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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2014

Journal Article

Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method

Rietveld, Cornelius A., Esko, Tonu, Davies, Gail, Pers, Tune H., Turley, Patrick, Benyamin, Beben, Chabris, Christopher F., Emilsson, Valur, Johnson, Andrew D., Lee, James J., De Leeuw, Christiaan, Marioni, Riccardo E., Medland, Sarah E., Miller, Michael B., Rostapshova, Olga, Van Der Lee, Sven J., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Amin, Najaf, Conley, Dalton, Derringer, Jaime, Van Duijn, Cornelia M., Fehrmann, Rudolf, Franke, Lude, Glaeser, Edward L., Hansell, Narelle K., Hayward, Caroline, Iacono, William G., Ibrahim-Verbaas, Carla, Jaddoe, Vincent ... Koellinger, Philipp D. (2014). Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (38), 13790-13794. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1404623111

Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method

2014

Journal Article

Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method (vol 111, pg 13790, 2014)

Rietveld, Cornelius A., Esko, Tonu, Davies, Gail, Pers, Tune H., Turley, Patrick, Benyamin, Beben, Chabris, Christopher F., Emilsson, Valur, Johnson, Andrew D., Lee, James J., de Leeuw, Christiaan, Marioni, Riccardo E., Medland, Sarah E., Miller, Michael B., Rostapshova, Olga, van der Lee, Sven J., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Amin, Najaf, Conley, Dalton, Derringer, Jaime, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Fehrmann, Rudolf, Franke, Lude, Glaeser, Edward L., Hansell, Narelle K., Hayward, Caroline, Iacono, William G., Ibrahim-Verbaas, Carla, Jaddoe, Vincent ... Koellinger, Philipp D. (2014). Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method (vol 111, pg 13790, 2014). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (4), E380-E380. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1424631112

Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method (vol 111, pg 13790, 2014)

2014

Journal Article

Variants close to NTRK2 gene are associated with birth weight in female twins

Metrustry, Sarah J., Edwards, Mark H., Medland, Sarah E., Holloway, John W., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Spector, Tim D., Cooper, Cyrus and Valdes, Ana M. (2014). Variants close to NTRK2 gene are associated with birth weight in female twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 17 (4), 254-261. doi: 10.1017/thg.2014.34

Variants close to NTRK2 gene are associated with birth weight in female twins

2014

Journal Article

The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

Thompson, Paul M., Stein, Jason L., Medland, Sarah E., Hibar, Derrek P., Arias Vasquez, Alejandro, Renteria, Miguel E., Toro, Roberto, Jahanshad, Neda, Schumann, Gunter, Franke, Barbara, Wright, Margaret J., Martin, Nicholas G., Agartz, Ingrid, Alda, Martin, Alhusaini, Saud, Almasy, Laura, Almeida, Jorge, Alpert, Kathryn, Andreasen, Nancy C., Andreassen, Ole A., Apostolova, Liana G., Appel, Katja, Armstrong, Nicola J., Aribisala, Benjamin, Bastin, Mark E., Bauer, Michael, Bearden, Carrie E., Bergmann, Ørjan, Binder, Elisabeth B. ... Saguenay Youth Study (SYS) Group (2014). The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 8 (2), 153-182. doi: 10.1007/s11682-013-9269-5

The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

2014

Journal Article

Genetic influences on political ideologies: Twin analyses of 19 measures of political ideologies from five democracies and genome-wide findings from three populations

Hatemi, Peter K., Medland, Sarah E., Klemmensen, Robert, Oskarsson, Sven, Littvay, Levente, Dawes, Christopher T., Verhulst, Brad, McDermott, Rose, Norgaard, Asbjorn Sonne, Klofstad, Casey A., Christensen, Kaare, Johannesson, Magnus, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Eaves, Lindon J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2014). Genetic influences on political ideologies: Twin analyses of 19 measures of political ideologies from five democracies and genome-wide findings from three populations. Behavior Genetics, 44 (3), 282-294. doi: 10.1007/s10519-014-9648-8

Genetic influences on political ideologies: Twin analyses of 19 measures of political ideologies from five democracies and genome-wide findings from three populations

2014

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study reveals two new risk loci for bipolar disorder

Muehleisen, Thomas W., Leber, Markus, Schulze, Thomas G., Strohmaier, Jana, Degenhardt, Franziska, Treutlein, Jens, Mattheisen, Manuel, Forstner, Andreas J., Schumacher, Johannes, Breuer, Rene, Meier, Sandra, Herms, Stefan, Hoffmann, Per, Lacour, Andre, Witt, Stephanie H., Reif, Andreas, Mueller-Myhsok, Bertram, Lucae, Susanne, Maier, Wolfgang, Schwarz, Markus, Vedder, Helmut, Kammerer-Ciernioch, Jutta, Pfennig, Andrea, Bauer, Michael, Hautzinger, Martin, Moebus, Susanne, Priebe, Lutz, Czerski, Piotr M., Hauser, Joanna ... Cichon, Sven (2014). Genome-wide association study reveals two new risk loci for bipolar disorder. Nature Communications, 5 (3339) 3339, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4339

Genome-wide association study reveals two new risk loci for bipolar disorder

2014

Journal Article

Multi-site genetic analysis of diffusion images and voxelwise heritability analysis: A pilot project of the ENIGMA-DTI working group (vol 81, pg 455, 2013)

Jahanshad, Neda, Kochunov, Peter V., Sprooten, Emma, Mandl, Rene C., Nichols, Thomas E., Almasy, Laura, Blangero, John, Brouwer, Rachel M., Curran, Joanne E., de Zubicaray, Greig I., Duggirala, Ravi, Fox, Peter T., Hong, L. Elliot, Landman, Bennett A., Martin, Nicholas G., McMahon, Katie L., Medland, Sarah E., Mitchell, Braxton D., Olvera, Rene L., Peterson, Charles P., Starr, John M., Sussmann, Jessika E., Toga, Arthur W., Wardlaw, Joanna M., Wright, Margaret J., Pol, Hilleke E. Hulshoff, Bastin, Mark E., McIntosh, Andrew M., Deary, Ian J. ... Glahn, David C. (2014). Multi-site genetic analysis of diffusion images and voxelwise heritability analysis: A pilot project of the ENIGMA-DTI working group (vol 81, pg 455, 2013). Neuroimage, 90, 470-471. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.053

Multi-site genetic analysis of diffusion images and voxelwise heritability analysis: A pilot project of the ENIGMA-DTI working group (vol 81, pg 455, 2013)

2014

Journal Article

Population-based estimates of the prevalence of <i>FMR1</i> expansion mutations in women with early menopause and primary ovarian insufficiency

Murray, Anna, Schoemaker, Minouk J., Bennett, Claire E., Ennis, Sarah, Macpherson, James N., Jones, Michael, Morris, Danielle H., Orr, Nick, Ashworth, Alan, Jacobs, Patricia A. and Swerdlow, Anthony J. (2014). Population-based estimates of the prevalence of FMR1 expansion mutations in women with early menopause and primary ovarian insufficiency. Genetics in Medicine, 16 (1), 19-24. doi: 10.1038/gim.2013.64

Population-based estimates of the prevalence of <i>FMR1</i> expansion mutations in women with early menopause and primary ovarian insufficiency

2014

Journal Article

Common variants in the CYP2C19 gene are associated with susceptibility to endometriosis

Painter, Jodie N., Nyholt, Dale R, Krause, Lutz, Zhao, Zhen Z., Chapman, Brett, Zhang, Christine, Medland, Sarah, Martin, Nicholas G., Kennedy, Stephen, Treloar, Susan, Zondervan, Krina and Montgomery, Grant W. (2014). Common variants in the CYP2C19 gene are associated with susceptibility to endometriosis. Fertility and Sterility, 102 (2), 496-502.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.04.015

Common variants in the CYP2C19 gene are associated with susceptibility to endometriosis

2014

Journal Article

Genetic predisposition to schizophrenia associated with increased use of cannabis

Power, R. A., Verweij, K. J. H., Zuhair, M., Montgomery, G. W., Henders, A. K., Heath, A. C., Madden, P. A. F., Medland, S. E., Wray, N. R. and Martin, N. G. (2014). Genetic predisposition to schizophrenia associated with increased use of cannabis. Molecular Psychiatry, 19 (11), 1201-1204. doi: 10.1038/mp.2014.51

Genetic predisposition to schizophrenia associated with increased use of cannabis

2014

Journal Article

Allelic differences between Europeans and Chinese for CREB1 SNPs and their implications in gene expression regulation, hippocampal structure and function, and bipolar disorder susceptibility

Li, M., Luo, X-j, Rietschel, M., Lewis, C. M., Mattheisen, M., Mueller-Myhsok, B., Jamain, S., Leboyer, M., Landen, M., Thompson, P. M., Cichon, S., Noethen, M. M., Schulze, T. G., Sullivan, P. F., Bergen, S. E., Donohoe, G., Morris, D. W., Hargreaves, A., Gill, M., Corvin, A., Hultman, C., Toga, A. W., Shi, L., Lin, Q., Shi, H., Gan, L., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Czamara, D., Henry, C. ... Su, B. (2014). Allelic differences between Europeans and Chinese for CREB1 SNPs and their implications in gene expression regulation, hippocampal structure and function, and bipolar disorder susceptibility. Molecular Psychiatry, 19 (4), 452-461. doi: 10.1038/mp.2013.37

Allelic differences between Europeans and Chinese for CREB1 SNPs and their implications in gene expression regulation, hippocampal structure and function, and bipolar disorder susceptibility

2014

Journal Article

Whole-genome analyses of whole-brain data: working within an expanded search space

Medland, Sarah E., Jahanshad, Neda, Neale, Benjamin M. and Thompson, Paul M. (2014). Whole-genome analyses of whole-brain data: working within an expanded search space. Nature Neuroscience, 17 (6), 791-800. doi: 10.1038/nn.3718

Whole-genome analyses of whole-brain data: working within an expanded search space

2013

Journal Article

Distinct loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 gene cluster are associated with onset of regular smoking

Stephens, Sarah H., Hartz, Sarah M., Hoft, Nicole R., Saccone, Nancy L., Corley, Robin C., Hewitt, John K., Hopfer, Christian J., Breslau, Naomi, Coon, Hilary, Chen, Xiangning, Ducci, Francesca, Dueker, Nicole, Franceschini, Nora, Frank, Josef, Han, Younghun, Hansel, Nadia N., Jiang, Chenhui, Korhonen, Tellervo, Lind, Penelope A., Liu, Jason, Lyytikaeinen, Leo-Pekka, Michel, Martha, Shaffer, John R., Short, Susan E., Sun, Juzhong, Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, John R., Vogelzangs, Nicole, Vink, Jacqueline M. ... Ehringer, Marissa A. (2013). Distinct loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 gene cluster are associated with onset of regular smoking. Genetic Epidemiology, 37 (8), 846-859. doi: 10.1002/gepi.21760

Distinct loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 gene cluster are associated with onset of regular smoking

2013

Journal Article

Estimating the sex-specific effects of genes on facial attractiveness and sexual dimorphism

Mitchem, Dorian G., Purkey, Alicia M., Grebe, Nicholas M., Carey, Gregory, Garver-Apgar, Christine E., Bates, Timothy C., Arden, Rosalind, Hewitt, John K., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Zietsch, Brendan P. and Keller, Matthew C. (2013). Estimating the sex-specific effects of genes on facial attractiveness and sexual dimorphism. Behavior Genetics, 44 (3), 270-281. doi: 10.1007/s10519-013-9627-5

Estimating the sex-specific effects of genes on facial attractiveness and sexual dimorphism

2013

Journal Article

Inference of the Genetic Architecture Underlying BMI and Height with the Use of 20,240 Sibling Pairs

Hemani, Gibran, Yang, Jian, Vinkhuyzen, Anna, Powell, Joseph E., Willemsen, Gonneke, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Mangino, Massimo, Valdes, Ana M., Medland, Sarah E., Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Henders, Anjali K., Nyholt, Dale R., de Geus, Eco J. C., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Ingelsson, Erik, Montgomery, Grant W., Spector, Timothy D., Boomsma, Dorret I., Pedersen, Nancy L., Martin, Nicholas G. and Visscher, Peter M. (2013). Inference of the Genetic Architecture Underlying BMI and Height with the Use of 20,240 Sibling Pairs. American Journal of Human Genetics, 93 (5), 865-875. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.10.005

Inference of the Genetic Architecture Underlying BMI and Height with the Use of 20,240 Sibling Pairs

2013

Conference Publication

Estimating the sex-specific effects of genes on facial attractiveness and sexual dimorphism

Mitchem, Dorian, Purkey, Alicia, Grebe, Nicholas, Carey, Greg, Garver-Apgar, Christine, Bates, Timothy, Arden, Rosalind, Hewitt, John, Medland, Sarah, Martin, Nick G., Zietsch, Brendan and Keller, Matthew (2013). Estimating the sex-specific effects of genes on facial attractiveness and sexual dimorphism. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, Marseille France, Jun 28-Jul 02, 2013. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.

Estimating the sex-specific effects of genes on facial attractiveness and sexual dimorphism

2013

Journal Article

Response to 'Predicting the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder using gene pathway analysis'

Robinson, E. B., Howrigan, D., Yang, J., Ripke, S., Anttila, V., Duncan, L. E., Jostins, L., Barrett, J. C., Medland, S. E., Macarthur, D. G., Breen, G., O'Donovan, M. C., Wray, N. R., Devlin, B., Daly, M. J., Visscher, P. M., Sullivan, P. F. and Neale, B. M. (2013). Response to 'Predicting the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder using gene pathway analysis'. Molecular Psychiatry, 19 (8), 859-861. doi: 10.1038/mp.2013.125

Response to 'Predicting the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder using gene pathway analysis'

2013

Journal Article

A SNP profiling panel for sample tracking in whole-exome sequencing studies

Pengelly, Reuben J., Gibson, Jane, Andreoletti, Gaia, Collins, Andrew, Mattocks, Christopher J. and Ennis, Sarah (2013). A SNP profiling panel for sample tracking in whole-exome sequencing studies. Genome Medicine, 5 89. doi: 10.1186/gm492

A SNP profiling panel for sample tracking in whole-exome sequencing studies

2013

Journal Article

Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

Lee, S. Hong, Ripke, Stephan, Neale, Benjamin M., Faraone, Stephen V., Purcell, Shaun M., 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., Backlund, Lena, Badner, Judith A., Bailey, Anthony J., Banaschewski, Tobias, Barchas, Jack D., Barnes, Michael R., Barrett, Thomas B., Bass, Nicholas ... Wray, Naomi R. (2013). Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs. Nature Genetics, 45 (9), 984-995. doi: 10.1038/ng.2711

Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

2013

Journal Article

Genetic variants associated with disordered eating

Wade, Tracey D., Gordon, Scott, Medland, Sarah, Bulik, Cynthia M., Heath, Andrew C., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2013). Genetic variants associated with disordered eating. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 46 (6), 594-608. doi: 10.1002/eat.22133

Genetic variants associated with disordered eating

Availability

Honorary Professor Sarah Medland is:
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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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