AED Awards & Fellows

AED Awards

The Meehan/Hartley Leadership Award for Public Service &/or Advocacy

This award honors an individual who, over a sustained period of time ( i.e., 5 years or more) has significantly advanced the field of eating disorders through her/his impact on public policy, government advocacy or service to the community. It is the highest award conferred by the Academy.

  • Recipients

    • 2026: Ulrike Schmidt, MD, PhD and FREED
    • 2025: Mark Chavez, PhD
    • 2021: Scarlet Hemkes and Eric van Furth, PhD, FAED
    • 2020: Johanna Kandel
    • 2019: Christine Morgan
    • 2018: Claire Mysko
    • 2017: Katrina Velasquez, JD, MA
    • 2016: June Alexander, PhD
    • 2015: Chevese Turner
    • 2014: Laura Collins, MS
    • 2013: Karine Berthou
    • 2012: Mary Beth Krohel
    • 2011: Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED
    • 2010: Mary Tantillo, PhD, FAED
    • 2008: Susan Ringwood, BA, FAED
    • 2007: Kitty Westin, MA, LP & Claire Vickery
    • 2006: Michael Levine, PhD, FAED
    • 2005: David Herzog, MD
    • 2004: J Armando Barriguete, MD, PhD, FAED; Fabian Melamed; Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAED; Paulo P.P Machado, PhD, FAED; and Fernando Ferndandez-Aranda, PhD, FAED
    • 2003: Craig Johnson, PhD, CEDS, FAED
    • 2002: Patricia Santucci, MD, FAED
    • 2000: Patricia Hartley, PhD 
    • 1996: Pat Howe Tilton
    • 1994: Vivian Meehan, RN, DSc

Leadership Award for Clinical, Administrative or Educational Service

This award honors contributions made by the awardee to the clinical care of those individuals suffering with an eating disorder, other than those whom the awardee has treated directly. Such an individual would have to have demonstrated sustained leadership either through administrative (i.e., innovative new service delivery), educational, or clinical contributions to the field that positively impacted the treatment and well-being of individuals with eating disorders within the awardee’s own nation or internationally.

  • Recipients

    • 2026: Anita Federici, PhD, CPsych, FAED
    • 2025: Rachel Bachner-Melman, PhD, FAED
    • 2024: Diane Mickley, MD
    • 2023: Annemarie van Elberg, MD, PhD, FAED 
    • 2022: Dra. Eva Trujillo, FAED, CEDS, FAAP, Fiaedp
    • 2021: Yael Latzer, DSc, PhD
    • 2020: Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD, CEDS-S, FAED
    • 2019: Diane Neumark-Sztainer, MPH, PhD, RD, FAED
    • 2018: Stephen Wonderlich, PhD, FAED
    • 2017: Andreas Karwautz, MD
    • 2016: Evelyn Attia, MD, FAED
    • 2015: Eric van Furth, PhD, FAED
    • 2014: Richard Kreipe, MD
    • 2013: Debbie Katzman, MD
    • 2012: Rachel Bryant-Waugh, DPhil, MSc
    • 2011: Judy Banker, MA, LLP, FAED
    • 2010: Howard Steiger, PhD
    • 2009: Ulrike Schmidt, MRCPsych Dr. Med. Ph.D
    • 2008: Ron Thompson, PhD, FAED; Roberta Sherman, PhD, FAED
    • 2007: Pat Fallon, PhD, FAED
    • 2006: Michael Strober, PhD, FAED
    • 2005: Robert Palmer, PhD

Leadership Award in Research 

This award honors an individual who has, over a substantial period of time (i.e., 10 years or more), used research to develop new knowledge about eating disorders that is internationally respected. The knowledge has to have had a measurable impact on the field, either by significantly furthering our understanding of the etiology of eating disorders, by changing treatment or prevention, or by fostering new lines of research.

  • Recipients

    • 2026: Christina E. Wierenga, PhD
    • 2025: Tracey Wade, BSc (Hons), MClinPsych PhD
    • 2024: Ross Crosby, PhD, FAED
    • 2023: Kamryn Eddy PhD, FAED
    • 2022: Nadia Micali, MD, PhD, FAED
    • 2021: Ulrike Schmidt, MD, PhD, FAED
    • 2020: Kate Tchanturia, PhD, FAED, FBPS, FAHE
    • 2019: Pamela H. Keel, PhD, FAED
    • 2018: Anne E. Becker, MD, PhD, FAED
    • 2017: C. Barr Taylor, MD
    • 2016: Kelly L. Klump, PhD, FAED
    • 2015: Fernando Fernández-Aranda, PhD, FAED
    • 2014: Daniel Le Grange and Jim Lock, PhD, MD
    • 2013: Susan Paxton, PhD
    • 2012: Stephen Touyz, PhD, FAPS, FAED
    • 2011: Hans Hoek, MD, PhD
    • 2010: Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD
    • 2009: Steve Wonderlich, PhD
    • 2008: G. Terrence Wilson, PhD
    • 2007: Manfred Fichter, MD, PhD
    • 2006: Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED
    • 2005: Ruth Striegel-Moore, PhD, FAED
    • 2004: Janet Treasure, OBE, MD, FRCP, FAED
    • 2003: B. Timothy Walsh, MD
    • 2002: Christopher Fairburn, MD
    • 2000: W. Stewart Agras, MD
    • 1998: Walter Kaye, MD
    • 1995: James Mitchell, MD

Lifetime Achievement Award

In addition, the Board may decide periodically to recognize a senior individual in the field for her/his lifetime contributions to the Academy or to the field in general. It is not expected that this award will be given annually, but only under exceptional circumstances.

  • Recipients

    • 2026: Hans Wijbrand Hoek, MD, PhD, FAED
    • 2025: Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED
    • 2024: Alison Field, ScD, FAED
    • 2023: Zafra Cooper, PhD
    • 2022: Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED
    • 2021: B. Timothy Walsh, MD. FAED
    • 2020: Craig Johnson, MD, CEDS, FAED
    • 2019: Manfred Fichter, MD
    • 2018: Ruth Weissman, PhD, FAED
    • 2017: Marsha Marcus, PhD
    • 2016: Walter H. Kaye, MD, FAED
    • 2015: Christopher Fairburn, MD
    • 2014: Janet Treasure, OBE, MD, FRCP, FAED
    • 2013: Terry Wilson, PhD
    • 2012: James Mitchell, MD
    • 2011: Bryan Lask, FRCPhysch
    • 2010: Bob Palmer
    • 2007: Francesca Brambillla, MD
    • 2004: Peter Beumont, MD
    • 2000: Paul Garfinkel, MD
    • 1998: Katherine Halmi, MD
    • 1996: Gerald Russell, MD; Arthur Crisp, MD
    • 1995: Albert Stunkard, MD

Leadership Award in Mentorship

This award honors an individual who has, over a substantial period (i.e., 10 years or more), made signification contributions to the field through the mentorship of students, trainees, and colleagues. The mentorship must have had a significant impact on the field and the careers of those mentored (e.g., increasing access to the field for under-represented groups and diversifying the representation of professionals in the eating disorder field; supporting mentees to engage in transformational research or clinical services).

  • Recipients

    • 2026: Kelly Klump, PhD
    • 2025: S. Bryn Austin, ScD
    • 2024: C. Barr Taylor, MD
    • 2023: Pamela Keel, PhD, FAED

Special Awards

The Board may decide to recognize other individuals, organizations, and/or corporations for their significant contribution to the AED or the eating disorders field at large. Special awards can be given as a one-time award (e.g. in recognition of a notable contribution such as Editorship of IJED) or can be given multiple times (e.g. a Special Award for Industry). The name of the award will be determined by the Board, based on the contributions being honored.

  • Leadership Award in Media Production

  • Corporate Award

    • 2009: Bos, International and Claude Carrier
    • 2008: Unilever

  • Distinguished Service Award

    • 2020: Anthea Fursland, PhD, FAED and Jerel Calzo, MPH, PhD, FAED
    • 2015: Annie Cox and Jacqueline Schweinzger, CMP
    • 2013: Tim Walsh, MD
    • 2012: Michael Strober, PhD
    • 2011:  Joe Ingram
    • 2002: Joel Yager, MD
    • 1998: Amy Baker Dennis, PhD

  • Distinguished Service Award for a Foundation

    • 2021: Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation

  • Global Impact Award

    • 2022: Frances Haugen
    • 2020: Jameela Jamil
    • 2008: Judith Rodin

  • Mental Health Advocacy Award

    • 2007: US Rep Patrick Kennedy

  • Outstanding Clinician Award

    • 2020: Glenn Waller, DPhil, FAED, Dr. Hannah Turner, Dr. Madeleine Tatham, Dr. Victoria Mountford, and Tracey Wade, PhD, FAED
    • 2019: Anthea Fursland, PhD, FAED
    • 2017: Kelly Vitousek, PhD
    • 2013:  Lucene Wisniewski, PhD
    • 2012: Phil Mehler, MD, CEDS, FACP, FAED
    • 2011: Diane Mickley, MD
    • 2010: Ivan Eisler, PhD
    • 2008: Susan Willard, MSW, FAED
    • 2003: Marsha D. Marcus, PhD
    • 2000: Pauline Powers, MD
    • 1998: Arnold Andersen, MD

  • Outstanding Researcher Award

    • 2020: Anthea Fursland, PhD, FAED and Jerel Calzo, MPH, PhD, FAED
    • 2015: Annie Cox and Jacqueline Schweinzger, CMP
    • 2013: Tim Walsh, MD
    • 2012: Michael Strober, PhD
    • 2011:  Joe Ingram
    • 2002: Joel Yager, MD
    • 1998: Amy Baker Dennis, PhD

  • Public Service Award

    • 2025: Dr. Rachel Levine 
    • 2013: Marisa Garcia, MHA
    • 2011: Beth Klarman
    • 2000: S. Kenneth Schonberg, MD
    • 1995: Susan Blumenthal, MD

  • Research Practice Partnership Award

    • 2012: Michael Levine, PhD
    • 2009: Tri Delta International Fraternity and Carolyn Becker, PhD, FAED

About AED Fellows

AED Fellows reflect a diversity of distinguished contributions to the field and the interdisciplinary and international composition of AED. The Fellows Committee recommends to the AED Board for approval the applications of AED members in good standing who have made distinguished and sustained contributions to the leadership and activities of AED and to the field of eating disorders. 

“Good standing” is usually defined as continuous AED membership for at least five years. This is not a criterion but a suggested guideline, as many factors may interfere with continuous membership in AED. Although seniority in the field is also not a criterion, it is generally expected that in order to have attained distinguished and sustained excellence in research, practice, and/or advocacy, applicants will be mid-career and beyond. Mid-career and beyond is usually defined as active in the field of eating disorders for at least the past ten years. 

 

“Distinguished and sustained contributions to the leadership and activities of AED” is defined as involvement in one or more AED committees, or in another AED volunteer position, and at least one leadership role (e.g., committee or SIG chair or co-chair). Because the nature of SIG involvement can vary greatly, SIG involvement and attendance/presentations at ICEDs, though important, are not considered distinguished and sustained contributions to the leadership of AED. 

 

In addition to making contributions to AED, Fellow applicants are expected to have made contributions in one or more of the following areas. Applicants are not expected to have made contributions in all four of these areas:

  • Distinguished, sustained research-based scholarship that has contributed significantly to the academic literature;
  • Distinguished and sustained contributions to literature designed for lay audiences (e.g., people with eating disorders; families; advocates and activists);
  • Distinguished, sustained, nationally- and/or internationally-recognized contributions to clinical services (e.g., involvement in establishing national guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders) and/or prevention;
  • Distinguished and sustained contributions to advocacy in the context of government or other major organizations. 

Apply TO BECOME A Fellow

There are two ways to apply: 



  • Candidates can submit their own materials.
  • A senior AED member (usually defined as active in AED for at least the past ten years) can nominate a candidate. Nominators should not also be in the process of applying for FAED themselves. If submitted by a nominator, the nominator is responsible for compiling and submitting all of the materials described below, including two letters of recommendation from senior AED members. 

Required Application Materials

Cover Letter detailing (using specific examples and other evidence) how the candidate meets the criteria for Fellowship by providing an outline of the details of AED involvement and leadership contributions and contributions to the field of eating disorders; providing an explanation for any lapses in AED membership and/or career; and highlighting areas that the Fellows Committee should highly consider in their review of the application.

Up-to-date curriculum vitae.

Two letters of recommendation from senior AED Members (who are not also in the process of applying for Fellow) that address in detail, including specific examples, how the candidate meets the criteria for Fellowship. For example, an applicant or referee would need to provide specific examples of the applicant's significant, distinguished involvement in AED and specific examples of how the applicant meets one of the four other required categories.  Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to obtain recommendation letters from AED Fellows.

Terms of AED Fellowship

Once selected, the appointment to Fellow of AED (FAED) status is made on a lifetime basis if the individual maintains active membership in good standing in AED.


Additionally, Fellows will be asked to make a one-time contribution of $200 for lifetime status as a Fellow. Should a Fellow’s membership lapse, they will be informed and be given the opportunity to renew membership by full payment of dues so that their Fellow status is not interrupted. 

List of Fellows

  • Diann Ackard, PhD, LP, FAED
  • Daniela Gomez Aguirre, MD, FAED
  • Kelly Allison, PhD, FAED
  • Arnold Andersen, MD, FAED
  • Drew Anderson, PhD, FAED
  • Leslie K Anderson, PhD, FAED
  • Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher, PhD, FAED
  • Evelyn Attia, MD, FAED
  • Bryn Austin, ScD, FAED

  • Rachel Bachner-Melman, PhD, FAED
  • Ursula Bailer, MD, FAED
  • Jessica H. Baker, PhD, FAED
  • Amy Baker-Dennis, PhD, FAED
  • Judith Banker, MA, LLP, FAED
  • Anna Bardone-Cone, PhD, FAED
  • J. Armando Barriguete-Melendez, MD, PhD, FAED
  • Anne Becker, PhD, MD, SM, FAED
  • Carolyn Becker, PhD, FAED
  • Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAED
  • Kelly Bhatnagar, PhD, FAED
  • C. Laird Birmingham, MD, FAED
  • Emmett Bishop, MD, FAED
  • Ahmed Boachie, MD, FAED
  • Lindsay Bodell, PhD, FAED
  • Linda Booij, PhD
  • Wayne Bowers, PhD, ABPP, FAED
  • Timothy Brewerton, MD, DFAPA, FAED, DFAACP, HCEDS
  • Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED
  • Douglas Bunnell, PhD, FAED
  • Mardie Burckes-Miller, CEDS, CHES, EdD, FAED
  • Debora Burgard, PhD, FAED

  • Rachel Calogero, PhD, FAED
  • Jerel Calzo, PhD, MPH, FAED
  • Angela Celio Doyle, PhD, FAED
  • Carolyn Costin, MA, MEd, FAED
  • Jennifer Couturier, MD, MSc, FAED
  • Ross Crosby, PhD, FAED
  • Scott Crow, MD, FAED

  • Ricardo Dalle Grave, MD, FAED
  • Kyle De Young, PhD, FAED
  • Rita Debate, PhD, MPH, FAED
  • Jennifer Derenne, MD, FAED
  • Michael Devlin, MD, FAED
  • Phillippa Diedrichs, PhD, BSc, FAED
  • Gina Dimitropoulos, PhD, RSW, FAED
  • Olga Lizett Gonzales Dominquez, ClinPsych, FAED
  • Suzanne Dooley-Hash, MD, FAED
  • Angela Celio Doyle, PhD, FAED
  • Unna Danner, PhD, FAED

  • Kamryn Eddy, PhD, FAED
  • Ivan Eisler, PhD, CPsychol, AcSS, FAED
  • Carine Marie El Khazen, DESS, DEA, FAED

  • Christopher Fairburn, MD, FAED
  • Patricia Fallon, PhD, FAED
  • Theresa Fassihi, PhD, CEDS, FAED
  • Anita Federici, PhD, FAED
  • Ilene Fishman, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, FAED
  • Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD, FAED
  • Kelsie Forbush, PhD, FAED
  • Guido Frank, MD, FAED
  • Debra Franko, PhD, FAED
  • Anthea Fursland, PhD, FAED

  • Jennifer Gaudiani, MD, CEDS, FAED
  • Josie Geller, PhD, RPsych, FAED
  • Juanita Gempeler Rueda, CBT, FAED
  • Marci Gluck, PhD, FAED
  • Neville Golden, MD, FAED
  • Andrea Goldschmidt, PhD, FAED
  • Andrea Graham, PhD, FAED
  • Leah Graves, LD, RD, FAED
  • Angela Guarda, MD, FAED

  • Jennifer Hagman, MD, FAED
  • Katherine Halmi, MD, FAED
  • Phillipa Hay, DPhil, FAED
  • Leslie Heinberg, PhD, FAED
  • Joann Hendelman, PhD, RN, BSN, FAED
  • Marcia Herrin, EdD, MPH, RD, FAED
  • Laura Hill, PhD, FAED
  • Hans Hoek, MD, PhD, FAED

  • Mimi Israël, MD, FRCP, FAED

  • Karen M. Jennings Mathis, PhD, CNP, PMHNP-BC, FAED
  • Craig Johnson, PhD, FAED

  • Allan Kaplan, MD, FAED
  • Andreas Karwautz, MD, FAED
  • Debra K. Katzman, MD, FAED
  • Walter Kaye, MD, FAED
  • Pamela Keel, PhD, FAED
  • Allison Kelly, PhD, FAED
  • Youl Ri Kim, MD, PhD, FAED
  • Kelly Klump, PhD, FAED
  • Richard Kreipe, MD, FAED
  • Ashish Kumar, MRCPsych, MSc, FAED

  • Jillian Lampert, PhD, MPH, RD, LD, FAED
  • Jason Lavender, PhD, FAED
  • Daniel Le Grange, PhD, FAED
  • Michael Levine, PhD, FAED
  • Rachel L. Levine, MD, FAED
  • Lisa R. Lilenfeld, PhD, FAED
  • James Lock, MD, PhD, FAED
  • Katharine Loeb, PhD, FAED
  • Carolina Lopez, PhD, FAED
  • Katie A. Loth, PhD, MPH, RD, LD, FAED
  • Jennifer Lundgren, PhD, FAED
  • Janet Lydecker, PhD, FAED

  • Paulo Machado, PhD, FAED
  • Margo D. Maine, PhD, FAED
  • Kathleen Mammel, MD, FSAHM, FAAP, FAED
  • Marsha D. Marcus, PhD, FAED
  • Suzanne Mazzeo, PhD, FAED
  • Danyale McCurdy-McKinnon, PhD, FAED
  • Susan McElroy, MD, FAED
  • Beth Hartman McGilley, PhD, FAED
  • Gail McVey, PhD, CPsych, FAED
  • Philip Mehler, MD, FAED
  • Janell Mensinger, PhD, FAED
  • Nadia Micali, MD, PhD, FAED
  • Deborah Michel, PhD, CEDS-S, FAED
  • Karen S. Mitchell, PhD, FAED
  • Jonathan Mond, PhD, MPH, FAED
  • Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD, CEDS-S, FAED
  • Melissa A. Munn-Chernoff, PhD, FAED

  • Michiko Nakazato, MD, PhD, FAED
  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, MPH, PhD, RD, FAED
  • Umberto Nizzoli, PhD, MPH, MCA, MDCA, MAd, FAED
  • Mark Norris, BSc (Hon), MD, FRCPC, FAED
  • Stacey Lynn Nye, PhD, FAED

  • Wendy Oliver-Pyatt, MD, FAED
  • Marion P. Olmsted, PhD, FAED

  • Hana Papežová, MD, PhD, FAED
  • Susan Paxton, PhD, FAED
  • Christine M. Peat, PhD, LP, FAED
  • Rebecka Peebles, MD, FAAP, CEDS, DABOM, FAED
  • Carol Peterson, PhD, LP, FAED
  • Kathleen M. Pike, PhD, FAED
  • Niva Piran, PhD, FAED
  • Millie Plotkin, MLS, FAED
  • Charles Portney, MD, FAED
  • Juana Poulisis, MD, FAED
  • Tamara Pryor, PhD, FAED


  • Dan W. Reiff, MPH, RD, FAED
  • Mae Lynn Reyes-Rodriguez, PhD, FAED
  • Renee Rienecke, PhD, FAED
  • Maria Teresa Rivera, MS, RD, LD, FAED
  • Mary Rouse, MD, FAED
  • Janice Russell, MD, FAED
  • Guillermina Rutsztein, PhD, FAED

  • Ulrike Schmidt, MD, PhD, FAED
  • Lucy Serpell, PhD, DClinPsy, FAED
  • Carol Signore, MAT, MS, LMFT, FAED
  • Thomas Silber, MD, MASS, FAED
  • Leslie Sim, PhD, FAED
  • Reba Sloan, MPH, LRD, FAED
  • April Rose Smith, PhD, FAED
  • Kendrin Sonneville, ScD, RD, FAED
  • Howard Steiger, PhD, FAED
  • Ruth Striegel, PhD FAED
  • Robyn Sysco, PhD, FAED

  • Anna B. Tanner, MD, FAAP, FSAHM, CEDS-C, FAED
  • Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, PhD, FAED
  • Mary Tantillo, PhD, RN, CS, FAED
  • Kate Tchanturia, PhD, FAED
  • Gry Kjaersdam Telleus, PhD, FAED
  • Jennifer Thomas, PhD, FAED
  • David Tobin, PhD, FAED
  • Stephen W. Touyz, PhD, FAED
  • Janet Treasure, FRCPsych, FAED
  • Eva Maria Trujillo, MD, FAED
  • Chevese Turner, FAED
  • Tracy Tylka, PhD, FAED


  • Annemarie van Elburg, MD, PhD, FAED
  • Eric van Furth, PhD, FAED
  • Piergiuseppe Vinai, MD, FAED
  • Kristin von Ranson, PhD, RPsych, FAED

  • Tracey Wade, PhD, FAED
  • Glenn Waller, DPhil, FAED
  • B. Timothy Walsh, MD, FAED
  • Warren Ward, MBBS, FRANZCP, FAED
  • Mark Warren, MD, MPH, FAED
  • Therese S. Waterhous, PhD, RDN, CEDRD, FAED
  • Kenneth Weiner, MD, FAED
  • Christina Wierenga, PhD, FAED
  • Jennifer Wildes, PhD, FAED
  • Denise Wilfley PhD, FAED
  • Susan G. Willard, LCSW, BCD, FAED
  • Claire Wiseman, PhD, FAED
  • Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED
  • Stephen Wonderlich, PhD, FAED
  • D. Blake Woodside, MD, FAED




Past Fellows

  • Rachel Bryant-Waugh
  • Jacqueline Carter
  • Sigrun Danielsdottir
  • William Davis
  • Martina De Zwaan
  • Fernando Fernandez-Aranda
  • Alison Field
  • Martin Fisher
  • Kathleen Fitzpatrick
  • Richard Gordon
  • Thomas Hildebrandt
  • Melanie Katzman
  • Ann Kearney-Cooke
  • Diane Keddy
  • Hubert Lacey
  • Sloane Madden
  • Laurel Mayer
  • Diane Mickley
  • James Mitchell
  • J. Scott Mizes
  • Charles Murkofsky
  • Robert Palmer
  • Marisol Perez
  • Susan Ringwood
  • Rachel Rodgers
  • Roberta Sherman
  • Michael Strober
  • Ron Thompson
  • Heather Thompson-Brenner
  • Limor Weinstein
  • Ted Weltzin
  • Kathryn Zerbe