Our Research

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Our Research ~

Our research focuses on identifying how people get stuck in rigid and repetitive patterns that cause them harm and how we can help them get unstuck. Our diverse team does interdisciplinary, impactful, and inclusive research in the neuroscience to clinical pipeline for disorders of rigidity. Areas of clinical focus include eating disorders (e.g., anorexia nervosa) and “broader” mental health concerns (e.g., obsessive-compulsive disorder, non-suicidal self-injury, personality disorders, and more). Read more below to find out more about our research areas or check out our current studies and participate in our research!

Research Areas

  • Neuroscience

    We use neuroimaging and neurocognitive tasks to understand mechanisms that underlie disorders of rigidity and seek to use this knowledge to inform future treatments.

  • Treatment

    We seek to develop and test novel treatment approaches that are informed by mechanistic research and sociocultural factors.

  • Disorders

    Our research primarily focuses on disorders of rigidity. This includes anorexia nervosa and restrictive eating, as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorders, and transdiagnostic struggles such as suicidal behavior and non-suicidal self-injury.