Lisa (she/her/hers) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of the Practice at University of Denver’s Counseling Psychology department. In addition to her work at University of Denver, she has a small private practice in Denver, Colorado. Lisa completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill followed by her predoctoral clinical internship at Denver VA Medical Center and postdoctoral fellowship at Eating Disorder Care (EDCare) of Denver. She stayed on at EDCare of Denver as a licensed psychologist until August 2019, and served as their Binge Eating Disorder Track Coordinator. Her areas of clinical and research specialization include disordered eating and body distress, LGBTQ+ health, trauma, weight stigma, and emotion processing. Lisa identifies as a social justice advocate psychologist, and does work to dismantle stereotypes about who gets eating disorders and who needs access to care, as many folks with marginalized identities are not getting the services they need or being focused on in existing research. Outside of work, Dr. Brownstone plays fiddle and guitar, and loves spending time with her family and fluffy dogs.

Katy received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 2016. Katy’s dissertation centered on Latina women and their experiences of treatment and recovery from an eating disorder; she was supported in this work by a National Institute of Mental Health Diversity Supplement. Katy completed her predoctoral psychology internship in the Women’s Mental Health track at the UNC School of Medicine and her postdoctoral fellowship at the Uniformed Services University (USU) before joining the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine. In addition to serving as a faculty member, Katy currently works as a Clinical Scientist on the Military Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Program at USU, where she investigates the prevention of excess weight gain in vulnerable populations.

Ellen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014 and completed her predoctoral internship at The University of Chicago Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. Ellen completed a National Institutes of Health T32-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine prior to joining the faculty. She currently holds an National Institute of Mental Health career development award (K08), providing her with training in the development and evaluation of digital innovation solutions to address critical gaps in the treatment of eating disorders, as well as the opportunity to develop an optimized conversational agent or “chatbot” to facilitate mental health services use in individuals with eating disorders.

Stacy is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a psychologist with the Confidential Support Team at Stanford University. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from UNC Chapel Hill in 2018 before completing her predoctoral internship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and her postdoctoral fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She specializes in culturally-informed treatment for the intersection of emotion dysregulation, trauma, and eating disorders, and serves on clinical teams providing comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy, eating disorders treatment, trauma treatment for sexual/relationship violence, and treatment for Asians/Asian Americans. She is passionate about issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in clinical, training, and professional settings and serves on her department’s Diversity Coalition as well as co-teaching the department’s first DEI course for psychology postdoctoral fellows. Her research has focused on cultural factors affecting disordered eating and body image in racial/ethnic minorities.