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)

321 - 340 of 493 works

2016

Conference Publication

Heritability of different aggression phenotypes in an Australian and a Dutch cohort

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Martin, Nicholas, Hatemi, Peter, Boomsma, Dorret, Middeldorp, Christel, van Beijsterveldt, Toos, Bartels, Meike and Medland, Sarah (2016). Heritability of different aggression phenotypes in an Australian and a Dutch cohort. 46th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, Brisbane, Australia, Jun 20-23, 2016. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.

Heritability of different aggression phenotypes in an Australian and a Dutch cohort

2015

Other Outputs

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

Beaumont, Robin N, Warrington, Nicole M, Cavadino, Alana, Tyrrell, Jessica, Nodzenski, Michael, Horikoshi, Momoko, Geller, Frank, Myhre, Ronny, Richmond, Rebecca C., Paternoster, Lavinia, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Huikari, Ville, Metrustry, Sarah, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Painter, Jodie N., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Allard, Catherine, Barton, Sheila J., Espinosa, Ana, Marsh, Julie A., Potter, Catherine, Zhang, Ge, Ang, Wei, Berry, Diane J., Bouchard, Luigi, Das, Shikta, Consortium, Early Growth Genetics, Hakonarson, Hakon ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2015). Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics. doi: 10.1101/034207

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

2015

Journal Article

Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci

Gaulton, Kyle J., Ferreira, Teresa, Lee, Yeji, Raimondo, Anne, Maegi, Reedik, Reschen, Michael E., Mahajan, Anubha, Locke, Adam, Rayner, N. William, Robertson, Neil, Scott, Robert A., Prokopenko, Inga, Scott, Laura J., Green, Todd, Sparso, Thomas, Thuillier, Dorothee, Yengo, Loic, Grallert, Harald, Wahl, Simone, Franberg, Mattias, Strawbridge, Rona J., Kestler, Hans, Chheda, Himanshu, Eisele, Lewin, Gustafsson, Stefan, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Qi, Lu, Karssen, Lennart C. ... Morris, Andrew P. (2015). Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci. Nature Genetics, 47 (12), 1415-1425. doi: 10.1038/ng.3437

Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci

2015

Journal Article

Genome-wide analysis implicates microRNAs and their target genes in the development of bipolar disorder

Forstner, A. J., Hofmann, A., Maaser, A., Sumer, S., Khudayberdiev, S., Muehleisen, T. W., Leber, M., Schulze, T. G., Strohmaier, J., Degenhardt, F., Treutlein, J., Mattheisen, M., Schumacher, J., Breuer, R., Meier, S., Herms, S., Hoffmann, P., Lacour, A., Witt, S. H., Reif, A., Mueller-Myhsok, B., Lucae, S., Maier, W., Schwarz, M., Vedder, H., Kammerer-Ciernioch, J., Pfennig, A., Bauer, M., Hautzinger, M. ... Noethen, M. M. (2015). Genome-wide analysis implicates microRNAs and their target genes in the development of bipolar disorder. Translational psychiatry, 5 (11) e678, e678-e678. doi: 10.1038/tp.2015.159

Genome-wide analysis implicates microRNAs and their target genes in the development of bipolar disorder

2015

Journal Article

Zygosity differences in height and body mass index of twins from infancy to old age: a study of the CODATwins project

Jelenkovic, Aline, Yokoyama, Yoshie, Sund, Reijo, Honda, Chika, Bogl, Leonie H., Aaltonen, Sari, Ji, Fuling, Ning, Feng, Pang, Zengchang, Ordonana, Juan R., Sanchez-Romera, Juan F., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Burt, S. Alexandra, Klump, Kelly L., Medland, Sarah E., Montgomery, Grant W., Kandler, Christian, McAdams, Tom A., Eley, Thalia C., Gregory, Alice M., Saudino, Kimberly J., Dubois, Lise, Boivin, Michel, Tarnoki, Adam D., Tarnoki, David L., Haworth, Claire M. A., Plomin, Robert, Oncel, Sevgi Y., Aliev, Fazil ... Silventoinen, Karri (2015). Zygosity differences in height and body mass index of twins from infancy to old age: a study of the CODATwins project. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (5), 557-570. doi: 10.1017/thg.2015.57

Zygosity differences in height and body mass index of twins from infancy to old age: a study of the CODATwins project

2015

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium

van Den Berg, Stephanie M., de Moor, Marleen H.M., Verweij, Karin J.H., Krueger, Robert F., Luciano, Michelle, Arias Vasquez, Alejandro, Matteson, Lindsay K., Derringer, Jaime, Esko, Tonu, Amin, Najaf, Gordon, Scott D., Hansell, Narelle K., Hart, Amy B., Seppala, Ilkka, Huffman, Jennifer, Konte, Bettina, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Minyoung, Miller, Mike, Nutile, Teresa, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Viktorin, Alexander, Wedenoja, Juho, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adkins, Daniel E., Agrawal, Arpana, Allik, Juri ... Boomsma, Dorret I. (2015). Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium. Behavior Genetics, 46 (2), 170-182. doi: 10.1007/s10519-015-9735-5

Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium

2015

Journal Article

Converging evidence does not support GIT1 as an ADHD risk gene

Klein, Marieke, van der Voet, Monique, Harich, Benjamin, van Hulzen, Kimm J. E., Onnink, A. Marten H., Hoogman, Martine, Guadalupe, Tulio, Zwiers, Marcel, Groothuismink, Johanne M., Verberkt, Alicia, Nijhof, Bonnie, Castells-Nobau, Anna, Faraone, Stephen V., Buitelaar, Jan K., Schenck, Annette, Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro, Franke, Barbara, Anney, Richard J.L., Vasquez, Alejandro Arias, Asherson, Philip, Banaschewski, Tobias, Bayés, Mònica, Biederman, Joseph, Buitelaar, Jan K., Casas, Miguel, Charach, Alice, Cormand, Bru, Crosbie, Jennifer, Daly, Mark J. ... Yang, Li (2015). Converging evidence does not support GIT1 as an ADHD risk gene. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 168 (6), 492-507. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32327

Converging evidence does not support GIT1 as an ADHD risk gene

2015

Journal Article

The CODATwins project: the cohort description of collaborative project of development of anthropometrical measures in twins to study macro-environmental variation in genetic and environmental effects on anthropometric traits

Silventoinen, Karri, Jelenkovic, Aline, Sund, Reijo, Honda, Chika, Aaltonen, Sari, Yokoyama, Yoshie, Tarnoki, Adam D., Tarnoki, David L., Ning, Feng, Ji, Fuling, Pang, Zengchang, Ordonana, Juan R., Sanchez-Romera, Juan F., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Burt, S. Alexandra, Klump, Kelly L., Medland, Sarah E., Montgomery, Grant W., Kandler, Christian, McAdams, Tom A., Eley, Thalia C., Gregory, Alice M., Saudino, Kimberly J., Dubois, Lise, Boivin, Michel, Haworth, Claire M. A., Plomin, Robert, Oncel, Sevgi Y., Aliev, Fazil ... Kaprio, Jaakko (2015). The CODATwins project: the cohort description of collaborative project of development of anthropometrical measures in twins to study macro-environmental variation in genetic and environmental effects on anthropometric traits. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (4), 348-360. doi: 10.1017/thg.2015.29

The CODATwins project: the cohort description of collaborative project of development of anthropometrical measures in twins to study macro-environmental variation in genetic and environmental effects on anthropometric traits

2015

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for neuroticism, and the polygenic association with major depressive disorder

De Moor, Marleen H.M, Van Den Berg, Stephanie M, Verweij, Karin J.H, Krueger, Robert F, Luciano, Michelle, Arias Vasquez, Alejandro, Matteson, Lindsay K, Derringer, Jaime, Esko, Tonu, Amin, Najaf, Gordon, Scott D, Hansell, Narelle K, Hart, Amy B, Seppala, Ilkka, Huffman, Jennifer E, Konte, Bettina, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Minyoung, Miller, Mike, Nutile, Teresa, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Viktorin, Alexander, Wedenoja, Juho, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Adkins, Daniel E, Agrawal, Arpana, Allik, Juri, Appel, Katja ... Boomsma, Dorret I (2015). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for neuroticism, and the polygenic association with major depressive disorder. JAMA Psychiatry, 72 (7), 642-650. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0554

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for neuroticism, and the polygenic association with major depressive disorder

2015

Journal Article

Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

Joshi, Peter K., Esko, Tonu, Mattsson, Hannele, Eklund, Niina, Gandin, Ilaria, Nutile, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U., Schurmann, Claudia, Smith, Albert V., Zhang, Weihua, Okada, Yukinori, Stancakova, Alena, Faul, Jessica D., Zhao, Wei, Bartz, Traci M., Concas, Maria Pina, Franceschini, Nora, Enroth, Stefan, Vitart, Veronique, Trompet, Stella, Guo, Xiuqing, Chasman, Daniel I., O'Connel, Jeffrey R., Corre, Tanguy, Nongmaithem, Suraj S., Chen, Yuning, Mangino, Massimo, Ruggiero, Daniela, Traglia, Michela ... Wilson, James F. (2015). Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations. Nature, 523 (7561), 459-462. doi: 10.1038/nature14618

Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

2015

Journal Article

Retinal microvessels reflect familial vulnerability to psychotic symptoms: A comparison of twins discordant for psychotic symptoms and controls

Meier, Madeline H., Gillespie, Nathan A., Hansell, Narelle K., Hewitt, Alex W., Hickie, Ian B., Lu, Yi, McGrath, John, MacGregor, Stuart, Medland, Sarah E., Sun, Cong, Wong, Tien Y., Wright, Margaret J., Zhu, Gu, Martin, Nicholas G. and Mackey, David A. (2015). Retinal microvessels reflect familial vulnerability to psychotic symptoms: A comparison of twins discordant for psychotic symptoms and controls. Schizophrenia Research, 164 (1-3), 47-52. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.01.045

Retinal microvessels reflect familial vulnerability to psychotic symptoms: A comparison of twins discordant for psychotic symptoms and controls

2015

Journal Article

Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures

Hibar, Derrek P, Stein, Jason L, Renteria, Miguel E, Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro, Desrivieres, Sylvane, Jahanshad, Neda, Toro, Roberto, Wittfeld, Katharina, Abramovic, Lucija, Andersson, Micael, Aribisala, Benjamin S, Armstrong, Nicola J, Bernard, Manon, Bohlken, Marc M, Boks, Marco P, Bralten, Janita, Brown, Andrew A, Mallar Chakravarty M., Chen, Qiang, Ching, Christopher R.K., Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Den Braber, Anouk, Giddaluru, Sudheer, Goldman, Aaron L, Grimm, Oliver, Guadalupe, Tulio, Hass, Johanna, Woldehawariat, Girma, Holmes, Avram J ... Medland, Sarah E (2015). Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures. Nature, 520 (7546), 224-229. doi: 10.1038/nature14101

Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures

2015

Journal Article

Genetic basis of a cognitive complexity metric

Hansell, Narelle K., Halford, Graeme S., Andrews, Glenda, Shum, David H. K., Harris, Sarah E., Davies, Gail, Franic, Sanja, Christoforou, Andrea, Zietsch, Brendan, Painter, Jodie, Medland, Sarah E., Ehli, Erik A., Davies, Gareth E., Steen, Vidar M., Lundervold, Astri J., Reinvang, Ivar, Montgomery, Grant W., Espeseth, Thomas, Pol, Hilleke E. Hulshoff, Starr, John M., Martin, Nicholas G., Le Hellard, Stephanie, Boomsma, Dorret I., Deary, Ian J. and Wright, Margaret J. (2015). Genetic basis of a cognitive complexity metric. PLoS One, 10 (4) e0123886, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123886

Genetic basis of a cognitive complexity metric

2015

Journal Article

Genetics and brain morphology

Strike, Lachlan T, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Hansell, Narelle K, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Medland, Sarah E and Wright, Margaret J (2015). Genetics and brain morphology. Neuropsychology Review, 25 (1), 63-96. doi: 10.1007/s11065-015-9281-1

Genetics and brain morphology

2015

Journal Article

Large-scale discovery of novel genetic causes of developmental disorders

Fitzgerald, T. W., Gerety, S. S., Jones, W. D., van Kogelenberg, M., King, D. A., McRae, J., Morley, K. I., Parthiban, V., Al-Turki, S., Ambridge, K., Barrett, D. M., Bayzetinova, T., Clayton, S., Coomber, E. L., Gribble, S., Jones, P., Krishnappa, N., Mason, L. E., Middleton, A., Miller, R., Prigmore, E., Rajan, D., Sifrim, A., Tivey, A. R., Ahmed, M., Akawi, N., Andrews, R., Anjum, U., Archer, H. ... Hurles, M. E. (2015). Large-scale discovery of novel genetic causes of developmental disorders. Nature, 519 (7542), 223-+. doi: 10.1038/nature14135

Large-scale discovery of novel genetic causes of developmental disorders

2015

Journal Article

A twin study of breastfeeding with a preliminary genome-wide association scan

Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Zhu, Gu, Power, Robert A., Henders, Anjali, Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Montgomery, Grant W., Medland, Sarah, Ordonana, Juan R. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2015). A twin study of breastfeeding with a preliminary genome-wide association scan. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (1), 61-72. doi: 10.1017/thg.2014.74

A twin study of breastfeeding with a preliminary genome-wide association scan

2015

Journal Article

Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

O'Dushlaine, Colm, Rossin, Lizzy, Lee, Phil H., Duncan, Laramie, Parikshak, Neelroop N., Newhouse, Stephen, Ripke, Stephan, Neale, Benjamin M., Purcell, Shaun M., Posthuma, Danielle, Nurnberger, John I., Lee, S. Hong, Faraone, Stephen V., Perlis, Roy H., Mowry, Bryan J, Thapar, Anita, Goddard, Michael E., Witte, John S., Absher, Devin, Agartz, Ingrid, Akil, Huda, Amin, Farooq, Andreassen, Ole A., Anjorin, Adebayo, Anney, Richard, Anttila, Verneri, Arking, Dan E., Asherson, Philip, Azevedo, Maria H. ... Breen, Gerome (2015). Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways. Nature Neuroscience, 18 (2), 199-209. doi: 10.1038/nn.3922

Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

2014

Journal Article

Replicability and robustness of genome-wide-association studies for behavioral traits

Rietveld, Cornelius A., Conley, Dalton, Eriksson, Nicholas, Esko, Tonu, Medland, Sarah E., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Yang, Jian, Boardman, Jason D., Chabris, Christopher F., Dawes, Christopher T., Domingue, Benjamin W., Hinds, David A., Johannesson, Magnus, Kiefer, Amy K., Laibson, David, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Mountain, Joanna L., Oskarsson, Sven, Rostapshova, Olga, Teumer, Alexander, Tung, Joyce Y., Visscher, Peter M., Benjamin, Daniel J., Cesarini, David and Koellinger, Philipp D. (2014). Replicability and robustness of genome-wide-association studies for behavioral traits. Psychological Science, 25 (11), 1975-1986. doi: 10.1177/0956797614545132

Replicability and robustness of genome-wide-association studies for behavioral traits

2014

Journal Article

Genetic architecture of subcortical brain regions: common and region-specific genetic contributions

Rentería, M. E., Hansell, N. K., Strike, L. T., McMahon, K. L., de Zubicaray, G. I., Hickie, Ian B., Thompson, Paul M., Martin, N. G., Medland, S. E. and Wright, M. J. (2014). Genetic architecture of subcortical brain regions: common and region-specific genetic contributions. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 13 (8), 821-830. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12177

Genetic architecture of subcortical brain regions: common and region-specific genetic contributions

2014

Journal Article

Joint genetic analysis of hippocampal size in mouse and human identifies a novel gene linked to neurodegenerative disease

Ashbrook, David G., Williams, Robert W., Lu, Lu, Stein, Jason L., Hibar, Derrek P., Nichols, Thomas E., Medland, Sarah E., Thompson, Paul M. and Hager, Reinmar (2014). Joint genetic analysis of hippocampal size in mouse and human identifies a novel gene linked to neurodegenerative disease. BMC Genomics, 15 (1) 850. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-850

Joint genetic analysis of hippocampal size in mouse and human identifies a novel gene linked to neurodegenerative disease

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic and environmental risk factors influencing mood disorders

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Statistical Genetic Analyses of Major Depressive Disorder

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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