Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD
@fitzsimmonscraf
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Assoc Prof of Psych & Brain Sciences and Psychiatry @WUSTL | licensed psychologist & researcher | #eatingdisorders #digitalmentalhealth | @UNC @NotreDame alum
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📣Excited to share I will be reviewing applications this fall for for the
@WUSTL
clinical psych PhD program! Students passionate about
#eatingdisorders
research, mHealth, & expanding access to care are strongly encouraged to apply!!
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Excited to share that this fall I'll be starting as an Assoc Prof of Psychological & Brain Sciences
@WUSTL
! I'm thrilled to continue my research in increasing access to care for
#eatingdisorders
while also engaging in more teaching & mentoring, inc of clinical psych PhD students!
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Pretty thrilled about this one! Just received NOA, along w/ Denise Wilfley
@WUSTLmed
, from
@womenshealth
@HHSGov
! We'll be expanding access to care for girls w/
#eatingdisorders
in MO thru digital programs & statewide partners like
@MOEDCouncil
. More here!
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We are hiring for coordinator to work
@UMich
on our large NIMH study testing a mobile app for college students with depression, anxiety, and/or eating disorders. This person would also work on
@healthymindsnet
. Job is fully remote. Please spread the word!!
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📣New commentary in
@IntJEatDisord
! Digital mental health interventions should NOT be conceived as a 1:1 replacement for psychotherapy. We should be thinking flexibly about who these interventions are for and how they should be evaluated and used.
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Thrilled to see these results in
@JAMANetworkOpen
(& as featured article of the week)! In 690 women with
#eatingdisorders
from 27 US colleges, we found that our coached, digital CBT program was superior to referral to usual care in reducing ED psychopathology through 2 years
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Perhaps you've seen me or my team's work on an
#eatingdisorders
#chatbot
in the media in the past 2 weeks. First, I hope you'll take a moment to read this
@WSJ
@juliejargon
exclusive, which provides the most up-to-date information on what happened: 1/n
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Excited for my promotion to Associate Prof
@WUSTLmed
& grateful for all the amazing mentors, colleagues, & trainees-many of whom I now call friends-who have gotten me where I am today & keep the work fun. Here's to lots more to come in
#eatingdisorders
#digitalmentalhealth
etc.!
We are so delighted to share that our very own Dr. Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft has been promoted to Associate Professor on the Clinician Track
@WUSTLmed
!
@fitzsimmonscraf
’s career has made incredible impacts on the eating disorders & digital mental health research fields. Congrats!🎊
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Thanks to
@60Minutes
for the opportunity to be included in this important piece. 80% of people with eating disorders will never get any kind of help. Technology offers an important solution to this problem, and it also has to be deployed with tight guardrails.
“That was never the content that our team wrote or programmed into the bot,” says Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, a psychologist who helped develop Tessa, a chatbot designed to help prevent eating disorders. Tessa was shut down after it gave dieting advice.
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Thrilled to be co-editing a special issue on
#eatingdisorders
screening in
@IntJEatDisord
with Dr. Tracey Wade. We need more widespread screening for EDs and improved uptake of services following screening. Please widely circulate this call for papers!
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Was bummed to see marketing for local
@girlscouts
post-Tday run as way to "work off Thanksgiving dinner." But, I emailed & we'll work together on better msging for future years. Good reminder we as academics can & should use our expertise to positively influence our communities!
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📣I'm hiring a full-time RA to join my lab as I transition to Psych & Brain Sciences
@WUSTL
! This person will work on grant-funded research that is exploring ways to harness innovative technologies to expand access to
#eatingdisorders
tx. Apply here:
1/n
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In 1 wk, I'll be presenting our work developing a coached app for post-acute tx of
#anorexianervosa
at
#ICED2023
! And super proud this work was ranked in the top 10 by the scientific review committee! Grateful for the best collaborators, inc
@AggieLaboe
@mollyfennig
, & lots more!
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COVID finally came for me, and with the worst timing! So bummed to miss
#EDRS2022
! Ugh. Still looking forward to presenting on optimizing a chatbot to increase services use after
#eatingdisorder
screening, albeit virtually, on Fri. Please tweet lots! I want all the updates!
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Thank you so much for your investment in improving detection and prevention of
#eatingdisorders
@HHS_ASH
@womenshealth
@HHSGov
! We at
@WUSTLmed
are thrilled to take on this work in Missouri, where resources are so desperately needed.
I am excited to announce that HHS
@womenshealth
awarded Washington University in St. Louis and George Mason University nearly $1 million in grants to improve early detection and prevention of
#eatingdisorders
in adolescent girls.
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Thrilled to launch recruitment for Helping HAND! This is a
@NIMHgov
study to develop & test an app for those w/
#anorexianervosa
after acute tx. We are partnering w/
#eatingdisorder
tx centers to recruit - if your center is interested, reach out! More info
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Amazing way to celebrate
#NEDAwareness
Week! We published a paper on the effectiveness of a chatbot for preventing
#eatingdisorders
just last month in
@IntJEatDisord
, and now in partnership w/
@NEDAstaff
&
@X2_AI
, the chatbot is available! Check out more in my blog post for NEDA!
On the NEDA Blog, Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD details the process of developing the Tessa™ chatbot, made possible by funding from NEDA’s Feeding Hope Fund.
#NEDAwareness
#SeeTheChange
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Very honored to have been named as a Fellow in the Academy for Eating Disorders
@aedweb
& to being included with such a distinguished group! Looking forward to continuing our work to increase access to quality tx for these devastating problems, inc. through
#digitalmentalhealth
!
The Academy for Eating Disorders is proud to announce its 2021 Class of Fellows:
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My dear dear mentor, Dr. C. Barr Taylor, passed away yesterday. But of course he was so much more than that--a friend, colleague, a confidant. And not only was Barr brilliant, perhaps more importantly--he was endlessly kind and he lifted up all those around him 1/n
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Could not be more thrilled to see this one published, FINALLY-a process that was exemplary of the problem.. Led by
@HaynosAF
@AmyHEgbert
, w/
@CheriLev
@JSchleiderPhD
, we debunk
#eatingdisorders
myths & end w/ a call to action: we MUST take ACTIVE STEPS to decrease siloing of EDs
Happy to see this published! Led by
@HaynosAF
&
@AmyHEgbert
, we overview the public health harms of labeling eating disorders as a ‘niche’ topic.
If you "don't study EDs," but you study other psych concerns, we urge you to consider that you probably do.
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Thrilled to be involved as a founding member of the
@APA
Mental Health Technology Advisory Committee, to advise on the use of tech to provide services and optimize practice AND engage in regulatory/reimbursement advocacy (this piece is especially important to increase access!!)
So honored to be chairing this committee--> Mental Health Technology Advisory Committee (MHTAC) via
@APA
#PsychologyWeek
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New pub from my team just out in
@IntJEatDisord
! We developed a
#chatbot
to promote services use in individuals with
#eatingdisorders
following screening on the
@NEDAstaff
site. Px found it humanlike, supportive, & encouraging, suggesting high potential!!
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Been a little quiet the past few months as I've been on leave w/ baby girl
#3
! Welcomed back today w/ a nice surprise from
@NIMHgov
highlighting our work to develop a
#chatbot
to encourage those w/
#eatingdisorders
to seek care. Check it out & stay tuned for results of our trial!
Less than 20% of people with eating disorders receive treatment. In a new NIMH-funded study,
@fitzsimmonscraf
of
@WUSTLmed
, and colleagues developed a chatbot to encourage people with eating disorders to connect with care.
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Had fun talking live on
@cheddar
today about our recent study on a
#chatbot
for
#eatingdisorders
prevention! I wasn't sure of Cheddar's reach & then my husband's boss
@antidoteSTL
sent him this photo, randomly catching me on TV. So that's kinda cool. Thx for opportunity
@cheddar
!
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Our
@IntJEatDisord
special issue on screening for
#eatingdisorders
has officially been published! We have 9 terrific articles on this important topic, including 2 first authored by trainees from my team--
@grammer_anne
and Jillian Shah. Check it out here!
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@MichaelFulwiler
Hi--I'm one of the researchers behind the chatbot and was very disheartened by the one-sided nature of this piece, despite spending much time w/ the reporter last week. The chatbot was never intended as a 1:1 replacement for the helpline. They are 2 different services.
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NIMH gets $2B+ each yr to conduct research on mental illness. Until 20 yrs ago, funds were split 50/50 b/t basic & clinical research. Now, <10% goes to clinical research! Pls contact your reps & senators. We MUST do better to help those suffering now
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Our paper on user-centered design of CBTgsh app for post-acute tx of
#anorexianervosa
is out in Eat Behav! Led by
@AggieLaboe
& w/
@mollyfennig
& many others, we found high feasibility & acceptability. Very excited about potential to bridge treatment gap!
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Terrific press conference during
#ICED2020
by
@aedweb
@HarvardSTRIPED
@d_access
. The cost of
#eatingdisorders
to economy and society are staggering- yearly economic cost is $65B, with additional loss of well-being per year equating to $327B. Report here:
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Fun talking about our
#chatbot
for
#eatingdisorders
at
#ICED2022
in the top paper session! (Also living my best
#academicmama
life doing this..in my mini van, on a family road trip, kids & husb kicked out at a gas station.. rain thwarted plan for diff bkgrd!!). Thx for great Qs!
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Excited to start off 2022 w/ this new
@IntJEatDisord
pub! We found that a
#chatbot
reduced women's shape/weight concerns through 6-month follow-up & that it may reduce
#eatingdisorder
onset
@NEDAstaff
@X2_AI
@Arielle_C_Smith
@DrLaurenAFowler
@NC_Jacobson
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Grad students in mental health! We are looking for coaches for a mobile app (hosted by
@SilverCloudH
) for college students w/ depression, anxiety, and/or eating disorders. GREAT opportunity for experience in
#digitalmentalhealth
. Email erojas
@paloalto
.edu if interested! Pls RT!
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My amazing post-bacc coordinator
@cephowe
did a terrific job at the
#ICED2024
poster session tonight discussing our NIMH R34 evaluating a coached digital program for post-acute treatment of
#anorexianervosa
and the high acceptability & feasibility of our remote weighing protocol
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Takeaways from
@thomasinselmd
on challenges of commercializing
#mhealth
: 1) from get go, you have to ask, who is going to pay; 2) in US, healthcare is business like any other—unless you save time or $, no adoption; 3) payers need fire extinguisher, not smoke alarm
#isrii11
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It's been such a pleasure to work with
@NEDAstaff
on this online
#eatingdisorders
screening tool, which is now being completed by over 200K (!!) respondents per year. Taking an online screen & getting feedback there may be a problem may be a critical first step in getting care!
Worried that you or someone you care about is struggling with an eating disorder? Take NEDA’s Online Screening Tool. ⤵️
⠀
⠀
Note: This screening tool is not diagnostic, but evaluates thoughts & behaviors that may be associated with
#eatingdisorders
.
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📣Seeking coaches for
@womenshealth
funded project! Looking for folks who can make a 1-yr commitment (5 hrs/wk) to supporting teens through digital CBT
#eatingdisorders
program. Gain hours, experience, and $1500 stipend. Email Stanley.m
@wustl
.edu with interest. Pls RT!
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Excited to share
@aedweb
paper just out! Along with
@ShiriSharvit
,
@elad1
, & Barr Taylor, we found
#eatingdisorder
status can be predicted by Internet search history info-e.g., use of ED keywords, activity time-potential to identify individuals in need!
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📣I'm hiring! Recruiting FT program coordinator
@WUSTLmed
to implement Body U w/ teens across MO. Involves providing schools w/ access to digital
#eatingdisorder
screening, prevention, & intervention tools & liaising w/ schools to implement. Apply here 1/n
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Excellent plenary at
#iced2024
on enduring anorexia nervosa. A very important discussion AND I hope we continue to work to increase screening & access to high quality, accessible, evidence-based prevention & tx for all. Too many are missed & don’t receive early, appropriate help
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Congratulations
@IntJEatDisord
and
@RuthSWeissman
on such an impressive impact factor!! You are truly leading the way in increasing awareness of
#eatingdisorders
and moving the field forward!
Recently released: IJED’s impact factor has risen to 4.861 and is now ranked 9/77 for Psychology journals! We are committed to raising continued awareness about eating disorders by publishing the most rigorous and comprehensive research from around the world.
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Important data from
@erinaccurso
demonstrating that
#eatingdisorders
in publicly insured youth are drastically under identified. National prevalence of EDs in youth is ~5%, while only 0.2% of youth on public insurance were identified with an ED.
First day back at work after parental leave, and such a nice surprise to find out that my article on
#eatingdisorders
in youth with
#Medicaid
is in press, after 8 years of persistence to get + analyze these data. Grateful for my mentors and collaborators!
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Excited to present on moving into the next frontier of digital interventions for
#eatingdisorders
at
#EDRS2021
this morning with
@ShiriSharvit
@andreakgraham
@erinaccurso
and Stephanie Goldstein. Join us at 11:15 am ET!
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Loved seeing all these fantastic trainees present on our team's work on harnessing technology to increase access to treatment for
#eatingdisorders
at today's
@WUSTLpubhealth
annual conference!
#mentalhealthispublichealth
@WUSTLmed
@WashU_CHWW
@AggieLaboe
@grammer_anne
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There is very limited access to care for Americans with
#eatingdisorders
on public insurance-see this great article on the topic.
@erinaccurso
and I tackling this issue in our new
@NEDAstaff
grant, which will develop a mobile intervention specifically for this grp-stay tuned!
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Protocol paper for our RCT of a coached CBT app for the post-acute treatment of
#anorexianervosa
out in
@IntJEatDisord
! We just launched & the response we have already received is amazing! Grateful to all my collaborators inc
@AggieLaboe
@SilverCloudH
!
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Thrilled to embark on this work to increase access to care & improve outcomes for
#eatingdisorders
for adolescent girls in MO! Thx for your support
@womenshealth
@HHS_ASH
& for highlighting
@WUSTLnews
@WUSTLmed
! Lots of work to do to improve outcomes for these deadly illnesses.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Washington University in St. Louis researchers Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft and Denise Wilfley a $1.5 million grant to help improve outcomes for eating disorders in adolescent girls.
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My commentary on
@JSchleiderPhD
's paper on single-session int for
#eatingdisorders
out in
@IntJEatDisord
! To decrease public health burden of EDs & realize potential we must: optimize for effectiveness, massively scale, & address structural dissem barriers
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@Emily_Baum
@nytimes
Lack of access to children’s mental health care. <20% of those with psychiatric problems get treatment. This is worse for those from minority groups.
@LastWeekTonight
recently covered overall issue and would be great to see piece covering how much worse this is in kids
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This HS is just down the street from my house & just a few mins from my first grader's school, where they went on lockdown today. Pls pls VOTE-this school had all the "protections" in place-metal detectors, security guards, etc. and it didn't matter. We need gun reform, period.
UPDATE: At least 3 people killed, including suspect after shooting inside south St. Louis high school
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A beautiful
@StanfordMed
write-up celebrating the life of my dear mentor Barr Taylor. This captures his essence perfectly--can-do attitude, hierarchy loathing, passionate, curious, a little zany. I can still hear him saying "right-o!" to move us all along!
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Take a moment to read my and Barr Taylor’s perspective on
@statnews
on why we created a chatbot to help people at risk for eating disorders in the first place. The grim reality is there will never be enough trained therapists to meet the demand.
The grim reality is there will never be enough trained therapists to meet the demand for eating disorder treatment.
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We are recruiting
#colleges
for
@NIMHgov
study testing
#mobilementalhealth
interventions (through
@SilverCloudH
) for
#prevention
and
#treatment
of depression, anxiety, & eating disorders. Very relevant in
#COVID19
! DM if interested-we have limited spots!
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Excited to be participating in a symposium on digital interventions for eating disorders right now with Katrin Giel and Alexandra Dingemans!
#EDRS2020
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Can’t wait for
#EDRS2022
- my first in-person conference in 3 years!!! 🎉🎉 The last one I was at was at was
#EDRS2019
in Chicago - feels more like 3 lifetimes ago 🤪
🎉We are only a week out from the Eating Disorder Research Society meeting in Philadelphia, PA! 🎉 What research are people presenting and looking forward to hearing about?
#EDRS2022
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I couldn’t love this more! The dance party is always a blast and this year didn’t disappoint. Highlights were a party crashing Dutch pilot and hanging with all these fantastic people doing amazing work. An incredible
#ICED2023
! Can’t wait to share this pic at
#ICED2053
🤯😱😵💫
That time when Arlo crashed the end-of-conference party at ICED
#ICED2023
@DrNatashaBurke
@DrJasonLavender
@fitzsimmonscraf
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Thanks for a great presentation this morning
@drjessigold
on the benefits of using
#socialmedia
for promoting our work. Maybe this is the nudge I need to get more active on here again!
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Incredible opportunity for early career folks to help ensure research progress during critical life events. So grateful to have just received one of these from
@NIMHgov
to help support my K work while I've been out on maternity leave the past few months! Apply if you qualify!
ICYMI:
@NIH
provides up to $50K to NIH-funded postdocs and first-time R01 awardees experiencing “critical life events”, such as giving birth or caregiving, to help keep the lab running in their absence.
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Excited about this new paper from our team in
@IntJEatDisord
! We found low rates of treatment seeking & uptake after taking the
@NEDAstaff
online screen, esp among underserved groups, suggesting need to optimize fdbk & address tx barriers.
@grammer_anne
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🚨New pub in
@IntJEatDisord
w/
@andreakgraham
on how to accelerate research-to-practice translation of
#eatingdisorder
digital interventions! Includes partnerships across sectors, & w/in academia, we must advocate for incentivizing dissemination efforts.
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📣Recruiting postdocs for
@WUSTLmed
T32! I am mentor & there would be opportunities to work on my
#eatingdisorders
#mHealth
#screening
#implementation
research, in collaboration w/ industry, non-profit, & gov. partners. Pls reach out w/ interest & pls RT!
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Excellent discussant comments from Dr. Bryn Austin
@HarvardSTRIPED
in the
#iced2024
wildcard plenary. We desperately need new strategies for addressing the research-practice and treatment gaps in
#eatingdisorders
with a focus on sustainability, impact, and inclusion
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Excited to have just registered to attend my first in-person conference in 2 years!! Looking forward to
#EDRS2021
in September in Boston and to presenting on digital technologies with
@andreakgraham
@ShiriSharvit
@erinaccurso
& Steph Goldstein! Who else is planning to be there?
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I'm so excited to attend
#ICED2024
in NYC in just a few short days! Ahead of that I wanted to highlight a few presentations from our team showcasing innovative work in digital technology and
#eatingdisorders
that you may be interested to attend!
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Give this rising star
@AggieLaboe
a follow on this
#TraineeTuesday
! It’s hard to believe all the great work Aggie accomplished in just the past two years working with us at
@WashU_CHWW
@WUSTLmed
and I’m so excited to see all she does at
@EmbarkLab
@UWMadison
!! 🌟🌟
It's
#TraineeTuesday
! Today we are highlighting
@AggieLaboe
, an incoming clinical psych PhD student at
@UWMadison
@EmbarkLab
. Aggie is interested in developing, improving, & disseminating digital interventions for EDs, & understanding the onset & maintenance of driven exercise.
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A fantastic talk by the incredible
@sookningchua
from
@relatemalaysia
on the role of culture in
#eatingdisorders
. As she says it’s complicated… So impressed by the work Dr. Chua is doing to bring screening prevention, and treatment of EDs to Malaysia
#ICED2024
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Grateful for the opportunity to share our work on addressing the large treatment gap for
#eatingdisorders
through
@NEDAstaff
screening & a chatbot to increase services use at
#EDRS2022
! So wish I could have been there in person and can't wait to see everyone at the next one!
80% of people w
#eatingdisorders
do not seek treatment
@fitzsimmonscraf
working to solve that problem. Bravo! This work is amazing!
#EDRS2022
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Recruiting postdocs for
@WUSTLmed
T32! I am a mentor & there would be opportunities to work on my
#eatingdisorders
#mHealth
#screening
#implementation
research, in collaboration w/ industry, non-profit, & gov. partners. Pls reach out w/ interest & pls RT!
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Was so honored to present the 2024 Leadership Award in Mentorship to Barr Taylor posthumously, along with Denise Wilfley, at
#ICED2024
.
We also established award to honor Barr thru
@BehavioralMed
, which will support student research for the next 20 yrs!
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Thrilled to see
@NIMHDirector
highlighting our work harnessing technology to address the wide treatment gap for
#eatingdisorders
, in honor of
#NEDAwareness
ِ Week!
Millions of Americans suffer from eating disorders. In recognition of
#NEDAwareness
Week, I’ve provided an update on
@NIMHgov
research aimed towards reducing this burden of these fatal illnesses and bringing hope to people suffering from EDs.
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This is so important - please consider creating a
#digital
#mentalhealth
task force
@JoeBiden
and
@KamalaHarris
. So pleased to be involved in this position paper on this critical issue. This work is more important than ever in light of
#COVID19
!
Dear
@JoeBiden
@KamalaHarris
. Please consider creating a
#digital
#mentalhealth
task force. Our position paper: “Digital Technology Can Help Transform Mental Health in the U.S.”
Led by trailblazers C. Barr Taylor and Josef Ruzek, with support from experts /1
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Had a great time presenting on our work using
#digitalmentalhealth
to reduce the prevalence of
#eatingdisorders
today. Thanks for having me!
@uofleatlab
@PredictRecovery
@CheriLev
@CRalphNearman
Today,
@uofleatlab
's Predicting Recovery team had the pleasure of having Dr. Fitzsimmons-Craft (
@fitzsimmonscraf
) present to us on using digital technologies to reduce the prevalence of eating disorders! Here's some highlights from the presentation.
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Fun morning-complete w/ team trivia, fave songs,& fun videos put on by our fearless leader Barr Taylor-celebrating a great team & end of recruitment for iAIM EDU (protocol linked)! 6,200+ college students w/ anxiety, depression, & eating disorders enrolled!
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So appreciative of
@RuthSWeissman
&
@IntJEatDisord
for making our pub on the effectiveness of a
#chatbot
for
#eatingdisorders
prevention free-to-read for the next 6 wks! Awesome to see the high interest in this work--clearly a need for accessible ED prevention!
@NEDAstaff
@X2_AI
Due to high interest, this
@IntJEatDisord
article by
@fitzsimmonscraf
et al. will be free-to- read for the next 6 weeks.
@NEDAstaff
@aed_iced
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Excited to be co-guest editing this special issue on
#eatingdisorders
screening for
@IntJEatDisord
! Please spread the word and submit your relevant papers! LOIs for reviews/meta-analyses due June 1! (LOIs not needed for other submission types)
IJED is looking for papers for an upcoming special issue edited by Drs. Tracey Wade &
@fitzsimmonscraf
on improving screening for
#eatingdisorders
across settings and what this could mean for prognosis.
Letter of intent (for reviews/meta analyses) due June 1!
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Support increased research on youth mental health--click on link and tell your congressperson to cosponsor this bipartisan bill to increase the
@NIMHgov
budget by $500M. Takes <1 min, I did it just now! Thanks!!!!
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Amazing to see
@ShiriSharvit
’s groundbreaking work on
#eatingdisorder
#screening
get this recognition at
#ICED2023
! Can’t wait to see all my friends and colleagues in less than 2 weeks! 🎉🙌🏻
🎉 Also proud to announce that our paper with
@fitzsimmonscraf
, May Koubi, Marie-Laure Firebaugh, Anat Brunstein-Klomek, Reem Baum & Barr Taylor has been ranked among the top 10 highest ranked papers by the scientific review committee of
#ICED2023
. Thank you!!! See you in DC 🤍
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Grad students in mental health! We are still looking for coaches for a mobile app (hosted by
@SilverCloudH
) for college students w/ depression, anxiety, and/or eating disorders. GREAT opportunity for
#digitalmentalhealth
experience. Email erojas
@paloaltou
.edu if interested!
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AI tools like ChatGPT & Stable Diffusion are generating harmful & disturbing fake images & advice that can fuel
#eatingdisorders
. Thx for including me
@geoffreyfowler
. We've shown potential for chatbots to help but we need tight guardrails & are not ready for use of generative AI
Disturbing fake images and dangerous chatbot advice: New research shows how ChatGPT, Bard, Stable Diffusion and more could fuel one of the most deadly mental illnesses.
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I am so grateful to
@RuthSWeissman
for the opportunity to put together a virtual issue of
@IntJEatDisord
honoring the legacy of Dr. C. Barr Taylor in the
#eatingdisorders
field. This is available open access for the next 3 months here: 1/n
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Recruiting postdocs for
@WUSTLmed
T32! I am a mentor & there would be opportunities to work on my
#eatingdisorders
#mHealth
#screening
#implementation
research, in collaboration w/ industry, non-profit, & gov. partners. Pls reach out w/ interest & pls RT!
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Proud of my trainees
@AggieLaboe
@Laura_DAdamo
@grammer_anne
@Arielle_C_Smith
for presenting such amazing work on harnessing technology to improve treatment for
#eatingdisorders
@SocietyDMH
! Check out this thread for more info on our work and to see their ✨beautiful✨posters!
Our team presented some cutting-edge research on
#digitalhealth
and
#eatingdisorders
at
@SocietyDMH
last month!
All of our posters and abstracts can be found here:
Here is an overview of what we presented 👇
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We will NEVER have enough trained providers to meet the demand for EDs treatment, making prevention all the more critical. We have a tool that we showed can help, & we need a large range of options available to people, but we have to be very careful w/ implementation 11/n
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Mental health providers (including students!): interested in providing feedback on a new training and treatment platform for
#eatingdisorders
? To see if you're eligible, take our 5-minute screen here: … Please RT!
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@erinaccurso
and I are thrilled to have this chance to adapt and pilot a digital intervention for
#eatingdisorders
for those without insurance or on public insurance. Please share widely with your networks!
New study
@UCSF
and
@WashingtonUniv
funded by
@NEDAstaff
on digital interventions to help people with weight, shape, or eating concerns. If you have public insurance (or none) and would like to trial this online coached
#eatingdisorders
program, visit .
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Mental health providers (inc students!): interested in testing a new training & treatment platform for
#eatingdisorders
? We will train you in CBT guided self-help & give you the tools to use with your pts. To see if you're eligible, take our screen: Pls RT!
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Virtual
#ICED2020
starts off with Janet Treasure’s keynote! Missing seeing colleagues in person and of course the dance party!!
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So excited for and proud of
@Arielle_C_Smith
for being awarded an NSF GRFP!! She’s one to watch!! Can’t wait to see all you’ll do Arielle!! 🤩🥳
Being awarded the NSF GRFP is the cherry on top!! I’m incredibly grateful to my labmates and letter writers who made this possible. I’m so relieved to be out on the other side of these stressful months and can’t wait to pay it forward by supporting others soon!
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Excited about this new pub in
@IntJEatDisord
w/ Sook Chua
@NTUsg
@sbrynaustin
& colleagues demonstrating high prevalence of
#eatingdisorders
in Malaysia. EDs are not limited to Western countries & there is a clear need to increase access to care globally. Excited for next steps!
New and hugely significant work (by
@NTUsg
,
@fitzsimmonscraf
,
@sbrynaustin
and team) which highlighted that over 50% of Malaysians had symptoms of eating disorders. Huge numbers.
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So excited to see
@HouseFloor
approved
@NEDAstaff
's request for
@NIH
to increase federal funding for
#eatingdisorders
research in FY21!
@NIH
currently only spends 0.1% of budget on this! ’-committee-appropriations-approves-increased-funding-eating-disorders
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Glad to be included in this great
@Slate
piece on why gyms should reconsider having scales - so much better to focus on what your body can do and the mental health benefits of exercise vs a number on the scale for so many reasons! Thanks for highlighting this topic
@WUSTLmed
!
“I’m not sure that the scale needs to be at the gym. Who’s that really benefiting?” —
#WashUMed
psychiatry expert
@fitzsimmonscraf
, PhD, who researches weight management and eating disorders
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Check out our team's new Perceived Benefits of Thinness measure - led by
@RachaelFlatt
and Anna Karam, along with a great group of colleagues including
@kbalantekin
@andreakgraham
@nehajgoel28
@DrLaurenAFowler
@ShiriSharvit
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TY so much for the shoutout
@NIMHDirector
! We are so excited about the potential for our
#chatbot
to increase access to services for
#eatingdisorders
, esp by way of our partnership w/
@NEDAstaff
, where we screen 200K per year for EDs! Huge potential to address a major care gap.
In a new
@NIMHgov
-funded study,
@fitzsimmonscraf
of
@WUSTLmed
, and colleagues developed a chatbot that could potentially be used as a highly scalable tool to encourage and assist people with eating disorders to engage with mental health services.
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So thrilled for
@Laura_DAdamo
to officially receive the NOA for her F31!! An absolute rising star in the eating disorders field!! Can't wait to see all you accomplish Laura!!
I can’t believe I’m typing this but… my NIMH F31/NRSA is officially funded!!!!
This application was truly a labor of love and I’m SO ecstatic and grateful to get to do this work over the next few years!!
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Glad to have had the opportunity to talk with the amazing
@drjessigold
for
@forbes
about
@cbulik
et al.'s new study on the impact of
#COVID19
on those with
#eatingdisorders
! Overall, the pandemic is increasing symptoms but there are also some positives we shouldn't ignore.
There is a new study out that looks at eating disorders worsening over
#COVID19
& the reasoning behind it. It also talks about some positives (what?) of the pandemic.
I talked to some kick ass experts including
@ShebaniMD
and
@fitzsimmonscraf
about it.
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Loved seeing my
@WUSTL
honors student Maya Rabinowitz present in the Honors Poster Session today! Maya did a great job working w/ us to implement the Body U Teens program for
#eatingdisorder
screening, prevention, & tx in MO schools & examining assoc between loneliness & ED sx.
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📣Evaluating intervention options for women with
#anorexianervosa
after acute care (and you can keep engaging in any other care you have access to)! If you enroll, you may be paid up to $130. Click this link to learn more & take our screen: Pls RT & share!
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Based on decades of research, we developed & evaluated a RULE-BASED chatbot for EDs prevention that delivered a cognitive-behavioral, evidence-based EDs prevention program. It was carefully written by experts over a year+ and we showed it worked 7/n
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📣Seeking individuals interested in testing a prototype digital intervention for disordered eating & body image ASAP! Earn $20 for 2 weeks of testing. If interested, pls visit our survey, or send email to Carli at howec
@wustl
.edu. Please RT! Thank you!
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A reminder about our special issue on
#screening
for
#eatingdisorders
in
@IntJEatDisord
! So glad to have the opportunity to be shedding light on such an important topic. Papers due 3/1/22!
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Congratulations
@MichelleCardel
@faithhh_anne
@DrKathrynRoss
@DrPamKeel
@kbalantekin
and team on a very thoughtful and important new commentary on how we can treat obesity AND actively address weight stigma and
#eatingdisorder
risk at the same time
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