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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497 works between 2001 and 2025
All (497) Journal Article (410) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (64) Other Outputs (18)

101 - 120 of 497 works

2021

Journal Article

Large-scale genetic investigation reveals genetic liability to multiple complex traits influencing a higher risk of ADHD

García-Marín, Luis M., Campos, Adrián I., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Medland, Sarah E., Kollins, Scott H. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Large-scale genetic investigation reveals genetic liability to multiple complex traits influencing a higher risk of ADHD. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 22628, 22628. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01517-7

Large-scale genetic investigation reveals genetic liability to multiple complex traits influencing a higher risk of ADHD

2021

Journal Article

Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder modulate polygenic predictors of hippocampal and amygdala volume

Zheng, Yuanchao, Garrett, Melanie E., Sun, Delin, Clarke-Rubright, Emily K., Haswell, Courtney C., Maihofer, Adam X., Elman, Jeremy A., Franz, Carol E., Lyons, Michael J., Kremen, William S., Peverill, Matthew, Sambrook, Kelly, McLaughlin, Katie A., Davenport, Nicholas D., Disner, Seth, Sponheim, Scott R., Andrew, Elpiniki, Korgaonkar, Mayuresh, Bryant, Richard, Varkevisser, Tim, Geuze, Elbert, Coleman, Jonathan, Beckham, Jean C., Kimbrel, Nathan A., Sullivan, Danielle, Miller, Mark, Hayes, Jasmeet, Verfaellie, Mieke, Wolf, Erika ... Morey, Rajendra A. (2021). Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder modulate polygenic predictors of hippocampal and amygdala volume. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 637, 637. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01707-x

Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder modulate polygenic predictors of hippocampal and amygdala volume

2021

Other Outputs

Lifetime Prevalence and Risk Factors for Perinatal Depression in a Large Cohort of Women with Depression

Kiewa, Jacqueline, Meltzer-Brody, Samantha, Milgrom, Jeanette, Bennett, Elizabeth, Mackle, Tracey, Guintivano, Jerry, Hickie, Ian B, Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Medland, Sarah, Martin, Nicholas G, Wray, Naomi R and Byrne, Enda M (2021). Lifetime Prevalence and Risk Factors for Perinatal Depression in a Large Cohort of Women with Depression. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-362347/v2

Lifetime Prevalence and Risk Factors for Perinatal Depression in a Large Cohort of Women with Depression

2021

Journal Article

Understanding genetic risk factors for common side effects of antidepressant medications

Campos, Adrian I., Mulcahy, Aoibhe, Thorp, Jackson G., Wray, Naomi R., Byrne, Enda M., Lind, Penelope A., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Hickie, Ian B. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Understanding genetic risk factors for common side effects of antidepressant medications. Communications Medicine, 1 (1) 45, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s43856-021-00046-8

Understanding genetic risk factors for common side effects of antidepressant medications

2021

Journal Article

Genome-wide analysis of thyroid function in Australian adolescents highlights SERPINA7 and NCOA3

Nolan, James, Campbell, Purdey J, Brown, Suzanne J, Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott, Lim, Ee Mun, Joseph, John, Cross, Simone M, Panicker, Vijay, Medland, Sarah E, Melton, Phillip E, Beilin, Lawrence J, Mori, Trevor A, Mullin, Benjamin H, Pennell, Craig E, Wang, Carol A, Dudbridge, Frank, Walsh, John P, Martin, Nicholas G and Wilson, Scott G (2021). Genome-wide analysis of thyroid function in Australian adolescents highlights SERPINA7 and NCOA3. European Journal of Endocrinology, 185 (5), 743-753. doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-0614

Genome-wide analysis of thyroid function in Australian adolescents highlights SERPINA7 and NCOA3

2021

Journal Article

The Australian Genetics of Depression Study: new risk loci and dissecting heterogeneity between subtypes

Mitchell, Brittany L., Campos, Adrian I., Whiteman, David C., Olsen, Catherine M., Gordon, Scott D., Walker, Adam J., Dean, Olivia M., Berk, Michael, Hickie, Ian B., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Martin, Nicholas G. and Byrne, Enda M. (2021). The Australian Genetics of Depression Study: new risk loci and dissecting heterogeneity between subtypes. Biological Psychiatry, 92 (3), 227-235. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.10.021

The Australian Genetics of Depression Study: new risk loci and dissecting heterogeneity between subtypes

2021

Journal Article

TH34. EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF DIAGNOSTIC PHENOTYPING AND DISSECTING HETEROGENEITY BETWEEN DEPRESSION SUBTYPES USING THE AUSTRALIAN GENETICS OF DEPRESSION STUDY

Mitchell, Brittany, Campos, Adrian, Whiteman, David, Olsen, Catherine, Hickie, Ian, Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi, Martin, Nicholas G. and Byrne, Enda (2021). TH34. EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF DIAGNOSTIC PHENOTYPING AND DISSECTING HETEROGENEITY BETWEEN DEPRESSION SUBTYPES USING THE AUSTRALIAN GENETICS OF DEPRESSION STUDY. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 51. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.08.207

TH34. EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF DIAGNOSTIC PHENOTYPING AND DISSECTING HETEROGENEITY BETWEEN DEPRESSION SUBTYPES USING THE AUSTRALIAN GENETICS OF DEPRESSION STUDY

2021

Journal Article

Investigating perceived heritability of mental health disorders and attitudes toward genetic testing in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia

Morosoli, José Juan, Colodro‐Conde, Lucía, Barlow, Fiona Kate and Medland, Sarah E. (2021). Investigating perceived heritability of mental health disorders and attitudes toward genetic testing in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 186 (6), 341-352. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32875

Investigating perceived heritability of mental health disorders and attitudes toward genetic testing in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia

2021

Journal Article

Polygenic risk scores derived from varying definitions of depression and risk of depression

Mitchell, Brittany L., Thorp, Jackson G., Wu, Yeda, Campos, Adrian I., Nyholt, Dale R., Gordon, Scott D., Whiteman, David C., Olsen, Catherine M., Hickie, Ian B., Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R. and Byrne, Enda M. (2021). Polygenic risk scores derived from varying definitions of depression and risk of depression. JAMA Psychiatry, 78 (10), 1152-1160. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1988

Polygenic risk scores derived from varying definitions of depression and risk of depression

2021

Journal Article

Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

Ruth, Katherine S., Day, Felix R., Hussain, Jazib, Martínez-Marchal, Ana, Aiken, Catherine E., Azad, Ajuna, Thompson, Deborah J., Knoblochova, Lucie, Abe, Hironori, Tarry-Adkins, Jane L., Gonzalez, Javier Martin, Fontanillas, Pierre, Claringbould, Annique, Bakker, Olivier B., Sulem, Patrick, Walters, Robin G., Terao, Chikashi, Turon, Sandra, Horikoshi, Momoko, Lin, Kuang, Onland-Moret, N. Charlotte, Sankar, Aditya, Hertz, Emil Peter Thrane, Timshel, Pascal N., Shukla, Vallari, Borup, Rehannah, Olsen, Kristina W., Aguilera, Paula, Ferrer-Roda, Mònica ... Perry, John R. B. (2021). Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing. Nature, 596 (7872), 393-397. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03779-7

Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

2021

Journal Article

Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age

Ip, Hill F., van der Laan, Camiel M., Krapohl, Eva M. L., Brikell, Isabell, Sánchez-Mora, Cristina, Nolte, Ilja M., St Pourcain, Beate, Bolhuis, Koen, Palviainen, Teemu, Zafarmand, Hadi, Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Gordon, Scott, Zayats, Tetyana, Aliev, Fazil, Jiang, Chang, Wang, Carol A., Saunders, Gretchen, Karhunen, Ville, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Adkins, Daniel E., Border, Richard, Peterson, Roseann E., Prinz, Joseph A., Thiering, Elisabeth, Seppälä, Ilkka, Vilor-Tejedor, Natàlia, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Day, Felix R., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan ... Boomsma, Dorret I. (2021). Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 413, 413. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01480-x

Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age

2021

Journal Article

Genetic risk for chronic pain is associated with lower antidepressant effectiveness: converging evidence for a depression subtype

Campos, Adrián I., Ngo, Trung Thanh, Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Hickie, Ian B., Byrne, Enda M., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Genetic risk for chronic pain is associated with lower antidepressant effectiveness: converging evidence for a depression subtype. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (9) 00048674211031491, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/00048674211031491

Genetic risk for chronic pain is associated with lower antidepressant effectiveness: converging evidence for a depression subtype

2021

Other Outputs

Understanding genetic risk factors for common side effects of antidepressant medications

Campos, Adrian I., Mulcahy, Aoibhe, Thorp, Jackson G., Wray, Naomi R., Byrne, Enda M., Lind, Penelope A., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Hickie, Ian B. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Understanding genetic risk factors for common side effects of antidepressant medications. doi: 10.1101/2021.07.12.21260397

Understanding genetic risk factors for common side effects of antidepressant medications

2021

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

Mullins, Niamh, Forstner, Andreas J., O'Connell, Kevin S., Coombes, Brandon, Coleman, Jonathan R I, Qiao, Zhen, Als, Thomas D., Bigdeli, Tim B., Børte, Sigrid, Bryois, Julien, Charney, Alexander W., Drange, Ole Kristian, Gandal, Michael J., Hagenaars, Saskia P., Ikeda, Masashi, Kamitaki, Nolan, Kim, Minsoo, Krebs, Kristi, Panagiotaropoulou, Georgia, Schilder, Brian M., Sloofman, Laura G., Steinberg, Stacy, Trubetskoy, Vassily, Winsvold, Bendik S., Won, Hong-Hee, Abramova, Liliya, Adorjan, Kristina, Agerbo, Esben, Al Eissa, Mariam ... Andreassen, Ole A. (2021). Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology. Nature genetics, 53 (6), 817-829. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00857-4

Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

2021

Journal Article

Early expressions of psychopathology and risk associated with trans-diagnostic transition to mood and psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults

Scott, Jan, Crouse, Jacob J., Ho, Nicholas, Iorfino, Frank, Martin, Nicholas, Parker, Richard, McGrath, John, Gillespie, Nathan A., Medland, Sarah and Hickie, Ian B. (2021). Early expressions of psychopathology and risk associated with trans-diagnostic transition to mood and psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults. PLoS ONE, 16 (6 June) e0252550, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252550

Early expressions of psychopathology and risk associated with trans-diagnostic transition to mood and psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults

2021

Journal Article

Correction to: The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption

Hwang, Liang-Dar, Mitchell, Brittany L., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Neale, Michael C. and Evans, David M. (2021). Correction to: The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption. Behavior Genetics, 51 (4), 441-442. doi: 10.1007/s10519-021-10065-9

Correction to: The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption

2021

Journal Article

Days out of role and somatic, anxious-depressive, hypo-manic, and psychotic-like symptom dimensions in a community sample of young adults

Crouse, Jacob J., Ho, Nicholas, Scott, Jan, Martin, Nicholas G., Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Hermens, Daniel F., Parker, Richard, Gillespie, Nathan A., Medland, Sarah E. and Hickie, Ian B. (2021). Days out of role and somatic, anxious-depressive, hypo-manic, and psychotic-like symptom dimensions in a community sample of young adults. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 285, 285. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01390-y

Days out of role and somatic, anxious-depressive, hypo-manic, and psychotic-like symptom dimensions in a community sample of young adults

2021

Journal Article

Introduction to the special issue on statistical genetic methods for human complex traits

Evans, David M., Medland, Sarah E. and Prom-Wormley, Elizabeth (2021). Introduction to the special issue on statistical genetic methods for human complex traits. Behavior Genetics, 51 (3), 165-169. doi: 10.1007/s10519-021-10057-9

Introduction to the special issue on statistical genetic methods for human complex traits

2021

Journal Article

Ileal transcriptomic analysis in paediatric Crohn's disease reveals IL17- and NOD-signalling expression signatures in treatment-naive patients and identifies epithelial cells driving differentially expressed genes

Ashton, James J., Boukas, Konstantinos, Davies, James, Stafford, Imogen S., Vallejo, Andres F., Haggarty, Rachel, Coelho, Tracy A. F., Batra, Akshay, Afzal, Nadeem A., Vadgama, Bhumita, Williams, Anthony P., Beattie, R. Mark, Polak, Marta E. and Ennis, Sarah (2021). Ileal transcriptomic analysis in paediatric Crohn's disease reveals IL17- and NOD-signalling expression signatures in treatment-naive patients and identifies epithelial cells driving differentially expressed genes. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 15 (5), 774-786. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa236

Ileal transcriptomic analysis in paediatric Crohn's disease reveals IL17- and NOD-signalling expression signatures in treatment-naive patients and identifies epithelial cells driving differentially expressed genes

2021

Journal Article

Symptom-level modelling unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression

Thorp, Jackson G., Campos, Adrian I., Grotzinger, Andrew D., Gerring, Zachary F., An, Jiyuan, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Wang, Wei, Shringarpure, Suyash, Byrne, Enda M., MacGregor, Stuart, Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E., Middeldorp, Christel M. and Derks, Eske M. (2021). Symptom-level modelling unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (10), 1432-1442. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01094-9

Symptom-level modelling unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression

Availability

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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 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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