Opening Keynote by Dr. Sabrina Strings:
Fatphobia as Misogynoir: Gender, Race, and Weight Stigma
In this presentation, I will highlight the troubled past (and present) of fat stigma. While many believe that fatphobia is a relatively recent invention, I will underscore the centrality of slavery and race science in its perpetuation throughout the Western world. I will explain how the medical field took up the mantle of anti-fatness as a result of social and cultural shifts in thinking about race and feminine propriety in the early 20th century. I will conclude with an examination of the scientific bases of the so-called "obesity epidemic." The presentation will be followed by a short Q&A.
Sabrina Strings, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Sociology and Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of California, Irvine. Sabrina has been featured in dozens of venues, including BBC News, NPR, Huffington Post, Medium, Los Angeles Times, Essence, Vogue, and goop. Her writing has appeared in diverse venues including, The New York Times, Scientific American, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Her book, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (2019), is an NYU Press Bestseller. It was awarded the 2020 Best Publication Prize by the Body & Embodiment Section of the American Sociological Association. Follow Sabrina’s latest moves at SabrinaStrings.com and on Twitter @SaStrings.
Biology Plenary
Puberty to Postpartum: Reciprocal Relations between Eating Disorders and the Reproductive System
Co-Chairs: Annie Haynos, Kritika Tiwari and Carole Chidiac
Presenters & Talk Titles
Hunna Watson, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Eating Disorders and Perinatal Outcomes
Kristen Culbert, Ph.D.
Wayne State University, Michigan, USA
Reproductive Events and Pathways to Eating Pathology
Madhumita Misra, M.D., M.P.H.
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
The Effect of Eating Disorders on Fertility
Nadia Micali
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Pregnancy and Postpartum Effects on Eating Disorder Symptoms
Sociocultural Plenary
"I’m Greying and Aging, but Invisible”: Eating Disorders at Midlife and Beyond
Co-Chairs: Pedro Henrique Carvalho, Helen Missen and Cristin Runfola
Presenters & Talk Titles
Barbara Mangweth-Matzek, Ph.D.
Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Shedding light on eating disorders at midlife and beyond: Epidemiology and Symptomatology
Phillipa Diedrichs, Ph.D.
University of West England, United Kingdom
Sociocultural considerations in eating disorders across the lifespan
Jason Nagata, MD, MSc
University of California San Francisco, California, USA
Treatment considerations and implications of eating disorders at mid and late life
Deborah Lynn Reas
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Discussant
Treatment Plenary
Targeting Novel Mechanisms in Treatment for Eating Disorders
Co-Chairs: Mima Simic and Lupita Rodríguez
Presenters & Talk Titles
Julian Baudinet, DClinPsy
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders, London, United Kingdom
Application of Transdiagnostic Mental Health Treatments to Eating Disorders: RO-DBT
Timo Brockmeyer, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Goettingen, Germany
Emotion processing in eating disorders: State of research and implications for treatment
Nicholas Jacobson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Psychiatry
Director, AI and Mental Health: Innovation in Technology Guided Healthcare (AIM HIGH) Laboratory
Center for Technology and Behavioral Health
Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth College, USA
The efficacy of personalized technology-based treatments utilizing smartphones
Cheri A. Levinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Eating Anxiety Treatment Laboratory
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
University of Louisville
Personalizing Eating Disorder Treatment Using Idiographic Network Analyses
Wildcard Plenary
Is Atypical Anorexia Really Atypical?
Co-Chairs: Montserrat Graell, Lorena Pérez and Lauren Muhlheim
Presenters & Talk Titles
Erin Harrop, LICSW, Ph.D.
University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, Colorado, USA
When you don’t “look” anorexic: Problems identifying, defining, and treating patients with Atypical Anorexia
Rebecka Peebles, MD
Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
There’s Nothing Medically Atypical About Atypical Anorexia
Melissa Whitelaw, Ph.D.
Melbourne Children’s Clinic, Victoria, Australia
Challenges in prescription of nutrition and setting recovery weight in atypical anorexia
Andrea Garber
University of California San Francisco, California, USA
Discussant