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Associate Professor Katherine Musliner from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital Psychiatry receives DKK 2.8 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to study the role of genetics in the development of borderline personality disorder.
2021.11.16 |
Associate Professor Katherine Musliner receives DKK 2.8 million to study the role of genetics in the development of borderline personality disorder. Photo: AU Foto
Up to three per cent of the population suffers from borderline personality disorder. Those affected by this complex and debilitating psychiatric disorder normally have at least one other psychiatric disorder such as anxiety, depression, or ADHD.
Together with researchers from the Swedish Karolinska Institute, Katherine Musliner, who is an associate professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine, will use data from both Danish and Swedish registers to study the significance of genes for this disorder.
One of Katherine Musliner’s goals is to identify the genetic factors that increase risk for borderline personality disorder. She will also examine the genetic correlations between borderline personality disorder and other psychiatric disorders.
The Independent Research Fund Denmark has given the research project a grant of DKK 2.88 million under the Inge Lehmann programme, which has the purpose of promoting the careers of younger female researchers in Danish research environments.
Associate Professor Katherine Musliner
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and
Aarhus University Hospital – Psychiatry, Department of Affective Disorders
Email: klm@clin.au.dk
This coverage is based on press material from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.