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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545 works between 2001 and 2025
All (545) Journal Article (462) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (77) Book Chapter (5)

401 - 420 of 545 works

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

2013

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of gene-level associations for rare variants based on single-variant statistics

Hu, Yi-Juan, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Ganna, Andrea, Hirschhorn, Joel, North, Kari E., Ingelsson, Erik, Lin, Dan-Yu, Collins, Francis S., Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Ma¨gi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, To˜nu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian’an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W. ... Ingelsson, Erik (2013). Meta-analysis of gene-level associations for rare variants based on single-variant statistics. American Journal of Human Genetics, 93 (2), 236-248. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.06.011

Meta-analysis of gene-level associations for rare variants based on single-variant statistics

2013

Journal Article

High loading of polygenic risk for ADHD in children with comorbid aggression

Hamshere, Marian L., Langley, Kate, Martin, Joanna, Agha, Sharifah Shameem, Stergiakouli, Evangelia, Anney, Richard J.L., Buitelaar, Jan, Faraone, Stephen V., Lesch, Klaus-Peter, Neale, Benjamin M., Franke, Barbara, Sonuga-Barke, Edmund, Asherson, Philip, Merwood, Andrew, Kuntsi, Jonna, Medland, Sarah E., Ripke, Stephan, Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph, Freitag, Christine, Reif, Andreas, Renner, Tobias J., Romanos, Marcel, Romanos, Jasmin, Warnke, Andreas, Meyer, Jobst, Palmason, Haukur, Vasquez, Alejandro Arias, Lambregts-Rommelse, Nanda, Roeyers, Herbert ... Thapar, Anita (2013). High loading of polygenic risk for ADHD in children with comorbid aggression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 170 (8), 909-916. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12081129

High loading of polygenic risk for ADHD in children with comorbid aggression

2013

Journal Article

Age-related Macular Degeneration and Modification of Systemic Complement Factor H Production Through Liver Transplantation

Khandhadia, Samir, Hakobyan, Svetlana, Heng, Ling Z., Gibson, Jane, Adams, David H., Alexander, Graeme J., Gibson, Jonathan M., Martin, Keith R., Menon, Geeta, Nash, Kathryn, Sivaprasad, Sobha, Ennis, Sarah, Cree, Angela J., Morgan, B. Paul and Lotery, Andrew J. (2013). Age-related Macular Degeneration and Modification of Systemic Complement Factor H Production Through Liver Transplantation. Ophthalmology, 120 (8), 1612-1618. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.01.004

Age-related Macular Degeneration and Modification of Systemic Complement Factor H Production Through Liver Transplantation

2013

Journal Article

GWAS of DNA methylation variation within imprinting control regions suggests parent-of-origin association

Rentería, Miguel E., Coolen, Marcel W., Statham, Aaron L., Choi, R. Seong Min, Qu, Wenjia, Campbell, Megan J., Smith, Sara, Henders, Anjali K., Montgomery, Grant W., Clark, Susan J., Martin, Nicholas G. and Medland, Sarah E. (2013). GWAS of DNA methylation variation within imprinting control regions suggests parent-of-origin association. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16 (4), 767-781. doi: 10.1017/thg.2013.30

GWAS of DNA methylation variation within imprinting control regions suggests parent-of-origin association

2013

Journal Article

Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits

Randall, Joshua C., Winkler, Thomas W., Kutalik, Zoltan, Berndt, Sonja I., Jackson, Anne U., Monda, Keri L., Kilpelaeinen, Tuomas O., Esko, Tonu, Maegi, Reedik, Li, Shengxu, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Feitosa, Mary F., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gustafsson, Stefan, Locke, Adam E., Mathieson, Iain, Scherag, Andre, Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R., Liang, Liming, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Dimas, Antigone S., Karpe, Fredrik, Min, Josine L. ... MAGIC Investigators (2013). Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits. Plos Genetics, 9 (6) e1003500, e1003500.1-e1003500.19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003500

Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits

2013

Journal Article

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment

Rietveld, Cornelius A., Medland, Sarah E., Derringer, Jaime, Yang, Jian, Esko, Tonu, Martin, Nicolas W., Westra, Harm-Jan, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Agrawal, Arpana, Albrecht, Eva, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Amin, Najaf, Bamard, John, Baumeister, Sebastian E., Benke, Kelly S., Bielak, Lawrence F., Boatman, Jeffrey A., Boyle, Patricia A., Davies, Gail, De Leeuw, Christiaan, Eklund, Niina, Evans, Daniel S., Ferhmann, Rudolf, Fischer, Krista, Gieger, Christian, Gjessing, Hakon K., Haegg, Sara, Harris, Jennifer R. ... Koellinger, Philipp D. (2013). GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment. Science, 340 (6139), 1467-1471. doi: 10.1126/science.1235488

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment

2013

Journal Article

Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

den Hoed, Marcel, Eijgelsheim, Mark, Esko, Tonu, Brundel, Bianca J. J. M., Peal, David S., Evans, David M., Nolte, Ilja M., Segre, Ayellet V., Holm, Hilma, Handsaker, Robert E., Westra, Harm-Jan, Johnson, Toby, Isaacs, Aaron, Yang, Jian, Lundby, Alicia, Zhao, Jing Hua, Kim, Young Jin, Go, Min Jin, Almgren, Peter, Bochud, Murielle, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cornelis, Marilyn C., Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Hadley, David, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, den Heijer, Martin, Igl, Wilmar, Jackson, Anne U. ... Loos, Ruth J. F. (2013). Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders. Nature Genetics, 45 (6), 621-634. doi: 10.1038/ng.2610

Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

2013

Journal Article

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar ... Ingelsson, Erik (2013). Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. Nature Genetics, 45 (5), 501-U69. doi: 10.1038/ng.2606

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

2013

Journal Article

First all-in-one diagnostic tool for DNA intelligence: genome-wide inference of biogeographic ancestry, appearance, relatedness, and sex with the Identitas v1 Forensic Chip

Keating, Brendan, Bansal, Aruna T., Walsh, Susan, Millman, Jonathan, Newman, Jonathan, Kidd, Kenneth, Budowle, Bruce, Eisenberg, Arthur, Donfack, Joseph, Gasparini, Paolo, Budimlija, Zoran, Henders, Anjali K., Chandrupatla, Hareesh, Duffy, David L., Gordon, Scott D., Hysi, Pirro, Liu, Fan, Medland, Sarah E., Rubin, Laurence, Martin, Nicholas G., Spector, Timothy D. and Kayser, Manfred (2013). First all-in-one diagnostic tool for DNA intelligence: genome-wide inference of biogeographic ancestry, appearance, relatedness, and sex with the Identitas v1 Forensic Chip. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 127 (3), 559-572. doi: 10.1007/s00414-012-0788-1

First all-in-one diagnostic tool for DNA intelligence: genome-wide inference of biogeographic ancestry, appearance, relatedness, and sex with the Identitas v1 Forensic Chip

2013

Journal Article

Clinical presentation of 6q24 transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (6q24 TNDM) and genotype-phenotype correlation in an international cohort of patients

Docherty, L. E., Kabwama, S., Lehmann, A., Hawke, E., Harrison, L., Flanagan, S. E., Ellard, S., Hattersley, A. T., Shield, J. P. H., Ennis, S., Mackay, D. J. G. and Temple, I. K. (2013). Clinical presentation of 6q24 transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (6q24 TNDM) and genotype-phenotype correlation in an international cohort of patients. Diabetologia, 56 (4), 758-762. doi: 10.1007/s00125-013-2832-1

Clinical presentation of 6q24 transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (6q24 TNDM) and genotype-phenotype correlation in an international cohort of patients

2013

Journal Article

A genome-wide association study for reading and language abilities in two population cohorts

Luciano, M., Evans, D. M., Hansell, N. K., Medland, S. E., Montgomery, G. W., Martin, N. G., Wright, M. J. and Bates, T. C. (2013). A genome-wide association study for reading and language abilities in two population cohorts. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 12 (6), 645-652. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12053

A genome-wide association study for reading and language abilities in two population cohorts

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

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

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

Availability

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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 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

  • Master Philosophy

    Novel efficient statistical methods for biobank-scale prediction from brain imaging

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic architecture of differences in symptomatology and treatment response in major depressive disorder

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Nick Martin, Associate Professor Miguel Rentería

Completed supervision

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