Stuart B. Murray, PhD, PsyD

Dr. Murray is the Franklin Mint Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, where he serves as (i) Director of the Eating Disorders Program, and (ii) the Director of the Translational Research in Eating Disorders Program at UCLA. Dr. Murray is an active clinician-researcher, and has authored more than 250 scientific manuscripts, books and book chapters, and has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally. He holds professional memberships on executive and editorial boards of several high-ranking journals, and was recently recognized by PubMed’s Expertscape as the world’s leading expert in body image research. Through his program of research, which uses behavioral, psychophysiological, and neuroimaging methods, he aims to understand the biological and psychological processes underpinning eating disorders, and develop improved treatments to optimize patient outcomes. To date, Dr. Murray’s first authored publications have featured in top tier medical journals, such as JAMA, top tier psychiatry journals, such as JAMA Psychiatry, top tier pediatric journals such as JAMA Pediatrics, top tier neuroscience journals such as Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, top tier psychology journals, such as Psychological Medicine, and top tier eating disorder journals, such as the International Journal of Eating Disorders.