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Principal Investigators
There are 10 sites that are recruiting families for this study including:
- University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (Dr. Walter Kaye)
- University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Dr. Wade Berrettini)
- Cornell University,
White Plains, NY (Dr. Katherine Halmi)
- Roseneck Hospital
affiliated with the University of Munich, Prien, Chiemsee, Germany (Dr.
Manfred Fichter)
- University Health
Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Drs. Allan
Kaplan and Blake Woodside)
- University of
California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Dr. Michael Strober)
- University of
North Dakota, Fargo, ND (Dr. James Mitchell)
- Laureate Psychiatric
Clinic and Hospital, Tulsa, OK (Dr. Craig Johnson)
- Sheppard Pratt
Health System, Towson, MD (Drs. Harry Brandt and Steven Crawford)
- University of
Birmingham, England (Drs. Ian Jones, Nick Craddock, and David Robertson)
- Drs. Bernie Devlin,
Walter Kaye, and Laura Thornton at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr.
Cindy Bulik at University of North Carolina, Dr. Kelly Klump at
Michigan State University, and Dr. Lisa Lilenfeld at Georgia State University
will manage the genetic and psychological data.
The medical and psychological
data and DNA (derived from blood samples) will become part of an international
archival resource for genetic studies of AN through the National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) Genetics Initiative.
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