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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489 works between 2001 and 2025
All (489) Journal Article (419) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (64) Other Outputs (1)

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2019

Journal Article

Genetic and environmental risk factors in the non-medical use of over-the-counter or prescribed analgesics, and their relationship to major classes of licit and illicit substance use and misuse in a population-based sample of young adult twins

Gillespie, Nathan A., Bates, Timothy C., Hickie, Ian B., Medland, Sarah E., Verhulst, Brad, Kirkpatrick, Robert M., Kendler, Kenneth S., Martin, Nicholas G. and Benotsch, Eric G. (2019). Genetic and environmental risk factors in the non-medical use of over-the-counter or prescribed analgesics, and their relationship to major classes of licit and illicit substance use and misuse in a population-based sample of young adult twins. Addiction, 114 (12) add.14750, 2229-2240. doi: 10.1111/add.14750

Genetic and environmental risk factors in the non-medical use of over-the-counter or prescribed analgesics, and their relationship to major classes of licit and illicit substance use and misuse in a population-based sample of young adult twins

2019

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

Watson, Hunna J., Yilmaz, Zeynep, Thornton, Laura M., Hübel, Christopher, Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Gaspar, Héléna A., Bryois, Julien, Hinney, Anke, Leppä, Virpi M., Mattheisen, Manuel, Medland, Sarah E., Ripke, Stephan, Yao, Shuyang, Giusti-Rodríguez, Paola, Hanscombe, Ken B., Purves, Kirstin L., Adan, Roger A. H., Alfredsson, Lars, Ando, Tetsuya, Andreassen, Ole A., Baker, Jessica H., Berrettini, Wade H., Boehm, Ilka, Boni, Claudette, Perica, Vesna Boraska, Buehren, Katharina, Burghardt, Roland, Cassina, Matteo, Cichon, Sven ... Bulik, Cynthia M. (2019). Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa. Nature Genetics, 51 (8), 1207-1214. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0439-2

Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

2019

Journal Article

Genome-Wide Association Studies Identify Multiple Genetic Loci Influencing Eyebrow Color Variation in Europeans

Peng, Fuduan, Zhu, Gu, Hysi, Pirro G., Eller, Ryan J., Chen, Yan, Li, Yi, Hamer, Merel A., Zeng, Changqing, Hopkins, Racquel L., Jacobus, Case L., Wallace, Paige L., Uitterlinden, André G., Ikram, M. Arfan, Nijsten, Tamar, Duffy, David L., Medland, Sarah E., Spector, Timothy D., Walsh, Susan, Martin, Nicholas G., Liu, Fan and Kayser, Manfred (2019). Genome-Wide Association Studies Identify Multiple Genetic Loci Influencing Eyebrow Color Variation in Europeans. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 139 (7), 1601-1605. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.12.029

Genome-Wide Association Studies Identify Multiple Genetic Loci Influencing Eyebrow Color Variation in Europeans

2019

Journal Article

The psychosocial impact of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy as a predictor of postpartum depression

Bray, Nicola, Grasby, Katrina L., Lind, Penelope A., Painter, Jodie N., Colodro-Conde, Lucía and Medland, Sarah E. (2019). The psychosocial impact of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy as a predictor of postpartum depression. Journal of Health Psychology, 26 (7), 135910531985904-1072. doi: 10.1177/1359105319859048

The psychosocial impact of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy as a predictor of postpartum depression

2019

Journal Article

Publisher Correction: Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity (Nature Genetics, (2018), 50, 1, (26-41), 10.1038/s41588-017-0011-x)

Turcot, Valérie, Lu, Yingchang, Highland, Heather M., Schurmann, Claudia, Justice, Anne E., Fine, Rebecca S., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Esko, Tõnu, Giri, Ayush, Graff, Mariaelisa, Guo, Xiuqing, Hendricks, Audrey E., Karaderi, Tugce, Lempradl, Adelheid, Locke, Adam E., Mahajan, Anubha, Marouli, Eirini, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Young, Kristin L., Alfred, Tamuno, Feitosa, Mary F., Masca, Nicholas G. D., Manning, Alisa K., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie C. Y., Reiner, Alex P., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willems, Sara M. ... Loos, Ruth J. F. (2019). Publisher Correction: Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity (Nature Genetics, (2018), 50, 1, (26-41), 10.1038/s41588-017-0011-x). Nature Genetics, 51 (7), 1191-1192. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0447-2

Publisher Correction: Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity (Nature Genetics, (2018), 50, 1, (26-41), 10.1038/s41588-017-0011-x)

2019

Journal Article

Publisher Correction: Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

Hysi, Pirro G., Valdes, Ana M., Liu, Fan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Evans, David M., Bataille, Veronique, Visconti, Alessia, Hemani, Gibran, McMahon, George, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Lin, Bochao D., Willemsen, Gonneke, Jan Hottenga, Jouke, Vuckovic, Dragana, Girotto, Giorgia, Gandin, Ilaria, Sala, Cinzia, Concas, Maria Pina, Brumat, Marco, Gasparini, Paolo, Toniolo, Daniela, Cocca, Massimiliano, Robino, Antonietta, Yazar, Seyhan ... Spector, Timothy D. (2019). Publisher Correction: Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability. Nature Genetics, 51 (7), 1190-1190. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0446-3

Publisher Correction: Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

2019

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

Stahl, Eli A., Breen, Gerome, Forstner, Andreas J., McQuillin, Andrew, Ripke, Stephan, Trubetskoy, Vassily, Mattheisen, Manuel, Wang, Yunpeng, Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Gaspar, Héléna A., de Leeuw, Christiaan A., Steinberg, Stacy, Pavlides, Jennifer M. Whitehead, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Pers, Tune H., Holmans, Peter A., Richards, Alexander L., Abbott, Liam, Agerbo, Esben, Akil, Huda, Albani, Diego, Alliey-Rodriguez, Ney, Als, Thomas D., Anjorin, Adebayo, Antilla, Verneri, Awasthi, Swapnil, Badner, Judith A., Bækvad-Hansen, Marie ... Sklar, Pamela (2019). Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder. Nature Genetics, 51 (5), 793-803. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0397-8

Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

2019

Journal Article

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

Warrington, Nicole M., Beaumont, Robin N., Horikoshi, Momoko, Day, Felix R., Helgeland, Øyvind, Laurin, Charles, Bacelis, Jonas, Peng, Shouneng, Hao, Ke, Feenstra, Bjarke, Wood, Andrew R., Mahajan, Anubha, Tyrrell, Jessica, Robertson, Neil R., Rayner, N. William, Qiao, Zhen, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Vaudel, Marc, Marsit, Carmen J., Chen, Jia, Nodzenski, Michael, Schnurr, Theresia M., Zafarmand, Mohammad H., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Grarup, Niels, Kooijman, Marjolein N., Li-Gao, Ruifang, Geller, Frank, Paternoster, Lavinia ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2019). Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors. Nature Genetics, 51 (5), 804-814. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0403-1

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

2019

Journal Article

Evidence of causal effect of major depression on alcohol dependence: Findings from the psychiatric genomics consortium

Polimanti, Renato, Peterson, Roseann E., Ong, Jue-Sheng, MacGregor, Stuart, Edwards, Alexis C., Clarke, Toni-Kim, Frank, Josef, Gerring, Zachary, Gillespie, Nathan A., Lind, Penelope A., Maes, Hermine H., Martin, Nicholas G., Mbarek, Hamdi, Medland, Sarah E., Streit, Fabian, Agrawal, Arpana, Edenberg, Howard J., Kendler, Kenneth S., Lewis, Cathryn M., Sullivan, Patrick F., Wray, Naomi R., Gelernter, Joel and Derks, Eske M. (2019). Evidence of causal effect of major depression on alcohol dependence: Findings from the psychiatric genomics consortium. Psychological Medicine, 49 (07), 1-9. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719000667

Evidence of causal effect of major depression on alcohol dependence: Findings from the psychiatric genomics consortium

2019

Journal Article

Mapping cortical and subcortical asymmetry in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA Consortium

Kong, Xiang-Zhen, Boedhoe, Premika S.W., Abe, Yoshinari, Alonso, Pino, Ameis, Stephanie H., Arnold, Paul D., Assogna, Francesca, Baker, Justin T., Batistuzzo, Marcelo C., Benedetti, Francesco, Beucke, Jan C., Bollettini, Irene, Bose, Anushree, Brem, Silvia, Brennan, Brian P., Buitelaar, Jan, Calvo, Rosa, Cheng, Yuqi, Cho, Kang Ik K., Dallaspezia, Sara, Denys, Damiaan, Ely, Benjamin A., Feusner, Jamie, Fitzgerald, Kate D., Fouche, Jean-Paul, Fridgeirsson, Egill A., Glahn, David C., Gruner, Patricia, Gürsel, Deniz A. ... Francks, Clyde (2019). Mapping cortical and subcortical asymmetry in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA Consortium. Biological Psychiatry, 87 (12), 1022-1034. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.04.022

Mapping cortical and subcortical asymmetry in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA Consortium

2019

Journal Article

Assessment of bidirectional relationships between physical activity and depression among adults A 2-Sample mendelian randomization study

Choi, Karmel W., Chen, Chia-Yen, Stein, Murray B., Klimentidis, Yann C., Wang, Min-Jung, Koenen, Karestan C., Smoller, Jordan W., Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, TracyM., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H. R., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschon, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Hvarregaard, Jane ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2019). Assessment of bidirectional relationships between physical activity and depression among adults A 2-Sample mendelian randomization study. JAMA Psychiatry, 76 (4), 399-408. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4175

Assessment of bidirectional relationships between physical activity and depression among adults A 2-Sample mendelian randomization study

2019

Journal Article

Genetic markers of ADHD-related variations in intracranial volume

Klein, Marieke, Walters, Raymond K., Demontis, Ditte, Stein, Jason L., Hibar, Derrek P., Adams, Hieab H., Bralten, Janita, Mota, Nina Roth, Schachar, Russell, Sonuga-Barke, Edmund, Mattheisen, Manuel, Neale, Benjamin M., Thompson, Paul M., Medland, Sarah E., Børglum, Anders D., Faraone, Stephen V., Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro and Franke, Barbara (2019). Genetic markers of ADHD-related variations in intracranial volume. American Journal of Psychiatry, 176 (3), 228-238. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18020149

Genetic markers of ADHD-related variations in intracranial volume

2019

Journal Article

Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

Grove, Jakob, Ripke, Stephan, Als, Thomas D., Mattheisen, Manuel, Walters, Raymond K., Won, Hyejung, Pallesen, Jonatan, Agerbo, Esben, Andreassen, Ole A., Anney, Richard, Awashti, Swapnil, Belliveau, Rich, Bettella, Francesco, Buxbaum, Joseph D., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Cerrato, Felecia, Chambert, Kimberly, Christensen, Jane H., Churchhouse, Claire, Dellenvall, Karin, Demontis, Ditte, De Rubeis, Silvia, Devlin, Bernie, Djurovic, Srdjan, Dumont, Ashley L., Goldstein, Jacqueline I., Hansen, Christine S., Hauberg, Mads Engel ... Børglum, Anders D. (2019). Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder. Nature Genetics, 51 (3), 431-444. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0344-8

Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

2019

Journal Article

Concordance of genetic variation that increases risk for anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorders and that influences their underlying neurocircuitry

van der Merwe, Celia, Jahanshad, Neda, Cheung, Josh W., Mufford, Mary, Groenewold, Nynke A., Koen, Nastassja, Ramesar, Rajkumar, Dalvie, Shareefa, ENIGMA Consortium PGC-PTSD, Knowles, James A., Hibar, Derrek P., Nievergelt, Caroline M., Koenen, Karestan C., Liberzon, Israel, Ressler, Kerry J., Medland, Sarah E., Morey, Rajendra A., Thompson, Paul M. and Stein, Dan J. (2019). Concordance of genetic variation that increases risk for anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorders and that influences their underlying neurocircuitry. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 885-896. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.082

Concordance of genetic variation that increases risk for anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorders and that influences their underlying neurocircuitry

2019

Journal Article

Association between polygenic risk for tobacco or alcohol consumption and liability to licit and illicit substance use in young Australian adults

Chang, Lun-Hsien, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Liu, Mengzhen, Medland, Sarah E., Verhulst, Brad, Benotsch, Eric G., Hickie, Ian B., Martin, Nicholas G., Gillespie, Nathan A. and GSCAN Consortium (2019). Association between polygenic risk for tobacco or alcohol consumption and liability to licit and illicit substance use in young Australian adults. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 197, 271-279. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.015

Association between polygenic risk for tobacco or alcohol consumption and liability to licit and illicit substance use in young Australian adults

2019

Journal Article

Social competence in parents increases children's educational attainment: Replicable genetically-mediated effects of parenting revealed by non-transmitted DNA

Bates, Timothy C., Maher, Brion S., Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Medland, Sarah E., McAloney, Kerrie, Wright, Margaret J., Hansell, Narelle K., Okbay, Aysu, Kendler, Kenneth S., Martin, Nicholas G. and Gillespie, Nathan A. (2019). Social competence in parents increases children's educational attainment: Replicable genetically-mediated effects of parenting revealed by non-transmitted DNA. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22 (01), 1-3. doi: 10.1017/thg.2018.75

Social competence in parents increases children's educational attainment: Replicable genetically-mediated effects of parenting revealed by non-transmitted DNA

2019

Conference Publication

A direct test of the diathesis-stress model for depression

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Zhu, Gu, Coventry, William, Byrne, Enda, Gordon, Scott, Wright, Margaret, Montgomery, Grant, Madden, Pamela, Ripke, Stephan, Eaves, Lindon, Heath, Andrew, Wray, Naomi, Medland, Sarah E. and Martin, Nick (2019). A direct test of the diathesis-stress model for depression. 25th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Orlando, FL United States, 13-17 October 2017. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.08.045

A direct test of the diathesis-stress model for depression

2019

Conference Publication

Educational attainment polygenic risk scores predict surface area of cortical regions important for language and memory

Mitchell, Brittany, Partida, Gabriel Cuellar, Grasby, Katrina, Strike, Lachlan, Thompson, Paul, Medland, Sarah, Martin, Nicholas, Wright, Margaret and Renteria, Miguel (2019). Educational attainment polygenic risk scores predict surface area of cortical regions important for language and memory. 49th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association (BGA), Stockholm, Sweden, 26-29 June, 2019. New York, NY, United States: Springer New York LLC. doi: 10.1007/s10519-019-09973-8

Educational attainment polygenic risk scores predict surface area of cortical regions important for language and memory

2019

Journal Article

Twenty-Five and Up (25Up) Study: A New Wave of the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study

Mitchell, Brittany L., Campos, Adrian I., Rentería, Miguel E., Parker, Richard, Sullivan, Lenore, McAloney, Kerrie, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Medland, Sarah E., Gillespie, Nathan A., Scott, Jan, Zietsch, Brendan P., Lind, Penelope A., Martin, Nicholas G. and Hickie, Ian B. (2019). Twenty-Five and Up (25Up) Study: A New Wave of the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22 (03) PII S1832427419000276, 154-163. doi: 10.1017/thg.2019.27

Twenty-Five and Up (25Up) Study: A New Wave of the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study

2019

Conference Publication

A cross-country, cross-reporter twin study of oppositional defiant disorder

Grasby, Katrina, Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Morosoli, Jose J., Middeldorp, Christel, van Beijsterveldt, Toos, Boomsma, Dorret, Martin, Nicholas, Bartels, Meike and Medland, Sarah (2019). A cross-country, cross-reporter twin study of oppositional defiant disorder. 49th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association (BGA), Stockholm, Sweden, 26-29 June, 2019. New York, NY, United States: Springer New York LLC. doi: 10.1007/s10519-019-09973-8

A cross-country, cross-reporter twin study of oppositional defiant disorder

Availability

Honorary Professor Sarah Medland is:
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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    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

  • 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

Completed supervision

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