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

Search Professor Sarah Medland’s works on UQ eSpace

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

401 - 420 of 493 works

2012

Book Chapter

Estimating heritability from twin studies

Verweij, Karin J. H., Mosing, Miriam A., Zietsch, Brendan P. and Medland, Sarah E. (2012). Estimating heritability from twin studies. Statistical human genetics: methods and protocols. (pp. 151-170) edited by Robert C. Elston, Jaya M. Satagopan and Shuying Sun. New York, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-555-8_9

Estimating heritability from twin studies

2012

Journal Article

Genetic influences on life span and its relationship to personality: A 16-year follow-up study of a sample of aging twins

Mosing, Miriam A., Medland, Sarah E., McRae, Allan, Landers, Joseph George, Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2012). Genetic influences on life span and its relationship to personality: A 16-year follow-up study of a sample of aging twins. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74 (1), 16-22. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182385784

Genetic influences on life span and its relationship to personality: A 16-year follow-up study of a sample of aging twins

2012

Journal Article

Is CAG sequence length in the androgen receptor gene correlated with finger-length ratio?

Loehlin, John C., Medland, Sarah E. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2012). Is CAG sequence length in the androgen receptor gene correlated with finger-length ratio?. Personality and Individual Differences, 52 (2), 224-227. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.09.009

Is CAG sequence length in the androgen receptor gene correlated with finger-length ratio?

2012

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality

de Moor, M. H. M., Costa, P. T., Terracciano, A., Krueger, R. F., de Geus, E. J. C., Toshiko, T., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Esko, T., Madden, P. A. F., Derringer, J., Amin, N., Willemsen, G., Hottenga, J.-J., Distel, M. A., Uda, M., Sanna, S., Spinhoven, P., Hartman, C. A., Sullivan, P., Realo, A., Allik, J., Heath, A. C., Pergadia, M. L., Agrawal, A., Lin, P., Grucza, R., Nutile, T., Ciullo, M., Rujescu, D. ... Boomsma, D. I. (2012). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality. Molecular Psychiatry, 17 (3), 337-349. doi: 10.1038/mp.2010.128

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality

2012

Journal Article

Loci affecting gamma-glutamyl transferase in adults and adolescents show age x SNP interaction and cardiometabolic disease associations

Middelberg, Rita P., Benyamin, Beben, de Moor, Marleen H. M., Warrington, Nicole M., Gordon, Scott, Henders, Anjali K., Medland, Sarah E., Nyholt, Dale R., de Geus, Eco J. C., Hottenga, Jouke J., Willemsen, Gonneke, Beilin, Lawrence J., Mori, Trevor A., Wright, Margaret J., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Boomsma, Dorret I., Pennell, Craig E., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Whitfield, John B. (2012). Loci affecting gamma-glutamyl transferase in adults and adolescents show age x SNP interaction and cardiometabolic disease associations. Human Molecular Genetics, 21 (2) ddr478, 446-455. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddr478

Loci affecting gamma-glutamyl transferase in adults and adolescents show age x SNP interaction and cardiometabolic disease associations

2011

Journal Article

GWAS of butyrylcholinesterase activity identifies four novel loci, independent effects within BCHE and secondary associations with metabolic risk factors

Benyamin, Beben, Middelberg, Rita P., Lind, Penelope A., Valle, Anne M., Gordon, Scott, Nyholt, Dale R., Medland, Sarah E., Henders, Anjali K., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Visscher, Peter M., O'Connor, Daniel T., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Whitfield, John B. (2011). GWAS of butyrylcholinesterase activity identifies four novel loci, independent effects within BCHE and secondary associations with metabolic risk factors. Human Molecular Genetics, 20 (22) ddr375, 4504-4514. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddr375

GWAS of butyrylcholinesterase activity identifies four novel loci, independent effects within BCHE and secondary associations with metabolic risk factors

2011

Journal Article

An Evaluation of Different Target Enrichment Methods in Pooled Sequencing Designs for Complex Disease Association Studies

Day-Williams, Aaron G., McLay, Kirsten, Drury, Eleanor, Edkins, Sarah, Coffey, Alison J., Palotie, Aarno and Zeggini, Eleftheria (2011). An Evaluation of Different Target Enrichment Methods in Pooled Sequencing Designs for Complex Disease Association Studies. Plos One, 6 (11) e26279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026279

An Evaluation of Different Target Enrichment Methods in Pooled Sequencing Designs for Complex Disease Association Studies

2011

Journal Article

Variation in BMPR1B, TGFRB1 and BMPR2 and control of dizygotic twinning

Luong, Hein T. T., Chaplin, Justin, McRae, Allan F., Medland, Sarah E., Willemsen, Gonneke, Nyholt, Dale R., Henders, Anjali K., Hoekstra, Chantal, Duffy, David L., Martin, Nicholas G., Boomsma, Dorret I., Montgomery, Grant W. and Painter, Jodie N. (2011). Variation in BMPR1B, TGFRB1 and BMPR2 and control of dizygotic twinning. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 14 (5), 408-416. doi: 10.1375/twin.14.5.408

Variation in BMPR1B, TGFRB1 and BMPR2 and control of dizygotic twinning

2011

Journal Article

A quantitative-trait genome-wide association study of alcoholism risk in the community: findings and implications

Heath, Andrew C., Whitfield, John B., Martin, Nicholas G., Pergadia, Michele L., Goate, Alison M., Lind, Penelope A., McEvoy, Brian P., Schrage, Andrew J., Grant, Julia D., Chou, Yi-Ling, Zhu, Rachel, Henders, Anjali K., Medland, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Nelson, Elliot C., Agrawal, Arpana, Nyholt, Dale R., Bucholz, Kathleen K., Madden, Pamela A. F. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2011). A quantitative-trait genome-wide association study of alcoholism risk in the community: findings and implications. Biological Psychiatry, 70 (6), 513-518. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.02.028

A quantitative-trait genome-wide association study of alcoholism risk in the community: findings and implications

2011

Journal Article

GWAS findings for human iris patterns: Associations with variants in genes that influence normal neuronal pattern development

Larsson, Mats, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Liu, Jimmy Z., Macgregor, Stuart, McRae, Allan F., Wright, Margaret J., Sturm, Richard A., Mackey, David A., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Medland, Sarah E. (2011). GWAS findings for human iris patterns: Associations with variants in genes that influence normal neuronal pattern development. American Journal of Human Genetics, 89 (2), 334-343. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.07.011

GWAS findings for human iris patterns: Associations with variants in genes that influence normal neuronal pattern development

2011

Journal Article

LPAR1 and ITGA4 Regulate Peripheral Blood Monocyte Counts

Maugeri, Narelle, Powell, Joseph E., 't Hoen, Peter A. C., de Geus, Eco J. C., Willemsen, Gonneke, Kattenberg, Mathijs, Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Penninx, Brenda, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Medland, Sarah E., Saviouk, Viatcheslav, Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M., van Ommen, Gert-Jan B., Frazer, Ian H., Boomsma, Dorret I., Montgomery, Grant W. and Ferreira, Manuel A. R (2011). LPAR1 and ITGA4 Regulate Peripheral Blood Monocyte Counts. Human Mutation, 32 (8), 873-876. doi: 10.1002/humu.21536

LPAR1 and ITGA4 Regulate Peripheral Blood Monocyte Counts

2011

Journal Article

Ophthalmic phenotypes and the representativeness of twin data for the general population

Sanfilippo, Paul G., Medland, Sarah E., Hewitt, Alex W., Kearns, Lisa S., Ruddle, Jonathan B., Sun, Cong, Hammond, Christopher J., Young, Terri L., Martin, Nicholas G. and Mackey, David A. (2011). Ophthalmic phenotypes and the representativeness of twin data for the general population. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 52 (8), 5565-5572. doi: 10.1167/iovs.11-7258

Ophthalmic phenotypes and the representativeness of twin data for the general population

2011

Journal Article

Sensation seeking in females from opposite-versus same-sex twin pairs: hormone transfer or sibling imitation?

Slutske, Wendy S., Bascom, Elise N., Meier, Madeline H., Medland, Sarah E. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2011). Sensation seeking in females from opposite-versus same-sex twin pairs: hormone transfer or sibling imitation?. Behavior Genetics, 41 (4), 533-542. doi: 10.1007/s10519-010-9416-3

Sensation seeking in females from opposite-versus same-sex twin pairs: hormone transfer or sibling imitation?

2011

Journal Article

Educational Attainment: A Genome Wide Association Study in 9538 Australians

Martin, Nicolas W., Medland, Sarah E., Verweij, Karin J. H., Lee, S. Hong, Nyholt, Dale R., Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Montgomery, Grant W., Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2011). Educational Attainment: A Genome Wide Association Study in 9538 Australians. PLoS One, 6 (6) e20128, e20128.1-e20128.8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020128

Educational Attainment: A Genome Wide Association Study in 9538 Australians

2011

Journal Article

A Two-Stage Meta-Analysis Identifies Several New Loci for Parkinson's Disease

Plagnol, Vincent, Nalls, Michael A., Bras, Jose M., Hernandez, Dena G., Sharma, Manu, Sheerin, Una-Marie, Saad, Mohamad, Simon-Sanchez, Javier, Schulte, Claudia, Lesage, Suzanne, Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigurlaug, Amouyel, Philippe, Arepalli, Sampath, Band, Gavin, Barker, Roger A., Bellinguez, Celine, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Berendse, Henk W., Berg, Daniela, Bhatia, Kailash, de Bie, Rob M. A., Biffi, Alessandro, Bloem, Bas, Bochdanovits, Zoltan, Bonin, Michael, Brockmann, Kathrin, Brooks, Janet, Burn, David J., Charlesworth, Gavin ... Wood, Nicholas W. (2011). A Two-Stage Meta-Analysis Identifies Several New Loci for Parkinson's Disease. Plos Genetics, 7 (6) e1002142. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002142

A Two-Stage Meta-Analysis Identifies Several New Loci for Parkinson's Disease

2011

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study identifies genetic variation in neurocan as a susceptibility factor for bipolar disorder

Cichon, Sven, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Degenhardt, Franziska A., Mattheisen, Manuel, Miro, Xavier, Strohmaier, Jana, Steffens, Michael, Meesters, Christian, Herms, Stefan, Weingarten, Moritz, Priebe, Lutz, Haenisch, Britta, Aexander, Michael, Vollmer, Jennifer, Breuer, Rene, Schmael, Christine, Tessmann, Peter, Moebus, Susanne, Wichmann, H. -Erich, Schreiber, Stefan, Mueller-Myhsok, Bertram, Lucae, Susanne, Jamain, Stephane, Leboyer, Marion, Bellivier, Frank, Etain, Bruno, Henry, Chantal, Kahn, Jean-Pierre, Heath, Simon ... Noethen, Markus M. (2011). Genome-wide association study identifies genetic variation in neurocan as a susceptibility factor for bipolar disorder. American Journal of Human Genetics, 88 (3), 372-381. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.01.017

Genome-wide association study identifies genetic variation in neurocan as a susceptibility factor for bipolar disorder

2011

Journal Article

BDNF gene effects on brain circuitry replicated in 455 twins

Chiang, M. C., Barysheva, M., Toga, A. W., Medland, S. E., Hansel, N. K., James, M. R., McMahon, K. L., de Zubicaray, G. I., Martin, N. G., Wright, M. J. and Thompson, P. M. (2011). BDNF gene effects on brain circuitry replicated in 455 twins. NeuroImage, 55 (2), 448-454. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.053

BDNF gene effects on brain circuitry replicated in 455 twins

2011

Journal Article

Whole genome association scan for genetic polymorphisms influencing information processing speed

Luciano, Michelle, Hansell, Narelle K., Lahti, Jari, Davies, Gail, Medland, Sarah E., Raikkonen, Katri, Tenesa, Albert, Widen, Elisabeth, McGhee, Kevin A., Palotie, Aarno, Liewald, David, Porteous, David J., Starr, John M., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Eriksson, Johan G., Wright, Margaret J. and Deary, Ian J. (2011). Whole genome association scan for genetic polymorphisms influencing information processing speed. Biological Psychology, 86 (3), 193-202. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.11.008

Whole genome association scan for genetic polymorphisms influencing information processing speed

2011

Journal Article

Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Variation in Neurocan as a Susceptibility Factor for Bipolar Disorder (vol 88, pg 372, 2011)

Cichon, Sven, Muehleisen, Thomas W., Degenhardt, Franziska A., Mattheisen, Manuel, Miro, Xavier, Strohmaier, Jana, Steffens, Michael, Meesters, Christian, Herms, Stefan, Weingarten, Moritz, Priebe, Lutz, Haenisch, Britta, Alexander, Michael, Vollmer, Jennifer, Breuer, Rene, Schmael, Christine, Tessmann, Peter, Moebus, Susanne, Wichmann, H. -Erich, Schreiber, Stefan, Mueller-Myhsok, Bertram, Lucae, Susanne, Jamain, Stephane, Leboyer, Marion, Bellivier, Frank, Etain, Bruno, Henry, Chantal, Kahn, Jean-Pierre, Heath, Simon ... Noethen, Markus M. (2011). Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Variation in Neurocan as a Susceptibility Factor for Bipolar Disorder (vol 88, pg 372, 2011). American Journal of Human Genetics, 88 (3), 396-396. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.03.001

Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Variation in Neurocan as a Susceptibility Factor for Bipolar Disorder (vol 88, pg 372, 2011)

2011

Journal Article

Variance components models for physical activity with age as modifier: a comparative twin study in seven countries

Vink, Jacqueline M., Boomsma, Dorret I., Medland, Sarah E., de Moor, Marleen H. M., Stubbe, Janine H., Cornes, Belinda K., Martin, Nicholas G., Skytthea, Axel, Kyvik, Kirsten O., Rose, Richard J., Kujala, Urho M., Kaprio, Jaakko, Harris, Jennifer R., Pedersen, Nancy L., Cherkas, Lynn, Spector, Tim D. and de Geus, Eco J. C. (2011). Variance components models for physical activity with age as modifier: a comparative twin study in seven countries. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 14 (1), 25-34. doi: 10.1375/twin.14.1.25

Variance components models for physical activity with age as modifier: a comparative twin study in seven countries

Availability

Honorary Professor Sarah Medland is:
Available for supervision

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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

  • 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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