Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

About SIGs

Choosing to join a Special Interest Group may be one of the most important decisions of your career.

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) bring together AED 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. Follow this link to read the AED SIG policy document.

To join a SIG, simply update the SIG tab in your member profile under the My AED section at the top of the AED website, and check the SIG(s) of interest to you, and you will be automatically added to the SIG private online community.

SIG Oversight Committee

The Special Interest Group Oversight Committee (SOC) is responsible for coordinating the Special Interest Groups (SIGS) and ensuring that the SIGs engage in activities that are compatible with the aims, purposes, and practices of the Academy. Members of the SOC are:

Leslie K. Anderson, PhD, FAED, Co-Chair
Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD, CEDS-S, FAED, Co-Chair
Julia Cassidy, MS, RDN, CEDRDS
Marita Cooper, MPsych (Clin)
Suzanne Dooley-Hash, MD, FAED
Eleni Lantzouni, MD
Abby Sarret-Cooper, LPC
Mindy Solomon, PhD
Julie Trim, PhD
Joanna Wiese, PhD
Kelly Bhatnagar, PhD, FAED, Board Liaison
Dawn Gannon, MBA, CAE, Staff Liaison

AED SIGs and Co-chairs

Click on the name of the SIG to learn more or click a Co-Chair’s name to email them a question:

SIG Name	Co-Chairs
Assessment & Diagnosis	Brittany Kay Bohrer, MA Lisa Hail, PhD
Bariatric Surgery	Robyn Sysko, PhD, FAED Colleen Schreyer, PhD
Body Image & Prevention	Elizabeth Didie, PhD Tiffany Brown, PhD
Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders	Jessie Menzel, PhD Julie Lesser, MD
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders	Suzanne Straebler, PhD, PMHNP-BC Ilana Brodzki, BA
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Suicide	Kim Claudat, PhD Anita Federici, PhD, CPsych
Early Career	Annie Haynos, PhD Kathryn Coniglio
Early Intervention	Karina Allen, PhD, MPsych Ulrike Schmidt, MD, PhD, FAED
Epidemiology & Public Health Practice	Carly Pacanowski, PhD, RD Katie Loth, PhD, MPH, RD
Family Based Treatment (FBT)	Stephanie Jacobs, PhD Sarah Forsberg, PsyD
Genes & Environment	Shannon O'Connor, PhD Katherine Schaumberg, PhD
Males & Eating Disorders	Jason Lavender, PhD, FAED Scott Griffiths, PhD
Medical Care	Daniella Gomez, MD, MEd, FAED Brooks Brodrick, MD
Neuroimaging	Christina Wierenga, PhD Laura Berner, PhD
Neuropsychology	Lisa Anderson, PhD Alix Timko, PhD
Nutrition	Stephanie Brooks, MS, RD, CEDRD Elizabeth Holm, PhD, RDN
Professionals & Recovery	Kielty Oberlin, PhD Andrea LaMarre, MSc
Psychodynamic & Integrated Psychotherapies	Marissa Sappho, LCSW, BCD, CEDS Douglas Bunnell, MD, FAED, CED
Residential & Inpatient Treatment	Wayne Bowers, PhD, FAED Susan McClanahan, PhD, CEDS
Somatic & Somatically Oriented Therapies	Angela Derrick, PhD, CEDS-S Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSW-R
Sport & Exercise	Sasha Gorrell, PhD Jennifer Harriger, PhD
Substance-Related & Addictive Disorders	Gina Bongiorno, MFT Christina Segura-Garcia, MD, PhD
Technology & Innovations	Brittney Lauro, LMSW, LSW Limor Weinstein, MA, MHC, FAED
Transcultural	Norman Kim, PhD Tiffany Rush Wilson, PCC-S, LP, NCC, DCC
Trauma & Eating Disorders	Kathryn Trottier, PhD, CPsych Karen Mitchell, PhD, FAED
Universities	Kathryn Huryk, MA Roxanne Rockwell, PhD
Weight Stigma & Social Justice	Erin Harrop, MSW, CPP Rachel Millner, PsyD, CEDS