Special Interest Groups

AED's Special Interest Groups (SIGs) bring together members with personal and professional interests in distinct areas of eating disorders -- body image, family therapy, medical care and psychodynamic psychotherapy, just to name a few. Each SIG organizes itself around those specific activities that best serve its practitioner -- and research-based constituencies. Many SIGs have separate meetings at the annual AED conference. SIGs also support interesting, educational and lively e-mail forums for information exchange.
Choosing to join a SIG may be one of the most important decisions of your career.


How to join a SIG:
Contact the SIG Chair or Co-Chair. Contact information for each SIG Chair/Co-Chair is available on specific SIG webpage (see below)

Learn how you can start a Special Interest Group.

For further information about SIGs, contact SIG Oversight Committee co-chairs Anthea Fursland (anthea.fursland@health.wa.gov.au) or Dana Rofey (rofeydl@upmc.edu).

AED Members: Participate in SIG listserv discussions.

Academy for Eating Disorders -- Special Interest Groups
To learn more about a SIG and its activities, click on its name.
Name Co-Chairs
Assessment and Diagnosis  Kamryn Eddy, PhD
Bariatric Surgery Carol Signore, MAT, LMAT, MS
Melissa Santos, PhD
Andrea Vazzana, PhD
Body Image & Prevention Phillippa Diedrich, BSc
Zali Yager, PhD
Borderline Personality Disorder Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED
Diane Mickley, MD 
Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Nancy Zucker, PhD
Katharine Loeb, PhD
Eating and Sleep Kelly Allison, PhD
Piergiuseppe Vinai, MD
Yael Latzer, DSc
Eating and Substance Use Disorders  Amy Baker Dennis, PhD
Bethany Helfman, PsyD 
Health at Every Size Ellen Shuman
Deb Burgard, PhD
Sigrun Daniels, PhD
Information Technology & Eating Disorders  Stephanie Bauer, PhD
Jennifer Shapiro, PhD
Inpatient/Residential Treatment Craig Johnson, PhD, FAED
Jillian K. Lampert, PhD MPH RD LD FAED
Males & Eating Disorders 

Mark Warren, MD, MPH
Rita Debate, PhD
Thomas Hildebrandt, PsyD

Medical Care Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAED 
Richard L. Levine, MD FAED
Neuroimaging Ian Frampton, DClinPsych
Walter Kaye, MD, FAED 
Neuropsychology Kate Tchanturia, PhD 
Janet Treasure, FRCPsych, FAED
New Investigators Marci Gluck, PhD
Jennifer Boisvert, MA
Nursing Care  Sandra Hannon-Engel, MSN, RN, CS
Nutrition Shane Jeffrey, APD, BSc
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy David Tobin, PhD, FAED
Laura Weisberg, PhD
Sport and Exercise SIG  Alan Duffy, MS
Jennifer Harriger, PhD 
Student

Rebecca Greif, PsyD

Transcultural

Richard Gordon, PhD
Armando Barriguete, MD, FAED

Trauma and Eating Disorders  Timothy Brewerton, MD, DFAPA, FAED 
Jeffrey Mar, MD
Universities Sara Shepherd, PhD
Amy Alson, MD