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

Search Professor Sarah Medland’s works on UQ eSpace

481 works between 2001 and 2025
All (481) Journal Article (411) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (64) Other Outputs (1)

201 - 220 of 481 works

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

2019

Journal Article

Evidence for increased genetic risk load for major depression in patients assigned to electroconvulsive therapy

Foo, Jerome C., Streit, Fabian, Frank, Josef, Witt, Stephanie H., Treutlein, Jens, Baune, Bernhard T., Moebus, Susanne, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Forstner, Andreas J., Noethen, Markus M., Rietschel, Marcella, Sartorius, Alexander, Kranaster, Laura, 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., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H. R. ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2019). Evidence for increased genetic risk load for major depression in patients assigned to electroconvulsive therapy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 180 (1), 35-45. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32700

Evidence for increased genetic risk load for major depression in patients assigned to electroconvulsive therapy

2019

Conference Publication

Assessing clinical, demographic and genetic risk factors for treatment attributed suicidality in > 20,000 Australian adults on antidepressants

Campos, Adrian, Renteria, Miguel E., Byrne, Enda, Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi, Hickie, Ian B. and Martin, Nick (2019). Assessing clinical, demographic and genetic risk factors for treatment attributed suicidality in > 20,000 Australian adults on antidepressants. 27th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Los Angeles, United States, 26-31 October 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.07.212

Assessing clinical, demographic and genetic risk factors for treatment attributed suicidality in > 20,000 Australian adults on antidepressants

2019

Conference Publication

Genetic risk for depression and treatment response in the Australian genetics of depression study

Byrne, Enda, Medland, Sarah E., Hickie, Ian, Martin, Nicholas G. and Wray, Naomi (2019). Genetic risk for depression and treatment response in the Australian genetics of depression study. 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.2019.07.109

Genetic risk for depression and treatment response in the Australian genetics of depression study

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

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

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

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

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

2018

Journal Article

Significant concordance of genetic variation that increases both the risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder and the volumes of the nucleus accumbens and putamen

Hibar, Derrek P., Cheung, Joshua W., Medland, Sarah E., Mufford, Mary S., Jahanshad, Neda, Dalvie, Shareefa, Ramesar, Raj, Stewart, Evelyn, Van Den Heuvel, Odile A., Pauls, David L., Knowles, James A., Stein, Dan J. and Thompson, Paul M. (2018). Significant concordance of genetic variation that increases both the risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder and the volumes of the nucleus accumbens and putamen. British Journal of Psychiatry, 213 (1), 430-436. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2018.62

Significant concordance of genetic variation that increases both the risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder and the volumes of the nucleus accumbens and putamen

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association analysis links multiple psychiatric liability genes to oscillatory brain activity

Smit, Dirk J. A., Wright, Margaret J., Meyers, Jacquelyn L., Martin, Nicholas G., Ho, Yvonne Y. W., Malone, Stephen M., Zhang, Jian, Burwell, Scott J., Chorlian, David B., de Geus, Eco J. C., Denys, Damiaan, Hansell, Narelle K., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, McGue, Matt, van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M., Jahanshad, Neda, Thompson, Paul M., Whelan, Christopher D., Medland, Sarah E., Porjesz, Bernice, Lacono, William G. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2018). Genome-wide association analysis links multiple psychiatric liability genes to oscillatory brain activity. Human Brain Mapping, 39 (11), 4183-4195. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24238

Genome-wide association analysis links multiple psychiatric liability genes to oscillatory brain activity

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

Savage, Jeanne E., Jansen, Philip R., Stringer, Sven, Watanabe, Kyoko, Bryois, Julien, de Leeuw, Christiaan A., Nagel, Mats, Awasthi, Swapnil, Barr, Peter B., Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Grasby, Katrina L., Hammerschlag, Anke R., Kaminski, Jakob A., Karlsson, Robert, Krapohl, Eva, Lam, Max, Nygaard, Marianne, Reynolds, Chandra A., Trampush, Joey W., Young, Hannah, Zabaneh, Delilah, Hägg, Sara, Hansell, Narelle K., Karlsson, Ida K., Linnarsson, Sten, Montgomery, Grant W., Muñoz-Manchado, Ana B., Quinlan, Erin B., Schumann, Gunter ... Posthuma, Danielle (2018). Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence. Nature Genetics, 50 (7), 912-919. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0152-6

Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

2018

Journal Article

Extended twin study of alcohol use in Virginia and Australia

Verhulst, Brad, Neale, Michael C., Eaves, Lindon J., Medland, Sarah E., Heath, Andrew C., Martin, Nicholas G. and Maes, Hermine H. (2018). Extended twin study of alcohol use in Virginia and Australia. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 21 (3), 163-178. doi: 10.1017/thg.2018.21

Extended twin study of alcohol use in Virginia and Australia

2018

Journal Article

Childhood aggression and the co-occurrence of behavioural and emotional problems: results across ages 3-16 years from multiple raters in six cohorts in the EU-ACTION project

Bartels, Meike, Hendriks, Anne, Mauri, Matteo, Krapohl, Eva, Whipp, Alyce, Bolhuis, Koen, Conde, Lucia Colodro, Luningham, Justin, Fung Ip, Hill, Hagenbeek, Fiona, Roetman, Peter, Gatej, Raluca, Lamers, Audri, Nivard, Michel, van Dongen, Jenny, Lu, Yi, Middeldorp, Christel, van Beijsterveldt, Toos, Vermeiren, Robert, Hankemeijer, Thomas, Kluft, Cees, Medland, Sarah, Lundström, Sebastian, Rose, Richard, Pulkkinen, Lea, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Korhonen, Tellervo, Martin, Nicholas G., Lubke, Gitta ... Boomsma, Dorret I. (2018). Childhood aggression and the co-occurrence of behavioural and emotional problems: results across ages 3-16 years from multiple raters in six cohorts in the EU-ACTION project. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 27 (9), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s00787-018-1169-1

Childhood aggression and the co-occurrence of behavioural and emotional problems: results across ages 3-16 years from multiple raters in six cohorts in the EU-ACTION project

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till M. F., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan F. T., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas R. H., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschon, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Coleman, Jonathan I. R., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Craddock, Nick, Crawford, Gregory E., Crowley, Cheynna A. ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2018). Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 668-+. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0090-3

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

2018

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Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

Hysi, Pirro G., Valdes, Ana M., Liu, Fan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Evans, David M., Bataille, Veronique, Visconti, Alessia, Hemani, Gibran, McMahon, George, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Lin, Bochao D., Willemsen, Gonneke, Jan Hottenga, Jouke, Vuckovic, Dragana, Girotto, Giorgia, Gandin, Ilaria, Sala, Cinzia, Concas, Maria Pina, Brumat, Marco, Gasparini, Paolo, Toniolo, Daniela, Cocca, Massimiliano, Robino, Antonietta, Yazar, Seyhan ... Spector, Timothy D. (2018). Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 652-656. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0100-5

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

2018

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Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero

Warrington, Nicole M., Shevroja, Enisa, Hemani, Gibran, Hysi, Pirro G., Jiang, Yunxuan, Auton, Adam, Boer, Cindy G., Mangino, Massimo, Wang, Carol A., Kemp, John P., McMahon, George, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Hickey, Martha, Trajanoska, Katerina, Wolke, Dieter, Ikram, Arfan M., 23 and Me Research Team, Montgomery, Grant W., Felix, Janine F., Wright, Margaret J., Mackey, David A., Jaddoe, Vincent W., Martin, Nicholas G., Tung, Joyce Y., Davey Smith, George, Pennell, Craig E., Spector, Tim D., van Meurs, Joyce, Rivadeneira, Fernando ... Evans, David M. (2018). Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (11), 2025-2038. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy121

Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

Completed supervision

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