, Bressler, Jan, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Chen, Qiang, Corley, Janie, Cox, Simon R., Davies, Gail, De Jager, Philip L., Derks, Eske M., Faul, Jessica D., Fitzpatrick, Annette L., Fohner, Alison E., Ford, Ian, Fornage, Myriam, Gerring, Zachary, Grabe, Hans J., Grodstein, Francine, Gudnason, Vilmundur ... Räikkönen, Katri (2022). Genome-wide meta-analyses reveal novel loci for verbal short-term memory and learning. Molecular Psychiatry, 27 (11), 4419-4431. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01710-8
2022
Journal Article
Changing genetic architecture of body mass index from infancy to early adulthood: an individual based pooled analysis of 25 twin cohorts
Silventoinen, Karri, Li, Weilong, Jelenkovic, Aline, Sund, Reijo, Yokoyama, Yoshie, Aaltonen, Sari, Piirtola, Maarit, Sugawara, Masumi, Tanaka, Mami, Matsumoto, Satoko, Baker, Laura A., Tuvblad, Catherine, Tynelius, Per, Rasmussen, Finn, Craig, Jeffrey M., Saffery, Richard, Willemsen, Gonneke, Bartels, Meike, van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M., Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E., Montgomery, Grant W., Lichtenstein, Paul, Krueger, Robert F., McGue, Matt, Pahlen, Shandell, Christensen, Kaare, Skytthe, Axel, Kyvik, Kirsten O. ... Kaprio, Jaakko (2022). Changing genetic architecture of body mass index from infancy to early adulthood: an individual based pooled analysis of 25 twin cohorts. International Journal of Obesity, 46 (10), 1901-1909. doi: 10.1038/s41366-022-01202-3
2022
Journal Article
Event-based modeling in temporal lobe epilepsy demonstrates progressive atrophy from cross-sectional data
Lopez, Seymour M., Aksman, Leon M., Oxtoby, Neil P., Vos, Sjoerd B., Rao, Jun, Kaestner, Erik, Alhusaini, Saud, Alvim, Marina, Bender, Benjamin, Bernasconi, Andrea, Bernasconi, Neda, Bernhardt, Boris, Bonilha, Leonardo, Caciagli, Lorenzo, Caldairou, Benoit, Caligiuri, Maria Eugenia, Calvet, Angels, Cendes, Fernando, Concha, Luis, Conde-Blanco, Estefania, Davoodi-Bojd, Esmaeil, de Bézenac, Christophe, Delanty, Norman, Desmond, Patricia M., Devinsky, Orrin, Domin, Martin, Duncan, John S., Focke, Niels K., Foley, Sonya ... for the ENIGMA- Epilepsy Working Group (2022). Event-based modeling in temporal lobe epilepsy demonstrates progressive atrophy from cross-sectional data. Epilepsia, 63 (8), 2081-2095. doi: 10.1111/epi.17316
2022
Journal Article
Clinical, demographic, and genetic risk factors of treatment‐attributed suicidality in >10,000 Australian adults taking antidepressants
Campos, Adrian I., Byrne, Enda M., Iorfino, Frank, Fabbri, Chiara, Hickie, Ian B., Lewis, Cathryn M., Wray, Naomi R., Medland, Sarah E., Rentería, Miguel E. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2022). Clinical, demographic, and genetic risk factors of treatment‐attributed suicidality in >10,000 Australian adults taking antidepressants. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 189 (6), 196-206. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32913
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetic architecture of differences in symptomatology and treatment response in major depressive disorder
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nick Martin
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetic and environmental risk factors influencing mood disorders
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetics of affective disorders, personality traits, and responses to treatment
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Statistical Genetic Analyses of Major Depressive Disorder
Associate Advisor
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the influence of genetics and heritability on the heterogeneity of ADHD presentations
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Motivated cognition and genetics: A psychological perspective on public understanding of behaviour genetics
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Fiona Barlow, Dr Lucia Colodro-Conde
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of the obesity paradox in diabetes: a longitudinal case control study
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Forensically Relevant Applications of Genome-Wide Association Studies
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nick Martin
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Embracing Complexity in Psychiatric Genetics: Investigating Heterogeneity and Pleiotropy in Depression and Major Psychiatric Disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic influences on substance use behaviour, substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray, Professor Nick Martin, Dr Lucia Colodro-Conde
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Complex trait genetics: mapping, correlation and causation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Grant Montgomery
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Mapping the Genetic Architecture of Subcortical Brain Anatomy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nick Martin
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
The genetics of complex human behaviour: Cannabis use, personality, sexuality and mating
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nick Martin
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