PGC-ED
Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium is one of the largest and most innovative and productive experiments in the history of psychiatry. The central idea of the PGC is leverage global collaboration to advance genetic discovery of biologically, clinically, and therapeutically meaningful insights.
The eating disorders workgroup (PGC-ED) was founded by Dr. Bulik and has been a part of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium since 2013. During that time, our membership has grown to include investigators from over 20 countries spanning North America, Europe, Asia, and Australasia. Our group focuses on the study of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).
Current co-chairs are Prof. Cynthia Bulik (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden) and Prof. Gerome Breen (King’s College London, UK). Our interdisciplinary membership includes graduate and postdoctoral trainees from a range of disciplines as well as distinguished faculty in psychiatry, psychology, biostatistics, genetics, and related fields. We are currently working toward uniting researchers and clinicians from around the world to create the largest collection of DNA from individuals with eating disorders in the world. Our current goals are to rapidly increase sample size for our anorexia nervosa studies and to expand our scope to complete GWAS for bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and ARFID. The PGC-ED is dedicated to ensuring that our samples represent the diversity of the planet and reflect the fact that eating disorders do not discriminate on the basis of ancestry.
Become a PGC-ED Member
We enthusiastically welcome new members and encourage you to visit
https://www.med.unc.ed u/pgc/pgc-workgroups/eating-disorders/
for more information.