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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis

@access-lab-washu.bsky.social
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Hello, we are the ACCESS (Advancing Clinical Care for Eating Disorders Using Scalable Solutions) Lab at Washington University in St. Louis!

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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Meet Marianna, the research coordinator of our Guide-ED study, who has been with the lab for over a year now!
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
📣 New pub just dropped! Huge congrats to @aggie-laboe.bsky.social on this wonderful paper
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Meet Mireya, our newest Clinical Research Coordinator, coming from UNC Chapel Hill! 🥳
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We've expanded eligibility for the EMBody Study! We are now recruiting individuals up to age 19 (rather than age 17) who have concerns about their body image or eating to participate in a study evaluating a brief, self-guided digital tool. Please share with your networks!
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Thank you to The Hague/AED for having us at ICED 2026, and amazing work to our presenters @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social, @carlihowe.bsky.social, @jannahmoussaoui.bsky.social, and our Top 10 posters by @mariannamohr.bsky.social and @natgullo.bsky.social! We look forward to the next one 😊
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Great time in The Hague at #ICED2026! Excited to share results from our trial of a digital aftercare intervention for anorexia nervosa and proud of the fantastic work presented by @access-lab-washu.bsky.social trainees. Always great to connect with colleagues and friends. See you in Phoenix!
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
New pub just dropped! Congrats to Dr. Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft and Dr. Michelle Newman on these exciting RCT findings that have significant implications for scalable mental health treatment in college students 😊🎉
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We are excited to see many of you at ICED next week! And major congrats to our two coordinators @natgullo.bsky.social and @mariannamohr.bsky.social on Top 10 Posters 🎉
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New pub just dropped 📣🎉 Huge congrats to our own @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social, and Dr. Patty Cavazos-Rehg over at the Department of Psychiatry's Health Behavior Center!
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Excited to share a new paper I co–first authored in @intjeatdisord.bsky.social 🎉 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We ran a 3-arm pilot RCT (N=148) testing a mobile app for teens w/ or at high risk for eating disorders, comparing self-help to guided self-help (GSH) and GSH+social networking
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Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Mobile App for Teens With or at High Risk for Eating Disorders: A Three‐Arm Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Self‐Help, Guided Self‐Help, and Guided Self‐Help With a Social Networking Component
Objective Given the wide treatment gap for eating disorders (EDs) and that these problems often emerge in adolescence, novel tools, such as app-based interventions, are needed to prevent and treat E...
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Excited to share our new paper published today in Nature Human Behaviour! 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... We ran a large population-based RCT testing a coached digital program for anxiety, depression, & eating disorders in college students. Honored to be co-first author, alongside a super team 1/n
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Population-based RCT of a digital cognitive-behavioural guided self-help intervention for anxiety, depression and eating disorders in college students - Nature Human Behaviour
A brief digital CBT self-help programme paired with screening improved mental health and service use among college students, offering a scalable way to support diverse populations and reduce symptoms ...
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Join us for the next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core Seminar featuring Dr. Hannah Szlyk discussing digital health, behavioral health equity, and community-engaged intervention development. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 ⏰ 12-1 PM CDT Register here! mhealth.wustl.edu/seminar/
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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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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The @access-lab-washu.bsky.social is proud to stand with the @edcoalition + 131 partners to strengthen the federal response to #eatingdisorders— expanding provider training, improving early identification, and advancing life-saving research. Read our letter to Congress: bit.ly/48AzCpk
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Meet Abid Hasan, a soon-to-be senior at WashU who has been with our lab for nearly 2 years! 🎉
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The ACCESS Lab recently got together at Taco Buddha to celebrate an amazing second year together 😊 we are very excited for the years to come!
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