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Research Projects

in progress

  • Eating disorder treatment outcomes and experiences of trans and gender diverse people: A systematic review

  • Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and eating disorders: A scoping review

  • Interoception in trans and gender diverse people: A scoping review

  • Co-constructing accessibility: Artificial intelligence as a neurodivergent accommodation

  • The IncludED study: Exploring diverse eating and body image within the LGBTQIA+ community

  • ‘Trans is the new anorexia’: A content analysis of the weaponisation of eating disorders and body image concerns to undermine TGD identities in public online media sources

  • Sensory processing, eating disorders, and neurodivergent traits

  • Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) position statement on exercise and eating disorders

  • Does wearing a chest binder impact physiological function during exercise?

under review

  • Epistemic justice, safety, and neurodiversity-affirming practice: A lived experience-led response to Wade and Waller (2025)

  • Disordered eating in Autistic trans and gender diverse people: A lived experience-led scoping review

  • Eating and exercise motivation and behaviours in trans and gender diverse adults: A mixed-methods study

project wishlist

  • Interoceptive awareness as a mechanistic pathway between gender-affirming medical care and disordered eating: A prospective multi-wave cohort study

  • Impact of eating disorder treatment on gender dysphoria and minority stress

  • Co-occurrence of body dysmorphia and gender dysphoria among trans people

  • Differential diagnosis of body dysmorphia versus gender dysphoria in trans people

  • A content analysis of non-binary identity expression on Instagram

  • Non-binary identity, androgyny, and body aesthetics: A content analysis of Instagram posts

  • Floatation restricted environmental stimulation technique (Floatation-REST) as a gender-affirming intervention

  • Understanding gender dysphoria in autistic trans people: A mixed-methods exploration of embodied and sensory experience

  • Investigating the relationship between asexuality and eating pathology

  • Eating disorders, interoception, and intimacy in romantic relationships

  • Neuroimaging correlates of affirmed versus birth name recognition in trans and gender diverse people

  • Visual attention and gender perception of trans and gender diverse people by trans allies: An eye-tracking approach

  • Exploring the experiences of trans and gender diverse students at single-sex schools

  • The role of safe spaces in perpetuating anticipated stigma among trans and gender diverse people

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