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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494 works between 2001 and 2025
All (494) Journal Article (409) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (62) Other Outputs (18)

121 - 140 of 494 works

2021

Journal Article

Brain correlates of suicide attempt in 18,925 participants across 18 international cohorts

Campos, Adrian I., Thompson, Paul M., Veltman, Dick J., Pozzi, Elena, van Veltzen, Laura S., Jahanshad, Neda, Adams, Mark J., Baune, Bernhard T., Berger, Klaus, Brosch, Katharina, Bülow, Robin, Connolly, Colm G., Dannlowski, Udo, Davey, Christopher G., de Zubicaray, Greig I., Dima, Danai, Erwin-Grabner, Tracy, Evans, Jennifer W., Fu, Cynthia H.Y., Gotlib, Ian H., Goya-Maldonado, Roberto, Grabe, Hans J., Grotegerd, Dominik, Harris, Matthew A., Harrison, Ben J., Hatton, Sean N., Hermesdorf, Marco, Hickie, Ian B., Ho, Tiffany C. ... Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Brain correlates of suicide attempt in 18,925 participants across 18 international cohorts. Biological Psychiatry, 90 (4), 243-252. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.03.015

Brain correlates of suicide attempt in 18,925 participants across 18 international cohorts

2021

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color

Simcoe, Mark, Valdes, Ana, Liu, Fan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Evans, David M., Hemani, Gibran, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Vuckovic, Dragana, Girotto, Giorgia, Sala, Cinzia, Catamo, Eulalia, Concas, Maria Pina, Brumat, Marco, Gasparini, Paolo, Toniolo, Daniela, Cocca, Massimiliano, Robino, Antonietta, Yazar, Seyhan, Hewitt, Alex, Wu, Wenting, Kraft, Peter, Hammond, Christopher J., Shi, Yuan, Chen, Yan ... the International Visible Trait Genetics Consortium (2021). Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color. Science Advances, 7 (11) abd1239, eabd1239. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd1239

Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color

2021

Journal Article

Can network analysis of self-reported psychopathology shed light on the core phenomenology of bipolar disorders in adolescents and young adults?

Scott, Jan, Crouse, Jacob J., Ho, Nicholas, Carpenter, Joanne, Martin, Nicholas, Medland, Sarah, Parker, Richard, Byrne, Enda, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Mitchell, Brittany, Merikangas, Kathleen, Gillespie, Nathan A. and Hickie, Ian (2021). Can network analysis of self-reported psychopathology shed light on the core phenomenology of bipolar disorders in adolescents and young adults?. Bipolar Disorders, 23 (6), 584-594. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13067

Can network analysis of self-reported psychopathology shed light on the core phenomenology of bipolar disorders in adolescents and young adults?

2021

Journal Article

Effects of copy number variations on brain structure and risk for psychiatric illness: Large-scale studies from the ENIGMA working groups on CNVs

Sønderby, Ida E, Ching, Christopher R. K., Thomopoulos, Sophia I., van der Meer, Dennis, Sun, Daqiang, Villalon-Reina, Julio E., Agartz, Ingrid, Amunts, Katrin, Arango, Celso, Armstrong, Nicola J., Ayesa-Arriola, Rosa, Bakker, Geor, Bassett, Anne S., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bülow, Robin, Butcher, Nancy J., Calhoun, Vince D., Caspers, Svenja, Chow, Eva W. C., Cichon, Sven, Ciufolini, Simone, Craig, Michael C., Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto, Cunningham, Adam C., Dale, Anders M., Dazzan, Paola, de Zubicaray, Greig I., Djurovic, Srdjan, Doherty, Joanne L. ... Wright, Margaret (2021). Effects of copy number variations on brain structure and risk for psychiatric illness: Large-scale studies from the ENIGMA working groups on CNVs. Human Brain Mapping, 43 (1) hbm.25354, 300-328. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25354

Effects of copy number variations on brain structure and risk for psychiatric illness: Large-scale studies from the ENIGMA working groups on CNVs

2021

Journal Article

Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

Frangou, Sophia, Modabbernia, Amirhossein, Williams, Steven C. R., Papachristou, Efstathios, Doucet, Gaelle E., Agartz, Ingrid, Aghajani, Moji, Akudjedu, Theophilus N., Albajes-Eizagirre, Anton, Alnaes, Dag, Alpert, Kathryn I, Andersson, Micael, Andreasen, Nancy C, Andreassen, Ole A, Asherson, Philip, Banaschewski, Tobias, Bargallo, Nuria, Baumeister, Sarah, Baur-Streubel, Ramona, Bertolino, Alessandro, Bonvino, Aurora, Boomsma, Dorret I, Borgwardt, Stefan, Bourque, Josiane, Brandeis, Daniel, Breier, Alan, Brodaty, Henry, Brouwer, Rachel M, Buitelaar, Jan K ... Dima, Danai (2021). Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years. Human Brain Mapping, 43 (1) hbm.25364, 431-451. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25364

Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

2021

Journal Article

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). 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 (3), 223-236. doi: 10.1007/s10519-021-10044-0

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

Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

Dima, Danai, Modabbernia, Amirhossein, Papachristou, Efstathios, Doucet, Gaelle E., Agartz, Ingrid, Aghajani, Moji, Akudjedu, Theophilus N., Albajes-Eizagirre, Anton, Alnaes, Dag, Alpert, Kathryn I., Andersson, Micael, Andreasen, Nancy C., Andreassen, Ole A., Asherson, Philip, Banaschewski, Tobias, Bargallo, Nuria, Baumeister, Sarah, Baur-Streubel, Ramona, Bertolino, Alessandro, Bonvino, Aurora, Boomsma, Dorret I., Borgwardt, Stefan, Bourque, Josiane, Brandeis, Daniel, Breier, Alan, Brodaty, Henry, Brouwer, Rachel M., Buitelaar, Jan K., Busatto, Geraldo F. ... Karolinska Schizophrenia Project (KaSP) (2021). Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years. Human Brain Mapping, 43 (1) hbm.25320, 452-469. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25320

Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

2021

Journal Article

Digit ratio (2D:4D) and handedness: A meta-analysis of the available literature

Richards, Gareth, Medland, Sarah E. and Beaton, Alan A. (2021). Digit ratio (2D:4D) and handedness: A meta-analysis of the available literature. Laterality, 26 (4), 421-484. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2020.1862141

Digit ratio (2D:4D) and handedness: A meta-analysis of the available literature

2021

Journal Article

16Up: Outline of a study investigating wellbeing and information and communication technology use in adolescent twins

Mitchell, Brittany L., Kirk, Katherine M., McAloney, Kerrie, Wright, Margaret J., Davenport, Tracey A., Hermens, Daniel F., Scott, James G., McGrath, John J., Gillespie, Nathan A., Carpenter, Joanne S., O’Callaghan, Victoria S., Medland, Sarah, Christensen, Helen, Martin, Nicholas G., Burns, Jane M. and Hickie, Ian B. (2021). 16Up: Outline of a study investigating wellbeing and information and communication technology use in adolescent twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (6) PII S1832427420000833, 1-13. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.83

16Up: Outline of a study investigating wellbeing and information and communication technology use in adolescent twins

2021

Other Outputs

Genetic insights into the 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, Abe, Hironori, Tarry-Adkins, Jane L, Gonzalez, Javier Martin, Claringbould, Annique, Bakker, Olivier B, Sulem, Patrick, Turon, Sandra, Onland-Moret, N Charlotte, Hertz, Emil Peter Trane, Timshel, Pascal N, Shukla, Vallari, Borup, Rehannah, Olsen, Kristina W, Ferrer-Roda, Mònica, Huang, Yan, Stankovic, Stasa, Timmers, Paul RHJ, Ahearn, Thomas U, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Naderi, Elnaz, Andrulis, Irene L, Arnold, Alice M ... Perry, John RB (2021). Genetic insights into the biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing. doi: 10.1101/2021.01.11.20248322

Genetic insights into the biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

2021

Journal Article

Large-scale collaboration in ENIGMA-EEG: A perspective on the meta-analytic approach to link neurological and psychiatric liability genes to electrophysiological brain activity

Smit, Dirk J. A., Andreassen, Ole A., Boomsma, Dorret I., Burwell, Scott J., Chorlian, David B., de Geus, Eco J. C., Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn, Gordon, Reyna L., Harper, Jeremy, Hegerl, Ulrich, Hensch, Tilman, Iacono, William G., Jawinski, Philippe, Jönsson, Erik G., Luykx, Jurjen J., Magne, Cyrille L., Malone, Stephen M., Medland, Sarah E., Meyers, Jacquelyn L., Moberget, Torgeir, Porjesz, Bernice, Sander, Christian, Sisodiya, Sanjay M., Thompson, Paul M., van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M., van Dellen, Edwin, Via, Marc and Wright, Margaret J. (2021). Large-scale collaboration in ENIGMA-EEG: A perspective on the meta-analytic approach to link neurological and psychiatric liability genes to electrophysiological brain activity. Brain and Behavior, 11 (8) e02188, e02188. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2188

Large-scale collaboration in ENIGMA-EEG: A perspective on the meta-analytic approach to link neurological and psychiatric liability genes to electrophysiological brain activity

2021

Journal Article

Investigating the causal nature of the relationship of subcortical brain volume with smoking and alcohol use

Logtenberg, Emma, Overbeek, Martin F., Pasman, Joëlle A., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Luijten, Maartje, Van Holst, Ruth J., Vink, Jacqueline M., Denys, Damiaan, Medland, Sarah E., Verweij, Karin J. H. and Treur, Jorien L. (2021). Investigating the causal nature of the relationship of subcortical brain volume with smoking and alcohol use. British Journal of Psychiatry, 221 (1) PII S0007125021000817, 1-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.81

Investigating the causal nature of the relationship of subcortical brain volume with smoking and alcohol use

2020

Journal Article

Ten years of enhancing neuro-imaging genetics through meta-analysis: an overview from the ENIGMA Genetics Working Group

Medland, Sarah E., Grasby, Katrina L., Jahanshad, Neda, Painter, Jodie N., Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Bralten, Janita, Hibar, Derrek P., Lind, Penelope A., Pizzagalli, Fabrizio, Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Stein, Jason L., Franke, Barbara, Martin, Nicholas G. and Thompson, Paul M. (2020). Ten years of enhancing neuro-imaging genetics through meta-analysis: an overview from the ENIGMA Genetics Working Group. Human Brain Mapping, 43 (1), 292-299. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25311

Ten years of enhancing neuro-imaging genetics through meta-analysis: an overview from the ENIGMA Genetics Working Group

2020

Journal Article

The genetic architecture of sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage

Laisk, Triin, Soares, Ana Luiza G., Ferreira, Teresa, Painter, Jodie N., Censin, Jenny C., Laber, Samantha, Bacelis, Jonas, Chen, Chia-Yen, Lepamets, Maarja, Lin, Kuang, Liu, Siyang, Millwood, Iona Y., Ramu, Avinash, Southcombe, Jennifer, Andersen, Marianne S., Yang, Ling, Becker, Christian M., Børglum, Anders D., Gordon, Scott D., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Helgeland, Øyvind, Hougaard, David M., Jin, Xin, Johansson, Stefan, Juodakis, Julius, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Kukushkina, Viktorija, Lind, Penelope A., Metspalu, Andres ... Lindgren, Cecilia M. (2020). The genetic architecture of sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5980, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19742-5

The genetic architecture of sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage

2020

Journal Article

Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts

Silventoinen, Karri, Jelenkovic, Aline, Sund, Reijo, Latvala, Antti, Honda, Chika, Inui, Fujio, Tomizawa, Rie, Watanabe, Mikio, Sakai, Norio, Rebato, Esther, Busjahn, Andreas, Tyler, Jessica, Hopper, John L., Ordoñana, Juan R., Sánchez-Romera, Juan F., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Calais-Ferreira, Lucas, Oliveira, Vinicius C., Ferreira, Paulo H., Medda, Emanuela, Nisticò, Lorenza, Toccaceli, Virgilia, Derom, Catherine A., Vlietinck, Robert F., Loos, Ruth J. F., Siribaddana, Sisira H., Hotopf, Matthew, Sumathipala, Athula, Rijsdijk, Fruhling ... Kaprio, Jaakko (2020). Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 12681, 12681. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69526-6

Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts

2020

Journal Article

A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

Johnson, Emma C., Demontis, Ditte, Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E., Walters, Raymond K., Polimanti, Renato, Hatoum, Alexander S., Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Paul, Sarah E., Wendt, Frank R., Clarke, Toni-Kim, Lai, Dongbing, Reginsson, Gunnar W., Zhou, Hang, He, June, Baranger, David A. A., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Wedow, Robbee, Adkins, Daniel E., Adkins, Amy E., Alexander, Jeffry, Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bigdeli, Tim B., Boden, Joseph, Brown, Sandra A., Bucholz, Kathleen K., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Corley, Robin P., Degenhardt, Louisa, Dick, Danielle M. ... Agrawal, Arpana (2020). A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7 (12), 1032-1045. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30339-4

A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

2020

Journal Article

Short communication: Self-reported sleep-wake disturbances preceding onset of full-threshold mood and/or psychotic syndromes in community residing adolescents and young adults

Scott, Jan, Byrne, Enda, Medland, Sarah and Hickie, Ian (2020). Short communication: Self-reported sleep-wake disturbances preceding onset of full-threshold mood and/or psychotic syndromes in community residing adolescents and young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 277, 592-595. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.083

Short communication: Self-reported sleep-wake disturbances preceding onset of full-threshold mood and/or psychotic syndromes in community residing adolescents and young adults

2020

Conference Publication

Modifiable risk factors and miscarriage: a Mendelian Randomization analysis

Painter, Jodie N., Martin, Nick G. and Medland, Sarah E. (2020). Modifiable risk factors and miscarriage: a Mendelian Randomization analysis. 50th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Electr Network, Jun 26, 2020. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.

Modifiable risk factors and miscarriage: a Mendelian Randomization analysis

2020

Conference Publication

Symptom-level genetic modelling identifies novel risk loci and unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression

Thorp, Jackson G., Campos, Adrian I., Grotzinger, Andrew D., Gerring, Zachary, 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. (2020). Symptom-level genetic modelling identifies novel risk loci and unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression. 50th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Electr Network, Jun 26, 2020. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.

Symptom-level genetic modelling identifies novel risk loci and unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression

2020

Conference Publication

The relationship between comorbid chronic pain and poorer self-reported antidepressant efficacy is partly mediated by genetics

Campos, Adrián I., Roughan, William H., García-Marin, Luis M., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Lupton, Michelle K., Hickie, Ian B., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Byrne, Enda M., Ngo, Trung T., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2020). The relationship between comorbid chronic pain and poorer self-reported antidepressant efficacy is partly mediated by genetics. Virtual 2020 World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Online, 16–22 October 2020.

The relationship between comorbid chronic pain and poorer self-reported antidepressant efficacy is partly mediated by genetics

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 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

    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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