MY RESEARCH

My research interests broadly relate to causes, maintenance factors, and shared vulnerabilities underlying eating disorders and suicidality. My specific research program also emphasizes the following:

1) Examining how disconnection from one’s bodily sensations (i.e., interoceptive dysfunction) relates to increased propensity for harmful behaviors such as disordered eating and suicide gestures.

2) Exploring how experiences of stigma confer increased health risks related to disordered eating and suicide.