New research studies are made possible each year 
by Young Investigator Grants.

Together with many generous donors, NEDA has invested in the future of promising new scientists who have leveraged over $250,000 to advance eating disorder research.

Announcing the 2009 
Young Investigators Grant Recipients 

Our thanks to Laureate Eating Disorders Program for their generous support for these promising new researchers who each received a $10,000 research grant:

Sarah Fischer, PhD  University of Georgia, Department of Psychology
“Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescent Bulimia Nervosa and Co-Occurring Deliberate Self Injury and Depression”
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Cortney S. Warren, PhD  University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Psychology “Treating Patients with Eating Disorders: An Investigation of Therapist Burnout”
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Kristine J. Steffen, PharmD, PhD Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, ND

“An Exploration of the Effects of the Dopamine Agonist Pramipexole on Binge Antecedents, Binge Frequency, and Weight in Binge Eating Disorder”
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Our thanks to NEDA's many donors for their generous support for this promising new researcher who received a $7,500 research grant:


 


Millie Maxwell, PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry “Path to Awareness in College Eating (PACE): Online Prevention and Early Intervention of Eating Problems in First Year College Students”
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Meet the Previous NEDA Young Investigator Grant Recipients

and learn more about their exciting contributions to the field. Click Here