Lab Director

Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD

Dr. Barnhart (they/he) is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Program of the Department of Psychology at Suffolk University. Dr. Barnhart is dedicated to advancing our understanding of and treatments for eating disorders in minoritized and underrepresented populations. They use scientifically rigorous, transparent, and open science approaches to clarify the complex links between stigma, systems of oppression, and eating disorders. Dr. Barnhart unites their research program with their core values (e.g., multiculturalism; diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice) and identities/lived experiences as a Queer, gender-diverse, first-generation scholar.

Prior to coming to Suffolk, they were an Eating Disorders track Doctoral Psychology Intern at the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders. Dr. Barnhart earned a BA in psychology and BS in neuroscience from Ohio State University and completed his graduate training (MA & PhD) in clinical psychology at Bowling Green State University.

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Graduate Students

TBD!

Graduate Student Affiliates

Katy Pasquariello, MS

Katy (she/her) is a fourth-year Clinical Psychology PhD student in the Clinical Neuroscience of Cognitive Control Lab at Suffolk University (PI: David Gansler, PhD). After graduating from Connecticut College in 2019, Katy worked at the Psychology Assessment Center of Massachusetts General Hospital, where she conducted neuropsychological assessments with individuals across the lifespan. This experience informed her graduate research, which focuses on understanding the neurocognitive correlates of psychological conditions, including eating disorders. She is interested in employing advanced analytic methods and technologies (i.e., network analysis; ecological momentary assessment) to understand these relationships cross-sectionally and longitudinally. As part of her collaboration with the EMBRACED lab, Katy’s work will utilize network analysis to examine the architecture of eating disorder symptoms among sexual and gender minority populations. Outside of her clinical and research interests, Katy enjoys doing yoga, cooking, and spending time in the Berkshires, MA, with her family.

Doria C. Wohler, MFA

Doria (she/her) is a master's student (MPH) in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Temple University's College of Public Health. She has her MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Temple University and her BA in English/Interdisciplinary Studies from CUNY Hunter College. Doria's research focuses primarily on disordered eating as an outcome of high-stress environments, looking specifically at how policy-driven issues such as food security/access, health education, and systemic weight stigma can exacerbate the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors in marginalized groups. Doria has been involved in research projects investigating the social and behavioral outcomes of GLP-1 use in patients at a safety-net healthcare system, and she is currently working on a systematic review of eating disorder treatment and shared decision-making. 

Undergraduate Students

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EMBRACED Lab Collaborators

Jinbo He, PhD, SCI-Cream Lab, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Jason M. Nagata, MD, MSc, Nagata Lab, University of California San Francisco

Cynthia M. Bulik, PhD, FAED, UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders

Tiffany A. Brown, PhD, ACCEPT Lab, Auburn University

C. Blair Burnette, PhD, ARISE Lab, Michigan State University

Jennifer J. Thomas, PhD, FAED, Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Kamryn T. Eddy, PhD, FAED, Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School