SIG Leadership Team

Dr. Jamal Essayli, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Health at the Penn State College of Medicine. His research focuses on enhancing psychological treatments for eating disorders, particularly exposure-based interventions. His current work includes optimizing exposure therapy to target anxiety about weight gain and enhancing access to effective mental health care.

Dr. Elizabeth Lampe is a T32-funded postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Technology and
Behavioral Health at Dartmouth College. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Drexel
University, where she developed a line of research leveraging weightloss-seeking and ED samples as a
microcosm to understand the dynamic and dimensional relationships between health behaviors and mental health.

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Dr. Brooke Bennett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the BEAM (Body image, Eating, Access, and Media) Lab at
Clemson University. She studies 1) social media’s impact on body image, weight stigma, and disordered eating; 2) improving evidence-based care using technology.

Dr. Lauren Forrest is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon. Her research addresses how eating
disorders and suicide can be effectively predicted, treated, and prevented. She is especially interested in researching eating disorders and suicide among LGBTQ+ people.​

Dr. Shruti Kinkel-Ram is a T32 NHLBI postdoctoral scholar at University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Her research seeks to understand
how interoceptive and sleep related processes increase eating disorder risk at critical developmental periods,
particularly in stigmatized and underrepresented groups.

Dr. Taylor Perry,  is a
postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Her clinical and research interests center on implementing evidence-based treatments for eating disorders and treatment
development. Currently her works focuses on  translating research into practice to improve outcomes for individuals with eating disorders.