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)

221 - 240 of 494 works

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

Journal Article

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

Journal Article

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

2018

Journal Article

Anticytokine autoantibodies in a patient with a heterozygous <i>NFKB2</i> mutation

Ramakrishnan, Kesava A., Rae, William, Barcenas-Morales, Gabriela, Gao, Yifang, Pengelly, Reuben J., Patel, Sanjay V., Kumararatne, Dinakantha S., Ennis, Sarah, Doffinger, Rainer, Faust, Saul N. and Williams, Anthony P. (2018). Anticytokine autoantibodies in a patient with a heterozygous NFKB2 mutation. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 141 (4), 1479-+. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.11.014

Anticytokine autoantibodies in a patient with a heterozygous <i>NFKB2</i> mutation

2018

Journal Article

Nineteen and Up study (19Up): Understanding pathways to mental health disorders in young Australian twins

Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, O'Callaghan, Victoria, Parker, Richard, Mills, Natalie, Kirk, Katherine M., Scott, Jan, Vinkhuyzen, Anna., Hermens, Daniel F., Lind, Penelope A., Davenport, Tracey A., Burns, Jane M., Connell, Melissa, Zietsch, Brendan P., Scott, James, Wright, Margaret J., Medland, Sarah E., McGrath, John, Martin, Nicholas G., Hickie, Ian B. and Gillespie, Nathan A. (2018). Nineteen and Up study (19Up): Understanding pathways to mental health disorders in young Australian twins. BMJ Open, 8 (3) e018959, 1-13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018959

Nineteen and Up study (19Up): Understanding pathways to mental health disorders in young Australian twins

2018

Journal Article

Publisher Correction: protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

Turcot, Valérie, Lu, Yingchang, Highland, Heather M., Schurmann, Claudia, Justice, Anne E., Fine, Rebecca S., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Esko, Tõnu, Giri, Ayush, Graff, Mariaelisa, Guo, Xiuqing, Hendricks, Audrey E., Karaderi, Tugce, Lempradl, Adelheid, Locke, Adam E., Mahajan, Anubha, Marouli, Eirini, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Young, Kristin L., Alfred, Tamuno, Feitosa, Mary F., Masca, Nicholas G. D., Manning, Alisa K., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie C. Y., Reiner, Alex P., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willems, Sara M. ... Loos, Ruth J. F. (2018). Publisher Correction: protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 1-2. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0082-3

Publisher Correction: protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

2018

Journal Article

The Nature of Nurture: Using a Virtual-Parent Design to Test Parenting Effects on Children's Educational Attainment in Genotyped Families

Bates, Timothy C., Maher, Brion S., Medland, Sarah E., McAloney, Kerrie, Wright, Margaret J., Hansell, Narelle K., Kendler, Kenneth S., Martin, Nicholas G. and Gillespie, Nathan A. (2018). The Nature of Nurture: Using a Virtual-Parent Design to Test Parenting Effects on Children's Educational Attainment in Genotyped Families. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 21 (2), 73-83. doi: 10.1017/thg.2018.11

The Nature of Nurture: Using a Virtual-Parent Design to Test Parenting Effects on Children's Educational Attainment in Genotyped Families

2018

Other Outputs

Trans-ancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

Walters, Raymond K., Adams, Mark J., Adkins, Amy E., Aliev, Fazil, Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Batzler, Anthony, Bertelsen, Sarah, Biernacka, Joanna, Bigdeli, Tim B., Chen, Li-Shiun, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Chou, Yi-Ling, Degenhardt, Franziska, Docherty, Anna R., Fontanillas, Pierre, Foo, Jerome, Fox, Louis, Frank, Josef, Giegling, Ina, Gordon, Scott, Hack, Laura M., Hartmann, Annette M., Hartz, Sarah M., Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie, Herms, Stefan, Hodgkinson, Colin, Hoffmann, Per, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Kennedy, Martin A. ... Agrawal, Arpana (2018). Trans-ancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders. doi: 10.1101/257311

Trans-ancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

2018

Journal Article

Gene set enrichment analysis and expression pattern exploration implicate an involvement of neurodevelopmental processes in bipolar disorder

Mühleisen, Thomas W., Reinbold, Céline S., Forstner, Andreas J., Abramova, Lilia I., Alda, Martin, Babadjanova, Gulja, Bauer, Michael, Brennan, Paul, Chuchalin, Alexander, Cruceanu, Cristiana, Czerski, Piotr M., Degenhardt, Franziska, Fischer, Sascha B., Fullerton, Janice M., Gordon, Scott D., Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria, Grof, Paul, Hauser, Joanna, Hautzinger, Martin, Herms, Stefan, Hoffmann, Per, Kammerer-Ciernioch, Jutta, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kogevinas, Manolis, Krasnov, Valery, Lacour, André, Laprise, Catherine, Leber, Markus, Lissowska, Jolanta ... Cichon, Sven (2018). Gene set enrichment analysis and expression pattern exploration implicate an involvement of neurodevelopmental processes in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 228, 20-25. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.068

Gene set enrichment analysis and expression pattern exploration implicate an involvement of neurodevelopmental processes in bipolar disorder

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

Beaumont, Robin N., Warrington, Nicole M., Cavadino, Alana, Tyrrell, Jessica, Nodzenski, Michael, Horikoshi, Momoko, Geller, Frank, Myhre, Ronny, Richmond, Rebecca C., Paternoster, Lavinia, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Huikari, Ville, Metrustry, Sarah, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Painter, Jodie N., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Allard, Catherine, Barton, Sheila J., Espinosa, Ana, Marsh, Julie A., Potter, Catherine, Zhang, Ge, Ang, Wei, Berry, Diane J., Bouchard, Luigi, Das, Shikta, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, Hakonarson, Hakon ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2018). Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (4) ddx429, 742-756. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx429

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

2018

Journal Article

No evidence of association of oxytocin polymorphisms with breastfeeding in 2 independent samples

Colodro-Conde, L., Sánchez-Romera, J. F., Lind, P. A., Zhu, G., Martin, N. G., Medland, S. E. and Ordoñana, J. R. (2018). No evidence of association of oxytocin polymorphisms with breastfeeding in 2 independent samples. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 17 (7) e12464, e12464. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12464

No evidence of association of oxytocin polymorphisms with breastfeeding in 2 independent samples

2018

Journal Article

The protocadherin 17 gene affects cognition, personality, amygdala structure and function, synapse development and risk of major mood disorders

Chang, H., Hoshina, N., Zhang, C., Ma, Y., Cao, H., Wang, Y., Wu, D. D., Bergen, S. E., Landén, M., Hultman, C. M., Preisig, M., Kutalik, Z., Castelao, E., Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M., Forstner, A. J., Strohmaier, J., Hecker, J., Schulze, T. G., Müller-Myhsok, B., Reif, A., Mitchell, P. B., Martin, N. G., Schofield, P. R., Cichon, S., Nöthen, M. M., Walter, H., Erk, S., Heinz, A., Amin, N. ... MooDS Bipolar Consortium (2018). The protocadherin 17 gene affects cognition, personality, amygdala structure and function, synapse development and risk of major mood disorders. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (2), 400-412. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.231

The protocadherin 17 gene affects cognition, personality, amygdala structure and function, synapse development and risk of major mood disorders

2018

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 8 novel loci involved in shape variation of human head hair

Liu, Fan, Chen, Yan, Zhu, Gu, Hysi, Pirro G., Wu, Sijie, Adhikari, Kaustubh, Breslin, Krystal, Pośpiech, Ewelina, Hamer, Merel A., Peng, Fuduan, Muralidharan, Charanya, Acuna-Alonzo, Victor, Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel, Bedoya, Gabriel, Gallo, Carla, Poletti, Giovanni, Rothhammer, Francisco, Bortolini, Maria Catira, Gonzalez-Jose, Rolando, Zeng, Changqing, Xu, Shuhua, Jin, Li, Uitterlinden, André G., Arfan Ikram, M., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Nijsten, Tamar, Walsh, Susan, Branicki, Wojciech, Wang, Sijia ... Kayser, Manfred (2018). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 8 novel loci involved in shape variation of human head hair. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (3), 559-575. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx416

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 8 novel loci involved in shape variation of human head hair

2018

Journal Article

Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank

Barbu, Miruna C., Zeng, Yanni, Shen, Xueyi, Cox, Simon R., Clarke, Toni-Kim, Gibson, Jude, Adams, Mark J., Johnstone, Mandy, Haley, Chris S., Lawrie, Stephen M., Deary, Ian J., Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, 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, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T.F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H.R., Bryois, Julien ... Whalley, Heather C. (2018). Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4 (1), 91-100. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.07.006

Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank

2018

Conference Publication

Psychiatric Liability Genes are Linked to Oscillatory Brain Activity: A Genome-Wide Association Study

Smit, Dirk, Wright, Margareth, Meyers, Jacquelyn, Martin, Nicholas, Ho, Yvonne, Malone, Stephen, Zhang, Jian, Burwell, Scott, Chorlian, David, de Geus, Eco, Denys, Damiaan, Hansell, Narelle, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, McGue, Matt, van Beijsterveldt, Catharina, Jehanshad, Neda, Thompson, Paul, Whelan, Chris, Medland, Sarah, Porjesz, Bernice, Iacono, William and Boomsma, Dorret (2018). Psychiatric Liability Genes are Linked to Oscillatory Brain Activity: A Genome-Wide Association Study. 73rd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), New York NY United States, 10-12 May 2017. New York NY United States: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.02.865

Psychiatric Liability Genes are Linked to Oscillatory Brain Activity: A Genome-Wide Association Study

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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

  • 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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