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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493 works between 2001 and 2025
All (493) Journal Article (408) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (62) Other Outputs (18)

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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

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

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

Journal Article

Variation in latent classes of adult attention–deficit hyperactivity disorder by sex and environmental adversity

Ebejer, Jane L., Medland, Sarah E., van der Werf, Julius, Lynskey, Michael, Martin, Nicholas G. and Duffy, David L. (2016). Variation in latent classes of adult attention–deficit hyperactivity disorder by sex and environmental adversity. Journal of Attention Disorders, 20 (11), 934-945. doi: 10.1177/1087054713506261

Variation in latent classes of adult attention–deficit hyperactivity disorder by sex and environmental adversity

2016

Journal Article

Genetic risk score mendelian randomization shows that obesity measured as body mass index, but not waist:hip ratio, is causal for endometrial cancer

Painter, Jodie N., O'Mara, Tracy A., Marquart, Louise, Webb, Penelope M., Attia, John, Medland, Sarah E., Cheng, Timothy, Dennis, Joe, Holliday, Elizabeth G., McEvoy, Mark, Scott, Rodney J., Ahmed, Shahana, Healey, Catherine S., Shah, Mitul, Gorman, Maggie, Martin, Lynn, Hodgson, Shirley V., Beckmann, Matthias W., Ekici, Arif B., Fasching, Peter A., Hein, Alexander, Rübner, Matthias, Czene, Kamila, Darabi, Hatef, Hall, Per, Li, Jingmei, Dörk, Thilo, Dürst, Matthias, Hillemanns, Peter ... Spurdle, Amanda B. (2016). Genetic risk score mendelian randomization shows that obesity measured as body mass index, but not waist:hip ratio, is causal for endometrial cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 25 (11), 1503-1510. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0147

Genetic risk score mendelian randomization shows that obesity measured as body mass index, but not waist:hip ratio, is causal for endometrial cancer

2016

Journal Article

Precision Molecular Diagnosis Defines Specific Therapy in Combined Immunodeficiency with Megaloblastic Anemia Secondary to <i>MTHFD1</i> Deficiency

Ramakrishnan, Kesava A., Pengelly, Reuben J., Gao, Yifang, Morgan, Mary, Patel, Sanjay V., Davies, E. Graham, Ennis, Sarah, Faust, Saul N. and Williams, Anthony P. (2016). Precision Molecular Diagnosis Defines Specific Therapy in Combined Immunodeficiency with Megaloblastic Anemia Secondary to MTHFD1 Deficiency. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology-In Practice, 4 (6), 1160-+. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.07.014

Precision Molecular Diagnosis Defines Specific Therapy in Combined Immunodeficiency with Megaloblastic Anemia Secondary to <i>MTHFD1</i> Deficiency

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

2016

Journal Article

Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior

Barban, Nicola, Jansen, Rick, de Vlaming, Ronald, Vaez, Ahmad, Mandemakers, Jornt J., Tropf, Felix C., Shen, Xia, Wilson, James F., Chasman, Daniel I., Nolte, Illa M., Tragante, Vinicius, van der Laan, Sander W., Perry, John R. B., Kong, Augustine, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Albrecht, Eva, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura, Atzmon, Gil, Auro, Kirsi, Ayers, Kristin, Bakshi, Andrew, Ben-Avraham, Danny, Berger, Klaus, Bergman, Aviv, Bertram, Lars, Bielak, Lawrence F., Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Bonder, Marc Jan, Broer, Linda ... Mills, Melinda C. (2016). Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior. Nature Genetics, 48 (12), 1462-1472. doi: 10.1038/ng.3698

Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior

2016

Journal Article

Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

Adams, Hieab H. H., Hibar, Derrek P., Chouraki, Vincent, Stein, Jason L., Nyquist, Paul A., Renteria, Miguel E., Trompet, Stella, Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro, Seshadri, Sudha, Desrivieres, Sylvane, Beecham, Ashley H., Jahanshad, Neda, Wittfeld, Katharina, Van der Lee, Sven J., Abramovic, Lucija, Alhusaini, Saud, Amin, Najaf, Andersson, Micael, Arfanakis, Konstantinos, Aribisala, Benjamin S., Armstrong, Nicola J., Athanasiu, Lavinia, Axelsson, Tomas, Beiser, Alexa, Bernard, Manon, Bis, Joshua C., Blanken, Laura M. E., Blanton, SusanH., Bohlken, Marc M. ... Thompson, Paul M. (2016). Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association. Nature Neuroscience, 19 (12), 1569-1582. doi: 10.1038/nn.4398

Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

2016

Journal Article

A genome-wide association meta-analysis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in population-based pediatric cohorts

Middeldorp, Christel M., Hammerschlag, Anke R., Ouwens, Klaasjan G., Groen-Blokhuis, Maria M., St Pourcain, Beate, Greven, Corina U., Pappa, Irene, Tiesler, Carla M. T., Ang, Wei, Nolte, Ilja M., Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia, Bacelis, Jonas, Ebejer, Jane L., Zhao, Huiying, Davies, Gareth E., Ehli, Erik A., Evans, David M., Fedko, Iryna O., Guxens, Monica, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hudziak, James J., Jugessur, Astanand, Kemp, John P., Krapohl, Eva, Martin, Nicholas G., Murcia, Mario, Myhre, Ronny, Ormel, Johan, Ring, Susan M. ... Boomsma, Dorret I. (2016). A genome-wide association meta-analysis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in population-based pediatric cohorts. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55 (10), 896-905.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.05.025

A genome-wide association meta-analysis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in population-based pediatric cohorts

2016

Journal Article

Erratum: Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of anxiety disorders (vol 21, pg 1391, 2016)

Otowa, T., Hek, K., Lee, M., Byrne, E. M., Mirza, S. S., Nivard, M. G., Bigdeli, T., Aggen, S. H., Adkins, D., Wolen, A., Fanous, A., Keller, M. C., Castelao, E., Kutalik, Z., Auwera, S. V. der, Homuth, G., Nauck, M., Teumer, A., Milaneschi, Y., Hottenga, J-J, Direk, N., Hofman, A., Uitterlinden, A., Mulder, C. L., Henders, A. K., Medland, S. E., Gordon, S., Heath, A. C., Madden, P. A. F. ... Hettema, J. M. (2016). Erratum: Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of anxiety disorders (vol 21, pg 1391, 2016). Molecular Psychiatry, 21 (10), 1485-1485. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.11

Erratum: Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of anxiety disorders (vol 21, pg 1391, 2016)

2016

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of anxiety disorders

Otowa, T., Hek, K., Lee, M., Byrne, E. M., Mirza, S. S., Nivard, M. G., Bigdeli, T., Aggen, S. H., Adkins, D., Wolen, A., Fanous, A., Keller, M. C., Castelao, E., Kutalik, Z., Der Auwera, S. V., Homuth, G., Nauck, M., Teumer, A., Milaneschi, Y., Hottenga, J. -J., Direk, N., Hofman, A., Uitterlinden, A., Mulder, C. L., Henders, A. K., Medland, S. E., Gordon, S., Heath, A. C., Madden, P. A. F. ... Hettema, J. M. (2016). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of anxiety disorders. Molecular Psychiatry, 21 (10), 1391-1399. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.197

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of anxiety disorders

2016

Journal Article

The association of genetic predisposition to depressive symptoms with non-suicidal and suicidal self-injuries

Maciejewski, Dominique F., Renteria, Miguel E., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Medland, Sarah E., Few, Lauren R., Gordon, Scott D., Madden, Pamela A. F., Montgomery, Grant, Trull, Timothy J., Heath, Andrew C., Statham, Dixie J., Martin, Nicholas G., Zietsch, Brendan P. and Verweij, Karin J. H. (2016). The association of genetic predisposition to depressive symptoms with non-suicidal and suicidal self-injuries. Behavior Genetics, 47 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.1007/s10519-016-9809-z

The association of genetic predisposition to depressive symptoms with non-suicidal and suicidal self-injuries

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

    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

    Statistical Genetic Analyses of Major Depressive Disorder

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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