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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531 works between 2001 and 2025
All (531) Journal Article (449) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (76) Book Chapter (5)

241 - 260 of 531 works

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

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

Conference Publication

The contribution of common population variants to hypomorphic oculocutaneous albinism phenotypes: a novel tri-allelic <i>TYR</i> genotype

Norman, Chelsea Sarah, O'Gorman, Luke, Gibson, Jane, Pengelly, Reuben J., Baralle, Diana, Ratnayaka, J. Arjuna, Ennis, Sarah and Self, James E. (2018). The contribution of common population variants to hypomorphic oculocutaneous albinism phenotypes: a novel tri-allelic TYR genotype. Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), Honolulu Hi, Apr 21-May 03, 2018. ROCKVILLE: ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC.

The contribution of common population variants to hypomorphic oculocutaneous albinism phenotypes: a novel tri-allelic <i>TYR</i> genotype

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

Conference Publication

<i>In</i>-<i>silico</i> prediction of novel splice altering variants in the myocilin gene in primary open angle glaucoma

Cree, Angela, O'Gorman, Luke, Griffiths, Helen, Lotery, Andrew, Gibson, Jane and Ennis, Sarah (2018). In-silico prediction of novel splice altering variants in the myocilin gene in primary open angle glaucoma. Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), Honolulu Hi, Apr 21-May 03, 2018. ROCKVILLE: ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC.

<i>In</i>-<i>silico</i> prediction of novel splice altering variants in the myocilin gene in primary open angle glaucoma

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

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic determinants of treatment outcomes in mental health: harnessing the shared genetic etiology of mental disorders for precision psychiatry.

    Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy

    Novel efficient statistical methods for biobank-scale prediction from brain imaging

    Principal Advisor

  • 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 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

    Genetic and environmental risk factors influencing mood disorders

    Principal Advisor

Completed supervision

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