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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We’re heading to The Hague! If you're there, please stop by and check out our research! We can't wait to present and learn more from ICED's extensive professional network!

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We’re heading to The Hague! If you're there, please stop by and check out our research! We can't wait to present and learn more from ICED's extensive professional network!

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

An exciting EMBRACED + @auacceptlab.bsky.social Lab collaboration! We are thrilled to share this @intjeatdisord.bsky.social publication, a collaboration led by Dr. @barnhartwr.bsky.social and Dr. Tiffany Brown on intraminority stress and eating disorder symptoms in sexual minoritized men! (1)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Meet our team! Welcome @natgullo.bsky.social -- we are sooo thrilled to have you! ✨⭐✨

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

We can't wait for the next EMBRACED + ACCEPT Lab collaboration! Credit to Doria Wohler for the GORGEOUS infographic! 🤩🤩

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Finally, greater baseline status pressures predicted greater muscle building one month later. Consider how status intraminority stress promotes “toxic” masculinity, which has strong links with muscularity-oriented eating disorder concerns among sexual minoritized men. (4)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Greater baseline pressures to compete predicted greater cognitive restraint one month later. Competition intraminority stress may damage relationships and connection with sexual minoritized men, which may lead to restrictive thoughts and feelings to “fit in” or as a maladaptive coping strategy. (3)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Greater baseline pressures to engage in causal sex predicted greater body dissatisfaction one month later. Sex intraminority stress may overlap with body stigma and gendered pressures (masculinity), which collectively emphasize body ideals among sexual minoritized men. (2)

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Neha J. Goel, PhD @nehajgoel28.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

📣 NEW PUB ALERT! A few of my fellow researchers and I were frustrated by the term "Asian" in eating disorders/MH research. So we did something about it! Let's be specific about who we are talking about when trying to improve detection, prevention, and treatment for different Asian subgroups!

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Rethinking the “Asian” identity in eating disorders research: a call to action

Despite descending from the largest continent in the world, people with Asian heritage are under-researched and underrepresented within the eating disorders (EDs) literature. Moreover, when Asian g...

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Spring has sprung, and so has our research! We are so pleased to share that an article led by Dr. @barnhart.135, in collaboration with Dr. Jinbo He, was awarded as one of the top 10 most cited articles in the International Journal of Eating Disorders during the 2024 academic year!

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Please RT and share with your networks! We are recruiting teens with body image concerns for a study testing a self-guided digital tool. Reach out with any questions! @access-lab-washu.bsky.social

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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Our team at Washington University in St. Louis is conducting a study called the EMBody study to test a brief self-guided digital tool for teens who have concerns with their body image and their eating! Learn more here and please share: washu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Thank you to my truly outstanding team, especially those in attendance, Katy Pasquariello, M.S., Doria Wohler, and Ana Célérier Salcedo. I am so proud of you all and could not be happier to be your mentor! 🥲💕 (4)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Thank you Monika Ostroff and the MEDA team (Carolyn and so many more) for giving me this opportunity to share my journey, current research program, and future directions. I am deeply, deeply honored and proud of this keynote. (3)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

And, I was able to share the important work the EMBRACED Lab is doing at Suffolk University around defying stereotypes in who struggles with an eating disorder. Eating disorders do not discriminate! (2)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Yesterday, I gave my MEDA Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association keynote, WEIRD SWAG?: Elevating Minoritized Backgrounds in Research on Appearance Concerns and Eating Disorders. I shared my lived experiences with an eating disorder for the first time professionally. (1)

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Nathalie Gullo (she/they) @natgullo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I'm real stoked to announce that I will be starting at Suffolk University in Boston, MA as a Clinical Psychology PhD student come this autumn! Really excited to be on this journey and grateful to be joining such a lovely team with the @embraced-lab.bsky.social feat. @barnhartwr.bsky.social 🎉

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Meet Katy!

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Future research on social experiences (e.g., body stigma) within community involvement that reinforce harmful body ideals, as well as sources of protection (e.g., community connectedness), is needed to support potential community-level interventions. Made by the amazing Doria Wohler!

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

We found that in SMM reporting more within-community stress experiences, LGBTQ+ community involvement was associated with more disordered eating. (2)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

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)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We strongly advocate for and participate in lived experiences research at the intersection of gender identity and mental health. We see you. We are here for you. Your safety and joy matter. Your existence is not up for debate.

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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)

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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

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!

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Yes!!! Congrats- and perfect timing. Colleagues and I are pursuing GLP-1 use and body image study :) definitely will be citing this.

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Mya presented on Project EMBRACED, a novel single-session intervention addressing identity-based stressors experienced by the LGBTQ+ community and eating disorder symptoms. We are so excited to be entering the pilot stage of this project! More to come on Project EMBRACED! (2)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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)

EMBRACED Lab undergraduate student standing in front of poster presented at MPA 2026 Annual Conference.

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Special thank you to Katy’s committee members, Dave Gansler, Sukanya Ray, and Cheri Levinson.

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

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!

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