Dr Laura Hart
Dr Laura Hart is an Australian Rotary Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne, co-supervised by Prof Tony Jorm and Prof Paxton. She has been working in the field of public mental health research since 2007. She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, National Eating Disorders Collaboration, Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Society for Mental Health Research. Dr. Hart is leading the Confident Body, Confident Child study.
Professor Susan Paxton
Professor Paxton is a qualified Clinical and Health Psychologist, Past President and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Past President of the Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, and an internationally recognised researcher in the field of body image and eating disorder prevention. Professor Paxton leads the EMBodIED Research Team and is involved in all current studies and supervision of most students.
Dr Stephanie Damiano
Dr Damiano is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She completed her PhD at RMIT University in collaboration with the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children’s Hospital, with the aim to better understand anorexia nervosa in adolescent females. She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders and Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders. Dr Damiano is currently working on projects to understand the development of children’s body image and evaluating the Achieving Body Confidence for Young Children program. She is also collaborating on the Confident Body, Confident Child research.
Dr Laura Hart is an Australian Rotary Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne, co-supervised by Prof Tony Jorm and Prof Paxton. She has been working in the field of public mental health research since 2007. She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, National Eating Disorders Collaboration, Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Society for Mental Health Research. Dr. Hart is leading the Confident Body, Confident Child study.
Professor Susan Paxton
Professor Paxton is a qualified Clinical and Health Psychologist, Past President and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Past President of the Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, and an internationally recognised researcher in the field of body image and eating disorder prevention. Professor Paxton leads the EMBodIED Research Team and is involved in all current studies and supervision of most students.
Dr Stephanie Damiano
Dr Damiano is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She completed her PhD at RMIT University in collaboration with the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children’s Hospital, with the aim to better understand anorexia nervosa in adolescent females. She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders and Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders. Dr Damiano is currently working on projects to understand the development of children’s body image and evaluating the Achieving Body Confidence for Young Children program. She is also collaborating on the Confident Body, Confident Child research.