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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552 works between 2001 and 2026
All (552) Journal Article (466) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (80) Book Chapter (5)

141 - 160 of 552 works

2022

Journal Article

Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders, and known risk factors

Mullins, Niamh, Kang, JooEun, Campos, Adrian I., Coleman, Jonathan R I, Edwards, Alexis C., Galfalvy, Hanga, Levey, Daniel F., Lori, Adriana, Shabalin, Andrey, Starnawska, Anna, Su, Mei-Hsin, Watson, Hunna J., Adams, Mark, Awasthi, Swapnil, Gandal, Michael, Hafferty, Jonathan D., Hishimoto, Akitoyo, Kim, Minsoo, Okazaki, Satoshi, Otsuka, Ikuo, Ripke, Stephan, Ware, Erin B., Bergen, Andrew W., Berrettini, Wade H., Bohus, Martin, Brandt, Harry, Chang, Xiao, Chen, Wei J., Chen, Hsi-Chung ... Ruderfer, Douglas M. (2022). Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders, and known risk factors. Biological Psychiatry, 91 (3), 313-327. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.05.029

Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders, and known risk factors

2022

Journal Article

Australian Parkinson’s Genetics Study (APGS): pilot (n=1532)

Bivol, Svetlana, Mellick, George D., Gratten, Jacob, Parker, Richard, Mulcahy, Aoibhe, Mosley, Philip E., Poortvliet, Peter C., Campos, Adrian I., Mitchell, Brittany L., Garcia-Marin, Luis M., Cross, Simone, Ferguson, Mary, Lind, Penelope A., Loesch, Danuta Z., Visscher, Peter M., Medland, Sarah E., Scherzer, Clemens R., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2022). Australian Parkinson’s Genetics Study (APGS): pilot (n=1532). BMJ Open, 12 (2) e052032, e052032. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052032

Australian Parkinson’s Genetics Study (APGS): pilot (n=1532)

2022

Journal Article

Impact of CYP2C19 metaboliser status on SSRI response: a retrospective study of 9500 participants of the Australian Genetics of Depression Study

Campos, Adrian I., Byrne, Enda M., Mitchell, Brittany L., Wray, Naomi R., Lind, Penelope A., Licinio, Julio, Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Hickie, Ian B. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2022). Impact of CYP2C19 metaboliser status on SSRI response: a retrospective study of 9500 participants of the Australian Genetics of Depression Study. The Pharmacogenomics Journal, 22 (2), 130-135. doi: 10.1038/s41397-022-00267-7

Impact of CYP2C19 metaboliser status on SSRI response: a retrospective study of 9500 participants of the Australian Genetics of Depression Study

2022

Journal Article

Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns

Li, Jinxi, Glover, James D., Zhang, Haiguo, Peng, Meifang, Tan, Jingze, Mallick, Chandana Basu, Hou, Dan, Yang, Yajun, Wu, Sijie, Liu, Yu, Peng, Qianqian, Zheng, Shijie C., Crosse, Edie I., Medvinsky, Alexander, Anderson, Richard A., Brown, Helen, Yuan, Ziyu, Zhou, Shen, Xu, Yanqing, Kemp, John P., Ho, Yvonne Y.W., Loesch, Danuta Z., Wang, Lizhong, Li, Yingxiang, Tang, Senwei, Wu, Xiaoli, Walters, Robin G., Lin, Kuang, Meng, Ruogu ... Wang, Sijia (2022). Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns. Cell, 185 (1), 95-112.e18. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.12.008

Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns

2022

Journal Article

Deleterious Genetic Variation Across the NOD Signaling Pathway Is Associated With Reduced <i>NFKB Signaling</i> Transcription and Upregulation of Alternative Inflammatory Transcripts in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Ashton, James J., Boukas, Konstantinos, Stafford, Imogen S., Cheng, Guo, Haggarty, Rachel, Coelho, Tracy A. F., Batra, Akshay, Afzal, Nadeem A., Williams, Anthony P., Polak, Marta E., Beattie, R. Mark and Ennis, Sarah (2022). Deleterious Genetic Variation Across the NOD Signaling Pathway Is Associated With Reduced NFKB Signaling Transcription and Upregulation of Alternative Inflammatory Transcripts in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 28 (6), 912-922. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izab318

Deleterious Genetic Variation Across the NOD Signaling Pathway Is Associated With Reduced <i>NFKB Signaling</i> Transcription and Upregulation of Alternative Inflammatory Transcripts in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2022

Conference Publication

Effects of ApoE4 and ApoE2 genotypes on subcortical magnetic susceptibility and microstructure in 27,535 participants from the UK Biobank

Nir, Talia M., Zhu, Alyssa H., Gari, Iyad Ba, Dixon, Daniel, Islam, Tasfiya, Villalon-Reina, Julio E., Medland, Sarah E., Thompson, Paul M. and Jahanshad, Neda (2022). Effects of ApoE4 and ApoE2 genotypes on subcortical magnetic susceptibility and microstructure in 27,535 participants from the UK Biobank. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2022, Kohala Coast, HI United States, 3 – 7 January 2022. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. doi: 10.1142/9789811250477_0012

Effects of ApoE4 and ApoE2 genotypes on subcortical magnetic susceptibility and microstructure in 27,535 participants from the UK Biobank

2022

Journal Article

Bridging the gap: Short structural variants in the genetics of anorexia nervosa

Berthold, Natasha, Pytte, Julia, Bulik, Cynthia M., Tschochner, Monika, Medland, Sarah E. and Akkari, Patrick Anthony (2022). Bridging the gap: Short structural variants in the genetics of anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55 (6), 747-753. doi: 10.1002/eat.23716

Bridging the gap: Short structural variants in the genetics of anorexia nervosa

2021

Journal Article

Comparing empirical kinship derived heritability for imaging genetics traits in the UK biobank and human connectome project

Gao, Si, Donohue, Brian, Hatch, Kathryn S., Chen, Shuo, Ma, Tianzhou, Ma, Yizhou, Kvarta, Mark D., Bruce, Heather, Adhikari, Bhim M., Jahanshad, Neda, Thompson, Paul M., Blangero, John, Hong, L. Elliot, Medland, Sarah E., Ganjgahi, Habib, Nichols, Thomas E. and Kochunov, Peter (2021). Comparing empirical kinship derived heritability for imaging genetics traits in the UK biobank and human connectome project. NeuroImage, 245 118700, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118700

Comparing empirical kinship derived heritability for imaging genetics traits in the UK biobank and human connectome project

2021

Journal Article

Exome sequencing identifies a disease variant of the mitochondrial ATP-Mg/Pi carrier SLC25A25 in two families with kidney stones

Jabalameli, M. Reza, Fitzpatrick, Fiona M., Colombo, Roberto, Howles, Sarah A., Leggatt, Gary, Walker, Valerie, Wiberg, Akira, Kunji, Edmund R. S. and Ennis, Sarah (2021). Exome sequencing identifies a disease variant of the mitochondrial ATP-Mg/Pi carrier SLC25A25 in two families with kidney stones. Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, 9 (12) e1749, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.1749

Exome sequencing identifies a disease variant of the mitochondrial ATP-Mg/Pi carrier SLC25A25 in two families with kidney stones

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

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

Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: an individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts

Silventoinen, Karri, Bogl, Leonie H., Jelenkovic, Aline, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Latvala, Antti, Li, Weilong, Tan, Qihua, Zhang, Dongfeng, Pang, Zengchang, Ordoñana, Juan R., Sánchez-Romera, Juan F., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Willemsen, Gonneke, Bartels, Meike, van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E.M., Rebato, Esther, Corley, Robin P., Huibregtse, Brooke M., Hopper, John L., Tyler, Jessica, Duncan, Glen E., Buchwald, Dedra, Silberg, Judy L., Maes, Hermine H., Kandler, Christian, Cozen, Wendy, Hwang, Amie E., Mack, Thomas M., Nelson, Tracy L. ... Kaprio, Jaakko (2021). Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: an individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts. Hormones and Behavior, 136 105054, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105054

Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: an individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts

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

Total body water in full-term and preterm newborns: systematic review and meta-analysis

Young, Aneurin, Brown, Lisa K., Ennis, Sarah, Beattie, R. Mark and Johnson, Mark John (2021). Total body water in full-term and preterm newborns: systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 106 (5), F542-F548. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-321112

Total body water in full-term and preterm newborns: systematic review and meta-analysis

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

Availability

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Available for supervision

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Dan Siskind

  • Master Philosophy

    Novel efficient statistical methods for biobank-scale prediction from brain imaging

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetic architecture of differences in symptomatology and treatment response in major depressive disorder

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Nick Martin, Associate Professor Miguel Rentería

Completed supervision

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