Travel Scholarships

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.

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

Thankfully lawmakers in California, New York, and Massachusetts have introduced bills that would prohibit the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements to minors. These two recent pieces discuss how key legislation can keep these harmful supplements out of kids’ hands: Albany Times Union “Keep the diet industry from feeding on teenagers’ fears”, written by Dr. Thomas B. Hildebrandt & New York Times letter to the editor, written by Dr. Bryn Austin.

Huge congratulations to all of our graduating STRIPED Trainees!

Allison Baker, PhD, MPH
Cecilia (Zhijun) Chen, Ed.M.
Hannah Cory, PhD, MPH
Deepa Manjanatha, MPH
Gabe Murchison, PhD, MPH
Tricia Rodriguez, PhD, MPH
Wanqing Xu, MPH

Missed Dr. Sook Ning Chua’s talk on Disordered Eating and Skin Shade Dissatisfaction in Young Adults in Singapore and Malaysia? Check out the full recording here.

Check out the full recording of the March 17 event “Stress, Disordered Eating and Mental Health” with STRIPED Director Dr. Bryn Austin, STRIPED Visiting Scholar Dr. Lesley Williams, Founder of Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness Johanna Kandel, and Executive Director of Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA) Monika Ostroff.

We are excited to announce the release of the new STRIPED Advocacy Playbook. The Playbook is a free online resource that uses tried-and-true strategies to make it easy for community champions to advocate for important changes that could help prevent eating disorders and promote body confidence. Check out the main landing page for the Playbook here and a video of our official Playbook launch. For more on the Playbook, make sure to check out STRIPED Director Bryn Austin’s welcome message and a sneak peak of what’s inside the Playbook.

STRIPED is excited to announce Dr. Josiemer Mattei as new STRIPED Faculty and Dr. Sook Ning Chua as new STRIPED Visiting Scholar. Welcome to STRIPED, Dr. Mattei & Dr. Chua!

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.

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