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Em Chakkour, M.A.

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Doctoral Student

SDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Behavioral Medicine

San Diego

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Areas of Research

Eating Pathology, Body Dissatisfaction, Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors, Health Disparities, Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

Bio

Em is a graduate student in SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. Her research interests broadly include disordered eating, body dissatisfaction, self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, and health disparities in gender and sexual minorities.

Mentors

Aaron Blashill, Ph.D., SDSU

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Education
  1. B.A., Psychology and Classics
    Scripps College
Publications
  1. Chakkour, E., Simone, M., Askew, A. J., & Blashill, A. J. (2024). The association between gender-affirming care and disordered eating in transgender and gender diverse individuals: Exploring appearance congruence and gender-related motivating factors for weight loss. The International journal of eating disorders, 57(7), 1576–1588. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24202
Presentations
  1. Chakkour, E., Simone, M., Askew, A.J., Blashill, A. J. (2023, June 2). The association between affirming care, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in diverse individuals: Exploring appearance congruence and motivating factors for weight loss [Oral presentation]. ABCT Student Special Interest Group Student Research Symposium, Virtual
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Awards & Honors
  1. 2024-2025: SDSU University Graduate Fellowship, San Diego State University
  2. 2024-2025: Clinical Psychology JDP Diversity Fellowship, San Diego State University/UC San Diego
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