The Eating Disorders Research Society is an international organization of researchers in the field of eating disorders interested in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder and obesity. The purpose of the organization is to hold an annual scientific meeting during which the most recent research in the field can be presented and discussed.
Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Eating Disorders Research Society.
If you have received a nomination letter, you may download your application by clicking HERE. Please follow the instructions provided on the application.
Membership Criteria
1. Candidates for membership in the Society should be clinical or basic scientists who are actively involved in research, which has a focus of relevance to eating disorders in humans.
2. Applicants for membership should provide evidence of research productivity and contribution to the field as an independent investigator, including five publications (three of which are first authored) in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Nomination Procedures
1. A member of the Society proposes a new candidate for membership by sending a letter of nomination, including address of the recommended new member, to the Chair of the Membership Committee.
2. The Chair of the Membership Committee sends a membership application form, including a request for a curriculum vitae, to the nominated individual.
3. The Chair distributes copies of the nominating letter, completed application, and curriculum vitae to the Membership Committee.
4. The Chair of the Membership Committee corresponds with the candidate, the nominator, and the Executive Committee regarding action on the nomination.
If you have questions about membership:
Phone: 847-666-5920
Fax: 312-896-5614
Email: [email protected]
President
Nadia Micali, M.D., MRCPsych, Ph.D.
President - Elect
Kathleen Pike, Ph.D.
Secretary/Treasurer
Scott Crow, M.D.
Membership Chairperson
Hans Hoek, M.D., Ph.D.
Past Presidents
Paulo Machado, Ph.D.
Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, Ph.D.
2017 Anja Hilbert- Leipzig (Germany)
2016 Kathleen Pike - New York (USA)
2015 Nadia Micali - Taormina (Italy)
2014 Denise Wilfley - San Diego (USA)
2013 Marian Tanofsky-Kraff - Bethesda (USA)
2012 Paulo Machado - Porto (Portugal)
2011 Bryan Lask - Edinburgh (UK)
2010 Pam Keel - Cambridge/Boston (USA)
2009 Tim Walsh - Brooklyn (USA)
2008 Howard Steiger - Montreal (Canada)
2007 Marsha Marcus - Pittsburgh (USA)
2006 Stephen Touyz - Port Douglas (Australia)
2005 Allan Kaplan - Toronto (Canada)
2004 Hans Hoek - Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2003 Francesca Brambilla - Ravello (Italy)
2002 Tim Brewerton - Charleston (USA)
2001 Ruth Striegel-Moore - Bernalillo/Albuquerque (USA)
2000 Manfred Fichter - Prien/Munich (Germany)
1999 Michael Strober - San Diego (USA)
1998 David Jimerson - Cambridge (USA)
1997 Katherine Halmi - Albuquerque (USA)
1996 Walter Kaye - Pittsburgh (USA)
1995 Jim Mitchell - Minneapolis (USA)