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)

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2013

Journal Article

Refining genome-wide linkage intervals using a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies loci influencing personality dimensions

Amin, Najaf, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hansell, Narelle K., Janssens, A. Cecile J. W., de Moor, Marleen H. M., Madden, Pamela A. F., Zorkoltseva, Irina V., Penninx, Brenda W., Terracciano, Antonio, Uda, Manuela, Tanaka, Toshiko, Esko, Tonu, Realo, Anu, Ferrucci, Luigi, Luciano, Michelle, Davies, Gail, Metspalu, Andres, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Deary, Ian J., Raikkonen, Katri, Bierut, Laura J., Costa, Paul T., Saviouk, Viatcheslav, Zhu, Gu, Kirichenko, Anatoly V., Isaacs, Aaron, Aulchenko, Yurii S., Willemsen, Gonneke, Heath, Andrew C. ... van Duijn, Cornelia M. (2013). Refining genome-wide linkage intervals using a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies loci influencing personality dimensions. European Journal of Human Genetics, 21 (8), 876-882. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.263

Refining genome-wide linkage intervals using a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies loci influencing personality dimensions

2013

Journal Article

Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

Codd, Veryan, Nelson, Christopher P., Albrecht, Eva, Mangino, Massimo, Deelen, Joris, Buxton, Jessica L., Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Fischer, Krista, Esko, Tonu, Surakka, Ida, Broer, Linda, Nyholt, Dale R., Leach, Irene Mateo, Salo, Perttu, Hagg, Sara, Matthews, Mary K., Palmen, Jutta, Norata, Giuseppe D., O'Reilly, Paul F., Saleheen, Danish, Amin, Najaf, Balmforth, Anthony J., Beekman, Marian, de Boer, Rudolf A., Bohringer, Stefan, Braund, Peter S., Burton, Paul R., de Craen, Anton J. M., Denniff, Matthew ... Samani, Nilesh J. (2013). Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease. Nature Genetics, 45 (4), 422-427. doi: 10.1038/ng.2528

Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

2013

Conference Publication

Genome-wide association for reading and language abilities in two population cohorts

Luciano, Michelle, Evans, David, Hansell, Narelle, Medland, Sarah, Montgomery, Grant, Martin, Nick G., Wright, Margaret and Bates, Timothy (2013). Genome-wide association for reading and language abilities in two population cohorts. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, Marseille, France, 28 June-2 July 2013. New York, NY United States: Springer New York.

Genome-wide association for reading and language abilities in two population cohorts

2013

Book Chapter

Using PLINK for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and data analysis

Renteria, Miguel E., Cortes, Adrian and Medland, Sarah E. (2013). Using PLINK for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and data analysis. Genome-Wide Association Studies and Genomic Prediction. (pp. 193-213) edited by Cedric Gondro, Julius van der Werf and Ben Hayes. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-447-0_8

Using PLINK for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and data analysis

2013

Conference Publication

Genetic clustering on the hippocampal surface for genome-wide association studies

Hibar, Derrek P., Medland, Sarah E., Stein, Jason L., Kim, Sungeun, Shen, Li, Saykin, Andrew J., de Zubicaray, Greig I., McMahon, Katie L, Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Wright, Margaret J., Djurovic, Srdjan, Agartz, Ingrid A., Andreassen, Ole A. and Thompson, Paul M. (2013). Genetic clustering on the hippocampal surface for genome-wide association studies. 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2013, Nagoya, Japan, 22-26 September 2013. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-40763-5_85

Genetic clustering on the hippocampal surface for genome-wide association studies

2013

Conference Publication

Clarification of varying genetic expression and structure within adolescent monozygotic and dizygotic twins discordant for high and low attention and activity

Ebejer, Jane, Medland, Sarah, Martin, Nick G., Wright, Margaret, Montgomery, Grant, Powell, Joseph, Visscher, Peter and Duffy, David (2013). Clarification of varying genetic expression and structure within adolescent monozygotic and dizygotic twins discordant for high and low attention and activity. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, Marseille France, 28 June-02 July 2013. New York, NY United States: Springer New York LLC. doi: 10.1007/s10519-013-9623-9

Clarification of varying genetic expression and structure within adolescent monozygotic and dizygotic twins discordant for high and low attention and activity

2013

Journal Article

Genome-wide association identifies genetic variants associated with lentiform nucleus volume in N = 1345 young and elderly subjects

Hibar, Derrek P., Stein, Jason L., Ryles, April B., Kohannim, Omid, Jahanshad, Neda, Medland, Sarah E., Hansell, Narelle K., McMahon, Katie L., de Zubicaray, Greig I., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Wright, Margaret J., Saykin, Andrew J., Jack, lifford R., Weiner, Michael W., Toga, Arthur W. and Thompson, Paul M. (2013). Genome-wide association identifies genetic variants associated with lentiform nucleus volume in N = 1345 young and elderly subjects. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 7 (2), 102-115. doi: 10.1007/s11682-012-9199-7

Genome-wide association identifies genetic variants associated with lentiform nucleus volume in N = 1345 young and elderly subjects

2013

Journal Article

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new susceptibility loci for migraine

Anttila, Verneri, Winsvold, Bendik S., Gormley, Padhraig, Kurth, tobias, Bettella, Francesco, McMahon, george, Kallela, mikko, Malik, Rainer, De Vries, Boukje, Terwindt, Gisela, Medland, Sarah E., Todt, Unda, McArdle, Wendy L., Quaye, Lydia, Koiranen, Markku, Ikram, M. Arfan, Lehtimaki, Terho, Stam, Anine H., Ligthart, Lannie, Wedenoja, Juho, Dunham, Ian, Neale, Benjamin M., Palta, Priit, Hamalainen, Eija, Schurks, Markus, Rose, Lynda M., Buring, Julie E., Ridker, Paul M., Steinberg, Stacy ... Palotie, Aarno (2013). Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new susceptibility loci for migraine. Nature Genetics, 45 (8), 912-917. doi: 10.1038/ng.2676

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new susceptibility loci for migraine

2013

Journal Article

Mining the Human Phenome Using Allelic Scores That Index Biological Intermediates

Evans, David M., Brion, Marie Jo A., Paternoster, Lavinia, Kemp, John P., McMahon, George, Munafo, Marcus, Whitfield, John B., Medland, Sarah E., Montgomery, Grant W., The GIANT consortium, The CRP consortium, The TAG Consortium, Timpson, Nicholas J., St. Pourcain, Beate, Lawlor, Debbie A., Martin, Nicholas G., Dehghan, Abbas, Hirschhorn, Joel and Davey Smith, George (2013). Mining the Human Phenome Using Allelic Scores That Index Biological Intermediates. PLoS Genetics, 9 (10) e1003919, e1003919.1-e1003919.15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003919

Mining the Human Phenome Using Allelic Scores That Index Biological Intermediates

2012

Journal Article

Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell

van der Harst, Pim, Zhang, Weihua, Leach, Irene Mateo, Rendon, Augusto, Verweij, Niek, Sehmi, Joban, Paul, Dirk S., Elling, Ulrich, Allayee, Hooman, Li, Xinzhong, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Voss, Katrin, Weichenberger, Christian X., Albers, Cornelis A., Al-Hussani, Abtehale, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Ciullo, Marina, Danjou, Fabrice, Dina, Christian, Esko, Tonu, Evans, David M., Franke, Lude, Goegele, Martin, Hartiala, Jaana, Hersch, Micha, Holm, Hilma, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Kanoni, Stavroula ... Chambers, John C. (2012). Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell. Nature, 492 (7429), 369-375. doi: 10.1038/nature11677

Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell

2012

Journal Article

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Australian adults: prevalence, persistence, conduct problems and disadvantage

Ebejer, Jane L., Medland, Sarah E., van der Werf, Julius, Gondro, Cedric, Henders, Anjali K., Lynskey, Michael, Martin, Nicholas G. and Duffy, David L. (2012). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Australian adults: prevalence, persistence, conduct problems and disadvantage. Plos One, 7 (10) e47404, e47404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047404

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Australian adults: prevalence, persistence, conduct problems and disadvantage

2012

Journal Article

Genome-wide linkage and association analyses implicate FASN in predisposition to uterine leiomyomata

Eggert, Stacey L., Huyck, Karen L., Somasundaram, Priya, Kavalla, Raghava, Stewart, Elizabeth A., Lu, Ake T., Painter, Jodie N., Montgomery, Grant W., Medland, Sarah E., Nyholt, Dale R., Treloar, Susan A., Zondervan, Krina T., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Rose, Lynda, Buring, Julie E., Ridker, Paul M., Chasman, Daniel I., Martin, Nicholas G., Cantor, Rita M. and Morton, Cynthia C. (2012). Genome-wide linkage and association analyses implicate FASN in predisposition to uterine leiomyomata. American Journal of Human Genetics, 91 (4), 621-628. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.08.009

Genome-wide linkage and association analyses implicate FASN in predisposition to uterine leiomyomata

2012

Journal Article

Unraveling the genetic etiology of adult antisocial behavior: a genome-wide association study

Tielbeek, Jorim J., Medland, Sarah E., Benyamin, Beben, Byrne, Enda M., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Martin, Nicholas G., Wray, Naomi R. and Verweij, Karin J. H. (2012). Unraveling the genetic etiology of adult antisocial behavior: a genome-wide association study. PLoS One, 7 (10) e45086, e1005378-e1005378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045086

Unraveling the genetic etiology of adult antisocial behavior: a genome-wide association study

2012

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration identifies associated variants in the <i>TNXBFKBPLNOTCH4</i> region of chromosome 6p21.3

Cipriani, Valentina, Leung, Hin-Tak, Plagnol, Vincent, Bunce, Catey, Khan, Jane C., Shahid, Humma, Moore, Anthony T., Harding, Simon P., Bishop, Paul N., Hayward, Caroline, Campbell, Susan, Armbrecht, Ana Maria, Dhillon, Baljean, Deary, Ian J., Campbell, Harry, Dunlop, Malcolm, Dominiczak, Anna F., Mann, Samantha S., Jenkins, Sharon A., Webster, Andrew R., Bird, Alan C., Lathrop, Mark, Zelenika, Diana, Souied, Eric H., Sahel, Jose-Alain, Leveillard, Thierry, Cree, Angela J., Gibson, Jane, Ennis, Sarah ... Yates, John R. W. (2012). Genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration identifies associated variants in the TNXBFKBPLNOTCH4 region of chromosome 6p21.3. Human Molecular Genetics, 21 (18), 4138-4150. doi: 10.1093/hmg/dds225

Genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration identifies associated variants in the <i>TNXBFKBPLNOTCH4</i> region of chromosome 6p21.3

2012

Journal Article

A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Five Loci Influencing Facial Morphology in Europeans

Liu, Fan, van der Lijn, Fedde, Schurmann, Claudia, Zhu, Gu, Chakravarty, M. Mallar, Hysi, Pirro G., Wollstein, Andreas, Lao, Oscar, de Bruijne, Marleen, Ikram, M. Arfan, van der Lugt, Aad, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Hofman, Albert, Niessen, Wiro J., Homuth, Georg, de Zubicaray, Greig, McMahon, Katie L., Thompson, Paul M., Daboul, Amro, Puls, Ralf, Hegenscheid, Katrin, Bevan, Liisa, Pausova, Zdenka, Medland, Sarah E., Montgomery, Grant W., Wright, Margaret J., Wicking, Carol A., Boehringer, Stefan ... Kayser, Manfred for the International Visible Trait Genetics (VisiGen) Consortium (2012). A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Five Loci Influencing Facial Morphology in Europeans. PLoS Genetics, 8 (9) e1002932, e1002932.1-e1002932.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002932

A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Five Loci Influencing Facial Morphology in Europeans

2012

Journal Article

Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers

Hartz, Sarah M., Short, Susan E., Saccone, Nancy L., Culverhouse, Robert, Chen, LiShiun, Schwantes-An, Tae-Hwi, Coon, Hilary, Han, Younghun, Stephens, Sarah H., Sun, Juzhong, Chen, Xiangning, Ducci, Francesca, Dueker, Nicole, Franceschini, Nora, Frank, Josef, Geller, Frank, Guobjartsson, Daniel, Hansel, Nadia N., Jiang, Chenhui, Keskitalo-Vuokko, Kaisu, Liu, Zhen, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Michel, Martha, Rawal, Rajesh, Hum, Sc, Rosenberger, Albert, Scheet, Paul, Shaffer, John R., Teumer, Alexander ... Bierut, Laura J. (2012). Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers. Archives of General Psychiatry, 69 (8), 854-861. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.124

Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers

2012

Journal Article

The genetic aetiology of cannabis use initiation: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and a SNP-based heritability estimation

Verweij, Karin J. H., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Benyamin, Beben, Lynskey, Michael T., Quaye, Lydia, Agrawal, Arpana, Gordon, Scott D., Montgomery, Grant W., Madden, Pamela A. F., Heath, Andrew C., Spector, Andrew C., Martin, Nicholas G. and Medland, Sarah E. (2012). The genetic aetiology of cannabis use initiation: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and a SNP-based heritability estimation. Addiction Biology, 18 (5), 846-850. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00478.x

The genetic aetiology of cannabis use initiation: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and a SNP-based heritability estimation

2012

Journal Article

A genome-wide association study of caffeine-related sleep disturbance: confirmation of a role for a common variant in the adenosine receptor

Byrne, Enda M., Johnson, Julie, McRae, Allan F., Nyholt, Dale R., Medland, Sarah E., Gehrman, Philip R., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Montgomery, Grant W., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia and Martin, Nicholas G. (2012). A genome-wide association study of caffeine-related sleep disturbance: confirmation of a role for a common variant in the adenosine receptor. Sleep, 35 (7), 967-975. doi: 10.5665/sleep.1962

A genome-wide association study of caffeine-related sleep disturbance: confirmation of a role for a common variant in the adenosine receptor

2012

Journal Article

Alzheimer's disease risk gene, GAB2, is associated with regional brain volume differences in 755 young healthy twins

Hibar, Derrek P., Jahanshad, Neda, Stein, Jason L., Kohannim, Omid, Toga, Arthur W., Medland, Sarah E., Hansell, Narelle K., McMahon, Katie L., de Zubicaray, Greig I., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Wright, Margaret J. and Thompson, Paul M. (2012). Alzheimer's disease risk gene, GAB2, is associated with regional brain volume differences in 755 young healthy twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 15 (3), 286-295. doi: 10.1017/thg.2012.15

Alzheimer's disease risk gene, GAB2, is associated with regional brain volume differences in 755 young healthy twins

2012

Journal Article

Enigma vis: online interactive visualization of genome-wide association studies of the enhancing neuroimaging genetics through meta-analysis (ENIGMA) consortium

Novak, Nic M., Stein, Jason L., Medland, Sarah E., Hibar, Derrek P., Thompson, Paul M. and Toga, Arthur W. (2012). Enigma vis: online interactive visualization of genome-wide association studies of the enhancing neuroimaging genetics through meta-analysis (ENIGMA) consortium. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 15 (3), 414-418. doi: 10.1017/thg.2012.17

Enigma vis: online interactive visualization of genome-wide association studies of the enhancing neuroimaging genetics through meta-analysis (ENIGMA) consortium

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

Completed supervision

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