Tag: eating disorders research

advocacy The system won’t save us: Reflections from Korea’s EDAW 2025

The system won’t save us: Reflections from Korea’s EDAW 2025

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Korea’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW) 2025 was a whirlwind. I lived like a ghost, confined to my room packed with boxed props. My resignation letter had been submitted to my full-time job. My focus was stretched thin across every detail of the daily sessions: ticketing, Instagram promotions, Google Meet...

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advocacy CoRe-ED: a global collaboration for eating disorders research

CoRe-ED: a global collaboration for eating disorders research

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A recent article published on this blog (Imagine a Global Board for Eating Disorders) proposed an international governing body that would bring together experts, voices from lived experience, advocates, and industry leaders to tackle the complexities of eating disorders. That vision is no longer an idea. It’s a reality. To...

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advocacy Millie the Eating Disorders librarian needs a job

Millie the Eating Disorders librarian needs a job

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I am very grateful to June for allowing me to write this post, and I will be grateful to any of you who can assist me in finding a new job within the eating disorders field. Many of you know me from my work as the eating disorders librarian, but...

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Anorexia Sense of self and body image in anorexia nervosa: Call for participants

Sense of self and body image in anorexia nervosa: Call for participants

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My story with eating disorders began at my first full-time job. I was two years out of university when offered a position with the Eating Disorders Service at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. I felt a thrill to be starting in a new, challenging role as a research coordinator, but...

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