In the current political and social environment funding is limited for research to promote better mental health, specifically for eating disorders. Here is a picture of the current funding for eating disorders from the National Institute of Health. What it shows is that despite the high cost to society (not even considering the impairment and suffering) eating disorder funding is at an all time low.

The research and training we do in the EAT lab directly impacts people with eating disorders. Our research is all designed to develop better treatments and prevention efforts. Our training is designed to produce leaders and clinicians in the eating disorder field. If you want to support our effort to cure eating disorders, we welcome donations. You can make donations directly to the EAT lab or directly to the Psychology Department at U of L. You can also specify what you want your donation to be used for.  Here are some examples of what your money can do:

$20 provides participants with our workbook on imaginal exposure therapy.
$80 funds a participant in our mobile app study leading to personalized eating disorder treatments.
$100 funds a participant with an eating disorder to receive 10 sessions of free therapy in our personalized treatment study.
$200 funds a graduate student to travel to a conference for eating disorder training.
$300 buys a tablet for participants to use during the research study.
$500 funds 10 graduate students training in empirically-based prevention programs.

HELP US CURE EATING DISORDERS! Donate here: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1157/site2014/indexFund.aspx?sid=1157&gid=1&pgid=1118&cid=2079&dids=164.139

Please make sure and specify the EAT lab in the 'other box' if you want your donation to go directly to our lab.

Any questions or comments, please email Dr. Levinson (cheri.levinson@louisville.edu) or fill out the contact form below.