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

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2017

Journal Article

Heritability and GWAS analyses of acne in australian adolescent twins

Mina-Vargas, Angela, Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Grasby, Katrina, Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott, Medland, Sarah E. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2017). Heritability and GWAS analyses of acne in australian adolescent twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 20 (6), 541-549. doi: 10.1017/thg.2017.58

Heritability and GWAS analyses of acne in australian adolescent twins

2017

Journal Article

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

Rietschel, Liz, Streit, Fabian, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Frank, Josef, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Witt, Stephanie H., Binz, Tina M., Bolton, Jennifer L., Hayward, Caroline, Direk, Nese, Anderson, Anna, Huffman, Jennifer, Wilson, James F., Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor, Wright, Alan, Hastie, Nicholas, Wild, Sarah H., Velders, Fleur P., Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Lahti, Jari, Räikkönen, Katri, Kajantie, Eero, Widen, Elisabeth, Palotie, Aarno, Eriksson, Johan G., Kaakinen, Marika ... Rietschel, Marcella (2017). Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 15351, 15351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11852-3

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

2017

Journal Article

Genetic overlap between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder: evidence from genome-wide association study meta-analysis

van Hulzen, Kimm J.E., Scholz, Claus J., Franke, Barbara, Ripke, Stephan, Klein, Marieke, McQuillin, Andrew, Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J., Kelsoe, John R., Landén, Mikael, Andreassen, Ole A., Lesch, Klaus-Peter, Weber, Heike, Faraone, Stephen V., Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro, Reif, Andreas, Anney, Richard J.L., Vasquez, Alejandro Arias, Arranz, Maria J., Asherson, Philip, Banaschewski, Tobias J., Bayés, Mònica, Biederman, Joseph, Buitelaar, Jan K., Casas, Miguel, Charach, Alice, Cormand, Bru, Crosbie, Jennifer, Dalsgaard, Søren, Daly, Mark J. ... PGC Bipolar Disorder Working Group (2017). Genetic overlap between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder: evidence from genome-wide association study meta-analysis. Biological Psychiatry, 82 (9), 634-641. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.08.040

Genetic overlap between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder: evidence from genome-wide association study meta-analysis

2017

Journal Article

Human subcortical brain asymmetries in 15,847 people worldwide reveal effects of age and sex

Guadalupe, Tulio, Mathias, Samuel R., vanErp, Theo G. M., Whelan, Christopher D., Zwiers, Marcel P., Abe, Yoshinari, Abramovic, Lucija, Agartz, Ingrid, Andreassen, Ole A., Arias-Vásquez, Alejandro, Aribisala, Benjamin S., Armstrong, Nicola J., Arolt, Volker, Artiges, Eric, Ayesa-Arriola, Rosa, Baboyan, Vatche G., Banaschewski, Tobias, Barker, Gareth, Bastin, Mark E., Baune, Bernhard T., Blangero, John, Bokde, Arun L.W., Boedhoe, Premika S.W., Bose, Anushree, Brem, Silvia, Brodaty, Henry, Bromberg, Uli, Brooks, Samantha, Büchel, Christian ... Francks, Clyde (2017). Human subcortical brain asymmetries in 15,847 people worldwide reveal effects of age and sex. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 11 (5), 1497-1514. doi: 10.1007/s11682-016-9629-z

Human subcortical brain asymmetries in 15,847 people worldwide reveal effects of age and sex

2017

Journal Article

Education in twins and their parents across birth cohorts over 100 years: an individual-level pooled analysis of 42-twin cohorts

Silventoinen, Karri, Jelenkovic, Aline, Latvala, Antti, Sund, Reijo, Yokoyama, Yoshie, Ullemar, Vilhelmina, Almqvist, Catarina, Derom, Catherine A., Vlietinck, Robert F., Loos, Ruth J. F., Kandler, Christian, Honda, Chika, Inui, Fujio, Iwatani, Yoshinori, Watanabe, Mikio, Rebato, Esther, Stazi, Maria A., Fagnani, Corrado, Brescianini, Sonia, Hur, Yoon-Mi, Jeong, Hoe-Uk, Cutler, Tessa L., Hopper, John L., Busjahn, Andreas, Saudino, Kimberly J., Ji, Fuling, Ning, Feng, Pang, Zengchang, Rose, Richard J. ... Kaprio, Jaakko (2017). Education in twins and their parents across birth cohorts over 100 years: an individual-level pooled analysis of 42-twin cohorts. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 20 (5), 395-405. doi: 10.1017/thg.2017.49

Education in twins and their parents across birth cohorts over 100 years: an individual-level pooled analysis of 42-twin cohorts

2017

Journal Article

CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits

Macé, Aurélien, Tuke, Marcus A., Deelen, Patrick, Kristiansson, Kati, Mattsson, Hannele, Nõukas, Margit, Sapkota, Yadav, Schick, Ursula, Porcu, Eleonora, Rüeger, Sina, McDaid, Aaron F., Porteous, David, Winkler, Thomas W., Salvi, Erika, Shrine, Nick, Liu, Xueping, Ang, Wei Q., Zhang, Weihua, Feitosa, Mary F., Venturini, Cristina, Van Der Most, Peter J., Rosengren, Anders, Wood, Andrew R., Beaumont, Robin N., Jones, Samuel E., Ruth, Katherine S., Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Tyrrell, Jessica, Havulinna, Aki S. ... Kutalik, Zoltán (2017). CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 744, 744. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00556-x

CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits

2017

Journal Article

Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals

St Pourcain, Beate, Eaves, Lindon J, Ring, Susan M, Fisher, Simon E, Medland, Sarah, Evans, David M and Davey Smith, George (2017). Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals. Biological psychiatry, 83 (7), 598-606. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.09.020

Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals

2017

Journal Article

Autoimmunity/inflammation in a monogenic primary immunodeficiency cohort

Rae, William, Ward, Daniel, Mattocks, Christopher J., Gao, Yifang, Pengelly, Reuben J., Patel, Sanjay V., Ennis, Sarah, Faust, Saul N. and Williams, Anthony P. (2017). Autoimmunity/inflammation in a monogenic primary immunodeficiency cohort. Clinical & Translational Immunology, 6 e155. doi: 10.1038/cti.2017.38

Autoimmunity/inflammation in a monogenic primary immunodeficiency cohort

2017

Journal Article

Hidden heritability due to heterogeneity across seven populations

Tropf, Felix C., Lee, S Hong, Verweij, Renske M., Stulp, Gert, van der Most, Peter J., de Vlaming, Ronald, Bakshi, Andrew, Briley, Daniel A., Rahal, Charles, Hellpap, Robert, Nyman, Anastasia, Esko, Tõnu, Metspalu, Andres, Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Barban, Nicola, Snieder, Harold, Robinson, Matthew R. and Mills, Melinda C. (2017). Hidden heritability due to heterogeneity across seven populations. Nature Human Behaviour, 1 (10), 757-765. doi: 10.1038/s41562-017-0195-1

Hidden heritability due to heterogeneity across seven populations

2017

Journal Article

Identification of a bipolar disorder vulnerable gene CHDH at 3p21.1

Chang, Hong, Li, Lingyi, Peng, Tao, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria, Bergen, Sarah E., Landén, Mikael, Hultman, Christina M., Forstner, Andreas J., Strohmaier, Jana, Hecker, Julian, Schulze, Thomas G., Müller-Myhsok, Bertram, Reif, Andreas, Mitchell, Philip B., Martin, Nicholas G., Cichon, Sven, Nöthen, Markus M., Jamain, Stéphane, Leboyer, Marion, Bellivier, Frank, Etain, Bruno, Kahn, Jean-Pierre, Henry, Chantal, Rietschel, Marcella, Backlund, Lena, Frisén, Louise, Lavebratt, Catharina, Schalling, Martin, Ösby, Urban ... MooDS Consortium (2017). Identification of a bipolar disorder vulnerable gene CHDH at 3p21.1. Molecular Neurobiology, 54 (7), 5166-5176. doi: 10.1007/s12035-016-0041-x

Identification of a bipolar disorder vulnerable gene CHDH at 3p21.1

2017

Journal Article

Genome-Wide Association shows that pigmentation genes play a role in skin aging

Law, Matthew H., Medland, Sarah E., Zhu, Gu, Yazar, Seyhan, Vinuela, Ana, Wallace, Leanne, Shekar, Sri Niranjan, Duffy, David L., Bataille, Veronique, Glass, Dan, Spector, Tim D., Wood, Diane, MuTHER Consortium, Gordon, Scott D., Barbour, Julie M., Henders, Anjali K., Hewitt, Alex W., Montgomery, Grant W., Sturm, Richard A., Mackey, David A., Green, Adele C., Martin, Nicholas G. and MacGregor, Stuart (2017). Genome-Wide Association shows that pigmentation genes play a role in skin aging. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 137 (9), 1887-1894. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.04.026

Genome-Wide Association shows that pigmentation genes play a role in skin aging

2017

Journal Article

Neuroticism and the Overlap between Autistic and ADHD Traits: Findings from a Population Sample of Young Adult Australian Twins

Park, Shin-Ho, Guastella, Adam J., Lynskey, Michael, Agrawal, Arpana, Constantino, John N., Medland, Sarah E., Song, Yun Ju C., Martin, Nicholas G. and Colodro-Conde, Lucía (2017). Neuroticism and the Overlap between Autistic and ADHD Traits: Findings from a Population Sample of Young Adult Australian Twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 20 (4), 319-329. doi: 10.1017/thg.2017.38

Neuroticism and the Overlap between Autistic and ADHD Traits: Findings from a Population Sample of Young Adult Australian Twins

2017

Journal Article

Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts

Silventoinen, Karri, Jelenkovic, Aline, Sund, Reijo, Yokoyama, Yoshie, Hur, Yoon-Mi, Cozen, Wendy, Hwang, Amie E., Mack, Thomas M., Honda, Chika, Inui, Fujio, Iwatani, Yoshinori, Watanabe, Mikio, Tomizawa, Rie, Pietilainen, Kirsi H., Rissanen, Aila, Siribaddana, Sisira H., Hotopf, Matthew, Sumathipala, Athula, Rijsdijk, Fruhling, Tan, Qihua, Zhang, Dongfeng, Pang, Zengchang, Piirtola, Maarit, Aaltonen, Sari, Oncel, Sevgi Y., Aliev, Fazil, Rebato, Esther, Hjelmborg, Jacob B., Christensen, Kaare ... Kaprio, Jaakko (2017). Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 106 (2), 457-466. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.117.153643

Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts

2017

Journal Article

A direct test of the diathesis–stress model for depression

Colodro-Conde, L., Couvy-Duchesne, B., Zhu, G., Coventry, W. L., Byrne, E. M., Gordon, S., Wright, M. J., Montgomery, G. W., Madden, P. A. F., Ripke, S., Eaves, L. J., Heath, A. C., Wray, N. R., Medland, S. E. and Martin, N. G. (2017). A direct test of the diathesis–stress model for depression. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (7), 1590-1596. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.130

A direct test of the diathesis–stress model for depression

2017

Journal Article

No genetic overlap between circulating iron levels and Alzheimer's disease

Lupton, Michelle K., Benyamin, Beben, Proitsi, Petroula, Nyholt, Dale R., Ferreira, Manuel A., Montgomery, Grant W., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A., Medland, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Lovestone, Simon, Tsolaki, Magda, Kloszewska, Iwona, Soininen, Hilkka, Mecocci, Patrizia, Vellas, Bruno, Powell, John F., Bush, Ashley I., Wright, Margaret J., Martin, Nicholas G. and Whitfield, John B. (2017). No genetic overlap between circulating iron levels and Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimers Disease, 59 (1), 85-99. doi: 10.3233/JAD-170027

No genetic overlap between circulating iron levels and Alzheimer's disease

2017

Journal Article

Polygenic transmission disequilibrium confirms that common and rare variation act additively to create risk for autism spectrum disorders

Weiner, Daniel J., Wigdor, Emilie M., Ripke, Stephan, Walters, Raymond K., Kosmicki, Jack A., Grove, Jakob, Samocha, Kaitlin E., Goldstein, Jacqueline I., Okbay, Aysu, Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Werge, Thomas, Hougaard, David M, Taylor, Jacob, Skuse, David, Devlin, Bernie, Anney, Richard, Sanders, Stephan J, Bishop, Somer, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Børglum, Anders D, Smith, George Davey, Daly, Mark J, Robinson, Elise B., Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Dumont, Ashley, Hansen, Christine, Hansen, Thomas F., Howrigan, Daniel, Mattheisen, Manuel ... iPSYCH-Broad Autism Grp ; Psychiat Genomics Consortium (2017). Polygenic transmission disequilibrium confirms that common and rare variation act additively to create risk for autism spectrum disorders. Nature Genetics, 49 (7), 978-985. doi: 10.1038/ng.3863

Polygenic transmission disequilibrium confirms that common and rare variation act additively to create risk for autism spectrum disorders

2017

Journal Article

Obstetrical, pregnancy and socio-economic predictors for new-onset severe postpartum psychiatric disorders in primiparous women

Meltzer-Brody, S., Maegbaek, M. L., Medland, S. E., Miller, W. C., Sullivan, P. and Munk-Olsen, T. (2017). Obstetrical, pregnancy and socio-economic predictors for new-onset severe postpartum psychiatric disorders in primiparous women. Psychological Medicine, 47 (8), 1427-1441. doi: 10.1017/S0033291716003020

Obstetrical, pregnancy and socio-economic predictors for new-onset severe postpartum psychiatric disorders in primiparous women

2017

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia

Anney, Richard J. L., Ripke, Stephan, Anttila, Verneri, Grove, Jakob, Holmans, Peter, Huang, Hailiang, Klei, Lambertus, Lee, Phil H., Medland, Sarah E., Neale, Benjamin, Robinson, Elise, Weiss, Lauren A., Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie, Yu, Timothy W., Wittemeyer, Kerstin, Willsey, A.Jeremy, Wijsman, Ellen M., Werge, Thomas, Wassink, Thomas H., Waltes, Regina, Walsh, Christopher A., Wallace, Simon, Vorstman, Jacob A. S., Vieland, Veronica J., Vicente, Astrid M., Vanengeland, Herman, Tsang, Kathryn, Thompson, Ann P., Szatmari, Peter ... The Autism Spectrum Disorders Working Group of The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (2017). Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia. Molecular Autism, 8 (1) 21. doi: 10.1186/s13229-017-0137-9

Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia

2017

Journal Article

Subcortical brain structure and suicidal behaviour in major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis from the ENIGMA-MDD working group

Renteria, M. E., Schmaal, L., Hibar, D. P., Couvy-Duchesne, B., Strike, L. T., Mills, N. T., de Zubicaray, G. I., McMahon, K. L., Medland, S. E., Gillespie, N. A., Hatton, S. N., Lagopoulos, J., Veltman, D. J., van der Wee, N., van Erp, T. G. M., Wittfeld, K., Grabe, H. J., Block, A., Hegenscheid, K., Voelzke, H., Veer, I. M., Walter, H., Schnell, K., Schramm, E., Normann, C., Schoepf, D., Konrad, C., Zurowski, B., Godlewska, B. R. ... Hickie, I. B. (2017). Subcortical brain structure and suicidal behaviour in major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis from the ENIGMA-MDD working group. Translational Psychiatry, 7 (5) e1116, e1116-e1116. doi: 10.1038/tp.2017.84

Subcortical brain structure and suicidal behaviour in major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis from the ENIGMA-MDD working group

2017

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Does the sex of one’s co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts

Bogl, Leonie H., Jelenkovic, Aline, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Ahrenfeldt, Linda, Pietiläinen, Kirsi H., Stazi, Maria A., Fagnani, Corrado, D’Ippolito, Cristina, Hur, Yoon-Mi, Jeong, Hoe-Uk, Silberg, Judy L., Eaves, Lindon J., Maes, Hermine H., Bayasgalan, Gombojav, Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol, Cutler, Tessa L., Kandler, Christian, Jang, Kerry L., Christensen, Kaare, Skytthe, Axel, Kyvik, Kirsten O., Cozen, Wendy, Hwang, Amie E., Mack, Thomas M., Derom, Catherine A., Vlietinck, Robert F., Nelson, Tracy L., Whitfield, Keith E., Corley, Robin P. ... Kaprio, Jaakko (2017). Does the sex of one’s co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts. Biology of Sex Differences, 8 (1) 14. doi: 10.1186/s13293-017-0134-x

Does the sex of one’s co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 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

Completed supervision

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