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)

181 - 200 of 494 works

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

Other Outputs

The Australian Genetics of Depression Study: Study Description and Sample Characteristics

Byrne, Enda M, Kirk, Katherine M, Medland, Sarah E, McGrath, John J, Parker, Richard, Cross, Simone, Sullivan, Lenore, Statham, Dixie J, Levinson, Douglas F, Licinio, Julio, Wray, Naomi R, Hickie, Ian B and Martin, Nicholas G (2019). The Australian Genetics of Depression Study: Study Description and Sample Characteristics. doi: 10.1101/626762

The Australian Genetics of Depression Study: Study Description and Sample Characteristics

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

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

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

Other Outputs

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, 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 (2019). Brain Aging in Major Depressive Disorder: Results from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group. doi: 10.1101/560623

Brain Aging in Major Depressive Disorder: Results from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

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

Journal Article

Half the genetic variance in vitamin D concentration is shared with skin colour and sun exposure genes

Mitchell, Brittany L., Zhu, Gu, Medland, Sarah E., Renteria, Miguel. E., Eyles, Darryl W., Grasby, Katrina L., McGrath, John J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2019). Half the genetic variance in vitamin D concentration is shared with skin colour and sun exposure genes. Behavior Genetics, 49 (4), 386-398. doi: 10.1007/s10519-019-09954-x

Half the genetic variance in vitamin D concentration is shared with skin colour and sun exposure genes

2019

Conference Publication

Schizophrenia and urban living: a study on half a million people from three countries

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Whitfield, John, Streit, Fabian, Yengo, Loic, Trzaskowski, Maciej, de Zeeuw, Eveline, Nivard, Michel, Whiteman, David, Boomsma, Dorret, Yang, Jian, Rietschel, Marcella, McGrath, John, Medland, Sarah E. and Martin, Nick (2019). Schizophrenia and urban living: a study on half a million people from three countries. 26th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Glasgow, Scotland, 11-15 October 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.059

Schizophrenia and urban living: a study on half a million people from three countries

2019

Journal Article

Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Demontis, Ditte, Walters, Raymond K., Martin, Joanna, Mattheisen, Manuel, Als, Thomas D., Agerbo, Esben, Baldursson, Gísli, Belliveau, Rich, Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Cerrato, Felecia, Chambert, Kimberly, Churchhouse, Claire, Dumont, Ashley, Eriksson, Nicholas, Gandal, Michael, Goldstein, Jacqueline I., Grasby, Katrina L., Grove, Jakob, Gudmundsson, Olafur O., Hansen, Christine S., Hauberg, Mads Engel, Hollegaard, Mads V., Howrigan, Daniel P., Huang, Hailiang, Maller, Julian B., Martin, Alicia R., Martin, Nicholas G., Moran, Jennifer ... Kemp, John P. (2019). Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Nature Genetics, 51 (1), 63-75. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0269-7

Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

2019

Journal Article

No alterations of brain structural asymmetry in major depressive disorder: An ENIGMA consortium analysis

De Kovel, Carolien G. F., Aftanas, Lyubomir, Aleman, André, Alexander-Bloch, Aaron F., Baune, Bernhard T., Brack, Ivan, Bülow, Robin, Filho, Geraldo Busatto, Carballedo, Angela, Connolly, Colm G., Cullen, Kathryn R., Dannlowski, Udo, Davey, Christopher G., Dima, Danai, Dohm, Katharina, Erwin-Grabner, Tracy, Frodl, Thomas, Fu, Cynthia H. Y., Hall, Geoffrey B., Glahn, David C., Godlewska, Beata, Gotlib, Ian H., Goya-Maldonado, Roberto, Grabe, Hans Jörgen, Groenewold, Nynke A., Grotegerd, Dominik, Gruber, Oliver, Harris, Mathew A., Harrison, Ben J. ... Francks, Clyde (2019). No alterations of brain structural asymmetry in major depressive disorder: An ENIGMA consortium analysis. American Journal of Psychiatry, 176 (12), 1039-1049. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18101144

No alterations of brain structural asymmetry in major depressive disorder: An ENIGMA consortium analysis

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

    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

    Statistical Genetic Analyses of Major Depressive Disorder

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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