
Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-286-2074
- Email: fitzsimmonse@wustl.edu
Additional Titles & Roles
- Faculty Scholar, Institute for Public Health
- Member, Center for Diabetes Translation Research
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Training: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2016
- Predoctoral Internship: The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014
- PhD: Clinical Psychology: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2014
- MA: Clinical Psychology: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2010
- BA: Psychology: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 2008
Major Awards
- NIMH K08 Career Development Award, 2019
- mHealth Scholar for the 2019 mHealth Training Institute (mHTI), 2019
- NIMH Mental Health Services Research Conference New Investigators Workshop, 2018
- Academy for Eating Disorders Early Career Investigator Travel Fellowship, 2015
- Seymour Fisher Outstanding Body Image Dissertation Award, Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 2013
- Martin S. Wallach Award for the Outstanding Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013
Areas of Clinical Interest
eating disorders, weight management, anxiety
Research Interests
Dr. Fitzsimmons-Craft have established a programmatic line of research centering on the use of the Internet and technology for eating disorder prevention and treatment, screening for eating disorders in college and other populations, sociocultural etiological and maintenance factors for eating disorders, and eating disorder recovery. Ultimately, her work aims to disseminate evidence-based interventions from research to practice as well as extend treatments in ways that will reach the large number of people in need of care for eating disorders but who are not receiving services.
Key Publications
- Wilfley DE, Agras WS, Fitzsimmons-Craft EE, Bohon C, Eichen DM, Welch RR, Jo B, Raghavan R, Proctor EK, Wilson GT, (2019 Nov). Training Models For Implementing Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in College Counseling Centers. JAMA Psychiatry.
Read publication »Training Models for Implementing Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in College Counseling Centers. - Fitzsimmons-Craft EE, Eichen DM, Monterubio GE, Firebaugh ML, Goel NJ, Taylor CB, Wilfley DE, (2019 May). Longer-term follow-up of college students screening positive for anorexia nervosa: psychopathology, help seeking, and barriers to treatment. Eat Disord. 1-17.
Read publication »Longer-term follow-up of college students screening positive for anorexia nervosa: psychopathology, help seeking, and barriers to treatment. - Fitzsimmons-Craft EE, Balantekin KN, Eichen DM, Graham AK, Monterubio GE, Sadeh-Sharvit S, Goel NJ, Flatt RE, Saffran K, Karam AM, Firebaugh ML, Trockel M, Taylor CB, Wilfley DE, (2019 10). Screening and offering online programs for eating disorders: Reach, pathology, and differences across eating disorder status groups at 28?U.S. universities. Int J Eat Disord. 52(10): 1125-1136.
Read publication »Screening and offering online programs for eating disorders: Reach, pathology, and differences across eating disorder status groups at 28 U.S. universities. - Fitzsimmons-Craft EE, Karam AM, Monterubio GE, Taylor CB, Wilfley DE, (2019 Sep). Screening for Eating Disorders on College Campuses: a Review of the Recent Literature. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 21(10): 101.
Read publication »Screening for Eating Disorders on College Campuses: a Review of the Recent Literature. - Fitzsimmons-Craft EE, Balantekin KN, Graham AK, Smolar L, Park D, Mysko C, Funk B, Taylor CB, Wilfley DE, (2019 06). Results of disseminating an online screen for eating disorders across the U.S.: Reach, respondent characteristics, and unmet treatment need. Int J Eat Disord. 52(6): 721-729.
Read publication »Results of disseminating an online screen for eating disorders across the U.S.: Reach, respondent characteristics, and unmet treatment need. - Fitzsimmons-Craft EE, Firebaugh ML, Graham AK, Eichen DM, Monterubio GE, Balantekin KN, Karam AM, Seal A, Funk B, Taylor CB, Wilfley DE, (2019 May). State-wide university implementation of an online platform for eating disorders screening and intervention. Psychol Serv. 16(2): 239-249.
Read publication »State-wide university implementation of an online platform for eating disorders screening and intervention.
Funded Research Projects
NIMH (PI): Developing a Conversational Agent or “Chatbot” to Facilitate Mental Health Services Use in Individuals with Eating Disorders (K08 MH120341)
Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research (PI): Developing and Piloting a Virtual Reality Experience to Address Childhood Obesity
NIMH (Co-I): Leveraging Social Media to Identify and Connect Teens with Eating Disorders to a Guided Self-Help Mobile Intervention (R34 MH119170)
National Eating Disorders Association Feeding Hope Fund (Co-I): Automating Coaching to Facilitate Dissemination of an Effective Prevention Program for Eating Disorders
NIMH (Co-I): Harnessing Mobile Technology to Reduce Mental Health Disorders in College Populations (R01 MH115128)
NIMH (Co-I): Investigating the Promotion of Eating Disorders on Twitter: Implications for Online Intervention (R21 MH112331)
NIMH (Significant Contributor): Using Technology to Improve Eating Disorders Treatment (R01 MH100455)
NIMH (Significant Contributor): Implementation of Evidence-based Treatments for On-campus Eating Disorders (R01 MH095748)
Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare (Executive Director): Missouri Eating Disorders Council Training Initiative
Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare (Significant Contributor): Missouri Eating Disorders Council Healthy Body Image Program Project Coordination