Amy Heard Egbert, Ph.D.
@amyhegbert
Psychological Science @UConn
Understanding eating behaviors
Treating eating disorders
All tweets my own opinions
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19-03-2019 14:16:05
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I will be reviewing applications for a graduate student to join the Translational Imagery, DEpression, and Suicide (TIDES) Lab here OSU Psych Science! Interested in depression, self-harm, and suicide in adolescents? We could be a fit! RTs appreciated!
1/ 🚨 One month left for applications! I'll be reviewing applications this year for our #clinicalpsychology #PhD program Rosalind Franklin U for my lab's first #gradstudents! Apps are due by Dec 1 at shorturl.at/iAJ25. Please feel free to share widely!
Today, Amy Heard Egbert, Ph.D. came to the Rudd Center to present her research. Dr. Egbert is an Assistant Professor in UConn Psychological Sciences whose work focuses on disordered eating in youth from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds. Thank you for joining us today, Amy!
So grateful to rolandsmartin for allowing me to shed some light on eating disorders in black Americans last evening. It was an honor to be on with you and your panel!!
Thrilled to be able to share about the work that we're doing in my first ever podcast interview! I love work that helps to spread awareness about #eatingdisorders and amplifies a variety of voices! Thanks so much for having me Picture Blurrfect!
We are getting close -- need a few more teens for our treatment study! Online treatment for binge eating, open to teens across the US. Email us: [email protected].
Excited to be welcoming Brighid Fitzpatrick to join the EMPOWER Lab UConn and InCHIP at UConn as a Clinical Psychology PhD student this fall. Looking forward to bringing #eatingdisorderawareness and better treatment for underrepresented groups together! Brighid Fitzpatrick
There's a lot here that we can all learn about steps that we need to take to improve access to research informed treatment. Also kudos to Hannah Frank, PhD for lowering the barriers to understanding research findings by creating a digestible infographic!
Thrilled to be interviewed for Rhode Island PBS Weekly to talk about how eating disorders don't fit a stereotype. Such an important conversation that I'm thankful Rhode Island PBS Weekly is featuring!
Involving trainees in decision making processes is of critical importance. It's been a pleasure working on these commentaries with my fellow former Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior psychology trainees and trainees from all over the country to keep moving the conversation forward.
This @IntJEatDisord article shines a light on a major research gap: studies conducted in Africa or the Caribbean. doi.org/10.1002/eat.24… Academy for Eating Disorders
I am honored to be speaking as part of the Office of Women's Health #NEDAW programming to discuss eating disorders in underrepresented populations. Join us Thursday, 2/29, at 1pm. See below for registration! InCHIP at UConn UConn UConn CLAS