Our Scientific Advisory Board ensures we follow an evidence-based approach
Professor, Psychology
Dr. Carolyn Becker is a Professor of Psychology at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Becker received her BA in psychology, sociology, and anthropology from Swarthmore College and later obtained her MS and PhD in clinical psychology at Rutgers University.
Dr. Becker is the lead author of Tri Delta’s award winning Reflections: Body…
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dasha Nicholls is Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Joint Head of the Feeding and Eating Disorders service (FEDS) at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Primarily a clinician working with children and young adolescents, she has authored over 50 peer review research articles, reviews and book chapters, as well as UK guidelines on the care of…
Head of Research
Dr Phillippa Diedrichs is a research psychologist specialising in body image and eating disorder prevention. She completed her PhD in health psychology at The University of Queensland (Australia), and currently works as a Senior Research Fellow at CAR.
Phillippa’s current research primarily focuses on the impact of media images on body image and…
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor Janet Treasure is Director of the Eating Disorder Unit and Professor of Psychiatry at University College London. Professor Janet Treasure has more than 25 years of experience in the treatment and study of eating disorders.
She is currently director of the Eating Disorders Service, which is at the epicentre for clinical management of eating…
Clinical Psychiatrist and Medical Director
Dr. Mark Warren is the medical director of the Cleveland Center for Eating Disorders. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, he completed his residency at Harvard Medical School. He is on Faculty at Case Medical School and teaches at University Hospitals of Cleveland and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Dr. Warren is…
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Professor Glenn Waller is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and head of the outpatient eating disorders service, Central and North West London Foundation Trust. He is also Visiting Professor of Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
He works in a CBT framework, and has published widely on the subject, including being…
Professor, Psychology
J. Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Georgia in 1982. He has been on the faculty of the University of South Florida since 1985, and was promoted to Full Professor in 1995.
He has published three books on eating disorders, body image and obesity, including “Exacting beauty: Theory, assessment…
Researcher and Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Rachel Rodgers, Ph.D. is a researcher and clinical psychologist. She trained in the UK, France and Italy, and received her Ph.D. from the University Toulouse-le Mirail (France). She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, Boston, where she completed her Fulbright Fellowship in 2010-2011.
Dr. Rodgers is the author…