​Following the keynote will be short presentations across four major sessions, including: Anorexia Nervosa, Body Image & Eating Disorders broadly, Lived Experience in Body Image & Eating Disorders Research, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Posters will also be made available online for attendee viewing.

Preliminary Conference Schedule

12.00pm AEDT

WELCOME: Dr Andrea Phillipou

​KEYNOTE: Prof Joanna Steinglass: "Translational research from mechanism to treatment in anorexia nervosa".

SESSION 1: Anorexia Nervosa

• Dr Christina Ralph-Nearman: "Somatomap: A novel multi-platform tool for identifying and visually mapping body image disturbance as objective markers of illness severity in anorexia nervosa and other psychiatric disorders"

• Stephanie Miles: "Understanding poor cognitive flexibility in anorexia nervosa"

• Zoe Jenkins: "Investigating the psychophysiology of anorexia nervosa"

SESSION 2: Body Image & Eating Disorders

• A/Prof Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz: "Leveraging digital technology to reduce eating disorders"

• Dr Deb Mitchison: "Eating disorders and disordered eating among Indigenous Australians"

• Inge Gnatt: "Group-based compassion-focused therapy for comorbid eating and trauma-related difficulties: implementation, acceptability and future directions"

POSTER VIEWING

SESSION 3: Lived Experience in Body Image & Related Disorders Research

• Selma Music: "Lived experience, eating disorders, and research: benefits and considerations"

• Dr Jo Doley: "Body image in sexual minority women: Findings from three studies"

• Dr Elysa Roberts: "Stages & language of recovery, in their/our own words: A thematic analysis"

SESSION 4: Body Dysmorphic Disorder

• Dr Ben Buchanan: "Treatment outcome for body dysmorphic disorder in private practice"

• Grace Fountas: "Hallucinations in body dysmorphic disorder"

• Dr Nicole Schnackenberg: "Shame and identity in body dysmorphic disorder"

5.00pm CLOSING ADDRESS: Dr Andrea Phillipou