Dr. Brittany Matheson

Biography

Brittany Matheson is a clinical assistant professor and licensed clinical psychologist specializing in Eating Disorders at Stanford University. She completed her undergraduate degree at Duke University and obtained her doctorate from the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. Matheson has served as a clinical intern at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and the Children's Health Council. She is the director of the Stanford Eating Disorder Research Program Data Coordination Center, focusing on psychosocial, neurocognitive, and familial factors related to disordered eating and weight gain in youth. Her research interests include the development and implementation of evidence-based treatments for youth with disordered eating and understanding the factors that influence pediatric bariatric surgery outcomes. Matheson has a clinical focus on childhood eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder, and conducts comprehensive evaluations while providing evidence-based treatments. Her recent research aims to reduce care access barriers by digitizing evidence-based treatments and utilizing technology to enhance treatment outcomes.

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