Last week, CEDaR was pleased to contribute virtually to the Society for Psychotherapy Research International Conference in Osaka, Japan. Dorthe Waage presented: "Developing and Evaluating a Digital Serious Game Intervention for Caregivers of Adolescents in Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa (AN)" ✨

CEDaR at the International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED) ✨ Last week, clinical psychologist Sofie Graakjær Trige and PhD student Signe Marie Hugger expanded their knowledge at ICED in The Hauge. 👇

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we’re thinking about all those directly or indirectly affected by mental health challenges. Our goal at CEDaR is to better understand eating disorders and how to treat them so that those affected can get the help they deserve in time 💜

Last week, CEDaR postdoc @helenadavies.bsky.social attended the @gensocuk.bsky.social workshop 'Communicating Your Science', with activities ranging from science in stand-up comedy to designing activities for science festivals.

NEW PAPER ALERT! 🥳 "Characterising the psychopathological profile of children at high-risk for eating disorders" Led by Stefana Aicoboaie, with co-authors Bianca Borsarini, Edoardo Pappaianni (@epapp.bsky.social), Stefania Konstantopoulou & Nadia Micali Summary 👇 1/6 doi.org/10.1007/s007...

It's been a busy couple of weeks! CEDaR postdoc Elena Jansen attended the 34th @novonordisk.bsky.social Foundation Science Cluster conference 'Prevention of Childhood Obesity: Body, Brain & Society'. 1/3

Last week, Dr Elena Jansen attended the bi-annual eprObes meeting in Cordoba Spain and shared the latest results from the work being conducted at CEDaR 🇪🇸 125 participants attended (from 10 different countries!) Learn more: 🌐 eprobes.eu/eprobes/

⭐ New paper alert ⭐ Our recent study, published in IJED, examined how BMI and depressive symptoms evolve during treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN), what might predict these patterns, and how changes in one of these areas might relate to changes in the other area. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/eat.... 1/8

⭐ New paper alert ⭐ Our recent paper examined how Danish youth previously diagnosed with ICD‑10 Anorexia Nervosa (AN) or atypical AN (atypAN) would be classified under the updated ICD‑11 criteria. 1/5 🔗 lnkd.in/eeHsVK2P

Come and work with us! We are looking for a research assistant/junior postdoc with expertise in neuroimaging to join our team ✨ More info here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... ⏰ Deadline: 15th February

We had our annual New Year's event yesterday, bringing together researchers and clinicians to share new findings from some of our clinical studies 💙

NEW PAPER❗ CEDaR's Nadia Micali & Helena Davies (@helenadavies.bsky.social) leveraged Danish register data from 2000 to 2022 to calculate age-& sex-specific incidence and prevalence of #eatingdisorders over time & identify comorbid diseases 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵 below (1/9)

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT Is the genetic predisposition for anorexia nervosa, OCD and schizophrenia associated with clinical, neurocognitive, and cortical phenotypes in individuals without a clinical diagnosis? 3 key findings below 👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003...

*CEDaR Away Day* Yesterday, our team came together for a mix of team-building activities, research discussions, and future planning. We left feeling inspired by the creativity, collaboration, and shared commitment to improving #eatingdisorder research. Grateful for this brilliant team! 💜

✨ CEDaR round-up of the last couple of months! 1️⃣ *eprObes meeting* Senior researcher Elena Jansen & Nadia Micali hosted 30 EU partners in Copenhagen, sharing the latest results on early risk factors of obesity. They're almost at the half-way mark - stay tuned!! Read more: eprobes.eu/observatory/

⭐ CEDaR goes to Krakow! Last week, senior researcher Anne Bryde and PhD student Mathilde Hasselby-Andersen represented our team at the World Conference for the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR 2025) in Krakow. 1/4

🌸 This weekend, the BLOOM team had an amazing time at BørneFestibal in Copenhagen. We were so excited to be part of this joyful celebration of creativity, curiosity, and play – all tailored for the little (but mighty!) minds💡 We’re excited to keep growing — together 🌱 #BørneFestival #BLOOMstudy

This week, CEDaR was at #ECO2025 at the 32nd Congress on Obesity in Malaga ✨ Nadia Micali presented work on the overlap of BMI and ED genomic risk ✨ CEDaR postdoc Elena Jansen shared her EProBES work on emotional and behavioural risk for obesity in population-based studies

❓How do eating disorders develop? 👇 Watch our* video below to find out. 💜 *Credit to CEDaR PhD student, Stefana Aicoboaie.

​ 🚀 NEW RESEARCH alert! We are thrilled to share our latest publication in European Eating Disorders Review: 🧠 Neurobiology and Cognition in Girls at High-Risk of Eating Disorders: Exploring Imaging-Derived Trait Markers 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 1/5

CEDaR members enjoying some cake in the sun at our monthly coffee & cake gathering ☀️🍰

🌟 CEDaR at the #LEDC2025 The CEDaR team was well represented at this year's London International Eating Disorders Conference. Our researchers presented their latest findings through workshops, short paper presentations, and posters 👇

🎉🏆HUGE congratulations to CEDaR PhD student Dorthe Waage for receiving the 'Rachel Bryant-Waugh Award for Excellence in Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders' at #LEDC2025

Nadia Micali kicking off #LEDC2025 in London this morning! A number of CEDaR members will be presenting at this conference over the next couple of days, so stay tuned for updates ✨️

CEDaR's Professor Nadia Micali did a keynote at the Vienna Eating Disorders conference last week on how to optimise #treatment and address unmet treatment needs for more common #eatingdisorders ✨

We have not one but TWO job openings - come and join us in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 We are looking for: ⭐ Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in longitudinal methods ⭐ Junior/Senior Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in psychiatric epidemiology More info in the links below 🔗 👇

CEDaR wishes our American colleagues & their friends best of luck for today. We support Stand Up For Science – because science is for everyone #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall

Yesterday, CEDaR researchers Mathilde Klitgård and Linda Lloyd Hughes visited the SUND campus at the University of Copenhagen tending a recruitment stall. Thank you for letting us visit and spreading information about our studies! 💜

Last week, we set up a recruitment stall at the IT University of Copenhagen to recruit participants for our projects Balance, ANEMONE and BLOOM 🧠 We spoke to lots of students who were very eager to support and contribute to our research!

CEDaR members and colleagues from RegionH are attending the eprObes meeting in Brussels this week 🇧🇪 Today is #ObesityAwarenessDay, so they started the day with the European Workshop for Prevention of Obesity 📽️ Watch Dr Elena Jansen discuss feeding practices for children here: youtu.be/VN5e01LVqlo

It's #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek 💜 We asked the CEDaR team what they most want people to know about eating disorders 👇

It's Monday #MeetTheResearcher! Meet Mathilde Klitgård 🧠 "Everyone's brain is different, so it's a unique experience every time" Mathilde is a neuroscientist at CEDaR working on several neuroimaging studies. She studied neuroscience in the UK and was fascinated by the development of the brain 💜

Of course, I didn't do this work on my own and many thanks to all the co-authors @helenadavies.bsky.social @mischalundberg.bsky.social @cedar-research.bsky.social and many others that haven't switched over to bluesky yet.

Outreach in psychiatric genetics - What is it? Why do we need it? How can we do it well? Join me, Niamh Ryan, and Cindy Bulik this Friday (6th) at 10am EST / 4pm CET / 3pm UTC where we'll discuss all of this for the PGC (@pgcgenetics.bsky.social) World Wide Lab 🌎 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/88690327502