Honorary Professor

Sarah Medland

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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

Applied economics Psychology

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494 works between 2001 and 2025
All (494) Journal Article (409) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (62) Other Outputs (18)

201 - 220 of 494 works

2019

Conference Publication

Educational attainment polygenic risk scores predict surface area of cortical regions important for language and memory

Mitchell, Brittany, Partida, Gabriel Cuellar, Grasby, Katrina, Strike, Lachlan, Thompson, Paul, Medland, Sarah, Martin, Nicholas, Wright, Margaret and Renteria, Miguel (2019). Educational attainment polygenic risk scores predict surface area of cortical regions important for language and memory. 49th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association (BGA), Stockholm, Sweden, 26-29 June, 2019. New York, NY, United States: Springer New York LLC. doi: 10.1007/s10519-019-09973-8

Educational attainment polygenic risk scores predict surface area of cortical regions important for language and memory

2019

Journal Article

Twenty-Five and Up (25Up) Study: A New Wave of the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study

Mitchell, Brittany L., Campos, Adrian I., Rentería, Miguel E., Parker, Richard, Sullivan, Lenore, McAloney, Kerrie, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Medland, Sarah E., Gillespie, Nathan A., Scott, Jan, Zietsch, Brendan P., Lind, Penelope A., Martin, Nicholas G. and Hickie, Ian B. (2019). Twenty-Five and Up (25Up) Study: A New Wave of the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22 (03) PII S1832427419000276, 154-163. doi: 10.1017/thg.2019.27

Twenty-Five and Up (25Up) Study: A New Wave of the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study

2019

Conference Publication

A cross-country, cross-reporter twin study of oppositional defiant disorder

Grasby, Katrina, Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Morosoli, Jose J., Middeldorp, Christel, van Beijsterveldt, Toos, Boomsma, Dorret, Martin, Nicholas, Bartels, Meike and Medland, Sarah (2019). A cross-country, cross-reporter twin study of oppositional defiant disorder. 49th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association (BGA), Stockholm, Sweden, 26-29 June, 2019. New York, NY, United States: Springer New York LLC. doi: 10.1007/s10519-019-09973-8

A cross-country, cross-reporter twin study of oppositional defiant disorder

2019

Conference Publication

Exploring the heterogeneity of depression: stressful life events and depressive symptoms

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Byrne, Enda, Campos, Adrian, Martin, Nick and Medland, Sarah (2019). Exploring the heterogeneity of depression: stressful life events and depressive symptoms. 27th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Los Angeles, CA, United States, 26-31 October 2019. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.08.109

Exploring the heterogeneity of depression: stressful life events and depressive symptoms

2019

Conference Publication

Genomic structural equation models of major depression symptoms

Adams, Mark, Grotzinger, Andrew, Jermy, Bradley, Thorp, Jackson, Nivard, Michel, Byrne, Enda, Hickie, Ian, Martin, Nick, Medland, Sarah, Wray, Naomi, Tucker-Drob, Elliot, Lewis, Cathryn, Derks, Eske and McIntosh, Andrew (2019). Genomic structural equation models of major depression symptoms. 27th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Los Angeles, CA, United States, 26-31 October 2019. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.08.042

Genomic structural equation models of major depression symptoms

2019

Conference Publication

Examining the shared genetics between educational attainment and depression: results from the Australian Genetics of Depression Study

Mitchell, Brittany, Renteria, Miguel E., Byrne, Enda, Conde, Lucia Colodro, Han, Xikun, Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi and Martin, Nick (2019). Examining the shared genetics between educational attainment and depression: results from the Australian Genetics of Depression Study. 27th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Los Angeles, United States, 26-31 October 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.07.172

Examining the shared genetics between educational attainment and depression: results from the Australian Genetics of Depression Study

2019

Journal Article

Half the genetic variance in vitamin D concentration is shared with skin colour and sun exposure genes

Mitchell, Brittany L., Zhu, Gu, Medland, Sarah E., Renteria, Miguel. E., Eyles, Darryl W., Grasby, Katrina L., McGrath, John J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2019). Half the genetic variance in vitamin D concentration is shared with skin colour and sun exposure genes. Behavior Genetics, 49 (4), 386-398. doi: 10.1007/s10519-019-09954-x

Half the genetic variance in vitamin D concentration is shared with skin colour and sun exposure genes

2019

Conference Publication

Schizophrenia and urban living: a study on half a million people from three countries

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Whitfield, John, Streit, Fabian, Yengo, Loic, Trzaskowski, Maciej, de Zeeuw, Eveline, Nivard, Michel, Whiteman, David, Boomsma, Dorret, Yang, Jian, Rietschel, Marcella, McGrath, John, Medland, Sarah E. and Martin, Nick (2019). Schizophrenia and urban living: a study on half a million people from three countries. 26th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Glasgow, Scotland, 11-15 October 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.059

Schizophrenia and urban living: a study on half a million people from three countries

2019

Journal Article

Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Demontis, Ditte, Walters, Raymond K., Martin, Joanna, Mattheisen, Manuel, Als, Thomas D., Agerbo, Esben, Baldursson, Gísli, Belliveau, Rich, Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Cerrato, Felecia, Chambert, Kimberly, Churchhouse, Claire, Dumont, Ashley, Eriksson, Nicholas, Gandal, Michael, Goldstein, Jacqueline I., Grasby, Katrina L., Grove, Jakob, Gudmundsson, Olafur O., Hansen, Christine S., Hauberg, Mads Engel, Hollegaard, Mads V., Howrigan, Daniel P., Huang, Hailiang, Maller, Julian B., Martin, Alicia R., Martin, Nicholas G., Moran, Jennifer ... Kemp, John P. (2019). Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Nature Genetics, 51 (1), 63-75. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0269-7

Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

2019

Journal Article

No alterations of brain structural asymmetry in major depressive disorder: An ENIGMA consortium analysis

De Kovel, Carolien G. F., Aftanas, Lyubomir, Aleman, André, Alexander-Bloch, Aaron F., Baune, Bernhard T., Brack, Ivan, Bülow, Robin, Filho, Geraldo Busatto, Carballedo, Angela, Connolly, Colm G., Cullen, Kathryn R., Dannlowski, Udo, Davey, Christopher G., Dima, Danai, Dohm, Katharina, Erwin-Grabner, Tracy, Frodl, Thomas, Fu, Cynthia H. Y., Hall, Geoffrey B., Glahn, David C., Godlewska, Beata, Gotlib, Ian H., Goya-Maldonado, Roberto, Grabe, Hans Jörgen, Groenewold, Nynke A., Grotegerd, Dominik, Gruber, Oliver, Harris, Mathew A., Harrison, Ben J. ... Francks, Clyde (2019). No alterations of brain structural asymmetry in major depressive disorder: An ENIGMA consortium analysis. American Journal of Psychiatry, 176 (12), 1039-1049. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18101144

No alterations of brain structural asymmetry in major depressive disorder: An ENIGMA consortium analysis

2019

Conference Publication

Genes within the context of development: changes in genetic trait architectures during childhood and adolescence

St Pourcain, Beate, Eaves, Lindon, Verhoef, Ellen, Shapland, Chin Yang, Ring, Susan M., Fisher, Simon E., Medland, Sarah E., Evans, David and Smith, George Davey (2019). Genes within the context of development: changes in genetic trait architectures during childhood and adolescence. 25th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Orlando, FL, United States, 13-17 October 2017. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.071

Genes within the context of development: changes in genetic trait architectures during childhood and adolescence

2018

Journal Article

Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

Walters, Raymond K., Polimanti, Renato, Johnson, Emma C., McClintick, Jeanette N., Adams, Mark J., Adkins, Amy E., Aliev, Fazil, Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Batzler, Anthony, Bertelsen, Sarah, Biernacka, Joanna M., Bigdeli, Tim B., Chen, Li-Shiun, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Chou, Yi-Ling, Degenhardt, Franziska, Docherty, Anna R., Edwards, Alexis C., Fontanillas, Pierre, Foo, Jerome C., Fox, Louis, Frank, Josef, Giegling, Ina, Gordon, Scott, Hack, Laura M., Hartmann, Annette M., Hartz, Sarah M., Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie, Herms, Stefan ... Agrawal, Arpana (2018). Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders. Nature Neuroscience, 21 (12), 1656-1669. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0275-1

Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

2018

Journal Article

A fast method for estimating statistical power of multivariate GWAS in real case scenarios: examples from the field of imaging genetics

Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Strike, Lachlan T., McMahon, Katie L., de Zubicaray, Greig I., Thompson, Paul M., Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E. and Wright, Margaret J. (2018). A fast method for estimating statistical power of multivariate GWAS in real case scenarios: examples from the field of imaging genetics. Behavior Genetics, 49 (1), 112-121. doi: 10.1007/s10519-018-9936-9

A fast method for estimating statistical power of multivariate GWAS in real case scenarios: examples from the field of imaging genetics

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of age at first cannabis use

Minică, Camelia C., Verweij, Karin J. H., van der Most, Peter J., Mbarek, Hamdi, Bernard, Manon, van Eijk, Kristel R., Lind, Penelope A., Liu, Meng Zhen, Maciejewski, Dominique F., Palviainen, Teemu, Sánchez-Mora, Cristina, Sherva, Richard, Taylor, Michelle, Walters, Raymond K., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Bigdeli, Timothy B., Branje, Susan J. T., Brown, Sandra A., Casas, Miguel, Corley, Robin P., Smith, George Davey, Davies, Gareth E., Ehli, Erik A., Farrer, Lindsay, Fedko, Iryna O., Garcia-Martínez, Iris, Gordon, Scott D., Hartman, Catharina A., Heath, Andrew C. ... Derks, Eske M. (2018). Genome-wide association meta-analysis of age at first cannabis use. Addiction, 113 (11), 2073-2086. doi: 10.1111/add.14368

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of age at first cannabis use

2018

Journal Article

Towards broadening Forensic DNA Phenotyping beyond pigmentation: Improving the prediction of head hair shape from DNA

Pośpiech, Ewelina, Chen, Yan, Kukla-Bartoszek, Magdalena, Breslin, Krystal, Aliferi, Anastasia, Andersen, Jeppe D., Ballard, David, Chaitanya, Lakshmi, Freire-Aradas, Ana, van der Gaag, Kristiaan J., Girón-Santamaría, Lorena, Gross, Theresa E., Gysi, Mario, Huber, Gabriela, Mosquera-Miguel, Ana, Muralidharan, Charanya, Skowron, Małgorzata, Carracedo, Ángel, Haas, Cordula, Morling, Niels, Parson, Walther, Phillips, Christopher, Schneider, Peter M., Sijen, Titia, Syndercombe-Court, Denise, Vennemann, Marielle, Wu, Sijie, Xu, Shuhua, Jin, Li ... EUROFORGEN NoE Consortium (2018). Towards broadening Forensic DNA Phenotyping beyond pigmentation: Improving the prediction of head hair shape from DNA. Forensic Science International: Genetics, 37, 241-251. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.08.017

Towards broadening Forensic DNA Phenotyping beyond pigmentation: Improving the prediction of head hair shape from DNA

2018

Journal Article

Applying polygenic risk scoring for psychiatric disorders to a large family with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder

de Jong, Simone, Abdalla Diniz, Mateus Jose, Saloma, Andiara, Gadelha, Ary, Santoro, Marcos L., Ota, Vanessa K., Noto, Cristiano, Curtis, Charlesg, Newhouse, Stephen J., Patel, Hamel, Hall, Lynsey S., O'Reilly, Paul F., Belangero, Sintia, Bressan, Rodrigo A., Breen, Gerome, Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B. ... Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder Working Groups of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (2018). Applying polygenic risk scoring for psychiatric disorders to a large family with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. Communications Biology, 1 (163) 163. doi: 10.1038/s42003-018-0155-y

Applying polygenic risk scoring for psychiatric disorders to a large family with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder

2018

Other Outputs

Evidence of causal effect of major depression on alcohol dependence: Findings from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

Polimanti, Renato, Peterson, Roseann E., Ong, Jue-Sheng, MacGregor, Stuart, Edwards, Alexis C., Clarke, Toni-Kim, Frank, Josef, Gerring, Zachary, Gillespie, Nathan A., Lind, Penelope A., Maes, Hermine H., Martin, Nicholas G., Mbarek, Hamdi, Medland, Sarah E., Streit, Fabian, Consortium, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics, Consortium, Substance Use Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics, Team, 23andMe Research, Agrawal, Arpana, Edenberg, Howard J., Kendler, Kenneth S., Lewis, Cathryn M., Sullivan, Patrick F., Wray, Naomi R., Gelernter, Joel and Derks, Eske M. (2018). Evidence of causal effect of major depression on alcohol dependence: Findings from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. doi: 10.1101/412098

Evidence of causal effect of major depression on alcohol dependence: Findings from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

2018

Journal Article

Mutations in <i>TYR</i> and <i>OCA2</i> associated with oculocutaneous albinism in Pakistani families

Arshad, Muhammad Waqar, Harlalka, Gaurav V., Lin, Siying, D'Atri, Ilaria, Mehmood, Sarmad, Shakil, Muhammad, Hassan, Muhammad Jawad, Chioza, Barry A., Self, Jay E., Ennis, Sarah, O'Gorman, Luke, Norman, Chelsea, Aman, Tahir, Ali, Shaheer Sabz, Kaul, Haiba, Baple, Emma L., Crosby, Andrew H., Ullah, Muhammad Ikram and Shabbir, Muhammad Imran (2018). Mutations in TYR and OCA2 associated with oculocutaneous albinism in Pakistani families. Meta Gene, 17, 48-55. doi: 10.1016/j.mgene.2018.03.007

Mutations in <i>TYR</i> and <i>OCA2</i> associated with oculocutaneous albinism in Pakistani families

2018

Journal Article

The genetic relationship between psychological distress, somatic distress, affective disorders, and substance use in young Australian adults: a multivariate twin study

Chang, Lun-Hsien, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Medland, Sarah E., Gillespie, Nathan A., Hickie, Ian B., Parker, Richard and Martin, Nicholas G. (2018). The genetic relationship between psychological distress, somatic distress, affective disorders, and substance use in young Australian adults: a multivariate twin study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 21 (5), 347-360. doi: 10.1017/thg.2018.33

The genetic relationship between psychological distress, somatic distress, affective disorders, and substance use in young Australian adults: a multivariate twin study

2018

Journal Article

Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: a study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts

Piirtola, Maarit, Jelenkovic, Aline, Latvala, Antti, Sund, Reijo, Honda, Chika, Inui, Fujio, Watanabe, Mikio, Tomizawa, Rie, Iwatani, Yoshinori, Ordoñana, Juan R., Sánchez-Romera, Juan F., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Tarnoki, Adam D., Tarnoki, David L., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Medland, Sarah E., Rasmussen, Finn, Tynelius, Per, Tan, Qihua, Zhang, Dongfeng, Pang, Zengchang, Rebato, Esther, Stazi, Maria A., Fagnani, Corrado, Brescianini, Sonia, Busjahn, Andreas, Harris, Jennifer R., Brandt, Ingunn ... Silventoinen, Karri (2018). Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: a study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts. PLoS One, 13 (7) e0200140, e0200140. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200140

Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: a study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic and environmental risk factors influencing mood disorders

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic architecture of differences in symptomatology and treatment response in major depressive disorder

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Nick Martin, Associate Professor Miguel Rentería

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Unveiling the Complexities of Psychotic Disorders: Enhancing Treatment Safety and Understanding Heterogeneity Through Biomarkers, Genetic Analysis, and Multimodal Data Integration

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Dan Siskind

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic and environmental risk factors influencing mood disorders

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Statistical Genetic Analyses of Major Depressive Disorder

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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