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Harris Center Research
Comprehensive interdisciplinary research is key to developing effective strategies to
understand, diagnose, treat, and prevent eating disorders and the serious medical and
psychological health problems that often result from them.
With only 1.5% of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) budget directed to eating disorders research (for fiscal year 2006), support is lacking for many significant research projects to be conducted.
In addition, despite the prevalence of eating disorders, there are currently very few specialized postgraduate training programs for professionals to learn to treat people with eating disorders. In its efforts to expand quality research and to increase the number of professionals who will be prepared to understand, detect, and successfully treat people with eating disorders, the Harris Center
- Creates and fosters interdisciplinary research collaborations;
- Facilitates innovative research through pilot study grants and seed money;
- Promotes and provides support for ongoing studies; and
- Develops and nurtures research and clinical interests of young investigators.
For information on Harris Center Research, click on one of the following links:
Harris Center Research
Harris Center Abstracts
Harris Center Publications
This page was last updated on December 4, 2007.
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