Entry Year
2021
Major Area of Study
Experimental Psychopathology
Mentor
Aaron Blashill, PhD
Research Interests
Autumn is interested in sociocultural factors that influence eating pathology and body image disturbance, particularly within LGBTQ+ populations, as well as translating mechanistic research into novel treatments for eating disorders.
Representative Publications
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Haynos, A. F., Anderson, L. M., Askew, A. J., Craske, M. G., & Peterson, C. B. (2021). Adapting a neuroscience-informed intervention to alter reward mechanisms of anorexia nervosa: a novel direction for future research. Journal of Eating Disorders, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00417-5
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Simone, M., Askew, A., Lust, K., Eisenberg, M. E., & Pisetsky, E. M. (2020). Disparities in self‐reported eating disorders and academic impairment in sexual and gender minority college students relative to their heterosexual and cisgender peers. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(4), 513–524. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23226
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Askew, A. J., Peterson, C. B., Crow, S. J., Mitchell, J. E., Halmi, K. A., Agras, W. S., & Haynos, A. F. (2020). Not all body image constructs are created equal: Predicting eating disorder outcomes from preoccupation, dissatisfaction, and overvaluation. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(6), 954–963. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23277
Grants/Awards
- Cota-Robles Fellowship (UCSD, 2021-2025)
