Very excited to share our recent RCT comparing #MoreThanMuscles eating disorder prevention program to media advocacy for young men with body image concerns! This has been a big team effort over the last 5 years www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A randomized controlled trial comparing a virtual peer-led cognitive dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program to media advocacy in young adult men with body image concerns

The Body Project: More than Muscles (MTM), a peer-led dissonance-based program for men with body dissatisfaction, has demonstrated efficacy in reducin…

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#ICED2026 was such a fab time! Had an amazing time with my students and colleagues 💕

First ICED Lab dinner! Many, many more to come! 💕🎉 #ICED2026 #eatingdisorders

We’re heading to The Hague! If you're there, please stop by and check out our research! We can't wait to present and learn more from ICED's extensive professional network!

Meet our team! Welcome @natgullo.bsky.social -- we are sooo thrilled to have you! ✨⭐✨

An exciting EMBRACED + @auacceptlab.bsky.social Lab collaboration! We are thrilled to share this @intjeatdisord.bsky.social publication, a collaboration led by Dr. @barnhartwr.bsky.social and Dr. Tiffany Brown on intraminority stress and eating disorder symptoms in sexual minoritized men! (1)

📣 NEW PUB ALERT! A few of my fellow researchers and I were frustrated by the term "Asian" in eating disorders/MH research. So we did something about it! Let's be specific about who we are talking about when trying to improve detection, prevention, and treatment for different Asian subgroups!

Rethinking the “Asian” identity in eating disorders research: a call to action

Despite descending from the largest continent in the world, people with Asian heritage are under-researched and underrepresented within the eating disorders (EDs) literature. Moreover, when Asian g...

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Spring has sprung, and so has our research! We are so pleased to share that an article led by Dr. @barnhart.135, in collaboration with Dr. Jinbo He, was awarded as one of the top 10 most cited articles in the International Journal of Eating Disorders during the 2024 academic year!

Please RT and share with your networks! We are recruiting teens with body image concerns for a study testing a self-guided digital tool. Reach out with any questions! @access-lab-washu.bsky.social

ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis@access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our team at Washington University in St. Louis is conducting a study called the EMBody study to test a brief self-guided digital tool for teens who have concerns with their body image and their eating! Learn more here and please share: washu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Yesterday, I gave my MEDA Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association keynote, WEIRD SWAG?: Elevating Minoritized Backgrounds in Research on Appearance Concerns and Eating Disorders. I shared my lived experiences with an eating disorder for the first time professionally. (1)

I'm real stoked to announce that I will be starting at Suffolk University in Boston, MA as a Clinical Psychology PhD student come this autumn! Really excited to be on this journey and grateful to be joining such a lovely team with the @embraced-lab.bsky.social feat. @barnhartwr.bsky.social 🎉

New EMBRACED Lab publication led by Dr. Barnhart! Within-community stress among sexual minoritized men (SMM), such as pressures to compete with each other and body stigma experiences, may clarify why more community involvement is connected to more disordered eating in SMM. (1)

I worked with Macarena Kruger, @bellaprusci.bsky.social, and @carolinemartin.bsky.social on this exciting review of research on TikTok and EDs. It's a big professional first for me: this paper has an exclamation mark. Check out the open-access publication in IJED:

Tick‐Tock, the Time Has Come: Leveraging TikTok to Understand, Prevent, and Treat Eating Disorders

Objective TikTok—a highly engaging social media platform with a powerful algorithm that displays short videos—has become massively popular in recent years. As research highlights the concerning rela...

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Congrats to EMBRACED Lab undergraduate student, Mya Lawrence, clinical psychology PhD candidate, Katy Pasquariello, and graduate student affiliate, @gepnowicki.bsky.social, for a successful poster presentation at the Massachusetts Psychology Association 2026 Annual Conference! (1)

Access to eating disorder care shouldn’t depend on ability to pay. We opened a low-cost clinic at Auburn to help close that gap. I'm grateful for this feature highlighting the work: www.theplainsman.com/article/2026... More to come with Giving Day on March 25.

Making care accessible: Inside Auburn’s low-cost eating disorder clinic - The Auburn Plainsman

Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic (AEDC), the newest clinic at the Psychological Services Center, is expanding access to mental health care by providing empirically based, low-cost treatment for a d...

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🚨New pub alert!🚨 Research on the health benefits of LGBTQ+ community involvement is nuanced. Led by Dr. @barnhartwr.bsky.social, our longitudinal study found… 1/4 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

So thrilled to share this @intjeatdisord.bsky.social paper and major thanks to Nina Michon, Souradeep Chakraborty, and Doria Wohler for creating this fab infographic!

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New @intjeatdisord.bsky.social publication! -Previous research shows LGBTQ+ community involvement is linked with elevated disordered eating in sexual minoritized men (SMM) -Intraminority, or within-community stress clarifies this link (1)

Time to announce the exciting news! I am so proud and excited to share that I was invited to be a keynote speaker for the 31st Annual Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association National Conference! (1)

Do you study sleep, disordered eating, and/or social media? Ever wondered about the interrelationships among all three? Me too! In our new narrative review led by Dr. Sylvia Cerolini, we summarize what we know and what we don't: doi.org/10.1080/2832...

Dr. Barnhart will be a speaker at the Men and Eating Disorders Workshop, hosted by Beat, Dr. Chukwuemeka Nwuba of Club Majority, and Dr. Tahani Dahir, on 11/26/2025! See below for more information, as well as the Program link for the Workshop events! Program: lnkd.in/gYuPKbPU

Well, looks like we’re watching the First Wives Club tonight 😢❤️‍🩹

New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in the Journal of Eating Disorders! Weight #discrimination associated with #eatingdisorder symptoms one year later 🔗 tinyurl.com/mjrzemuu @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @barnhartwr.bsky.social

The University of Calgary is currently inviting applications for an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. This position has a special focus on Social Justice and ideally on Indigenous Employment. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1661564... Please share widely.

Assistant Professor, Industrial & Organizational Psychology in Calgary, AB, ...

Assistant Professor, Industrial & Organizational Psychology in Calgary, AB, ...

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I’ll be reviewing applications for the clinical psychology PhD program at Suffolk University for the 2026/2027 academic year. Those with research interests in #eatingdisorders, especially in #LGBTQ+ and other minoritized communities, are encouraged to apply!

Friday I walked and was hooded for my PhD in clinical psychology, earning the title of Dr. Barnhart. I am truly blessed to have shared the day with the most important people in my life, my dear friends, family, and mentors. (1)

Proud of this commentary I wrote with Megan Mikhail where we argue the next 50 years of eating disorder research must center equity & impact to actually make meaningful progress towards reducing the prevalence & progression of eating disorders. Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Centering Impact and Equity in the Next 50 Years of Eating Disorder Research

Over the past 50 years, there has been a significant increase in research on eating disorders, which is encouraging and necessary given the substantial mortality, morbidity, and personal and societal...

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Resurfacing this in excitement for next week! See you all there!

Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he)@barnhartwr.bsky.social · 2y ago

First post! #ICED2025 Will be BUSY! So excited to share work from my program and from my many amazing collaborations 🤩🤩🤩