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!

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!

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)

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_...

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 🎉

Meet Katy!

Meet Katy!

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)

We celebrate the beauty, strength, and joy of trans and gender-diverse people today, and everyday. We advocate for and participate in research that is inclusive of trans and gender-diverse people. (1)

Oh my gosh!!!! Our paper, which provides evidence from a nationally representative US sample that people who screen positive on an ED screener are more likely to report interest and attempts to access GLP-1s like Ozempic, was just accepted at IJED!

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)

Major congratulations are in order! Clinical psychology PhD candidate and EMBRACED Lab graduate student, Katy Pasquariello, successfully proposed her dissertation: In Pursuit of Perfection: A Temporal Network Model of Maladaptive Strivings and Disordered Eating! We are so proud of you, Katy!

📣 Hiring a research coordinator to work on a foundation-funded grant testing a self-guided digital intervention for teens at high risk #eatingdisorders, as well as on a variety of other projects in the lab! Ideal start date in June! Application link to come ASAP but email with interest in meantime!

So excited to officially launch recruitment for my community-engaged pilot study funded by @embracecenter.bsky.social focused on interoception, sleep, and Black maternal mental health! Please share with your networks if you can!

PHAB Lab@phablab-pitt.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are currently recruiting for a research study on Black mothers’ experiences of sleep and bodily awareness during pregnancy. If you are currently pregnant, identify as Black, and live in the Pittsburgh area, consider filling out our screener to see if you qualify!  redcap.link/PRISMStudy

New EMBRACED Lab publication! Led by clinical psychology PhD student, Katy Pasquariello, and supervised by Dr. Barnhart, we are the first to test the longitudinal assumptions of the tripartite influence model, a prominent sociocultural model of eating disorders, in sexual minoritized men (SMM). (1)

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)

I cannot wait to meet and learn from folks at MEDA 2026! I am also thrilled to share that clinical psychology PhD student, Katy Pasquariello, graduate student affiliate, Doria Wohler, and undergraduate, Ana Célérier Salcedo, all members of the EMBRACED Lab, will be presenting posters at MEDA 2026!

My keynote address— which will share lived experiences and research from our EMBRACED Lab— will communicate an indispensable truth: eating disorders do not discriminate. This recognition and advocacy literally saves lives. (2)

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)

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

Will you be at #abct2025? If so, we'd love to see you!

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