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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503 works between 2001 and 2025
All (503) Journal Article (432) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (65) Other Outputs (1)

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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

Phenotypic and discordant-monozygotic analyses of stress and perceived social support as antecedents to or sequelae of risk for depression

Coventry, William L., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Thorsteinsson, Einar B., Heath, Andrew C. and Byrne, Brain (2009). Phenotypic and discordant-monozygotic analyses of stress and perceived social support as antecedents to or sequelae of risk for depression. Twin Research And Human Genetics, 12 (5), 469-488. doi: 10.1375/twin.12.5.469

Phenotypic and discordant-monozygotic analyses of stress and perceived social support as antecedents to or sequelae of risk for depression

2009

Journal Article

Do genes contribute to the "gender gap"?

Hatemi, Peter K., Medland, Sarah E. and Eaves, Lindon J. (2009). Do genes contribute to the "gender gap"?. Journal of Politics, 71 (1), 262-276. doi: 10.1017/S0022381608090178

Do genes contribute to the "gender gap"?

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

2009

Journal Article

Efficient calculation of empirical P-values for genome-wide linkage analysis through weighted permutation

Medland, Sarah E., Schmitt, James E., Webb, Bradley T., Kuo, Po-Hsiu and Neale, Michael C. (2009). Efficient calculation of empirical P-values for genome-wide linkage analysis through weighted permutation. Behavior Genetics, 39 (1), 91-100. doi: 10.1007/s10519-008-9229-9

Efficient calculation of empirical P-values for genome-wide linkage analysis through weighted permutation

2009

Journal Article

Replication of the association of common rs9939609 variant of FTO with increased BMI in an Australian adult twin population but no evidence for gene by environment (G × E) interaction

Cornes, B., Lind, P. A., Medland, S. E., Montgomery, G. W ., Nyholt, D. R. and Martin, N. G . (2009). Replication of the association of common rs9939609 variant of FTO with increased BMI in an Australian adult twin population but no evidence for gene by environment (G × E) interaction. International Journal of Obesity, 33 (1), 75-79. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2008.223

Replication of the association of common rs9939609 variant of FTO with increased BMI in an Australian adult twin population but no evidence for gene by environment (G × E) interaction

2008

Journal Article

Association between the <i>SERPING1</i> gene and age-related macular degeneration: a two-stage case-control study

Ennis, Sarah, Jomary, Catherine, Mullins, Robert, Cree, Angela, Chen, Xaoli, MacLeod, Alex, Jones, Stephen, Collins, Andrew, Stone, Edwin and Lotery, Andrew (2008). Association between the SERPING1 gene and age-related macular degeneration: a two-stage case-control study. Lancet, 372 (9652), 1828-1834. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61348-3

Association between the <i>SERPING1</i> gene and age-related macular degeneration: a two-stage case-control study

2008

Journal Article

No effects of prenatal hormone transfer on digit ratio in a large sample of same- and opposite-sex dizygotic twins

Medland, Sarah E., Loehlin, John C. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2008). No effects of prenatal hormone transfer on digit ratio in a large sample of same- and opposite-sex dizygotic twins. Personality and Individual Differences, 44 (5), 1225-1234. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.017

No effects of prenatal hormone transfer on digit ratio in a large sample of same- and opposite-sex dizygotic twins

2007

Journal Article

LRRTM1 protein is located in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in mammalian cells

Francks, C., Maegawa, S., Laurén, J., Abrahams, B. S., Velayos-Baeza, A., Medland, S. E., Colella, S., Groszer, M., McAuley, E. Z., Caffrey, T. M., Timmusk, T., Pruunsild, P., Koppel, I., Lind, P. A., Matsumoto-Itaba, N., Nicod, J., Xiong, L., Joober, R., Enard, W., Krinsky, B., Nanba, E., Richardson, A. J., Riley, B. P., Martin, N. G., Strittmatter, S. M., Möller, H. J., Rujescu, D., St. Clair, D., Muglia, P. ... Monaco, A. P. (2007). LRRTM1 protein is located in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in mammalian cells. Molecular Psychiatry, 12 (12), 1057-1057. doi: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002116

LRRTM1 protein is located in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in mammalian cells

2007

Journal Article

Genome partitioning of genetic variation for height from 11,214 sibling pairs

Visscher, Peter M., Macgregor, Stuart, Benyamin, Beben, Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott, Medland, Sarah, Hill, William G., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Willemsen, Gonneke, Boomsma, Dorret I., Liu, Yao-Zhong, Deng, Hong-Wen, Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2007). Genome partitioning of genetic variation for height from 11,214 sibling pairs. American Journal of Human Genetics, 81 (5), 1104-1110. doi: 10.1086/522934

Genome partitioning of genetic variation for height from 11,214 sibling pairs

2007

Journal Article

A longitudinal genetic study of uric Acid and liver enzymes in adolescent twins

Middelberg, Rita P. S., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G. and Whitfield, John B. (2007). A longitudinal genetic study of uric Acid and liver enzymes in adolescent twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10 (5), 757-764. doi: 10.1375/twin.10.5.757

A longitudinal genetic study of uric Acid and liver enzymes in adolescent twins

2007

Journal Article

Linkage analysis of a model quantitative trait in humans: Finger ridge count shows significant multivariate linkage to 5q14.1

Medland, Sarah E., Loesch, Danuta Z., Mdzewski, Bogdan, Zhu, Gu, Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2007). Linkage analysis of a model quantitative trait in humans: Finger ridge count shows significant multivariate linkage to 5q14.1. PLoS Genetics, 3 (9), 1736-1744. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030165

Linkage analysis of a model quantitative trait in humans: Finger ridge count shows significant multivariate linkage to 5q14.1

2007

Journal Article

The Genetics of Voting: an Australian Twin Study

Hatemi, P. K., Medland, S. E., Morley, K. I., Heath, A. C. and Martin, N. G. (2007). The Genetics of Voting: an Australian Twin Study. Behavior Genetics, 37 (3) 435, 435-448. doi: 10.1007/s10519-006-9138-8

The Genetics of Voting: an Australian Twin Study

2006

Journal Article

Erratum: A sex-limited genome scan for body mass index in an unselected sample (Twin Research and Human Genetics (2005) 8, 6 (616-632))

Cornes, B. K., Medland, S. E., Ferreira, M. A.R., Morley, K. I., Duffy, D. L., Heijmans, B. T., Montgomery, G. W. and Martin, N. G. (2006). Erratum: A sex-limited genome scan for body mass index in an unselected sample (Twin Research and Human Genetics (2005) 8, 6 (616-632)). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (3) doi: 10.1375/twin.9.3.ii

Erratum: A sex-limited genome scan for body mass index in an unselected sample (Twin Research and Human Genetics (2005) 8, 6 (616-632))

2006

Journal Article

Assumption-free estimation of heritability from genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing between full siblings

Visscher, Peter M., Medland, Sarah E., Ferreira, Manuel A. R., Morley, Katherine I., Zhu, Gu, Cornes, Belinda K., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2006). Assumption-free estimation of heritability from genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing between full siblings. Plos Genetics, 2 (3), 316-325. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020041

Assumption-free estimation of heritability from genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing between full siblings

2006

Journal Article

Handedness in twins: Joint analysis of data from 35 samples

Medland, Sarah E., Duffy, David L., Wright, Margaret J., Geffen, Gina M. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2006). Handedness in twins: Joint analysis of data from 35 samples. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (1), 46-53. doi: 10.1375/183242706776402885

Handedness in twins: Joint analysis of data from 35 samples

Availability

Honorary Professor Sarah Medland is:
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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

    Genetic determinants of treatment outcomes in mental health: harnessing the shared genetic etiology of mental disorders for precision psychiatry.

    Principal Advisor

Completed supervision

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