2011
Doris Berman,
Wellesley College
Research Projects: Literature review of mortality in anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Also, working in the Neuroendocrine Unit at MGH on a study of physiologic testosterone in anorexia nervosa (low-dose testosterone to bring hormone to normal levels).
Bernice Raveche,
Harvard School of Public Health
Research Project: Exploring the association between weight-based discrimination and disordered eating outcomes among ethnically diverse youth.
Esmeralda Romero-Lorenzo,
MIT
Research Projects: Learning about and summarizing psychosocial development in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorders not otherwise specified. Also, working with the MGH Neuroendocrine Unit on a study of appetite regulating and stress hormones in the genetics of anorexia nervosa.
Rebecca Shingleton,
Boston University
Research Project: Working on a data-set that involves investigating real-time data (collected using ecological momentary assessment) in patients with self-injurious behavior, including binge/purge thoughts and behaviors.
2010
Dan Donoho,
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Research Project: In conjunction with the MGH Neuroendocrine Unit, working on a study of the neurobiology of appetite regulation in anorexia nervosa
Kara Gaughen,
Boston University
Research Project: Reviewing the literature on eating disorders in male athletes, with a focus on manifestation of symptoms and issues surrounding identification and diagnosis at the collegiate level
Lauren Richards,
Boston University
Research Project: Developing a new tool for the assessment of binge eating
Jennifer Slane,
Michigan State University
Research Project: Working on her dissertation, which examines genetic and environmental influences on associations between bulimia nervosa and alcohol use disorders
2009
Margo Genderson,
Boston University
Research Project: Reviewing the literature on eating disorders and their associated psychiatric conditions, focusing on shared genetic and environmental influences
Lauren Kronenfeld,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Project: Studying measures of body image assessment across racial and ethnic groups through a literature review
Jason Lavender,
University at Albany, SUNY
Research Project: Examining how patterns of binge eating and purging progress over time in women with anorexia and bulimia
Zack Lipsman,
Harvard University Extension School
Research Project: In conjunction with the MGH Neuroendocrine Unit, exploring whether the changes in stress and appetite regulating hormones exhibited in anorexia nervosa are associated with specific genes
2008
Michele Crisafulli,
Boston University
Research Project: Examining the effects that different messages have on the public's perceptions of individuals with anorexia nervosa
Kyle De Young,
University at Albany, State University of New York
Research Project: Investigating at what level behavioral symptoms may be present during periods of remission but not be predictive of future relapse
Jacob McGrane,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Project: Working with the MGH Neuroendocrine Department on studies involving therapeutic strategies for reducing bone loss in anorexia nervosa
2007
Stacey DiPalma,
Brown University School of Medicine
Research Project: Determining the current place of eating disorders in the formal education of medical students
Kamryn Eddy,
Ph.D. in clinical psychology, Boston University, 2007
Research Project: Nosology, or diagnostic classification of eating disorders
Loren Gianini,
University of New Mexico
Research Project: Individual, familial and social factors that lead an indvidual to internalize the thin ideal
Sarah Merhar,
Mount Holyoke College
Research Project: Internship at Neuroendocrinology Clinical Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital
Jolie Weingeroff,
Boston University
Research Project: Strategies that indiviudals with eating disorders use to manage distress
2006
Lareina La Flair,
Medical Education Department, Harvard Medical School
Research Project: Relationship between sexual assault and eating disorders in Asian women
Naomi Ray-Schoenfeld,
Wesleyan University
Research Project: Internship at Neuroendocrinology Clinical Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dana Satir,
Boston University
Research Project: Clinicians' reactions to working with adolescents with eating disorders
2005
Maria Cristina Cruza-Guet,
Lehigh University
Research Project: An examination of the National Eating Disorders Screening Program
Natalie Freed,
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Research Projects: Neuroendocrine modulation of metabolic effects in overweight adolescents; Effects of anorexia nervosa on peak bone mass; Growth hormone suppression in healthy children following administration of an oral glucose load
Monica Hsiung Wojcik,
Princeton University
Research Project: Abnormalities of the growth hormone and IGF-I Axis in anorexia nervosa
Maria-Christina Stewart,
University of Hawaii
Research Project: Public perceptions of women with anorexia nervosa
2004
Maria Frisch,
University of Minnesota
Research Projects: Descriptive study of residential eating disorder treatment programs and study on arts-based therapies and eating disorders
Cori Kraus,
Brandeis University
Research Project: Alcohol and drug use disorders in women with eating disorders
Rama Mulukutla,
Meharry Medical College
Research Project: Androgen deficiency and osteopenia in anorexia nervosa
2003
Alison Hwong,
Brown University
Research Project: Effects of testosterone and actonel on bone density and anorexia nervosa
2002
Emily Delf,
Boston University
Research Project: Cognitive function in women with anorexia nervosa
Carli Jacobs,
Georgia State University
Research Project: A prospective study of personality and disordered eating in an ethnically diverse sample of college women
2001
Lisa Rubin,
Arizona State University
Research Project-Against the grain: Exploring African American and Latina womens strategies for resisting and accomodating mainstream beauty ideals
Dara Greenwood ,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Project: The role of attachment style in the media-eating disorders equation
2000
Eileen P. Anderson, Ed.M.,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Research Project: Culture, body image, and eating disorders in Belize
Valerie E. Charat,
Harvard University
Research Project: The role of compulsive exercise and restrictive eating in women with eating disorders
Mary Beth Gordon,
Harvard Medical School
Research Project: The effects of testosterone on functional brain abnormalities in women with anorexia nervosa
Abby Slate,
Mount Holyoke College
Research Project: Eating and dieting behaviors among college women
1999
Gina Escamilla,
Harvard School of Public Health
Research Project: Ethnicity and adolescent girls' response to print media: Implications for self and body Image
Abigail Judge,
Brandeis University
Research Project: Treatment for anorexia nervosa in an era of managed care
1998
S. Bryn Austin, D.Sc.,
Harvard School of Public Health
Research Project: A prospective study of smoking and dieting in early adolescents
Susan Rushing,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Project: Biological substrates that contribute to childhood anorexia nervosa Onset
1997
Cara James,
Harvard University
Research Project: Body image and disordered eating among African-American women
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feedback from some of our Matina Horner fellows about their summers at the Harris Center.
This page was last updated on August 6, 2011.
