Multidisciplinary research center at Psykiatrisk Centre Ballerup 🧠 Epidemiology | Neuroimaging | Genetics | Psychotherapy | Lived experience

Joined May 2023
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To mark #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, we held an event yesterday - in collaboration with the Association for Eating Disorders and Self-Harm - that brought together researchers, clinicians, and those with lived experience and their families. ⬇️ 1/8
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Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Research retweeted
Outreach in psychiatric genetics - What is it? Why do we need it? How can we do it well? Join me, Niamh Ryan, and @cbulik this Friday (6th) at 10am EST / 4pm CET / 3pm UTC where we'll discuss all of this for the @PGCgenetics World Wide Lab 🌎 🔗us02web.zoom.us/j/8869032750…
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🦋Bluesky users! Please follow us: cedar-research.bsky.social 💜

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Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Research retweeted
Check out our new work for @cedar_research! Using the register data of 17 million Danes and Swedes we were able to estimate the genetic correlation between multiple eating- and psychiatric disorders. We found new correlations with autism and OCD! medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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CEDaR postdoc @helena_davies_ was in Singapore this week for #WCPG2024 presenting preliminary findings on her project exploring pleiotropic effects of #eatingdisorder genetics 👇 🧬 1/3
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.@helena_davies_ also chaired a symposium and panel discussion on #sciencecommunication and the importance of language in a diverse world, with four fantastic speakers @SFatumo @jjmorosoli @michaela_pettie @EvanGiangrande and co-chair @AbiterKuile 🗣👥 2/3
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She also gave a talk on the progress and challenges of her previous work on the @SGDPCentreKCL's Anti-Racism Working Group, highlighting the need for proactive dismantling of racism and the avoidance of complacency in our research and work environment. 3/3 #WCPG2024
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It's #WorldMentalHealthDay2024 today 🌍 An international day for global mental health education, awareness, and advocacy against social stigma. Eating disorders are so often overlooked; we want to use this opportunity to show our support for those living with these illnesses 💜
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🌏CEDaR postdoc @DrElenaJansen and PhD student @brieva_anna are in Istanbul this week for the eprObes meeting! eprObes is a large European consortium including various disciplines and studies aimed at preventing obesity throughout an individual's life course. 👇1/7
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@brieva_anna said: "This meeting has been a great learning experience for me. It's not only deepened my understanding of the eprObes project but also allowed me to network, connect with, & learn from experienced researchers as well as exchange ideas on the topic of obesity". 6/7
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They also had an opportunity to get together with our other colleagues from @RegionH: 📸 Here's @DrElenaJansen with Professor Anders Juul and research coordinator Stine Holmboe from Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen 💜 🌐 eprobes.eu/ 7/7
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⭐️NEDS CONFERENCE 2024⭐️ We had many CEDaR team members at the Nordic Eating Disorder Society Conference in Copenhagen last week... 👇 1/4
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Our PhD student Dorthe Andersen Waage (@dorthewaage) presented her project on the influence of family-based therapy on families, and co-led a workshop on how to support families in treatment alongside Senior Researcher Signe Holm Pedersen! 3/4
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Finally our Research Assistants Linda Lloyd Hughes and Signe Marie Hugger attended as conference helpers. Linda said about the experience: “It was an invaluable opportunity to discuss new evidence and best practices with fellow ED professionals." 4/4 💜
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"An Extra Mile: Enhancing Your PhD Journey" Thanks to the Graduate Program in Psychiatry at the @koebenhavns_uni for hosting the annual PhD seminar ✨ The students learned practical tools to enhance their presentations within a safe learning environment 💜 @CARMEN_research
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Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Research retweeted
Please share, RT & repost ✨ Such an important, yet under researched topic & we’re hoping that this research can be the beginning of some big changes…. 🙏🏾
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