Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI) - The Kiarman Family Foundation

The Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI) is an initiative that is the largest and most rigorous genetic study of eating disorders ever conducted. ANGI is a global initiative to detect genetic variations that contribute to this potentially life-threatening disease. In total, ANGI collected biological samples and clinical information from 13,363 individuals with anorexia nervosa as well as healthy controls that were matched for ancestry and geography. Karolinska contributed samples from 4247 individuals with anorexia nervosa and 4035 healthy control individuals!. Summary statistics from the Genome-wide association study (GWAS) will be available after publication on the Downloads page of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium website.

 

Organisation

Country: Sweden

Charlotte's Helix Project

Charlotte's Helix Project is an international coalition working to bring DNA genomics project to the UK to discover genetics of anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders. Charlotte's Helix was founded in the UK to honour the eating disorder advocacy work of Charlotte Bevan.  It was a part of a global effort to collect DNA samples from over 25,000 individuals who have had anorexia at any time in their life, otherwise known as #AN25K. The goal of Charlotte’s Helix was to add at least 1,000 UK DNA samples to #AN25K. As code-breakers for eating disorders, Charlotte's Helix is supporting the #AN25K challenge to chart a #genetic map for anorexia.

 

Organisation

Country: United Kingdom

Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) is the largest study of how genes and environment influence eating disorders ever performed. The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) is an international research study designed to understand how your genes and your environment can influence your risk for developing an eating disorder. It is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. The purpose of EDGI is to learn more about how genes and environment influence risk for bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and to extend our work on anorexia nervosa. If you have ever had one of these three eating disorders, we invite you to participate by taking our survey. By participating in EDGI, you will help improve our understanding of eating disorders and help yourself and others like you look forward to a brighter future with better treatments. International Sites include:

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Sweden
• United Kingdom
• Puerto Rico
• Mexico
• Italy - edgi.italia@gmail.com

 

Organisation

Country: United States of America

Email: edgi@unc.edu