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)

261 - 280 of 481 works

2017

Journal Article

Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis

Hoogman, Martine, Bralten, Janita, Hibar, Derrek P, Mennes, Maarten, Zwiers, Marcel P, Schweren, Lizanne S J, van Hulzen, Kimm J E, Medland, Sarah E, Shumskaya, Elena, Jahanshad, Neda, Zeeuw, Patrick de, Szekely, Eszter, Sudre, Gustavo, Wolfers, Thomas, Onnink, Alberdingk M H, Dammers, Janneke T, Mostert, Jeanette C, Vives-Gilabert, Yolanda, Kohls, Gregor, Oberwelland, Eileen, Seitz, Jochen, Schulte-Rüther, Martin, Ambrosino, Sara, Doyle, Alysa E, Høvik, Marie F, Dramsdahl, Margaretha, Tamm, Leanne, van Erp, Theo G M, Dale, Anders ... Franke, Barbara (2017). Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 4 (4), 310-319. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30049-4

Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis

2017

Journal Article

Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

Day, Felix R., Thompson, Deborah J., Helgason, Hannes, Chasman, Daniel I., Finucane, Hilary, Sulem, Patrick, Ruth, Katherine S., Whalen, Sean, Sarkar, Abhishek K., Albrecht, Eva, Altmaier, Elisabeth, Amini, Marzyeh, Barbieri, Caterina M., Boutin, Thibaud, Campbell, Archie, Demerath, Ellen, Giri, Ayush, He, Chunyan, Hottenga, Jouke J., Karlsson, Robert, Kolcic, Ivana, Loh, Po-Ru, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Mangino, Massimo, Marco, Brumat, McMahon, George, Medland, Sarah E., Nolte, Ilja M., Noordam, Raymond ... Perry, John R. B. (2017). Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk. Nature Genetics, 49 (6), 834-841. doi: 10.1038/ng.3841

Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

2017

Journal Article

Genetic effects influencing risk for major depressive disorder in China and Europe

Bigdeli, T. B., Ripke, S., Peterson, R. E., Trzaskowski, M., Bacanu, S-A, Abdellaoui, A., Andlauer, T. F. M., Beekman, A. T. F., Berger, K., Blackwood, D. H. R., Boomsma, D. I., Breen, G., Buttenschon, H. N., Byrne, E. M., Cichon, S., Clarke, T-K, Couvy-Duchesne, B., Craddock, N., de Geus, E. J. C., Degenhardt, F., Dunn, E. C., Edwards, A. C., Fanous, A. H., Forstner, A. J., Frank, J., Gill, M., Gordon, S. D., Grabe, H. J., Hamilton, S. P. ... Kendler, K. S. (2017). Genetic effects influencing risk for major depressive disorder in China and Europe. Translational Psychiatry, 7 (3) e1074, e1074-e1074. doi: 10.1038/tp.2016.292

Genetic effects influencing risk for major depressive disorder in China and Europe

2017

Journal Article

Identification of shared risk loci and pathways for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

Forstner, Andreas J., Hecker, Julian, Hofmann, Andrea, Maaser, Anna, Reinbold, Céline S., Mühleisen, Thomas W., Leber, Markus, Strohmaier, Jana, Degenhardt, Franziska, Treutlein, Jens, Mattheisen, Manuel, Schumacher, Johannes, Streit, Fabian, Meier, Sandra, Herms, Stefan, Hoffmann, Per, Lacour, André, Witt, Stephanie H., Reif, Andreas, Müller-Myhsok, Bertram, Lucae, Susanne, Maier, Wolfgang, Schwarz, Markus, Vedder, Helmut, Kammerer-Ciernioch, Jutta, Pfennig, Andrea, Bauer, Michael, Hautzinger, Martin, Moebus, Susanne ... Nöthen, Markus M. (2017). Identification of shared risk loci and pathways for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. PLoS ONE, 12 (2) e0171595, e0171595. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171595

Identification of shared risk loci and pathways for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

2017

Journal Article

Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

Hibar, Derrek P., Adams, Hieab H. H., Jahanshad, Neda, Chauhan, Ganesh, Stein, Jason L., Hofer, Edith, Renteria, Miguel E., Bis, Joshua C., Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro, Ikram, M. Kamran, Desrivieres, Sylvane, Vernooij, Meike W., Abramovic, Lucija, Alhusaini, Saud, Amin, Najaf, Andersson, Micael, Arfanakis, Konstantinos, Aribisala, Benjamin S., Armstrong, Nicola J., Athanasiu, Lavinia, Axelsson, Tomas, Beecham, Ashley H., Beiser, Alexa, Bernard, Manon, Blanton, Susan H., Bohlken, Marc M., Boks, Marco P., Bralten, Janita, Brickman, Adam M. ... Ikram, M. Arfan (2017). Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 13624, 13624. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13624

Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

2017

Journal Article

Genetic analysis of hyperemesis gravidarum reveals association with intracellular calcium release channel (RYR2)

Fejzo, Marlena Schoenberg, Myhre, Ronny, Colodro-Conde, Lucía, MacGibbon, Kimber W, Sinsheimer, Janet S., Reddy, M. V. Prasad Linga, Pajukanta, Paivi, Nyholt, Dale R., Wright, Margaret J., Martin, Nicholas G., Engel, Stephanie M., Medland, Sarah E., Magnus, Per and Mullin, Patrick M. (2017). Genetic analysis of hyperemesis gravidarum reveals association with intracellular calcium release channel (RYR2). Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 439 (C), 308-316. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.09.017

Genetic analysis of hyperemesis gravidarum reveals association with intracellular calcium release channel (RYR2)

2017

Conference Publication

Estimating developmental changes within the genetic architecture of social communication traits: a multivariate study of genetic variance in unrelated individuals

St Pourcain, Beate, Eaves, Lindon, Verhoef, Ellen, Shapland, Chin Yang, Ring, Susan M., Fisher, Simon E., Medland, Sarah, Evans, David and Smith, George Davey (2017). Estimating developmental changes within the genetic architecture of social communication traits: a multivariate study of genetic variance in unrelated individuals. 47th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Oslo Norway, Jun 28-Jul 01, 2017. New York, NY, United States: Springer.

Estimating developmental changes within the genetic architecture of social communication traits: a multivariate study of genetic variance in unrelated individuals

2017

Conference Publication

HIGHER GENETIC RISK FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVING IN URBAN AND POPULATED AREAS

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Zhu, Gu, Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas, Rietschel, Marcella, Medland, Sarah, Whitfield, John and Martin, Nick (2017). HIGHER GENETIC RISK FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVING IN URBAN AND POPULATED AREAS. 24th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Jerusalem Israel, Oct 30-Nov 04, 2016. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2016.09.579

HIGHER GENETIC RISK FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVING IN URBAN AND POPULATED AREAS

2017

Conference Publication

First GWAS meta-analysis on nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Paternoster, Lavinia, Lind, Penelope, Painter, Jodie, Wright, Margie, Montgomery, Grant, Nyholt, Dale and Medland, Sarah E. (2017). First GWAS meta-analysis on nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. 23rd Annual World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Toronto, Canada, 16-20 October, 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV.

First GWAS meta-analysis on nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

2017

Conference Publication

Heritability of hair cortisol and genetic overlap with psychological variables

Streit, Fabian, Rietschel, Liz, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Frank, Josef, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Witt, Stephanie H., Binz, Tina, McGrath, John, Hickie, Ian B., Hansell, Narelle K., Wright, Margaret J., Gillespie, Nathan, Forstner, Andreas J., Schulze, Thomas G., Wüst, Stefan, Nöthen, Markus M., Baumgartner, Markus, Walker, Brian R., Crawford, Andrew A., Conde, Lucia Colodro, Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rietschel, Marcella (2017). Heritability of hair cortisol and genetic overlap with psychological variables. 47th Annual Conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Zurich, Switzerland, 7-9 September, 2017. OXFORD: Pergamon. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.07.452

Heritability of hair cortisol and genetic overlap with psychological variables

2017

Book Chapter

Continuous inflation analysis: a threshold-free method to estimate genetic overlap and boost power in imaging genetics

Hibar, Derrek P., Jahanshad, Neda, Medland, Sarah E. and Thompson, Paul M. (2017). Continuous inflation analysis: a threshold-free method to estimate genetic overlap and boost power in imaging genetics. Imaging Genetics. (pp. 147-162) Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier Inc.. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-813968-4.00009-2

Continuous inflation analysis: a threshold-free method to estimate genetic overlap and boost power in imaging genetics

2017

Conference Publication

A perceptual endophenotype for mental illness: Characterising normal genetic variation in the trait

Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Ngo, Trung T., Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Rentería, Miguel E., Colodro Conde, Lucia, Gordon, Scott D., Hansell, Narelle K., Medland, Sarah E., Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2017). A perceptual endophenotype for mental illness: Characterising normal genetic variation in the trait. BLiSS 2017 — Brisbane Life Science ECR Symposium, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, 24 November 2017.

A perceptual endophenotype for mental illness: Characterising normal genetic variation in the trait

2017

Conference Publication

Genetic correlation between nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and major depressive disorder

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Paternoster, Lavinia, Lind, Penelope, Painter, Jodie, Wright, Margaret, Montgomery, Grant, Martin, Nicholas, Nyholt, Dale and Medland, Sarah (2017). Genetic correlation between nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and major depressive disorder. 47th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Oslo, Norway, 28 June-1 July 2017. New York, NY United States: Springer New York.

Genetic correlation between nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and major depressive disorder

2017

Conference Publication

Genetic risk for major depressive disorder as a predictor of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Lind, Penelope, Painter, Jodie, Wright, Margie, Montgomery, Grant, Nyholt, Dale and Medland, Sarah E. (2017). Genetic risk for major depressive disorder as a predictor of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. 23rd Annual World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Toronto, Canada, 16-20 October 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.

Genetic risk for major depressive disorder as a predictor of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

2017

Conference Publication

GWAS of complementary perceptual endophenotype measures: How do they rate?

Ngo, Trung T., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Rentería, Miguel E., Colodro Conde, Lucia, Gordon, Scott D., Hansell, Narelle K., Medland, Sarah E., Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2017). GWAS of complementary perceptual endophenotype measures: How do they rate?. Australasian Society for Bipolar & Depressive Disorders (ASBDD) 2017 Conference, Deakin Edge, Melbourne, 15–17 September 2017.

GWAS of complementary perceptual endophenotype measures: How do they rate?

2017

Book Chapter

Estimating heritability from twin studies

Grasby, Katrina L., Verweij, Karin J. H., Mosing, Miriam A., Zietsch, Brendan P. and Medland, Sarah E. (2017). Estimating heritability from twin studies. In Robert C. Elston (Ed.), Statistical human genetics: methods and protocols 2nd ed. (pp. 171-194) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7274-6_9

Estimating heritability from twin studies

2017

Conference Publication

Binocular rivalry rate as a novel candidate endophenotype for bipolar disorder

Trung Ngo,, Renteria, Miguel E., Conde, Lucia Colodro, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Hansen, Narelle K., Medland, Sarah E., Miller, Steven M., Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2017). Binocular rivalry rate as a novel candidate endophenotype for bipolar disorder. 23rd Annual World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Toronto, Canada, 16-20 October 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.

Binocular rivalry rate as a novel candidate endophenotype for bipolar disorder

2016

Journal Article

Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994

Jelenkovic, Aline, Hur, Yoon-Mi, Sund, Reijo, Yokoyama, Yoshie, Siribaddana, Sisira H., Hotopf, Matthew, Sumathipala, Athula, Rijsdijk, Fruhling, Tan, Qihua, Zhang, Dongfeng, Pang, Zengchang, Aaltonen, Sari, Heikkilïa, Kauko, Oncel, Sevgi Y., Aliev, Fazil, Rebato, Esther, Tarnoki, Adam D., Tarnoki, David L., Christensen, Kaare, Skytthe, Axel, Kyvik, Kirsten O., Silberg, Judy L., Eaves, Lindon J., Maes, Hermine H., Cutler, Tessa L., Hopper, John L., Ordonana, Juan R., Sanchez-Romera, Juan F., Colodro-Conde, Lucia ... Silventoinen, Karri (2016). Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994. eLife, 5 (DECEMBER2016) e20320. doi: 10.7554/eLife.20320

Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994

2016

Journal Article

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses (vol 48, pg 624, 2016)

Okbay, Aysu, Baselmans, Bart M. L., De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Turley, Patrick, Nivard, Michel G., Fontana, Mark Alan, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Linner, Richard Karlsson, Rietveld, Cornelius A., Derringer, Jaime, Gratten, Jacob, Lee, James J., Liu, Jimmy Z., de Vlaming, Ronald, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Buchwald, Jadwiga, Cavadino, Alana, Frazier-Wood, Alexis C., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Garfield, Victoria, Geisel, Marie Henrike, Gonzalez, Juan R., Haitjema, Saskia, Karlsson, Robert, van der Laan, Sander W., Ladwig, Karl-Heinz, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J., Lind, Penelope A. ... Cesarini, David (2016). Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses (vol 48, pg 624, 2016). Nature Genetics, 48 (12), 1591-1591. doi: 10.1038/ng1216-1587b

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses (vol 48, pg 624, 2016)

2016

Conference Publication

Genome-wide association study of 6,939 individuals identifies five novel loci and suggests that prenatal exposure to testosterone is not a major determinant of individual differences in 2D:4D finger ratio

Warrington, Nicole, Hemani, Gibran, Hysi, Pirro, Mangino, Massimo, McMahon, George, Hickey, Martha, Wolke, Dieter, Montgomery, Grant, Pennell, Craig, Spector, Tim, Martin, Nicholas, Medland, Sarah and Evans, David (2016). Genome-wide association study of 6,939 individuals identifies five novel loci and suggests that prenatal exposure to testosterone is not a major determinant of individual differences in 2D:4D finger ratio. 46th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, Brisbane Australia, Jun 20-23, 2016. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.

Genome-wide association study of 6,939 individuals identifies five novel loci and suggests that prenatal exposure to testosterone is not a major determinant of individual differences in 2D:4D finger ratio

Availability

Honorary Professor Sarah Medland is:
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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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