Couturier Lab

Research lab at @McMasterU focused on advancing pediatric eating disorders research | @MacPsychiatry

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[Couturier Lab @CouturierLab]

📢 STUDY UPDATE 📢:
With input from across Canada, we’ve created accessible materials to support uptake of the Canadian Practice Guidelines for pediatric eating disorder treatment!

🌐 Explore synopses (EN/FR) + videos for clinicians, youth & caregivers: https://t.co/ZErZO5CNLF

[Couturier Lab @CouturierLab]

Thanks to all of our participants. Your voices shaped these resources!

[Sadaf Sami @SadafSami6]

Had an amazing time presenting our research at #ICED2025 in San Antonio! Huge thanks to @JenniferCoutur, @marianicula_, @Cheryl0514Webb & the @EDResearch team at Stanford for their support. Great meeting so many inspiring ED researchers!
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Highlights📸

[Couturier Lab @CouturierLab]

Binge Eating Disorder is the most common eating disorder, and yet is still misunderstood.

In the following video, made possible by @MacHealthSci, Dr. Jennifer Couturier breaks down what BED is, why it matters, and how recovery is possible.

🎥 https://t.co/4ywa7g0uJU

[Couturier Lab @CouturierLab]

@theNEDIC @mac_peds @bodybravecanada @niedcanada @EDACATAC

[Couturier Lab @CouturierLab]

We’re inviting Canadian individuals with lived experience of or expertise in eating disorders to complete a survey on religious dietary practices or preferences and eating disorder treatment experiences.
More details in the poster below! Please share.

[Dr. Amelia Austin (Millie) @Ame_Austin]

What should we be researching when it comes to Canadian young adults with eating disorders? Have your say! Open to young adults, caregivers, and healthcare providers.
https://t.co/2N6e63vUJc

[McMaster Advancing Youth Mental Health (AYM) Team @Mac_AYM]

Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Sim, AYM Affiliate and @OffordCentre Member, who received a #Research Grant through @sickkids and @CIHR_IRSC! This supports her work co-designing and testing an intervention to improve the #mentalhealth of refugee families: https://t.co/EuGuB8Y7UE

[Couturier Lab @CouturierLab]

Happy New Year all! We are hiring for another full-time research assistant to join our team and work on two new eating disorder projects. If you (or someone you know) is interested, visit https://t.co/kMqHTahqGv and search for Job ID 116480. Please share!

[Scott Griffiths @Scott1Griffiths]

Our study on the TikTok algorithm and eating disorders is finally published (big thx 2 @emilya_harris). We scraped the metadata for ~1 million TikTok videos delivered to users w/ eating disorders versus users w/out eating disorders (i.e. healthy controls) https://t.co/T3CJg0buKo

[Couturier Lab @CouturierLab]

We are hiring a full-time research assistant for a new project studying the implementation of guided self help for parents of youth with eating disorders.

If you (or someone you know) is interested, see Job ID: 66185 at the following link. Please share!
https://t.co/qBcS082kRC

[Dr Jennifer Couturier (she/her) @JenniferCoutur]

Thank you to CIHR for funding this important work. @OffordCentre @MacPsychiatry

[Maria Nicula (she/her) @marianicula_]

Thank you for the shout-out, IJED! 😌

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@IntJEatDisord @marianicula_ is a PhD student in our lab!

[The Offord Centre for Child Studies @OffordCentre]

*NEW*⭐ Offord Centre Core Members Dr. Melissa Kimber and Dr. Jennifer Couturier are co-investigators on a CIHR Team Grant on Health Workforce Transformation, titled: Capacity Building in the Pediatric Eating Disorders Workforce: System Transformation to Improve the Continuum of Care.

We look forward to sharing more updates on this research in the future!👏

https://t.co/5Ld7TRYQra

#research #grant #health #transformation #system #care #impact #collaboration #community #team #capacity #pediatrics #CIHR @CIHR_IRSC @MelissaKimber @CouturierLab @machealthsci @mch_childrens @HamHealthSci @MacPsychiatry

[Couturier Lab @CouturierLab]

We are so lucky to have been featured as a case study by @CIHR_IRSC for our work on virtual parent-led peer support groups for parents of children with eating disorders. Read more here: https://t.co/7N7XNrx42G

[Couturier Lab @CouturierLab]

We hope that @JenniferCoutur, @Cheryl0514Webb, and @marianicula_ have a great time at #ICED2024 this week, sharing our project findings and learning from other bright researchers in the eating disorder field!

[Maria Nicula (she/her) @marianicula_]

With #ICED2024 starting tomorrow, I can't help but express my sheer excitement to see what everyone has been up to in the past year in NYC! 🍎🌆 For those going, come say hi anytime or at the couple of presentations I am lucky enough to be a part of:

[Maria Nicula (she/her) @marianicula_]

In this new commentary, @JenniferCoutur and I discuss the benefits and challenges of implementing a lifespan/all-age ED treatment program as a strategy to avoid complex & interrupted care transitions. (1/3)

See full article 👇https://t.co/QJsVil5nps

[McMaster University Department of Pediatrics @MacUPediatrics]

A new study protocol co-authored by @MacUPediatrics faculty Drs. Natasha Johnson (@JohnsonTasha848) and Sheri Findlay aim to reduce the gap between clinical practice guidelines and research to better support children and youth with eating disorders.

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