Non-MD Cln Inves, Asso Prf (M) Psych Eating Disorders MGPO, Massachusetts General Hospital

Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School

Psychologist Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

PhD 2008

anorexia nervosa; appetite-regulating hormones; avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder; cognitive-behavioral therapy; eating disorders; functional neuroimaging; rumination disorder

Dr. Jennifer Thomas is Co-director of the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Thomas’s research and clinical work focus on avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, a disorder in which individuals struggle to eat enough volume or variety of food due to sensory sensitivity, lack of interest in eating, or fear of adverse consequences. The clinical assessments and cognitive-behavioral treatment that she has developed to support individuals with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder are currently used in all 50 states and four continents and have been translated into several languages. She has published >200 scientific articles and five books, most notably Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Children, Adolescents, and Adults; and The Picky Eater’s Recovery Book: Overcoming Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. She is principal investigator on several studies investigating the neurobiology and treatment of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and has received >$11 million in research funding from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health and private foundations. She has served as President of the Academy for Eating Disorders, President of the Eating Disorders Research Society, and Associate Editor for the International Journal of Eating Disorders. She has earned several awards for her mentorship of >75 early career scholars, many of whom are now shaping the science of eating disorders in faculty positions of their own around the world.