EDRS 2026 | Vienna, Austria

Conference Program

Welcome! Please find the current preliminary program for EDRS listed below. Note that any aspect of this program is subject to change and the below program should not be considered final including presentation timings and poster numbers.

Thu - Oct 22

Fri - Oct 23

Sat - Oct 24

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Friday, October 23rd

9:00 - 10:00 AM

KEYNOTE

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Biomarkers for Anorexia nervosa
Hubertus Himmerich. King's College London

10:00 - 11:30 AM

SYMPOSIUM: RETHINKING EATING DISORDERS: BOLD NEW TARGETS, TREATMENTS, AND TECHNOLOGIES
Chair/Organizer: Aaron Keshen

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1

Rethinking Eating Disorders: Bold New Targets, Treatments, and Technologies
Aaron Keshen. Dalhousie University/Nova Scotia Health

2

Brain Energy Metabolism as a Transdiagnostic Treatment Target in Eating Disorders
Guido Frank. University of California

3

Neuromodulation in Eating Disorders
D. Blake Woodside. University of Toronto

4

Translational Science to Develop Mechanism Based Pharmacotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa
Joanna Steinglass. Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute

1:00 - 2:45 PM

PARALLEL PAPER SESSION 3: BIOLOGICAL

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Gut microbiome alterations in adolescents with anorexia nervosa are linked to weight loss severity and influenced by geographic origin
Nadia Andrea Andreani¹, Lara Keller², Michael Zeiler³, Karlijn Kooij⁴, Benny van der Vijgh⁵, Andreas Karwautz³, Roger Adan⁴, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann⁶, Astrid Dempfle⁷, Jochen Seitz², John Baines⁸. ¹Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Rome, Italy.²Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LVR University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, Essen, Germany.³Eating Disorders Care a Research Unit at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria.⁴UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.⁵Altrecht Eating Disorders Rintveld, Wenshoek, Netherlands.⁶Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, Aachen, Germany.⁷Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Christian Albrechta, Kiel, Germany.⁸Institute for Experimental Medicine, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany, Kiel, Germany

Blood DNA methylation patterns in anorexia nervosa: A longitudinal study on the role of illness duration and symptom remission
Linda Booij^{1, 2}, Zsofia Nemoda ¹, Kevin Casey¹, Edith Breton³, Howard Steiger ^{1, 2}. ¹Eating Disorders Continuum, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.²Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.³4. Department of Fundamental Sciences, UniversitAc du QuAcbec An Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada

Anticipatory and consummatory responses to touch and food rewards in anorexia nervosa
Fiona Eslami Tehrani^{1, 2}, Yanick Lahaye^{1, 2}, Emilio Chiappini³, Philipp Lazen², Ema LaziA², Bianca Miculescu², Sarah Pernegger², Annika Teppert², Gudrun Wagner², Konstantin Kopp², Wolfgang Bogner², Michael Zeiler², Andreas Karwautz², Giorgia Silani¹. ¹University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.²Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.³Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), Dortmund, Germany

Testing a Biobehavioral Model for Predicting Illness Outcomes in Bulimic Syndromes
Pamela Keel¹, Lindsay Bodell², Jonathan Appelbaum¹, Diana Williams³. ¹Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.³Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA, USA

Trends in disordered eating and weight reducing behaviours from 1995 to 2019 in a Norwegian adolescent cohort – The Young-HUNT Study
Kirsti KvalAcy^{1, 2, 3}, Nadia Micali^{4, 5, 6}, Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes⁷. ¹ HUNT Research Centre, Department ofAnPublic Health andAnNursing, Faculty ofAnMedicine andAnHealth Sciences, AnNorwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.²Centre forAnSami Health Research, Department ofAnCommunity Medicine, Faculty ofAnHealth Sciences, UiT The Arctic University ofAnNorway, TromsAc, Norway.³Levanger Hospital, Nord-TrAcndelag Hospital Trust, Levanger, Norway.⁴Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Mental Health Center Sct. Hans, Copenhagen University Hospital, Mental Health Services Copenhagen, Roskilde, Denmark.⁵Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Research, Mental Health Center Ballerup, Copenhagen University Hospital, Mental Health Services Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.⁶Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.⁷Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

Investigating Food Insecurity and Eating Disorder Pathology in Adolescents, Young Adults, and Older Adults: Evidence from UK Cohort Studies
Akansha Naraindas¹, Vivienne Hazzard², Francesca Solmi³, Fidan Turk¹. ¹Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.²Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.³Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Identifying Candidate Biomarkers of Physiological Recovery in Anorexia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa
Blair Uniacke^{1, 2}, Joanna Steinglass^{1, 2}, Pablo Del Sol Calderon^{1, 3}, Alexandra Allam¹, Veronica Lee¹, Janet Schebendach¹, Evelyn Attia^{1, 4}, B. Timothy Walsh¹. ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.²New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.³Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

PARALLEL PAPER SESSION 4: TREATMENT

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Feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of group CBT-T: A naturalistic mixed-methods comparison with individual CBT-T
Laura Dixon¹, Anastasia Harris¹, Victoria Taylor¹, Lily Spoozak¹, Sara Bartel¹, Susan Gamberg^{1, 2}, Nami Trappenberg¹, Colby Price¹, Navjot Sandila³, Elena Koning², Sarrah I. Ali⁴, Erin Piercy¹, Glenn Waller⁵, Aaron Keshen^{1, 2}. ¹Nova Scotia Provincial Eating Disorder Service, Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS, Canada.²Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.³Research Methods Unit, Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS, Canada.⁴Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.⁵Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Care-by-Claire: Addressing Eating Disorders and Symptoms of Burnout and Stress with an App-Based Program-Guided Digital CBT for Patients with Eating Disorders. A Real-World Study
Klara Edlund¹, Niklas Forsberg², Solfrid Bratland-Sanda³, Ata Ghaderi¹. ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.²University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.³University of South-East Norway, Notodden, Norway

Restoring Reward in Recovery: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Positive Affect Treatment for Post-Acute Anorexia Nervosa
Ann F. Haynos^{1, 2}, Olivia Chapman¹, Lisa M. Anderson², Michelle G. Craske^{3, 4}, Carol B. Peterson². ¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, Richmond, VA, USA.²University of Minnesota, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Minneapolis, MN, USA.³University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.⁴University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychiatry a Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Wearable-Based Activity Monitoring and Therapeutic Feedback for Movement Regulation in Inpatients With Anorexia Nervosa: A Controlled Feasibility Pilot Study
Michael Hollauf^{1, 2, 3}, Christian Fricke¹, Claudia MApnch¹, Alexander Heimbeck¹, Sandra Konik³, Ulrich Cuntz^{1, 2}, Ulrich Voderholzer^{1, 4, 5}. ¹SchApn Klinik Roseneck, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany.²Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.³ Department for Health Sciences, Medicine and Research, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.⁴Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Medicine, Munich, Germany.⁵Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Ecological Momentary Interventions in the Management of Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Systematic Review
Wenlu Mao¹, Ricarda Schmidt², Emily K. Presseller³, Adrienne Juarascio⁴, Anja Hilbert¹. ¹Behavioral Medicine Research Unit, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.²Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.³Department of Biomedical Data Science and Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.⁴Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, USA

Pilot results demonstrating promise for a new, co-designed program for people with inflammatory bowel disease to reduce eating disorder psychopathology and improve body image and wellbeing
Mia L. Pellizzer¹, Maya Jabs¹, RAcme Mountifield², Ruth Prosser², Ivanka Prichard³. ¹Flinders University Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Blackbird Initiative, Adelaide, Australia.²Department of Gastroenterology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia.³Caring Futures Institute, Embrace Impact Lab, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

The clinical efficacy of probiotic administration compared to placebo in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: A randomized controlled trial
Michael Zeiler¹, Nadia Andrea Andreani^{2, 3}, Kathrin Kollndorfer⁴, Konstantin Kopp¹, Julia Klang¹, Florian Ph. S. Fischmeister⁴, Gudrun Wagner¹, Kathrin Sevecke⁵, Lara Keller^{6, 7}, Astrid Dempfle⁸, John Baines², Jochen Seitz⁷, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann⁶, Andreas Karwautz¹. ¹Eating Disorders Care a Research Unit, Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.²Institute for Experimental Medicine, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Kiel University, PlApn, Germany.³Department of Biology and Biotechnology qCharles Darwinq, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.⁴Developmental and Interventional Neuroimaging Lab, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Imagea, Vienna, Austria.⁵Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.⁶Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Austria.⁷Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LVR University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.⁸Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany

2:45 - 3:15 PM

COFFEE BREAK

Foyer

3:15 - 4:45 PM

SYMPOSIUM: WORKING ACROSS THE AGE DIVIDE: TREATMENT INNOVATIONS FOR ADOLESCENTS AND EMERGING ADULTS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA

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Efficacy of MANTRa compared to treatment as usual in adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa in Austria
Gudrun Wagner. Medical University of Vienna

2

Family therapy for AN across the age span
Julian Baudinet. King's College London

3

A randomised sham-controlled feasibility trial of intermittent theta burst stimulation for young people with persistent anorexia nervosa: the RaISE trial
Amelia Hemmings. King's College London

4

Home treatment (HoT) is more effective than weight-restoring inpatient treatment (IP) in adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN) results of a large multicenter RCT at one year follow-up
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann. Aachen University

4:45 - 6:15 PM

POSTER SESSION 2

Poster Hall