IgnitED

Funding bright research and translation ideas for eating disorders

About IgnitED
2022 Winners
The IgnitED Fund provided nine $25,000 grants to Australian residents with great ideas to work in a co-design process, bring their ideas to life, and build new relationships and research skills in eating disorders.

01

The Development of a Digital Education and Professional Development Platform for Peer Mentors in Eating Disorders - Peer MentorED

Ms Rachel Duck

Eating Disorders Victoria, La Trobe University

02

Co-designed parent-led CBT for perfectionism for adolescents with eating disorders

Miss Jamie Neal

Curtin University

03

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Risk of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

Dr Morgan Sidari

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, Metro North Health

04

Lost in Transition - Understanding the Perspectives of Consumers, Carers, and Clinicians on Transitions from Child and Adolescent to Adult Eating Disorder Services (TraCED)

Ms Sarah Giles

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, University of Melbourne

05

Strengthening the eating disorder treatment arsenal - Development of a novel therapeutic approach targeting trauma-related complex eating disorders and associated comorbidities

Dr Phillip Aouad

InsideOut Institute, University of Sydney

06

Supporting healthy eating and exercise behaviours in trans communities

Dr Bonnie Furzer

University of Western Australia, Thriving Exercise Rehabilitation Inc, Fremantle Hospital Mental Health Service, Telethon Kids Institute

07

We are only as strong as our weakest link - Improving the transition from hospital to home for adults with eating disorders

Dr Kylie Matthews-Rensch

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, University of Western Sydney

08

Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for body image disturbance - an embodied solution to an embodied problem

Ms Claire Finkelstein

Swinburne University of Technology

09

Eating disorder in the peripartum - Creation and evaluation of an online module for health professionals and peer workers

Associate Professor Grace Branjerdporn

Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service

Research can transform people's lives.

The Australian Eating Disorders Research and Translation Centre is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the National Leadership in Mental Health program.

Lead Agency, InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, is a joint venture between the Sydney Local Health District and the University of Sydney

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