No Longer Invisible: Shedding Light on Eating Disorders in Black Women
Presented By:
Rachel W. Goode, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Eating Disorder Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Receive 1 CME/CE Credit
Topics Covered:
- Identify factors that may influence the development of disordered eating in Black Americans
- Describe culturally relevant questions that may better detect the presence of disordered eating in clinical assessments with Black Americans
- Review scientific literature on the prevalence and nature of disordered eating in Black Americans
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Rachel W. Goode, PhD
Rachel W. Goode is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Eating Disorder Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Goode received her PhD, MPH, and MSW from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include developing, implementing, and evaluating equitable and community-engaged interventions to treat obesity and eating disorders. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Eating Disorders Association, Magee Women’s Research Institute, and the University Research Council at UNC-Chapel Hill. Currently, Dr. Goode is the principal investigator of an NIH Career Development Award (K23) to develop a culturally relevant digital health tool to treat binge eating and obesity. Additionally,
Dr. Goode is a licensed clinical social worker, and has practice experience with the treatment of eating disorders and obesity among clients in university counseling centers, and community-based mental health agencies. She has been fortunate to be the recipient of various awards, including the Oprah Civic Leadership Award, Deborah Padgett Early Career Scholar Award, and the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
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