College of Arts and Sciences

Education:

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, Drexel University, 2012
• MS, Clinical Psychology, Drexel University, 2010
• BA, Psychology and Biological Basis of Behavior, University of Pennsylvania, 2008

Curriculum Vitae:

Research Interests:

• Enhancing treatment outcomes for eating disorders and obesity
• Acceptance-based behavioral treatments
• Evaluating mechanisms of action in behavioral treatments
  
  

Bio:

Adrienne Juarascio, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and a licensed clinical psychologist. She also serves as the Director of Practicum Training for the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Director of Training for the WELL Center.

Adrienne’s line of research is focused on the development of innovative treatments for eating disorders with two particular areas of emphasis:

1. the use of acceptance-based behaviors treatment approaches to improve factors that maintain eating pathology (e.g. emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, altered patterns of reward sensitivity)
2. the use of technology to augment existing treatments

She is currently the PI on three active grant-funded projects that are evaluating the use of novel treatments to improve treatment outcomes in bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The ACQUIRE II Project is an NIMH funded R01 designed to evaluate the independent and synergistic efficacy of digital health treatment components in improving skill acquisition and utilization during CBT for eating disorders. The COMPASS Project is an NIMH funded R01 designed to evaluate the independent and synergistic efficacy of commonly used mindfulness and acceptance based treatment components above and beyond standard behavioral treatment for transdiagnostic binge eating. The BALANCING ACT Project is an NIDDK funded R01 designed to evaluate whether mindfulness and acceptance based treatment components can improve outcomes from behavioral weight loss for individuals with binge eating disorder.