STRIPED’s mission is to train the next generation of health professionals to use the power of public health to prevent eating disorders and create a society where girls, boys, and people of all genders can grow up at home in their own bodies. To this end, we offer offer travel scholarships each year to support participation in events relating to eating disorders prevention and public policy. Check out the list of STRIPED Travel Scholarship recipients below.

Travel Scholarship Announcement!

Each year STRIPED offers travel scholarships to support participation in this year’s virtual Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day. We have been fortunate to have diverse groups representing STRIPED at the EDC Advocacy Day, including master’s students, doctoral students, and postdoctoral fellows from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, medical fellows specializing in adolescent health at Boston Children’s Hospital, and many others.

Visit the EDC website for more information.

If you are interested in applying for the STRIPED travel scholarship for the EDC Advocacy Day on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, please send your CV and a one-page letter of interest to STRIPED Director S. Bryn Austin at bryn.austin@childrens.harvard.edu Applications are due Monday, March 21, 2022.

Spring 2021 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Spring 2021 virtual Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Shradha Chhabria
Deepa Manjanatha
Kenny Nguyen
Amanda Raffoul
Meg Salvia
Julia Vitagliano
Kelsey Wu

Fall & Spring 2020 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Fall 2020 virtual Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Amanda Bryson
Haidee Cano
Cindy Chwa
Sydney Hartman-Munick
Niyaz Mohammadzadeh Honarvar
Kripa Jalan
Jessica Lin
Andrea Lopez-Cepero
Alice Lowy
Cameron Nereim
Rachel Plummer
Amanda Raffoul
Claire Roux
Haitham Shoman
Marlena Skrabak
Mai-Han Trinh
Julia Vitagliano
Bree Wilhite Conway

STRIPED Scholarships for Spring 2020 virtual International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED):
Haidee Cano
Hannah Cory
Katelyn Ferreira
Niyaz Mohammadzadeh Honarvar
Kripa Jalan
Kelsey Rose
Claire Roux
Kendall Sharp
Haitham Shoman
Mai-Han Trinh
Julia Vitagliano
Bree Wilhite Conway
Tammy Yan

Spring 2019 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Spring 2019 Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Elizabeth Byrnes
Estivaliz Castro
Phoebe Garcia
Ryan Golt
Amanda Graff
Isabel Janmey
Claire Lamneck
Jordan Levinson
Molly Rafferty
Jane Rho
Kendall Sharp
Lily Shay
Thamara Subramanian
Frances Tao
Bree Wilhite

Left to right: (back row, starting with second from the left) Thamara Subramanian, Molly Rafferty, Ryan Golt, Claire Lamneck, Amanda Graff, Lily Shay, Estivaliz Castro, Phoebe Garcia, (front row) Bree Wilhite, Jordan Levinson, Isabel Jamney, Frances Tao, (not pictured) Elizabeth Byrnes, Jane Rho, Kendall Sharp

Spring 2018 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Spring 2018 Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Rohit Abraham
(Borna) Nazmim Bhuiya
Payal Desai
Ijeoma Ezeofor
Begum Kalyoncu
Anqa Khan
Leena Kulkarni
Jessica Oh
Nicolle Potvin
Alvin Tran

Left to right: (back) Rohit Abraham, Matthew Maiato, (middle) Jessica Oh, Nicole Potvin, Ijeoma Ezeofor, Leena Kulkarni, Payal Desai, Anqa Khan, (front) (Borna) Nazmim Bhuiya, Alvin Tran, STRIPED Director S. Bryn Austin, Begum Kalyoncu

Fall 2017 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Fall 2017 Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Avanti Adhia
Katelyn Ferreira
Ali Greatsinger
Laura Hart
Jessica Huang
Tariana V. Little
Blair Robinson
Breanne Wilhite

Left to right: (back row) Breanne Wilhite, Ali Greatsinger, Tariana V. Little, Blair Robinson, STRIPED Director Bryn Austin, (front row) Jessica Huang, Avanti Adhia, Laura Hart, Katelyn Ferreira

Spring 2017 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Spring 2017 Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Monica Kriete
Supriya Misra
Kuanysh Yergaliyev
Kimberly Yu

From left to right: Kuanysh Yergaliyev, Kimberly Yu, STRIPED director S. Bryn Austin, Monica Kriete, and Supriya Misra

Spring 2016 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Spring 2016 Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Alice Lowy
Kajal Mehta

From left to right: Alice Lowy, STRIPED director S. Bryn Austin, and Kajal Mehta

Fall 2015 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Fall 2015 Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Katie Cueva
Mary Gorski
Jill Ann Goslinga
Katherine Howe
Cindy Hu
Anvita Kulkarni

From left to right: Anvita Kulkarni, Jill Ann Goslinga, STRIPED director S. Bryn Austin, Katherine Howe, Katie Cueva, and Cindy Hu

Spring 2015 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Spring 2015 Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Nadia Craddock
Katherine Heflin
Grace Kennedy
Jill Merrigan

From left to right: STRIPED director S. Bryn Austin, Katherine Heflin, Jill Merrigan, Nadia Craddock, and Grace Kennedy

Fall 2014 Award Winners:
STRIPED Scholarships for Fall 2014 Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Advocacy Day:
Luke Allen
Nadia Craddock
Carly Guss
Stefanie Kraus
Jill Merrigan
Morgan Redman
Morgan Shields
Sonja Swanson
Alvin Tran

From left to right: (back row) Alvin Tran, Morgan Shields, Nadia Craddock, Sonja Swanson, STRIPED Collaborating Mentor Kendrin Sonneville, Luke Allen, Morgan Redman, Jill Merrigan, Carly Guss, (front row) STRIPED Director Bryn Austin and Co-Director Christina Roberto

STRIPED News

Along with a panel of esteemed teachers and clinicians, Dr. Bryn Austin spoke at the Becca Schmill Foundation’s “Social Media and Our Youth: A Virtual Mental Health Forum,” co-hosted by State Representative Denise Garlick, watch the recording here.

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New York has the chance to be the first in the nation to ban the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements. Youth Corps Members Stanley Huang and Joanne Chung share why this legislation is vital in the latest New York Daily News.

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Contact Chair Lawn to vote H.4271/S.1525 favorably out of the Healthcare Finance Joint Committee in Massachusetts today!

Welcome to new STRIPED Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Ariel Beccia, STRIPED Visiting Scholar, Stacie June Shelton, and STRIPED staff member, Jill Kavanagh!

STRIPED Intern and Team USA figure skater Ryan Dunk explores the insidious peddling of diet pills and muscle-building supplements to kids in latest Commonwealth Magazine article. Reach out to your representatives now to support S.1525/H.4271!

On March 10, 2022, New York S-16D passed the full New York Senate! On to the Governor’s Desk! Thank you all for your support on this important child health issue!

STRIPED is now accepting applications for travel scholarships for the next virtual Eating Disorders Coalition Advocacy Day on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. To apply, visit our Travel Scholarship webpage. Applications are due Monday, March 21, 2022.

On January 27, 2022, California AB-1341 passed the California Assembly! We are very excited about this progress and urge all California constituents. Now, on to the Senate!

On February 10, 2022, the Size Inclusion Bill and the CROWN Act were reported out favorably from the Joint Committee on the Judiciary and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means!

Parents and pediatricians know it too well: The pandemic has caused a maelstrom of mental distress for millions of U.S. teens. We need to act now. Read Dr. Jason Nagata and Dr. Bryn Austin’s incisive piece in San Francisco Chronicle.

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STRIPED Trainee Ariel Beccia and STRIPED Director Dr. Bryn Austin discuss the gap in public health systems on eating disorder symptoms in latest STAT news article.

Read our STRIPED Fall 2021 Newsletter to find out more about what the STRIPED team has been working on and projects in the pipeline!

Check out our brief, free training with CME for health professionals “Screening, Symptom Recognition & Referral to Treatment for Eating Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care Settings.” For more information on how to register for this e-course, click HERE.

Curious to know more about tried-and-true strategies that you can use to advocate for the prevention of eating disorders and promote body confidence? Take a look at our STRIPED Advocacy Playbook!