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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481 works between 2001 and 2025
All (481) Journal Article (411) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (64) Other Outputs (1)

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2020

Journal Article

Comparison of genome-wide association scans for quantitative and observational measures of human hair curvature

Ho, Yvonne Y. W., Mina-Vargas, Angela, Zhu, Gu, Brims, Mark, Mcnevin, Dennis, Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E. and Painter, Jodie N. (2020). Comparison of genome-wide association scans for quantitative and observational measures of human hair curvature. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (5) PII S183242742000078X, 271-277. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.78

Comparison of genome-wide association scans for quantitative and observational measures of human hair curvature

2020

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness

Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Tung, Joyce Y., Eriksson, Nicholas, Albrecht, Eva, Aliev, Fazil, Andreassen, Ole A., Barroso, Inês, Beckmann, Jacques S., Boks, Marco P., Boomsma, Dorret I., Boyd, Heather A., Breteler, Monique M. B., Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Cherkas, Lynn F., Davies, Gail, de Geus, Eco J. C., Deary, Ian J., Deloukas, Panos, Dick, Danielle M., Duffy, David L., Eriksson, Johan G., Esko, Tõnu, Feenstra, Bjarke, Geller, Frank, Gieger, Christian, Giegling, Ina, Gordon, Scott D., Han, Jiali ... Medland, Sarah E. (2020). Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (1), 59-70. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-00956-y

Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness

2020

Journal Article

Genetic correlations and genome-wide associations of cortical structure in general population samples of 22,824 adults

Hofer, Edith, Roshchupkin, Gennady V., Adams, Hieab H. H., Knol, Maria J., Lin, Honghuang, Li, Shuo, Zare, Habil, Ahmad, Shahzad, Armstrong, Nicola J., Satizabal, Claudia L., Bernard, Manon, Bis, Joshua C., Gillespie, Nathan A., Luciano, Michelle, Mishra, Aniket, Scholz, Markus, Teumer, Alexander, Xia, Rui, Jian, Xueqiu, Mosley, Thomas H., Saba, Yasaman, Pirpamer, Lukas, Seiler, Stephan, Becker, James T., Carmichael, Owen, Rotter, Jerome I., Psaty, Bruce M., Lopez, Oscar L., Amin, Najaf ... Hansell, Narelle K. (2020). Genetic correlations and genome-wide associations of cortical structure in general population samples of 22,824 adults. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4796, 4796. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18367-y

Genetic correlations and genome-wide associations of cortical structure in general population samples of 22,824 adults

2020

Journal Article

Septic shock: a genomewide association study and polygenic risk score analysis

D'Urso, Shannon, Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn, Peach, Elizabeth, De Guzman, Erika, Li, Qiang, Medland, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Martin, Nicholas G., Ligthart, Symen, Brown, Matthew A., Powell, Joseph, McArthur, Colin, Rhodes, Andrew, Meyer, Jason, Finfer, Simon, Myburgh, John, Blumenthal, Antje, Cohen, Jeremy, Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel and Evans, David M. (2020). Septic shock: a genomewide association study and polygenic risk score analysis. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (4) PII S1832427420000602, 204-213. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.60

Septic shock: a genomewide association study and polygenic risk score analysis

2020

Journal Article

Cohort profile: the Australian genetics of depression study

Byrne, Enda M., Kirk, Katherine M., Medland, Sarah E., McGrath, John J., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Parker, Richard, Cross, Simone, Sullivan, Lenore, Statham, Dixie J., Levinson, Douglas F., Licinio, Julio, Wray, Naomi R, Hickie, Ian B. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2020). Cohort profile: the Australian genetics of depression study. BMJ Open, 10 (5) e032580, e032580. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032580

Cohort profile: the Australian genetics of depression study

2020

Journal Article

Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

Han, Laura K. M., Dinga, Richard, Hahn, Tim, Ching, Christopher R. K., Eyler, Lisa T., Aftanas, Lyubomir, Aghajani, Moji, Aleman, André, Baune, Bernhard T., Berger, Klaus, Brak, Ivan, Filho, Geraldo Busatto, Carballedo, Angela, Connolly, Colm G., Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Cullen, Kathryn R., Dannlowski, Udo, Davey, Christopher G., Dima, Danai, Duran, Fabio L. S., Enneking, Verena, Filimonova, Elena, Frenzel, Stefan, Frodl, Thomas, Fu, Cynthia H. Y., Godlewska, Beata R., Gotlib, Ian H., Grabe, Hans J., Groenewold, Nynke A. ... Schmaal, Lianne (2020). Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group. Molecular Psychiatry, 26 (9), 5124-5139. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-0754-0

Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

2020

Journal Article

Mapping brain asymmetry in health and disease through the ENIGMA consortium

Kong, Xiang-Zhen, Postema, Merel C., Guadalupe, Tulio, de Kovel, Carolien, Boedhoe, Premika S. W., Hoogman, Martine, Mathias, Samuel R., van Rooij, Daan, Schijven, Dick, Glahn, David C., Medland, Sarah E., Jahanshad, Neda, Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Turner, Jessica A., Buitelaar, Jan, van Erp, Theo G. M., Franke, Barbara, Fisher, Simon E., van den Heuvel, Odile A., Schmaal, Lianne, Thompson, Paul M. and Francks, Clyde (2020). Mapping brain asymmetry in health and disease through the ENIGMA consortium. Human Brain Mapping, 43 (1) hbm.25033, 167-181. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25033

Mapping brain asymmetry in health and disease through the ENIGMA consortium

2020

Journal Article

Educational attainment polygenic scores are associated with cortical total surface area and regions important for language and memory

Mitchell, Brittany L., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Grasby, Katrina L., Campos, Adrian I., Strike, Lachlan T., Hwang, Liang-Dar, Okbay, Aysu, Thompson, Paul M., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Wright, Margaret J. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2020). Educational attainment polygenic scores are associated with cortical total surface area and regions important for language and memory. NeuroImage, 212 116691, 116691. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116691

Educational attainment polygenic scores are associated with cortical total surface area and regions important for language and memory

2020

Journal Article

Curly questions

Medland, Sarah E. (2020). Curly questions. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (2), 98-99. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.23

Curly questions

2020

Journal Article

Editorial

Evans, David, Medland, Sarah E. and Gillespie, Nathan (2020). Editorial. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (2), 67-67. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.45

Editorial

2020

Journal Article

ENIGMA and global neuroscience: a decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

Thompson, Paul M., Jahanshad, Neda, Ching, Christopher R. K., Salminen, Lauren E., Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Bright, Joanna, Baune, Bernhard T., Bertolín, Sara, Bralten, Janita, Bruin, Willem B., Bülow, Robin, Chen, Jian, Chye, Yann, Dannlowski, Udo, de Kovel, Carolien G. F., Donohoe, Gary, Eyler, Lisa T., Faraone, Stephen V., Favre, Pauline, Filippi, Courtney A., Frodl, Thomas, Garijo, Daniel, Gil, Yolanda, Grabe, Hans J., Grasby, Katrina L., Hajek, Tomas, Han, Laura K. M., Hatton, Sean N., Hilbert, Kevin ... Zelman, Vladimir (2020). ENIGMA and global neuroscience: a decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries. Translational psychiatry, 10 (1) 100, 100. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0705-1

ENIGMA and global neuroscience: a decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

2020

Journal Article

The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

Grasby, Katrina L., Jahanshad, Neda, Painter, Jodie N., Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Bralten, Janita, Hibar, Derrek P., Lind, Penelope A., Pizzagalli, Fabrizio, Ching, Christopher R. K., McMahon, Mary Agnes B., Shatokhina, Natalia, Zsembik, Leo C. P., Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Zhu, Alyssa H., Strike, Lachlan T., Agartz, Ingrid, Alhusaini, Saud, Almeida, Marcio A. A., Alnæs, Dag, Amlien, Inge K., Andersson, Micael, Ard, Tyler, Armstrong, Nicola J., Ashley-Koch, Allison, Atkins, Joshua R., Bernard, Manon, Brouwer, Rachel M., Buimer, Elizabeth E. L., Bülow, Robin ... Medland, Sarah E. (2020). The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex. Science, 367 (6484) aay6690, 1-17. doi: 10.1126/science.aay6690

The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

2020

Journal Article

Genome-wide association analysis in humans links nucleotide metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length

Li, Chen, Stoma, Svetlana, Lotta, Luca A., Warner, Sophie, Albrecht, Eva, Allione, Alessandra, Arp, Pascal P., Broer, Linda, Buxton, Jessica L., Da Silva Couto Alves, Alexessander, Deelen, Joris, Fedko, Iryna O., Gordon, Scott D., Jiang, Tao, Karlsson, Robert, Kerrison, Nicola, Loe, Taylor K., Mangino, Massimo, Milaneschi, Yuri, Miraglio, Benjamin, Pervjakova, Natalia, Russo, Alessia, Surakka, Ida, van der Spek, Ashley, Verhoeven, Josine E., Amin, Najaf, Beekman, Marian, Blakemore, Alexandra I., Canzian, Federico ... Codd, Veryan (2020). Genome-wide association analysis in humans links nucleotide metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length. American Journal of Human Genetics, 106 (3), 389-404. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.02.006

Genome-wide association analysis in humans links nucleotide metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length

2020

Journal Article

Rethinking Measurement of Parenting Stress in ADHD-Affected Families: A Principal Components Analysis of the Disruptive Behaviour Stress Inventory

Maclean, Emmalie I., Andrew, Brooke, Lind, Penelope A. and Medland, Sarah E. (2020). Rethinking Measurement of Parenting Stress in ADHD-Affected Families: A Principal Components Analysis of the Disruptive Behaviour Stress Inventory. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29 (11), 3253-3264. doi: 10.1007/s10826-020-01799-x

Rethinking Measurement of Parenting Stress in ADHD-Affected Families: A Principal Components Analysis of the Disruptive Behaviour Stress Inventory

2020

Journal Article

Prevalence of self-reported subthreshold phenotypes of major mental disorders and their association with functional impairment, treatment and full-threshold syndromes in a community-residing cohort of young adults

Scott, Jan, Martin, Nicholas G., Parker, Richard, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Medland, Sarah E. and Hickie, Ian (2020). Prevalence of self-reported subthreshold phenotypes of major mental disorders and their association with functional impairment, treatment and full-threshold syndromes in a community-residing cohort of young adults. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 15 (2) eip.12942, 306-313. doi: 10.1111/eip.12942

Prevalence of self-reported subthreshold phenotypes of major mental disorders and their association with functional impairment, treatment and full-threshold syndromes in a community-residing cohort of young adults

2020

Conference Publication

Association between polygenic risk score and risk of myopia

Mojarrad, Neema Ghorbani, Plotnikov, Denis, Williams, Cathy, Guggenheim, Jeremy A., Aslam, Tariq, Barman, Sarah A., Barrett, Jenny H., Bishop, Paul, Blows, Peter, Bunce, Catey, Carare, Roxana O., Chakravarthy, Usha, Chan, Michelle, Chua, Sharon Y. L., Crabb, David P., Cumberland, Philippa M., Day, Alexander, Desai, Parul, Dhillon, Bal, Dick, Andrew D., Egan, Cathy, Ennis, Sarah, Foster, Paul, Fruttiger, Marcus, Gallacher, John E. J., Garway-Heath, David F., Gibson, Jane, Gore, Dan, Guggenheim, Jeremy A. ... Zheng, Yalin (2020). Association between polygenic risk score and risk of myopia. Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), Vancouver, Canada, 28 April-2 May 2019. Chicago, IL USA: American Medical Association. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.4421

Association between polygenic risk score and risk of myopia

2020

Journal Article

Shared genetic risk between eating disorder- and substance-use-related phenotypes: evidence from genome-wide association studies

Munn-Chernoff, Melissa A., Johnson, Emma C., Chou, Yi-Ling, Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Thornton, Laura M., Walters, Raymond K., Yilmaz, Zeynep, Baker, Jessica H., Hübel, Christopher, Gordon, Scott, Medland, Sarah E., Watson, Hunna J., Gaspar, Héléna A., Bryois, Julien, Hinney, Anke, Leppä, Virpi M., Mattheisen, Manuel, Ripke, Stephan, Yao, Shuyang, Giusti-Rodríguez, Paola, Hanscombe, Ken B., Adan, Roger A.H., Alfredsson, Lars, Ando, Tetsuya, Andreassen, Ole A., Berrettini, Wade H., Boehm, Ilka, Boni, Claudette, Boraska Perica, Vesna ... Agrawal, Arpana (2020). Shared genetic risk between eating disorder- and substance-use-related phenotypes: evidence from genome-wide association studies. Addiction Biology, 26 (1) e12880, e12880. doi: 10.1111/adb.12880

Shared genetic risk between eating disorder- and substance-use-related phenotypes: evidence from genome-wide association studies

2019

Journal Article

Altered cortical brain structure and increased risk for disease seen decades after perinatal exposure to maternal smoking: a study of 9000 adults in the UK Biobank

Salminen, Lauren E., Wilcox, Rand R., Zhu, Alyssa H., Riedel, Brandalyn C., Ching, Christopher R K, Rashid, Faisal, Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Saremi, Arvin, Harrison, Marc B., Ragothaman, Anjanibhargavi, Knight, Victoria, Boyle, Christina P., Medland, Sarah E., Thompson, Paul M. and Jahanshad, Neda (2019). Altered cortical brain structure and increased risk for disease seen decades after perinatal exposure to maternal smoking: a study of 9000 adults in the UK Biobank. Cerebral Cortex, 29 (12), 5217-5233. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz060

Altered cortical brain structure and increased risk for disease seen decades after perinatal exposure to maternal smoking: a study of 9000 adults in the UK Biobank

2019

Journal Article

Associations between polygenic risk for tobacco and alcohol use and liability to tobacco and alcohol use, and psychiatric disorders in an independent sample of 13,999 Australian adults

Chang, Lun-Hsien, Whitfield, John B., Liu, Mengzhen, Medland, Sarah E., Hickie, Ian B., Martin, Nicholas G., Verhulst, Brad, Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A., Statham, Dixie J., Gillespie, Nathan A. and GSCAN Consortium (2019). Associations between polygenic risk for tobacco and alcohol use and liability to tobacco and alcohol use, and psychiatric disorders in an independent sample of 13,999 Australian adults. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 205 107704, 107704. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107704

Associations between polygenic risk for tobacco and alcohol use and liability to tobacco and alcohol use, and psychiatric disorders in an independent sample of 13,999 Australian adults

2019

Journal Article

Full exploitation of high dimensionality in brain imaging: The JPND working group statement and findings

Adams, Hieab H.H., Roshchupkin, Gennady V., DeCarli, Charles, Franke, Barbara, Grabe, Hans J., Habes, Mohamad, Jahanshad, Neda, Medland, Sarah E., Niessen, Wiro, Satizabal, Claudia L., Schmidt, Reinhold, Seshadri, Sudha, Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Paul M., Vernooij, Meike W., Wittfeld, Katharina and Ikram, M. Arfan (2019). Full exploitation of high dimensionality in brain imaging: The JPND working group statement and findings. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 11 (C), 286-290. doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2019.02.003

Full exploitation of high dimensionality in brain imaging: The JPND working group statement and findings

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 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

Completed supervision

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