Andreas Birgegård

Andreas Birgegård

Affiliated to Research | Docent
Visiting address: Nobels väg 12a, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C8 Medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik, C8 MEB Bulik, 171 77 Stockholm
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  • Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2025;MEDRXIV
    Termorshuizen JD; Davies HL; Lee S-H; Dennis JK; Hübel C; Johnson JS; Lu Y; Munn-Chernoff MA; Peters T; Qi B; Schaumberg KE; Signer RH; Singh K; Ter Kuile AR; Thornton LM; Xu J; Yao S; Yilmaz Z; Zhang R; Zvrskovec J; Abdulkadir M; Ayorech Z; Corfield EC; Havdahl A; Krebs K; Mack TM; Niarchou M; Palviainen T; Sealock JM; Baker JH; Bergen AW; Birgegård A; Perica VB; Bühren K; Burghardt R; Cassina M; Collantoni E; Crowley JJ; Danner UN; Degenhardt F; DeSocio JE; Dina C; Dmitrzak-Węglarz M; Duncan LE; Egberts KM; Foretova L; Giegling I; Gonidakis F; Gordon SD; Grove J; Guillaume S; Guintivano JD; Hartman AM; Hatzikotoulas K; Herms S; Imgart H; Jiménez-Murcia S; Julià A; Kalsi G; Kaminská D; Karhunen LJ; Kiezebrink KM; Kolb T; Larsen JT; Li D; Lilenfeld L; Maj M; Mattingsdal M; Meneguzzo P; Miller AL; Mitchell KS; Monteleone AM; Olsen CM; Padyukov L; Pantel J; Parker R; Pinto D; Raevuori A; Ripatti S; Roberts ME; Santonastaso P; Savva A; Schmidt UH; Schosser A; Seitz J; Slachtova LL; Slopien A; Sorbi S; Straub PS; Szatkiewicz JP; Tam FI; Tenconi E; Tortorella A; Tsitsika A; van Elburg AA; Wagner G; Watson HJ; Adan RA; Alfredsson L; Andreassen OA; Ask H; Brandt HA; Crawford S; Crow S; Davis LK; de Zwaan M; Dedoussis G; Dick DM; Ehrlich S; Estivill X; Favaro A; Fernández-Aranda F; Fischer K; Forstner AJ; Gorwood P; Hakonarson H; Hebebrand J; Herpertz-Dahlmann B; Hinney A; Hudson JI; Johnson C; Jordan J; Kaplan AS; Kaprio J; Karwautz AF; Kas MJ; Kaye WH; Kennedy JL; Kennedy MA; Keski-Rahkonen A; Kim Y-R; Klump KL; Landén M; Hellard SL; Lehto K; Lissowska J; Maguire SL; Martin NG; Mattheisen M; Medland SE; Micali N; Mitchell JE; Monteleone P; Mortensen PB; Nacmias B; Ophoff RA; Papezova H; Pedersen NL; Petersen LV; Rajcsanyi LS; Ramoz N; Reichborn-Kjennerud T; Ricca V; Ripke S; Rujescu D; Rybakowski F; Scherer SW; Slof-Op 't Landt MC; Sullivan PF; Świątkowska B; van Furth EF; Wade TD; Werge T; Whiteman DC; Woodside DB; Zipfel S; Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric ; Bulik CM; Huckins LM; Breen G; Coleman JR
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2025
    Bulik C; Berthold N; MacDermod C; Thornton L; Parker R; Morales SAC; Hog L; Kennedy H; Guintivano J; Sullivan P; Crowley J; Johnson J; Birgegård A; Fundin B; Xu J; Pettie M; Miller A; Aguilar MV; Barakat S; Abdulkadir M; White J; Larsen J; Trujillo E; Winterman B; Zhang R; Lawson R; Wonderlich S; Wonderlich J; Schaefer L; Mehler P; Oakes J; Foster M; Gaudiani J; Trujillo E; Compte E; Petersen L; Yilmaz Z; Micali N; Jordan J; Kennedy MA; Maguire S; Huckins L; Yi L; Dinkler L; Martin N
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2025
    Bulik C; Berthold N; MacDermod C; Thornton L; Parker R; Morales SAC; Hog L; Kennedy H; Guintivano J; Sullivan P; Crowley J; Johnson J; Birgegård A; Fundin B; Xu J; Pettie M; Miller A; Aguilar MV; Barakat S; Abdulkadir M; White J; Larsen J; Trujillo E; Winterman B; Zhang R; Lawson R; Wonderlich S; Wonderlich J; Schaefer L; Mehler P; Oakes J; Foster M; Gaudiani J; Trujillo E; Compte E; Petersen L; Yilmaz Z; Micali N; Jordan J; Kennedy MA; Maguire S; Huckins L; Yi L; Dinkler L; Martin N
  • Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022
    Hübel C; Birgegård A; Johansson T; Petersen L; Isomaa R; Herle M
  • Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021
    Xu J; Johnson J; Birgegård A; Jordan J; Kennedy M; Landén M; Maguire S; Martin N; Mortensen PB; Petersen L; Thornton L; Bulik C; Huckins L
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2021
    Johansson T; Birgegård A; Zhang R; Bergen S; Landén M; Petersen L; Bulik C; Hübel C
  • Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021
    Birgegård A; Abbaspour A; Borg S; Clinton D; Forsén Mantilla E; Termorshuizen J; Bulik C
  • Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2020
    Yilmaz Z; Schaumberg K; Halvorsen M; Goodman E; Brosof L; Crowley J; Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative; Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric ; Tourette Syndrome/Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Wo; Mathews C; Mattheisen M; Breen G; Bulik C; Micali N; Zerwas S
  • Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2019;49(6):499
    Martin J; Ghirardi L; Chen Q; Hartman C; Rosenqvist M; Taylor M; Birgegard A; Almqvist C; Lichtenstein P; Larsson H
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2019
    Munn-Chernoff M; Johnson E; Chou Y-L; Coleman JRI; Thornton L; Walters R; Yilmaz Z; Baker J; Hübel C; Gordon S; Medland S; Watson H; Gaspar H; Bryois J; Hinney A; Leppä V; Mattheisen M; Ripke S; Yao S; Giusti-Rodríguez P; Hanscombe K; Adan RAH; Alfredsson L; Ando T; Andreassen O; Berrettini W; Boehm I; Boni C; Perica VB; Buehren K; Burghardt R; Cassina M; Cichon S; Clementi M; Cone R; Courtet P; Crow S; Crowley J; Danner U; Davis OSP; Zwaan MD; Dedoussis G; Degortes D; DeSocio J; Dick D; Dikeos D; Dina C; Dmitrzak-Weglarz M; Docampo E; Duncan L; Egberts K; Ehrlich S; Escaramís G; Esko T; Estivill X; Farmer A; Favaro A; Fernández-Aranda F; Fichter M; Fischer K; Föcker M; Foretova L; Forstner A; Forzan M; Franklin C; Gallinger S; Giegling I; Giuranna J; Gonidakis F; Gorwood P; Mayora MG; Guillaume S; Guo Y; Hakonarson H; Hatzikotoulas K; Hauser J; Hebebrand J; Helder S; Herms S; Herpertz-Dahlmann B; Herzog W; Huckins L; Hudson J; Imgart H; Inoko H; Janout V; Jiménez-Murcia S; Julià A; Kalsi G; Kaminská D; Karhunen L; Karwautz A; Kas MJH; Kennedy J; Keski-Rahkonen A; Kiezebrink K; Kim Y-R; Klump K; Knudsen GP; Via ML; Hellard SL; Levitan R; Li D; Lilenfeld L; Lin BD; Lissowska J; Luykx J; Magistretti P; Maj M; Mannik K; Marsal S; Marshall C; Mattingsdal M; McDevitt S; McGuffin P; Metspalu A; Meulenbelt I; Micali N; Mitchell K; Monteleone AM; Monteleone P; Nacmias B; Navratilova M; Ntalla I; O’Toole J; Ophoff R; Padyukov L; Palotie A; Pantel J; Papezova H; Pinto D; Rabionet R; Raevuori A; Ramoz N; Reichborn-Kjennerud T; Ricca V; Ripatti S; Ritschel F; Roberts M; Rotondo A; Rujescu D; Rybakowski F; Santonastaso P; Scherag A; Scherer S; Schmidt U; Schork N; Schosser A; Seitz J; Slachtova L; Slagboom E; Slof-Op’t Landt MCT; Slopien A; Sorbi S; Świątkowska B; Szatkiewicz J; Tachmazidou I; Tenconi E; Tortorella A; Tozzi F; Treasure J; Tsitsika A; Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor M; Tziouvas K; Elburg AV; Furth EV; Wagner G; Walton E; Widen E; Zeggini E; Zerwas S; Zipfel S; Bergen A; Boden J; Brandt H; Crawford S; Halmi K; Horwood J; Johnson C; Kaplan A; Kaye W; Mitchell J; Olsen C; Pearson J; Pedersen N; Strober M; Werge T; Whiteman D; Woodside B; Grove J; Henders A; Larsen J; Parker R; Petersen L; Jordan J; Kennedy M; Birgegård A; Lichtenstein P; Norring C; Landén M; Mortensen PB; Polimanti R; McClintick J; Adkins A; Aliev F; Bacanu S-A; Batzler A; Bertelsen S; Biernacka J; Bigdeli T; Chen L-S; Clarke T-K; Degenhardt F; Docherty A; Edwards A; Foo J; Fox L; Frank J; Hack L; Hartmann A; Hartz S; Heilmann-Heimbach S; Hodgkinson C; Hoffmann P; Hottenga J-J; Konte B; Jari
  • Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S817-S818
    Yao S; Kuja-Halkola R; Thornton L; Birgegard A; Norring C; Bulik C; Larsson H
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2018
    Huckins L; Dobbyn A; McFadden W; Ruderfer D; Wang W; Gamazon E; Leppä V; Adan R; Ando T; Baker J; Bergen A; Berrettini W; Birgegård A; Boni C; Boraska Perica V; Brandt H; Burghardt R; Cassina M; Cesta C; Clementi M; Coleman J; Cone R; Courtet P; Crawford S; Crow S; Crowley J; Danner U; Davis O; de Zwaan M; Dedoussis G; Degortes D; DeSocio J; Dick D; Dikeos D; Dmitrzak-Weglarz M; Docampo E; Egberts K; Ehrlich S; Escaramís G; Esko T; Estivill X; Angela F; Fernández-Aranda F; Fichter M; Finan C; Fischer K; Foretova L; Forzan M; Franklin C; Gaspar H; Gonidakis F; Gorwood P; Monica G; Guillaume S; Guo Y; Hakonarson H; Halmi K; Hatzikotoulas K; Hauser J; Hebebrand J; Helder S; Hendriks J; Herpertz-Dahlmann B; Herzog W; Hilliard C; Hinney A; Hudson J; Huemer J; Imgart H; Inoko H; Jiménez-Murcia S; Johnson C; Jordan J; Juréus A; Kalsi G; Kaminska D; Kaplan A; Kaprio J; Karhunen L; Karwautz A; Kas M; Kaye W; Kennedy J; Kennedy M; Keski-Rahkonen A; Kiezebrink K; Kim Y-R; Klump K; Knudsen GP; Koeleman B; Koubek D; La Via M; Landén M; Levitan R; Li D; Lichtenstein P; Lilenfeld L; Lissowska J; Magistretti P; Maj M; Mannik K; Martin N; McDevitt S; McGuffin P; Merl E; Metspalu A; Meulenbelt I; Micali N; Mitchell J; Mitchell K; Monteleone P; Monteleone AM; Mortensen P; Munn-Chernoff M; Nacmias B; Nilsson I; Norring C; Ntalla I; O'Toole J; Pantel J; Papezova H; Parker R; Rabionet R; Raevuori A; Rajewski A; Ramoz N; Rayner W; Reichborn-Kjennerud T; Ricca V; Ripke S; Ritschel F; Roberts M; Rotondo A; Rybakowski F; Santonastaso P; Scherag A; Schmidt U; Schork N; Schosser A; Seitz J; Slachtova L; Slagboom E; Slof-Op ’t Landt M; Slopien A; Smith T; Sorbi S; Strengman E; Strober M; Sullivan P; Szatkiewicz J; Szeszenia-Dabrowska N; Tachmazidou I; Tenconi E; Thornton L; Tortorella A; Tozzi F; Treasure J; Tsitsika A; Tziouvas K; van Elburg A; van Furth E; Wade T; Wagner G; Walton E; Watson H; Woodside B; Yao S; Yilmaz Z; Zeggini E; Zerwas S; Zipfel S; Lars A; Ole A; Aschauer H; Barrett J; Bencko V; Carlberg L; Cichon S; Cohen-Woods S; Dina C; Ding B; Espeseth T; Floyd J; Gallinger S; Gambaro G; Giegling I; Herms S; Janout V; Juliá A; Klareskog L; Le Hellard S; Leboyer M; Lundervold A; Marsal S; Mattingsdal M; Navratilova M; Ophoff R; Palotie A; Pinto D; Ripatti S; Rujescu D; Scherer S; Scott L; Sladek R; Soranzo N; Southam L; Steen V; H-Erich W; Widen E; Devlin B; Sieberts S; Cox N; Kyung Im H; Breen G; Sklar P; Bulik C; Stahl E
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2017
    Thornton L; Munn-Chernoff M; Baker J; Juréus A; Parker R; Henders A; Larsen J; Petersen L; Watson H; Yilmaz Z; Kirk K; Gordon S; Leppä V; Martin F; Whiteman D; Olsen C; Werge T; Pedersen N; Kaye W; Bergen A; Halmi K; Strober M; Kaplan A; Woodside B; Mitchell J; Johnson C; Brandt H; Crawford S; Horwood J; Boden J; Pearson J; Duncan L; Grove J; Mattheisen M; Jordan J; Kennedy M; Birgegård A; Lichtenstein P; Norring C; Wade T; Montgomery G; Martin N; Landén M; Mortensen PB; Sullivan P; Bulik C
  • Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2017;47(6):652-653
    Yao S; Kuja-Halkola R; Norring C; Birgegard A; Bulik C; Larsson H
  • Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;27:S269
    Duncan L; Mortensen PB; Martin N; Wade T; Montgomery G; Lichtenstein P; Landen M; Birgegard A; Norring C; Sullivan P; Thornton L; Zeggini E; Breen G; Bulik C
  • Conference publication: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2017;41:S555-S556
    Levallius J; Collin C; Birgegard A
  • Conference publication: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2017;41:S281
    Birgegard A; Andersen M
  • Published conference paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2009;42(6):522-530
    Birgegard A; Bjorck C; Norring C; Sohlberg S; Clinton D
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Grants

  • Swedish Research Council
    1 December 2021 - 30 November 2025
    Schizophrenia (SCZ) and anorexia nervosa (AN) are severe psychiatric disorders with insufficient treatments and an unexpectedly high genetic correlation. To further investigate this genetic relationship and the clinical impact of shared genes, we aim to:1) Use conjunctional FDR to identify shared genomic risk loci for SCZ and AN using data from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (94 390 total cases)2) Quantify the impact of AN and SCZ-AN genomic risk on the clinical presentation and outcome of SCZ in 10 827 cases from the Swedish Schizophrenia Study (S3
    PI: Sullivan)3) Quantify the impact of SCZ and SCZ-AN genomic risk on the clinical presentation and outcome of AN in 6187 cases from the Eating Disorder Genetics Initiative (EDGI
    PI: Bulik)4) Define relationships between SCZ-AN genomic risk and other medical outcomes by conducting a PheWAS in individuals without either disorder from S3 and EDGI (N=18 532) and the UK Biobank (N=400k)  The project involves 5 years of international and local collaboration with clinical and basic researchers specializing in SCZ (PI Bergen-KI
    Prof. Sullivan-KI/UNC) or AN (Dr. Baker-UNC
    Prof. Bulik-KI/UNC
    Dr. Birgegard-KI).Successful completion of these aims will identify genetic risk loci for SCZ-AN, the ways these loci modify clinical features of SCZ and AN, and their impact on risk for other medical problems. These results can be leveraged to improve outcomes for two difficult to treat and deadly psychiatric illnesses.

Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2025
  • Senior Research Specialist, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2015

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