Australian Eating Disorders Research and Translation Centre

Background image of a building

Research can transform people’s lives. It plays a vital role in protecting and promoting the health and wellbeing of Australians and is central to the task of preventing illness and improving the health outcomes for people who experience eating disorders and their families.


Subscribe for updates and get involved

Latest News and Events

IgnitED Recipients Panel

2022 IgnitED Recipients Panel28 October 2022

The Australian Eating Disorders Research and Translation Centre’s IgnitED Fund is intended to support the creation of new partnerships and genuinely co-designed testing of new ideas that have the potential to help solve the problem of eating disorders. All IgnitED Fund projects are co-designed with research and lived experience expertise. The Australian Eating Disorders Research and Translation Centre awarded nine IgnitED Fund Grants in this initial 2022 round.

(from left to right) Robyn Kruk AO, Professor Stephen Touyz, Professor Stephen Simpson, Leilani Darwin, Associate Professor Sarah Maguire, Shannon Calvert, Bronnie Taylor, Emma McBride, Peta Marks, Professor Mark Scott. For full details please refer to end of the article.

The Australian Eating Disorders Research and Translation Centre was officially opened by the Australian Government at the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre today27 October 2022

The Australian Eating Disorders Research and Translation Centre was officially opened by the Australian Government at the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre today. Under a $13 million grant, the Centre aims to transform how we support, treat, and even cure people with eating disorders.

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the tradition of custodianship and law of the Country on which the University of Sydney campuses stand. We pay our respects to those who have cared and continue to care for Country.


Lived Experience Acknowledgment

We acknowledge the individual and collective expertise of those with a living or lived experience of eating disorders, disordered eating and mental health challenges. We recognise their vital contribution at all levels and value the courage of those who share their unique perspective for the purpose of research, learning and growing together to achieve better outcomes for all.

Kaldi

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