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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489 works between 2001 and 2025
All (489) Journal Article (419) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (64) Other Outputs (1)

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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

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

Journal Article

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

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

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

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

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

Completed supervision

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