We are looking for adolescents who have a current diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or other specified feeding and eating disorder and one parent to participate in a study to help us understand higher order thinking differences in teens with eating disorders.
We are looking for girls who have a current or past diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and one parent to participate in a study to help us understand how microorganisms in the gut may change during treatment for anorexia nervosa.
The Eating Disorder Research Program engages in research focused on physical, psychological, and behavioral aspects of the development, maintenance, and treatment of eating disorders. Our mission is to deepen our understanding of them, identify risk biomarkers, and improve treatment for all youth with eating disorders.
This Shifting Perspectives study explores whether we can improve treatment outcomes in teens with anorexia nervosa by adding Adolescent Focused Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) to Family Based Treatment (FBT). CRT focuses on improving cognitive and behavioral flexibility in adolescents.
The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences' research aims to improve the immediate health and developmental trajectory of children.
Dr. Stallings is working on intervention trials involving three chronic diseases with nutrition-related abnormalities resulting in meaningful adverse outcomes: cystic fibrosis (new drugs), sickle cell disease (vitamin A) and chronic pancreatitis (enzyme replacement drug).
