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  • The Aspen Institute Graphic

    Health Innovators Fellow, Member of Aspen Global Leadership Network

    The Aspen Institute

    - Present 7 years 5 months

  • Rock Health Graphic

    Advisor, Health Equity Innovation in Digital Health

    Rock Health

    - Present 1 year 2 months

  • MindUP | The Goldie Hawn Foundation Graphic

    Advisory Board

    MindUP | The Goldie Hawn Foundation

    - Present 10 months

    Health

  • HFC Graphic

    Scientific Advisory Board

    HFC

    - Present 4 years 4 months

    Health

    HFC is a nonprofit movement, led by Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen, whose mission is to care for families facing this disease, educate young people about living a brain-healthy life, and activating the next generation of Alzheimer’s advocates.

  • Brain Trust Member

    California Governor’s Task Force on Alzheimer’s Preparedness, Prevention and the Path Forward

    - 1 year 9 months

    Health

  • International Women's Forum Graphic

    Mentor

    International Women's Forum

    - 2 years 10 months

    Mentor for IWF & EY Women Athletes Business Network Mentoring Program
    http://iwforum.org/2018-wabn-mentor-matches/

  • National Eating Disorders Association Graphic

    Co-Chair, Prevention Advisory Council

    National Eating Disorders Association

    - 5 years 2 months

    Health

  • I AM THAT GIRL Graphic

    Member Board of Directors

    I AM THAT GIRL

    - 2 years 1 month

  • Academy for Eating Disorders Graphic

    Co-Chair, Body Image and Prevention Special Interest Group; Electronic Media Committee Member

    Academy for Eating Disorders

    - 4 years 3 months

    Health

  • Standards Advisory Council

    Council on Accreditation

    - 2 years 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Advise Council on Accreditation's development of standards for use of digital technology in healthcare services.

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    Managing Guest Editor

    Elsevier

    - 3 years 4 months

    Science and Technology

    Managing Editor for Eating Behaviors journal.

  • Committee Member

    European Cooperation in Science and Technology

    - 5 years 11 months

    Science and Technology

    Austrian delegate and committee member of European Cooperation in Science and Technology Action Appearance Matters: Tackling the Physical and Psychosocial Consequences of Dissatisfaction with Appearance. Collaborate with EU researchers to develop European strategy on appearance research and intervention implementation.

  • sektor5 coworking spaces Vienna Graphic

    5starts Advisory Team

    sektor5 coworking spaces Vienna

    - 2 years 5 months

    Science and Technology

    Austria's premier start-up incubator

Publications

  • A randomized controlled trial of a smartphone-based application for the treatment of anxiety

    Psychotherapy Research

    Introduction: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is prevalent among college students. Smartphone-based interventions may be a low-cost treatment method. Method: College students with self-reported GAD were randomized to receive smartphone-based guided self-help (n = 50), or no treatment (n = 50). Post-treatment and six-month follow-up outcomes included the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-Short Form Stress Subscale (DASS Stress), the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ-11), and the State-Trait…

    Introduction: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is prevalent among college students. Smartphone-based interventions may be a low-cost treatment method. Method: College students with self-reported GAD were randomized to receive smartphone-based guided self-help (n = 50), or no treatment (n = 50). Post-treatment and six-month follow-up outcomes included the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-Short Form Stress Subscale (DASS Stress), the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ-11), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait (STAI-T), as well as diagnostic status assessed by the GAD-Questionnaire, 4th edition. Results: From pre- to post-treatment, participants who received guided self-help (vs. no treatment) experienced significantly greater reductions on the DASS Stress (d = −0.408) and a greater probability of remission from GAD (d = −0.445). There was no significant between-group difference in change on the PSWQ-11 (d = −0.208) or STAI-T (d = −0.114). From post to six-month follow-up there was no significant loss of gains on DASS Stress scores (d = −0.141) and of those who had remitted, 78.6% remained remitted. Yet rates of remitted participants no longer differed significantly between conditions at follow-up (d = −0.229). Conclusion: Smartphone-based interventions may be efficacious in treating some aspects of GAD. Methods for improving symptom reduction and long-term outcome are discussed.

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  • A Guided Online and Mobile Self-Help Program for Individuals With Eating Disorders: An Iterative Engagement and Usability Study

    Journal of Medical Internet Research

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  • Why didn’t patients use it? Engagement is the real story in Gilbody et al. (2015), not effectiveness.

    British Medical Journal

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  • The Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy of Delivering Internet-Based Self-Help and Guided Self-Help Interventions for Generalized Anxiety Disorder to Indian University Students: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    JMIR Research Protocols

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  • How to Get More Done If You Work From Home

    Greatist

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  • StudentBodies-eating disorders: A randomized controlled trial of a coached online intervention for subclinical eating disorders

    Internet Interventions

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  • Disruption in Healthcare Could be Costly

    TechCrunch

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  • A universal screening and intervention platform for eating disorders on college campuses: The Healthy Body Image Program

    Journal of American College Health

    Abstract
    Objectives: This article presents a new approach to intervention for eating disorders and body image concerns on college campuses, using a model of integrated eating disorder screening and intervention. Formative data on implementation feasibility are presented. Participants: College students enrolled at 2 universities between 2011 and 2012. Methods: The Healthy Body Image program is an evidence-based screening and intervention platform, enacted via community and online resources…

    Abstract
    Objectives: This article presents a new approach to intervention for eating disorders and body image concerns on college campuses, using a model of integrated eating disorder screening and intervention. Formative data on implementation feasibility are presented. Participants: College students enrolled at 2 universities between 2011 and 2012. Methods: The Healthy Body Image program is an evidence-based screening and intervention platform, enacted via community and online resources. An online screen was used to identify students at varying levels of risk or eating disorder symptom status; responses were used to direct students to universal or targeted online interventions or further evaluation. Universal prevention programs to improve healthy weight regulation and body image culture were offered to all students. Results: Formative data from 1,551 students illustrates the application of this model. Conclusions: The Healthy Body Image program is feasible to deliver and provides a comprehensive system of screening, evidence-based intervention, and community culture change.

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  • Universal and targeted intervention for healthy weight regulation and eating disorder prevention in high school students

    Journal of Medical Internet Research

    This study describes an online program, StayingFit, which has two tracks for universal and targeted delivery and was designed to enhance healthy living skills, encourage healthy weight regulation, and improve weight/shape concerns among high school adolescents. Ninth grade students in two high schoolswere invited to participate. Students who were overweight (body mass index [BMI] >85th percentile) were offered the weight management track of StayingFit; students who were normal weight were…

    This study describes an online program, StayingFit, which has two tracks for universal and targeted delivery and was designed to enhance healthy living skills, encourage healthy weight regulation, and improve weight/shape concerns among high school adolescents. Ninth grade students in two high schoolswere invited to participate. Students who were overweight (body mass index [BMI] >85th percentile) were offered the weight management track of StayingFit; students who were normal weight were offered the healthy habits track. The 12-session program included a monitored discussion group and interactive self-monitoring logs. Measures completed pre- and post-intervention included self-report height and weight, used to calculate BMI percentile for age and sex and standardized BMI (zBMI), Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) nutrition data, the Weight Concerns Scale, and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. A total of 336 students provided informed consent and were included in the analyses. BMI percentile and zBMI significantly decreased among students in the weight management track. BMI percentile and zBMI did not significantly change among students in the healthy habits track, demonstrating that these students maintained their weight. Weight/shape concerns significantly decreased among participants in both tracks who had elevated weight/shape concerns at baseline. Fruit and vegetable consumption increased for both tracks. Physical activity increased among participants in the weight management track, while soda consumption and television time decreased. Results suggest that an Internet-based, universally delivered, targeted intervention may support healthy weight regulation, improve weight/shape concerns among participants with eating disorders risk, and increase physical activity in high school students. Tailored content and interactive features to encourage behavior change may lead to sustainable improvements in adolescent health.

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  • Potential risk factors and early symptoms of anorexia nervosa: Prevalence in 11-16 year old girls.

    Advances in Eating Disorders: Theory, Research & Practice

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    • Ulrike Voelker
    • Corinna Jacobi
    • James Lock
    • C Barr Taylor

  • Family-Based Early Intervention for Anorexia Nervosa

    European Eating Disorders Review

    Other authors
    • Völker, U., Lock, J., Taylor, C. B., & Jacobi, C.

  • Obesity prevention in defined (high school) populations

    International Journal of Obesity,

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    • Taylor, C. B., Taylor, K., Jones, M., Shorter, A., Yee, M., Genkin, B., Kass, A., Rizk, M., Redman, M., Romer,

  • Prevention and early intervention for eating disorders. In J. Lock (Ed.) The Oxford handbook of developmental perspectives on child and adolescent eating disorders

    Oxford University Press

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  • Psychological and behavioral correlates of excess weight: Misperception of obese status among Class II obese persons

    International Journal of Eating Disorders

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    • Grilo, C. M., Masheb, R. M., & White, M. A.

  • Reducing binge eating and overweight in adolescents using an Internet-facilitated intervention

    Pediatrics

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    • Luce, K. H., Osborne, M. I., Taylor, K., Cunning, D., Celio Doyle, A., Wilfley, D., & Taylor, C. B.

  • The clinical significance of loss of control over eating in overweight adolescents

    International Journal of Eating Disorders,

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    • Goldschmidt, A. B., Jones, M., Manwaring, J. L., Luce, K., Osborne, M. I., Cunning, D., Celio Doyle, A., Wilfl

  • Internet-based prevention and treatment of obesity and body dissatisfaction. In J. D. Latner & G. T. Wilson (Eds.) Self-help approaches for obesity and eating disorders: Research and practice

    Guilford Press.

    Other authors
    • C Barr Taylor

  • Parental restrictions on adolescent Internet use

    Pediatrics

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    • Rogers, M., Taylor, C. B., Cunning, D., Jones, M., & Taylor, K.

  • Developing a novel measure of body satisfaction using virtual reality

    PLOS One

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  • Eating Disorders on College Campuses: Implications for Prevention and Treatment

    Harvard Health Policy Review; 2012; 13(2), 28-32.

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Honors & Awards

  • Health Innovators Fellowship

    The Aspen Institute

Organizations

  • Consumer Technology Association

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  • International Women's Forum

    Member

    - Present

  • Society for Behavioral Medicine

    Member

    - Present

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