Eating Disorder Genetics Initiative 2 (EDGI2) digital media kit
EMBARGOED: 12:01AM AEST, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025
EXPERT PROFILES
EMBARGOED: 12:01AM AEST, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025
EDGI2 AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATORS
Professor Nick Martin, Head, Genetic Epidemiology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute & Lead Investigator, Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) 2, BRISBANE
Professor Sarah Maguire OAM, Chief Investigator, EDGI2 Australian, Clinical Psychologist & Director,
InsideOut Institute, SYDNEY
EDGI2 GLOBAL LEAD PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Professor Cynthia Bulik, Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders; Founding Director,
Centre of Excellence for Eating Disorders, University of North Carolina; Founder & Director, Centre for Eating Disorders Innovation at Karolinska Institute; & Global Lead Principal Investigator, Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative 2 (EDGI2), NORTH CAROLINA, USA & SWEDEN
OTHER EXPERTS
Annabel Johnston, Gut health dietitian and founder, Nutrition for Living, BRISBANE
Olivia Soha, Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach & Founder & Director of ‘Uncovery’ who lived with an eating disorder, MELBOURNE
Dr. June Alexander, Author, life-writing mentor, blogger, diarist & eating disorder advocate who lived with an eating disorder, GEELONG
Professor Tracey Wade, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor,
College of Education, Psychology and Social, ADELAIDE
Professor Sarah Cohen-Woods, Professor of Psychology, Flinders University Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing & Head of the Behavioural Genetic & Environmental Mechanisms Lab, Flinders University, ADELAIDE
Dr Bronwyn Raykos, Clinical psychologist, researcher & founder of Morgan Psychology, PERTH
Dr Tiegan Holtham, Clinical Psychologist, The Flourish Collective & Headspace, DARWIN
Natasha Berthold, PhD student, The University of Western Australia & The Perron Institute, & Visiting Scholar, University of North Carolina’s Centre of Excellence for Eating Disorders, North Carolina, USA