Research at UCSF

Current Studies (Actively Recruiting)

Learning & Outcome in AN

Erin Reilly, PhD

Help us understand whether differences in youth learning may account for different responses to Family-Based Treatment!

We are recruiting females (ages 14-17) who are currently struggling with anorexia nervosa AND youth who have no history of an eating disorder.

Mindful Motivation Study

Rachel Radin, PhD

Join the UCSF Mindful Motivation Study to learn mindfulness skills and improve your eating behaviors!

We are recruiting adults (18+) who experience at least 1 binge episode a month and have access to a smartphone or computer.

 

BrainEx Study

Sasha Gorrell, PhD

Neural correlates of reinforcement learning specific to hyperactivity in adolescent Anorexia Nervosa.

We are recruiting teens (ages 14-18) with anorexia nervosa OR with no history of an eating disorder or current psychiatric disorder

MAXED Study

Sasha Gorrell, PhD

Exercise study for young women with and without disordered eating patterns.

We are recruiting females (ages 16-22) with symptoms of disordered eating OR no history of disordered eating.

TMS Study

Sasha Gorrell, PhD

Non-invasive brain stimulation to treat Anorexia Nervosa!

We are recruiting adults (18+) with anorexia nervosa to participate.


Current Studies (Not Actively Recruiting)

OPTED Trial

Erin C. Accurso, PhD

Implementation of Family-Based Treatment in Publicly-Funded Mental Health Settings​

Medicaid Health Services Data

Erin C. Accurso, PhD

Understanding Health Care Service Utilization in Medicaid-Insured Youth with Eating Disorders

 

Calm-ED

Erin Accurso, PhD & Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD

Improving Access to Evidence-Based Treatment for Adults with Eating Disorders on Public Insurance

SPANYA Study

Marissa Raymond-Flesch, MD, MPH

Study of Psilocybin for Anorexia in Young Adults (SPANYA)

 

Health Consequences of Disordered Eating

Jason Nagata, MD, MSc

Disordered Eating and Muscle-Enhancing Behaviors in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health 

ED Attitudes/Behaviors in Sexual/Gender Minorities

Jason Nagata, MD, MSc

Eating Disorders and Body Image in Sexual and Gender Minorities: The PRIDE Study

 

UCSF EDP Medical Registry

Jason Nagata, MD, MSc and Andrea Garber, PhD

UCSF Eating Disorder Program Medical Registry

ABCD Study 

Jason Nagata, MD, MSc

Eating Disorders in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study 

 

Online Training in Family-Based Therapy

Stanford University and University of California, San Francisco are conducting a NIMH-funded study to examine an enhanced form of online training in Family-Based Treatment for adolescents with anorexia nervosa.