New EMBRACED Lab publication led by Dr. Barnhart! Within-community stress among sexual minoritized men (SMM), such as pressures to compete with each other and body stigma experiences, may clarify why more community involvement is connected to more disordered eating in SMM. (1)

We celebrate the beauty, strength, and joy of trans and gender-diverse people today, and everyday. We advocate for and participate in research that is inclusive of trans and gender-diverse people. (1)

Oh my gosh!!!! Our paper, which provides evidence from a nationally representative US sample that people who screen positive on an ED screener are more likely to report interest and attempts to access GLP-1s like Ozempic, was just accepted at IJED!

Congrats to EMBRACED Lab undergraduate student, Mya Lawrence, clinical psychology PhD candidate, Katy Pasquariello, and graduate student affiliate, @gepnowicki.bsky.social, for a successful poster presentation at the Massachusetts Psychology Association 2026 Annual Conference! (1)

Major congratulations are in order! Clinical psychology PhD candidate and EMBRACED Lab graduate student, Katy Pasquariello, successfully proposed her dissertation: In Pursuit of Perfection: A Temporal Network Model of Maladaptive Strivings and Disordered Eating! We are so proud of you, Katy!

📣 Hiring a research coordinator to work on a foundation-funded grant testing a self-guided digital intervention for teens at high risk #eatingdisorders, as well as on a variety of other projects in the lab! Ideal start date in June! Application link to come ASAP but email with interest in meantime!

So excited to officially launch recruitment for my community-engaged pilot study funded by @embracecenter.bsky.social focused on interoception, sleep, and Black maternal mental health! Please share with your networks if you can!

New EMBRACED Lab publication! Led by clinical psychology PhD student, Katy Pasquariello, and supervised by Dr. Barnhart, we are the first to test the longitudinal assumptions of the tripartite influence model, a prominent sociocultural model of eating disorders, in sexual minoritized men (SMM). (1)

New @intjeatdisord.bsky.social publication! -Previous research shows LGBTQ+ community involvement is linked with elevated disordered eating in sexual minoritized men (SMM) -Intraminority, or within-community stress clarifies this link (1)

I cannot wait to meet and learn from folks at MEDA 2026! I am also thrilled to share that clinical psychology PhD student, Katy Pasquariello, graduate student affiliate, Doria Wohler, and undergraduate, Ana Célérier Salcedo, all members of the EMBRACED Lab, will be presenting posters at MEDA 2026!

My keynote address— which will share lived experiences and research from our EMBRACED Lab— will communicate an indispensable truth: eating disorders do not discriminate. This recognition and advocacy literally saves lives. (2)

Time to announce the exciting news! I am so proud and excited to share that I was invited to be a keynote speaker for the 31st Annual Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association National Conference! (1)

Dr. Barnhart will be a speaker at the Men and Eating Disorders Workshop, hosted by Beat, Dr. Chukwuemeka Nwuba of Club Majority, and Dr. Tahani Dahir, on 11/26/2025! See below for more information, as well as the Program link for the Workshop events! Program: lnkd.in/gYuPKbPU

Will you be at #abct2025? If so, we'd love to see you!

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I’ll be reviewing applications for the clinical psychology PhD program at Suffolk University for the 2026/2027 academic year. Those with research interests in #eatingdisorders, especially in #LGBTQ+ and other minoritized communities, are encouraged to apply!

Here are some pics from the ceremony that I adore 💕

Friday I walked and was hooded for my PhD in clinical psychology, earning the title of Dr. Barnhart. I am truly blessed to have shared the day with the most important people in my life, my dear friends, family, and mentors. (1)

Proud of this commentary I wrote with Megan Mikhail where we argue the next 50 years of eating disorder research must center equity & impact to actually make meaningful progress towards reducing the prevalence & progression of eating disorders. Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Resurfacing this in excitement for next week! See you all there!

BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants. This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.