Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab

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About 

The Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) Laboratory has a six-pronged mission, all of which center on improving the lives of those with eating disorders. Our mission is to (a) conduct cutting-edge research to develop novel treatments for eating disorders, (b) provide high-quality, evidence-based treatment for eating disorders (c) train the next generation of eating disorder researchers and clinicians, (d) distribute scientifically-based prevention programs across the community, (e) advocate for more awareness, better treatment and services for eating disorders and (f) work toward a  future that alleviates barriers to accessing high-quality treatment, prevention and research for underserved populations.​

Key Research Areas

  • Developing novel treatments for eating disorders
  • Personalizing treatment for eating disorders
  • Understanding eating disorder & anxiety disorder comorbidity
  • Applying exposure therapy to eating disorder treatment
  • Using technology to improve eating disorder treatment

Current Projects

  • PIONEER Study
  • TRAC Study
  • YES Study
  • The Body Project

Recent Publications

  • Levinson, C. A., Christian, C., & Becker, C. B. (2025). How idiographic methodologies can move the clinical-science field forward to integrate personalized treatment into everyday clinical care and improve treatment outcomes. Clinical Psychological Science, 13(1), 69–82. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026231217316
  • Levinson, C. A., Osborn, K., Hooper, M., Vanzhula, I., & Ralph-Nearman, C. (2024). Evidence-Based Assessments for Transdiagnostic Eating Disorder Symptoms: Guidelines for Current Use and Future Directions. Assessment, 31(1), 145–167. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911231201150

Team 

Faculty

Dr. Cheri Levinson, Lab Director, Professor

Departments of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Pediatrics
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Dr. Irina Vanzhula, Assistant Research Professor

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

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Dr. Nicholas C. Peiper, Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health, Principal Scientist 

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
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Dr. Leigh Brosof, Research Assistant

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

Executive Assistant

  • Christina Barragan

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Rachel Torres
  • Amara Tanweet
  • Aubrey Hoffer
  • Amy Jordan
  • Juan Hernandez
  • Lauren Harris
  • Madison Hooper

Graduate Students

  • Rowan Hunt
  • Claure Cusack
  • Loie Faulkner
  • Luis Sandoval-Araujo
  • Savannah Hooper
  • Avantika Kapadia
  • Zoe Hynes
  • Zoe Hopewell

Lead Study Coordinators

  • Kefan “Cathy” Wu
  • Morgan Johnson, M.S.

Grants Manager

  • Sally Phan

Senior Data Manager

  • Jayson Stancil

Attention in NeuroDevelopment (AND) Lab

A&S Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

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