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Editors-in-Chief

Phillipa Hay, MD, DPhil, Western Sydney University, Australia 
Phillipa HayProfessor Phillipa Hay is a leading mental health researcher, educator, and practicing Psychiatrist. Her research has been translational, guided policy and practice, and award winning, e.g., in 2015 she received the Lifetime Leadership Award from the ANZ Academy for Eating Disorders, and in 2020 she was awarded the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Senior Research Award. She laid the foundations for mental health programs in two new medical schools James Cook and Western Sydney. She has a DPhil in Psychiatry from the University of Oxford and MD (Medicine) from University of Otago, is a Fellow of the RANZCP, and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED).


Stephen Touyz, PhD, FAED , FAPS, University of Sydney, Australia 
Stephen TouyzStephen Touyz is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney and Director of the Inside Out Institute, a joint partnership between the Sydney Local Health District and the University of Sydney. He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Eating Disorders which he co-founded a decade ago. He is a past president of the Eating Disorders Research Society. He is a member of the Commonwealth Government of Australia’s Technical Advisory Group for Eating Disorders and a member of the steering committee of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration. He was presented with a leadership award in research by the Academy of Eating Disorders in 2012, the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award by the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders in 2014 and the Ian M Campbell Prize in Clinical Psychology from the Australian Psychological Society in 2014. He has edited/co-edited 6 books and published over 480 scholarly papers/book chapters.

Senior Associate Editors
Jose C. Appolinario, PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Paolo PP Machado, PhD, University of Minho, Portugal
Howard Steiger, PhD, McGill University, Canada
Lois Surgenor, PhD, MA DipClinPsych , FNZCCPsych, University of Otago, New Zealand
Jennifer Wildes, PhD, University of Chicago, United States of America

Associate Editors

Erin Accurso, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America
Linda Booij, PhD, McGill University, Canada and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Canada
Timothy Brewerton, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, United States
Jennifer S. Coelho, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada
Jennifer Couturier, MD, FRCPC, McMaster University, Canada
Riccardo Dalle Grave, MD, Villa Garda Hospital, Italy
Gina Dimitropoulos, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Sasha Gorrell, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America
Jinbo He, PhD, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Lisa Smith Kilpela, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States of America
Debra Katzman, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto, Canada and Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Aaron Keshen, MD, FRCPC, Dalhousie University, Canada
Jason Lavender, PhD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, United States of America
Jenni Leppanen, PhD, King's College London, United Kingdom
Milan Piya, PhD, FRACP , FRCP, Western Sydney University, Australia 
Kristin Stedal, PhD, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Lot Sternheim, PhD, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Nora Trompeter, PhD, University College London, United Kingdom
D Blake Woodisde, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto, Canada

Senior Editors
Samir Al-Adawi, PhD, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Karina Allen, PhD, MPsych, King's College London, United Kingdom
Phillip Aouad, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia 
Evelyn Attia, MD, Columbia University, United States of America
Rachel Bachner-Melman, PhD, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Chris Basten, PhD, Basten & Associates, Australia 
C. Laird Birmingham, MD, University of British Columbia, Canada
Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, PhD, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Rachel Bryant-Waugh, PhD, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Amy L. Burton, PhD, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 
Jue Chen, PhD, Shanghai Mental Health Center, China
David Chinn, MbCHB, FRANZCP, Hutt Valley District Health Board, New Zealand
Angélica M. Claudino, MD, PhD, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
Janet Conti, PhD, Western Sydney University, Australia 
Myra Cooper, DPhil, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Paul Copeland, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States of America
Kelly Dann, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia 
Brooke Donnelly, PhD, Western Sydney University, Australia
Elizabeth Dougherty, PhD, University of Chicago, United States
Sarah Eckhardt, PhD, Children's Minnesota, United States of America
Kamryn Eddy, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States of America
Sarah Fogarty, PhD, Western Sydney University, Australia
Janet Franklin, PhD, APD, Western Sydney University and University of Sydney, Australia 
Katrin Giel, PhD, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Germany
Walter Gonçalves, MD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Brazil
Samantha L. Hahn, PhD, MPH, RD, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, United States
Susan Hart, PhD, APD, University of Sydney, Australia 
Andreea Heriseanu, PhD, Macquarie University, Australia 
C. Peter Herman, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada
Gabriella Heruc, PhD, Western Sydney University, Australia
Mary S. Himmelstein, PhD, Kent State University, United States
Jennifer Jordan, PhD, University of Otago, New Zealand
Ivan Jukic, PhD, Abertay University, New Zealand
Allan S. Kaplan, MD, MSc , FRCPC, University of Toronto, Canada
Michael R Kohn, PhD, FRACP , FACPM, Westmead Hospital, Australia 
Isabel Krug, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia 
Hubert Lacey, MD, FRCPsych, St George's, University of London, United Kingdom
Sau Fong Leung, PhD, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Sloane Madden, MD, FAED, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Australia 
Sarah Maguire, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia 
Siân McLean, PhD, La Trobe University, Australia 
Philip Mehler, MD, CEDS, FACP, FAED, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States of America
Paolo Meneguzzo, MD, PhD, University of Padova, Italy
Deborah Mitchison, PhD, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 
Jason Nagata, MD, MSc, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America
Richard Newton, MBChB, MRCPsych , FRANZCP, Peninsula Health, Australia 
Allison Nitsch, MD, FACP , CEDS, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, United States of America
Genevieve Pepin, PhD, Deakin University, Australia 
Kathleen M. Pike, PhD, Columbia University, United States of America
Janet Polivy, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada
Sarah Racine, PhD, McGill University, Canada
Angelique F. Ralph, BPsych(Hons), Australian Catholic University, Australia
Hélène Rangé, DDS, PhD, Hôpital Rothschild, France
Erin E. Reilly, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, United States
Gaby Resmark, PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany
Marion E. Roberts, PhD, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Amanda Salis, PhD, University of Western Australia, Australia 
Pratap Sharan, MD, PhD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Gemma Sharp, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Finn Skårderud, MD, PhD, Institute for Eating Disorders, Norway
Daniel Stein, MD, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Trevor Steward, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia 
Gloria Valéria da Veiga, PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lenny Vartanian, PhD, UNSW Sydney, Australia 
Sarah Young, PhD, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia 

Editors
Liya Akoury, PhD, Aviva Psychology Services, United States of America
Emanuala Araia, PhD, Deakin University, Australia
Amelia Austin, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada 
Sarah Barakat, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
Wesley R. Barnhart, MA, Bowling Green State University, United States 
Evelyn Boon, PhD, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Edith Breton, PhD, University of Oslo, Norway
Emma Bryant, BMedSci(Hons), University of Sydney, Australia
Lisa Dawson, PhD, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia
Sinead Day, MClinPsych, Western Sydney University, Australia
James Downs, MEd (Cantab), Patient Representative, Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom 
Rosiel Elwyn, MProfPsych, BSocSci (Psych) (Hons), University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Jasmine Fardouly, PhD, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Carlos Eduardo Ferreira De Moraes, PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Loren Gianini, PhD, Columbia Irving University Medical Center, New York, United States
Kjersti S. Gulliksen, PhD, The Norwegian Psychological Association, Norway
Ashlea Hambleton, BPsych, MClinPsych, University of Sydney, Australia
Florian Hammerle, Dip (MSc) Psych, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany
João Hiluy, MD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eve House, BSc, MNutrDiet, University of Sydney, Australia
Connie Kaufman, MBBS, FRANZCP, Ramsay Health Care, Australia
Laura Kiely, BSc, Western Sydney University, Australia
Rachel Kramer, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, United States 
Andrea LaMarre, PhD, CHEO Research Institute, Canada
Long Khanh-Dao Le, PhD, Monash University, Australia 
Katarina Prnjak, PhD, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 
Tanja Rabbering, MSc, University of Sydney, Australia
Rebekah Rankin, MClinPsych, Western Sydney University, Australia
Brianne N. Richson, PhD, Sanford Center for Biobehavioral Research & University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, United States 
Nerissa Soh, PhD, APD, University of Sydney, Australia
Blair Uniacke, MD, Columbia University, United States 
Andrew Wallis, PhD, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Australia 
Yan-Fang Wang, PhD, Peking University First Hospital, China

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  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.5
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.0
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.099
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.024

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 9
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