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Helena Davies
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Postdoc in psychiatric genetics | Center for feeding and Eating Disorders Research (CEDaR) & Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Copenhagen | she/her
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helenadavies.bsky.social
Pleasure to showcase all the hard work from the PGC Outreach Committee at #WCPG2025 last week @pgcgenetics.bsky.social

Ft. our new group photo that looks more like an album cover... @abiterkuile.bsky.social @drniamhryan.bsky.social @karmelchoi.bsky.social (& many more not yet on Bluesky) 💙
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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gcbias.bsky.social
It is depressing, but all too predictable, how swiftly we’ve gone from the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium offering reassurances about the uses of behavioural polygenic scores to one of their lead authors marketing embryo selection for IQ
Text from an FAQ in Okbay et al 20222: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-022-01016-z a similar same statement is made in an FAQ in 2025: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.14.653986v1.supplementary-material Text reads: "The results of SSGAC studies have sometimes been used by online platforms, including some companies, to predict individual outcomes. We recognize that returning individual genomic “results” can be a fun way to engage people in research and other projects and to feed or stoke their interest in genomics. But it is important that participants/users understand that these individual results are not meaningful predictions and should be regarded essentially as entertainment. Failure to make this point clear risks sowing confusion and undermining trust in genetics research"
August 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
helenadavies.bsky.social
Pleasure to work on the coding team, including introducing eating disorder diagnostic algorithms to @ukbiobank.bsky.social with @topherhuebel.bsky.social & Zhaoying Yu 🕺

Thanks to Katrina Davis & @jonicoleman.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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pgcgenetics.bsky.social
🔎Looking for a clear overview of autism genetics?🔍

This 2021 Psychological Medicine paper provides just that!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Genetic contributions to autism spectrum disorder | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Genetic contributions to autism spectrum disorder - Volume 51 Issue 13
www.cambridge.org
May 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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coleman-group-kcl.bsky.social
🚨 NEW PREPRINT ALERT! 🚨

Very pleased to have the latest @pgcgenetics.bsky.social eating disorders GWAS now out on medrxiv!

Featuring one first author from our group (Sang Hyuck) and one senior author (Joni), alongside 168 others!

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Genome-wide association studies of binge eating behaviour and anorexia nervosa yield insights into the unique and shared biology of eating disorder phenotypes
Eating disorders - including anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder - are clinically distinct but exhibit symptom overlap and diagnostic crossover. Genomic analyses have mos...
www.medrxiv.org
May 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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cedar-research.bsky.social
❓How do eating disorders develop?

👇 Watch our* video below to find out.

💜 *Credit to CEDaR PhD student, Stefana Aicoboaie.
May 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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pgcgenetics.bsky.social
#GoodMonday! In today’s post we’re introducing “Genes Zetu”🧬, a #Genetics #public_engagement initiative by @pgc-africa.bsky.social Africa Outreach Co-Liaison @jaredgm.bsky.social
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April 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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pgcgenetics.bsky.social
🎉Hello and welcome to the PGC Africa Working Group takeover 🎉
For the next 2 weeks, we will share with you exciting updates from @pgc-africa.bsky.social brought to you by @jaredgm.bsky.social and Ofure Ubah
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April 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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j9austin.bsky.social
Here's my statement about the situation in the US, how its affecting science, & the psych genetics community specifically, & what it means for our conference. Please read & share. @pgcgenetics.bsky.social @kirahoeffler.bsky.social @mcintosh2001.bsky.social @jettyraventos.bsky.social #AcademicSky 🧪
ispg.bsky.social International Society of Psychiatric Genetics @ispg.bsky.social · Apr 2
Visit our website to read the latest Letter from the ISPG President, J9. ispg.net/about-us/mes...
April 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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pgcgenetics.bsky.social
✨""Beyond the Checklist: A large-scale analysis of under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with eating disorders""

Saakshi Kakar's important exploration of under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with #eatingdisorders
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Beyond the Checklist: A large-scale analysis of under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with eating disorders
Objective This study aimed to identify and categorise under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with eating disorders, addressing diagnostic gaps. Method We text mined free-text response...
www.medrxiv.org
April 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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cedar-research.bsky.social
🧬 CEDaR postdoc @helena.davies.bsky.social, Prof Nadia Micali & and @mrtzhrl.bsky.social hosted a workshop: "Bringing biology to the clinic: how can we explain genetics to our patients with eating disorders", translating complex genetic information into practical, patient-centered communication 🧬
April 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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pgcgenetics.bsky.social
✨Welcome to the PGC Eating Disorders Working Group takeover!

Over the next two weeks, we'll be filling your Bluesky with all things #eatingdisorder #genetics.

You'll be hearing from @helenadavies.bsky.social, Kylie Reed, and @natashaberthold.bsky.social 💜

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April 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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pgcgenetics.bsky.social
Today is #InternationalBipolarDisorderDay – a reminder of the importance of advancing research to better understand and treat #BipolarDisorder. Our latest work delves into the genetics of BD, uncovering key insights into its biology. A thread on our findings 🧵👇
March 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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cedar-research.bsky.social
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 🔗 👇
March 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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kingsioppn.bsky.social
For #InternationalWomensDay2025, we've put together a special podcast series with 24 female professors at the IoPPN, in conversation with students, about their research, challenges in academia and their advice to new students #AcademicSky #WomeninSTEMM

Listen today!
open.spotify.com/show/4ivmY1w...
Inspiring Women - Professors at the IoPPN
Podcast · Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience · Welcome to a captivating series of 10-minute student-led interviews highlighting the remarkable research and careers of female professors showcased in the "Inspiring Women - Professors at the IoPPN" portrait exhibition, located at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience in London, UK. Now, the IoPPN 25 student advisory group endeavors to amplify the influence of these portraits through the engaging interviews, each uniquely shaped by our students’ curiosity and engagement.
open.spotify.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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pgcgenetics.bsky.social
We asked Laramie Duncan, co-chair of the Cross-population Analyses Working Group, and Helena Davies and Eva María Trujillo Chi Vacuán from the PGC Outreach Committee what they felt were major highlights from their work this year. @helenadavies.bsky.social #womeninSTEM #IWD25
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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cedar-research.bsky.social
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
March 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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pgcgenetics.bsky.social
Did you know that women are more likely to suffer with major depression, anxiety and eating disorders whilst ADHD, autism and schizophrenia are more common in men? But the exact cause of these sex differences is unknown. #InternationalWomensDay
March 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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ktnthompson.bsky.social
Calling all Hoosiers!!!
#StandUpforScience local rally in Indianapolis is confirmed!

📅 March 7, 2025
⏰ 12PM - 2PM
📍Indiana Statehouse – South Lawn, Indianapolis

Science is for everyone, spread the word 🔥

@standupforscience.bsky.social

#StandUpForScience2025
#ScienceForAll
#ScienceNotSilence
February 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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coleman-group-kcl.bsky.social
Just out — great work from Lachlan Gilchrist investigating the genetic relationship between depression and Alzheimer's. Pleased to have been able to contribute a little to this one. Open access, so read all about it below!

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Depression symptom-specific genetic associations in clinically diagnosed and proxy case Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Mental Health
Using genome-wide meta-analyses of clinical measures of depression and biobank data, the authors investigate symptom-specific genetic associations between depression and subsequent risk for Alzheimer’...
www.nature.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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joerimeijsen.bsky.social
Check out our latest preprint about the shared #genetics of #eatingdisorders and many other outcomes! We used the massive national registers of 🇩🇰 and 🇸🇪 and observed new genetic overlap between EDs and Autism and replicated previous OCD findings. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Shared Genetic Architecture Between Eating Disorders, Mental Health Conditions, and Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Comprehensive Population-Wide Study Across Two Countries
Eating disorders arise from a complex interaction of genetic and environmental influences. Here we provide comprehensive population-level estimates of the heritability of eating disorders and their ge...
www.medrxiv.org
December 19, 2024 at 12:44 PM
helenadavies.bsky.social
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
December 4, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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coleman-group-kcl.bsky.social
Code base for the definitions was a team effort in R, now public on GitHub: github.com/ColemanResea...

🙏 to @johanzvrskovec.bsky.social, @markjamesadams.bsky.social, Helena Davies, @topherhuebel.bsky.social, Danyang Li, Jared Maina, Meg Skelton, Abi ter Kulie, Rujia Wang, and Zhaoying Yu

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GitHub - ColemanResearchGroup/MHQ2: Code for deriving phenotypes from the second Mental Health Questionnaire in UK Biobank
Code for deriving phenotypes from the second Mental Health Questionnaire in UK Biobank - ColemanResearchGroup/MHQ2
github.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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coleman-group-kcl.bsky.social
Our paper describing the creation and data from the UK Biobank 2022 online Mental Health Phenotyping is now up on Medrxiv (doi.org/10.1101/2024...)

All feedbak welcome!

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The UK Biobank Mental Health Enhancement 2022: Methods and Results
Background: This paper introduces the UK Biobank (UKB) second mental health questionnaire (MHQ2), describes its design, the respondents and some notable findings. UKB is a large cohort study with over...
doi.org
November 26, 2024 at 10:31 AM