EAT LAB

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  • People
    • Alumni
    • Collaborators
    • Join the Lab >
      • Prospective Graduate Students
      • Now hiring!
  • Our Research & Publications
    • Call for Papers!
    • Posters & Presentations >
      • ABCT 2024!
  • Participate in Research
    • Personalized Interventions and Outcomes: Navigating Eating Disorder Experiences and Recovery (PIONEER) Study (Online)
    • Youth Eating Study (YES!)
    • Tracking Restriction, Affect and Cognitions (TRAC) Study (Online)
    • Virtual Reality Study
    • Facing Eating Disorder Fears Study (Online)
    • The Body Project
  • Eating Disorder Resources
  • Blog & In the Press
  • Archived Studies
    • Personalized Treatment and CBT-E Study (Online)
    • Predicting Recovery Study (Online)
    • Body Project Summer Camp
    • Online Single Session Resources
    • Reconnecting to Internal Sensations and Experiences (RISE) Study
    • Web-Based Mindfulness Study
    • Personalized Treatment Study
    • Online Imaginal Exposure Study
    • In-Vivo Imaginal Exposure Study
    • Daily Habits 3 Study
    • Clinical Screener Study (Online)
    • Daily Mood Study
    • COVID-19 Daily Impact Study
    • Conquering fear foods study
    • Louisville Pregnancy Study
    • Approach and Avoidance in AN (AAA) Study
    • Web-Based Mindfulness for AN & BN Study
    • Barriers to Treatment Access (BTA) Study!
    • Mindful Self-Compassion Study
    • Network EMA Study
  • Legacy of Hope Summit Report
  • DONATE-CURE EATING DISORDERS!
  • Directions
  • Statistical Consultation
  • About
  • People
    • Alumni
    • Collaborators
    • Join the Lab >
      • Prospective Graduate Students
      • Now hiring!
  • Our Research & Publications
    • Call for Papers!
    • Posters & Presentations >
      • ABCT 2024!
  • Participate in Research
    • Personalized Interventions and Outcomes: Navigating Eating Disorder Experiences and Recovery (PIONEER) Study (Online)
    • Youth Eating Study (YES!)
    • Tracking Restriction, Affect and Cognitions (TRAC) Study (Online)
    • Virtual Reality Study
    • Facing Eating Disorder Fears Study (Online)
    • The Body Project
  • Eating Disorder Resources
  • Blog & In the Press
  • Archived Studies
    • Personalized Treatment and CBT-E Study (Online)
    • Predicting Recovery Study (Online)
    • Body Project Summer Camp
    • Online Single Session Resources
    • Reconnecting to Internal Sensations and Experiences (RISE) Study
    • Web-Based Mindfulness Study
    • Personalized Treatment Study
    • Online Imaginal Exposure Study
    • In-Vivo Imaginal Exposure Study
    • Daily Habits 3 Study
    • Clinical Screener Study (Online)
    • Daily Mood Study
    • COVID-19 Daily Impact Study
    • Conquering fear foods study
    • Louisville Pregnancy Study
    • Approach and Avoidance in AN (AAA) Study
    • Web-Based Mindfulness for AN & BN Study
    • Barriers to Treatment Access (BTA) Study!
    • Mindful Self-Compassion Study
    • Network EMA Study
  • Legacy of Hope Summit Report
  • DONATE-CURE EATING DISORDERS!
  • Directions
  • Statistical Consultation

Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) Laboratory

Welcome to the EAT Lab located at the University of Louisville, directed by Dr. Cheri A. Levinson, Ph.D.

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ABOUT OUR RESEARCH
Donate to help cure eating disorders!
Sign up for our Body Project Summer Camp!
PARTICIPATE IN OUR YOUTH EATING STUDY (YES!)
Participate in our Facing Eating Disorder Fears (FED-F) Study
Participate in our Tracking Restriction, Affect and Cognitions (TRAC) Study
Participate in our Personalized Interventions and Outcomes Navigating Eating Disorder Experiences and Recovery (PIONEER) Study

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About the EAT Lab:

The EAT Lab is dedicated to research on and treatment for eating disorders and anxiety

EAT Lab mission statement

The Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) Laboratory has a six-pronged mission, all of which center on improving the lives of those with eating disorders. Our mission is to (a) conduct cutting-edge research to develop novel treatments for eating disorders, (b) provide high-quality, evidence-based treatment for eating disorders (c) train the next generation of eating disorder researchers and clinicians, (d) distribute scientifically-based prevention programs across the community, (e) advocate for more awareness, better treatment, and services for eating disorders, and (f) work toward a  future that alleviates barriers to accessing high-quality treatment, prevention, and research for underserved populations.​
Our research has several aims: 

Novel Treatment Development for the Eating Disorders​

Exposure therapy is the treatment of choice for anxiety disorders. At the EAT Lab we are working on ways to adapt exposure therapy for the treatment of eating disorders. We are also interested in adapting other empirically-based treatments for the anxiety disorders and extending them to the eating disorders. 

Personalizing Eating Disorder Treatment​ 

Treatments for eating disorders only work for about 50% of individuals. Part of the reason that treatments fail is because of the high heterogeneity among eating disorders. Our work, using network analysis, is focused on identifying how symptoms of eating disorders differ within individuals and using this to inform personalized treatment.

Eating Disorder & Anxiety Disorder Comorbidity

More than 70% of individuals with eating disorders also meet criteria for an anxiety disorder. Our lab studies why these two types of disorders co-occur so frequently. Our ultimate goal is to develop treatments and preventative interventions that address both disorders concurrently.  

Quality eating disorder treatment is not easily accessible in the United States

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Learn more about our work with ProjectHEAL and barriers to quality eating disorder treatment access by clicking here: https://www.theprojectheal.org/reportedbarriers

EAT Lab in the news!

Dr. Levinson in the Sydney Morning Herald, ​Spring 2025

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Tailoring Evidence-Based Treatment to the Person, Not the Diagnosis

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VR and eating disorders

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UofL researchers develop VR technology to combat eating disorders

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Taking eating disorders seriously.

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Kentucky must take action against weight discrimination.
​It's costing the state billions.

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University of Louisville awarded $11.5 million for research to prevent and treat eating disorders

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Dr. Levinson ​and the Kentucky Eating Disorder Council call for changes to insurance to improve eating disorder treatment accessibility

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Kentucky lacks access to eating disorder treatment, but this professor is changing that.

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