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)

441 - 460 of 493 works

2010

Journal Article

Signatures of mutation and selection in the cancer genome

Bignell, Graham R., Greenman, Chris D., Davies, Helen, Butler, Adam P., Edkins, Sarah, Andrews, Jenny M., Buck, Gemma, Chen, Lina, Beare, David, Latimer, Calli, Widaa, Sara, Hinton, Jonathon, Fahey, Ciara, Fu, Beiyuan, Swamy, Sajani, Dalgliesh, Gillian L., Teh, Bin T., Deloukas, Panos, Yang, Fengtang, Campbell, Peter J., Futreal, P. Andrew and Stratton, Michael R. (2010). Signatures of mutation and selection in the cancer genome. Nature, 463 (7283), 893-U61. doi: 10.1038/nature08768

Signatures of mutation and selection in the cancer genome

2010

Journal Article

An integrated phenomic approach to multivariate allelic association

Medland, Sarah Elizabeth and Neale, Michael Churton (2010). An integrated phenomic approach to multivariate allelic association. European Journal of Human Genetics, 18 (2), 233-239. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.133

An integrated phenomic approach to multivariate allelic association

2010

Journal Article

Systematic sequencing of renal carcinoma reveals inactivation of histone modifying genes

Dalgliesh, Gillian L., Furge, Kyle, Greenman, Chris, Chen, Lina, Bignell, Graham, Butler, Adam, Davies, Helen, Edkins, Sarah, Hardy, Claire, Latimer, Calli, Teague, Jon, Andrews, Jenny, Barthorpe, Syd, Beare, Dave, Buck, Gemma, Campbell, Peter J., Forbes, Simon, Jia, Mingming, Jones, David, Knott, Henry, Kok, Chai Yin, Lau, King Wai, Leroy, Catherine, Lin, Meng-Lay, McBride, David J., Maddison, Mark, Maguire, Simon, McLay, Kirsten, Menzies, Andrew ... Futreal, P. Andrew (2010). Systematic sequencing of renal carcinoma reveals inactivation of histone modifying genes. Nature, 463 (7279), 360-363. doi: 10.1038/nature08672

Systematic sequencing of renal carcinoma reveals inactivation of histone modifying genes

2010

Journal Article

A comprehensive catalogue of somatic mutations from a human cancer genome

Pleasance, Erin D., Cheetham, R. Keira, Stephens, Philip J., McBride, David J., Humphray, Sean J., Greenman, Chris D., Varela, Ignacio, Lin, Meng-Lay, Ordonez, Gonzalo R., Bignell, Graham R., Ye, Kai, Alipaz, Julie, Bauer, Markus J., Beare, David, Butler, Adam, Carter, Richard J., Chen, Lina, Cox, Anthony J., Edkins, Sarah, Kokko-Gonzales, Paula I., Gormley, Niall A., Grocock, Russell J., Haudenschild, Christian D., Hims, Matthew M., James, Terena, Jia, Mingming, Kingsbury, Zoya, Leroy, Catherine, Marshall, John ... Stratton, Michael R. (2010). A comprehensive catalogue of somatic mutations from a human cancer genome. Nature, 463 (7278), 191-U73. doi: 10.1038/nature08658

A comprehensive catalogue of somatic mutations from a human cancer genome

2010

Journal Article

A small-cell lung cancer genome with complex signatures of tobacco exposure

Pleasance, Erin D., Stephens, Philip J., O'Meara, Sarah, McBride, David J., Meynert, Alison, Jones, David, Lin, Meng-Lay, Beare, David, Lau, King Wai, Greenman, Chris, Varela, Ignacio, Nik-Zainal, Serena, Davies, Helen R., Ordonez, Gonzalo R., Mudie, Laura J., Latimer, Calli, Edkins, Sarah, Stebbings, Lucy, Chen, Lina, Jia, Mingming, Leroy, Catherine, Marshall, John, Menzies, Andrew, Butler, Adam, Teague, Jon W., Mangion, Jonathon, Sun, Yongming A., McLaughlin, Stephen F., Peckham, Heather E. ... Campbell, Peter J. (2010). A small-cell lung cancer genome with complex signatures of tobacco exposure. Nature, 463 (7278), 184-U66. doi: 10.1038/nature08629

A small-cell lung cancer genome with complex signatures of tobacco exposure

2010

Conference Publication

Common variants in the Trichohyalin gene are associated with straight hair in Europeans genetics and genodermatoses

Medland, S. E., Nyholt, D. R., Painter, J. N., McEvoy, B. P., McRae, A. F., Montgomery, G. W. and Martin, N. G. (2010). Common variants in the Trichohyalin gene are associated with straight hair in Europeans genetics and genodermatoses. 6th World Congress for Hair Research, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 16-19 June 2010. Oxford, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01097.x

Common variants in the Trichohyalin gene are associated with straight hair in Europeans genetics and genodermatoses

2010

Journal Article

Selected summaries from the XVII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, San Diego, California, USA, 4-8 November 2009

Amstadter, Ananda B., Balachandar, Vellingiri, Bergen, Sarah E., Ceulemans, Shana, Christensen, Jane H., Cole, James, Dagdan, Elif, De Luca, Vincenzo, Ducci, Francesca, Tee, Shiau Foon, Hartz, Sarah, Keers, Robert, Medland, Sarah, Melas, Philippe A., Mühleisen, Thomas W., Ozomaro, Uzoezi, Pidsley, Ruth, Scott, Adrian P., Sha, L., Talati, Ardesheer, Teltsh, Omri, Videtič, Alja, Wang, Kai, Wong, Chloe C.Y. and DeLisi, Lynn E. (2010). Selected summaries from the XVII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, San Diego, California, USA, 4-8 November 2009. Psychiatric Genetics, 20 (5), 229-268. doi: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32833d17c3

Selected summaries from the XVII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, San Diego, California, USA, 4-8 November 2009

2009

Journal Article

Complex landscapes of somatic rearrangement in human breast cancer genomes

Stephens, Philip J., McBride, David J., Lin, Meng-Lay, Varela, Ignacio, Pleasance, Erin D., Simpson, Jared T., Stebbings, Lucy A., Leroy, Catherine, Edkins, Sarah, Mudie, Laura J., Greenman, Chris D., Jia, Mingming, Latimer, Calli, Teague, Jon W., Lau, King Wai, Burton, John, Quail, Michael A., Swerdlow, Harold, Churcher, Carol, Natrajan, Rachael, Sieuwerts, Anieta M., Martens, John W. M., Silver, Daniel P., Langerod, Anita, Russnes, Hege E. G., Foekens, John A., Reis-Filho, Jorge S., van't Veer, Laura, Richardson, Andrea L. ... Stratton, Michael R. (2009). Complex landscapes of somatic rearrangement in human breast cancer genomes. Nature, 462 (7276), 1005-U60. doi: 10.1038/nature08645

Complex landscapes of somatic rearrangement in human breast cancer genomes

2009

Journal Article

Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans

Medland, S, Nyholt, D, Painter, JN, McEnvoy, BP, Allan McRae, Zhu, G, Gordon, SD, Ferreira, MAR, Wright, MJ, Henders, AK, Campbell MJ, Duffy, D, Hansell, N K, Macgregor, S, Slutske, WS, Heath, AC, Montgomery, GW and Martin, NG (2009). Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans. American Journal of Human Genetics, 85 (5), 750-755. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.009

Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans

2009

Conference Publication

Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Co-morbidity Between Depression, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, and Social Phobia: A Twin Study

Mosing, Miriam A., Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Statham, Dixie J., Nelson, Elliot C., Heath, Andrew C., Martin, Nicholas G. and Wray, Naomi R. (2009). Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Co-morbidity Between Depression, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, and Social Phobia: A Twin Study. United States: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. doi: 10.1002/da.20611

Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Co-morbidity Between Depression, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, and Social Phobia: A Twin Study

2009

Journal Article

Sequence Variants in Three Loci Influence Monocyte Counts and Erythrocyte Volume

Ferreira, MAR, Hottenga, JJ, Warrington, NM, Medland, SE, Willemsen, G, Lawrence, RW, Gordon, S, de Geus, EJC, Henders, AK, Smit, JH, Campbell, MJ, Wallace, L, Evans, DM, Wright, MJ, Nyholt, DR, James, AL, Beilby, JP, Penninx, BW, Palmer, LJ, Frazer, IH, Montgomery, GW, Martin, NG and Boomsma, DI (2009). Sequence Variants in Three Loci Influence Monocyte Counts and Erythrocyte Volume. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS, 85 (5), 745-749. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.005

Sequence Variants in Three Loci Influence Monocyte Counts and Erythrocyte Volume

2009

Journal Article

Estimating the Heritability of Hair Curliness in Twins of European Ancestry

Sarah E. Medland, Gu Zhu and Nicholas G. Martin (2009). Estimating the Heritability of Hair Curliness in Twins of European Ancestry. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12 (5), 514-518. doi: 10.1375/twin.12.5.514

Estimating the Heritability of Hair Curliness in Twins of European Ancestry

2009

Journal Article

Genetic and Environmental Transmission of Political Attitudes Over a Life Time

Hatemi, Peter K., Funk, Carolyn L., Medland, Sarah E., Maes, Hermine M., Silberg, Judy L., Martin, Nicholas G. and Eaves, Lindon J. (2009). Genetic and Environmental Transmission of Political Attitudes Over a Life Time. Journal of Politics, 71 (3), 1141-1156. doi: 10.1017/S0022381609090938

Genetic and Environmental Transmission of Political Attitudes Over a Life Time

2009

Journal Article

Genetic covariation between the author recognition test and reading and verbal abilities: What can we learn from the analysis of high performance?

Martin, Nicolas W., Hansell, Narelle K., Wainwright, Mark A., Shekar, Sri N., Medland, Sarah E., Bates, Timothy C., Burt, Jennifer S., Martin, Nicholas G. and Wright, Margaret J. (2009). Genetic covariation between the author recognition test and reading and verbal abilities: What can we learn from the analysis of high performance?. Behavior Genetics, 39 (4), 417-426. doi: 10.1007/s10519-009-9275-y

Genetic covariation between the author recognition test and reading and verbal abilities: What can we learn from the analysis of high performance?

2009

Journal Article

Genetic variation in female BMI increases with number of children born but failure to replicate association between GN beta 3 variants and increased BMI in parous females

Cornes, Belinda K., Medland, Sarah E., Lind, Penelope A., Nyholt, Dale R., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2009). Genetic variation in female BMI increases with number of children born but failure to replicate association between GN beta 3 variants and increased BMI in parous females. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12 (3), 276-285. doi: 10.1375/twin.12.3.276

Genetic variation in female BMI increases with number of children born but failure to replicate association between GN beta 3 variants and increased BMI in parous females

2009

Journal Article

Political science, biometric theory, and twin studies: A Methodological introduction

Medland, Sarah E. and Hatemi, Peter K. (2009). Political science, biometric theory, and twin studies: A Methodological introduction. Political Analysis, 17 (2), 191-214. doi: 10.1093/pan/mpn016

Political science, biometric theory, and twin studies: A Methodological introduction

2009

Journal Article

Somatic mutations of the histone H3K27 demethylase gene <i>UTX</i> in human cancer

van Haaften, Gijs, Dalgliesh, Gillian L., Davies, Helen, Chen, Lina, Bignell, Graham, Greenman, Chris, Edkins, Sarah, Hardy, Claire, O'Meara, Sarah, Teague, Jon, Butler, Adam, Hinton, Jonathan, Latimer, Calli, Andrews, Jenny, Barthorpe, Syd, Beare, Dave, Buck, Gemma, Campbell, Peter J., Cole, Jennifer, Forbes, Simon, Jia, Mingming, Jones, David, Kok, Chai Yin, Leroy, Catherine, Lin, Meng-Lay, McBride, David J., Maddison, Mark, Maquire, Simon, Mclay, Kirsten ... Futreal, P. Andrew (2009). Somatic mutations of the histone H3K27 demethylase gene UTX in human cancer. Nature Genetics, 41 (5), 521-523. doi: 10.1038/ng.349

Somatic mutations of the histone H3K27 demethylase gene <i>UTX</i> in human cancer

2009

Journal Article

Relative Finger Lengths, Sex Differences, and Psychological Traits

Loehlin, JC, Medland, SE and Martin, NG (2009). Relative Finger Lengths, Sex Differences, and Psychological Traits. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38 (2), 298-305. doi: 10.1007/s10508-007-9303-z

Relative Finger Lengths, Sex Differences, and Psychological Traits

2009

Journal Article

Flexible Mx Specification of Various Extended Twin Kinship Designs

Hermine H. Maes, Michael C. Neale, Sarah E. Medland, Matthew C. Keller, Nicholas G. Martin, Andrew C. Heath and Lindon J. Eaves (2009). Flexible Mx Specification of Various Extended Twin Kinship Designs. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12 (1), 26-34. doi: 10.1375/twin.12.1.26

Flexible Mx Specification of Various Extended Twin Kinship Designs

2009

Journal Article

Genetic influences on handedness: Data from 25,732 Australian and Dutch twin families

Medland, Sarah E., Duffy, David L., Wright, Margaret J., Geffen, Gina M., Hay, David A., Levy, Florence, Van-Beijsterveldt, Catherina E.M., Willemsen, Gonneke, Townsend, Grant C., White, Vicki, Hewitt, Alex W., Mackey, David A., Bailey, J. Michael, Slutske, Wendy S., Nyholt, Dale R., Treloar, Susan A., Martin, Nicholas G. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2009). Genetic influences on handedness: Data from 25,732 Australian and Dutch twin families. Neuropsychologia, 47 (2), 330-337. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.09.005

Genetic influences on handedness: Data from 25,732 Australian and Dutch twin families

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

    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

    Statistical Genetic Analyses of Major Depressive Disorder

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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