Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he)
@barnhartwr.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Suffolk University | Director, @EMBRACED-Lab.bsky.social | Doctoral Psych Resident, UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders | PhD in Clinical Psychology, BGSU | Alum, Ohio State University | wesleybarnhart.com
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I truly could not be happier to share that starting July 2025, I’ll be joining Suffolk University as a TT Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology! (1)
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🚨New pub alert!🚨
Research on the health benefits of LGBTQ+ community involvement is nuanced. Led by Dr. @barnhartwr.bsky.social, our longitudinal study found… 1/4
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Research on the health benefits of LGBTQ+ community involvement is nuanced. Led by Dr. @barnhartwr.bsky.social, our longitudinal study found… 1/4
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
February 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
🚨New pub alert!🚨
Research on the health benefits of LGBTQ+ community involvement is nuanced. Led by Dr. @barnhartwr.bsky.social, our longitudinal study found… 1/4
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Research on the health benefits of LGBTQ+ community involvement is nuanced. Led by Dr. @barnhartwr.bsky.social, our longitudinal study found… 1/4
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
So thrilled to share this @intjeatdisord.bsky.social paper and major thanks to Nina Michon, Souradeep Chakraborty, and Doria Wohler for creating this fab infographic!
New @intjeatdisord.bsky.social publication!
-Previous research shows LGBTQ+ community involvement is linked with elevated disordered eating in sexual minoritized men (SMM)
-Intraminority, or within-community stress clarifies this link
(1)
-Previous research shows LGBTQ+ community involvement is linked with elevated disordered eating in sexual minoritized men (SMM)
-Intraminority, or within-community stress clarifies this link
(1)
February 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
So thrilled to share this @intjeatdisord.bsky.social paper and major thanks to Nina Michon, Souradeep Chakraborty, and Doria Wohler for creating this fab infographic!
Time to announce the exciting news! I am so proud and excited to share that I was invited to be a keynote speaker for the 31st Annual Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association National Conference! (1)
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Time to announce the exciting news! I am so proud and excited to share that I was invited to be a keynote speaker for the 31st Annual Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association National Conference! (1)
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Do you study sleep, disordered eating, and/or social media? Ever wondered about the interrelationships among all three? Me too! In our new narrative review led by Dr. Sylvia Cerolini, we summarize what we know and what we don't: doi.org/10.1080/2832...
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Do you study sleep, disordered eating, and/or social media? Ever wondered about the interrelationships among all three? Me too! In our new narrative review led by Dr. Sylvia Cerolini, we summarize what we know and what we don't: doi.org/10.1080/2832...
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Dr. Barnhart will be a speaker at the Men and Eating Disorders Workshop, hosted by Beat, Dr. Chukwuemeka Nwuba of Club Majority, and Dr. Tahani Dahir, on 11/26/2025!
See below for more information, as well as the Program link for the Workshop events!
Program: lnkd.in/gYuPKbPU
See below for more information, as well as the Program link for the Workshop events!
Program: lnkd.in/gYuPKbPU
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dr. Barnhart will be a speaker at the Men and Eating Disorders Workshop, hosted by Beat, Dr. Chukwuemeka Nwuba of Club Majority, and Dr. Tahani Dahir, on 11/26/2025!
See below for more information, as well as the Program link for the Workshop events!
Program: lnkd.in/gYuPKbPU
See below for more information, as well as the Program link for the Workshop events!
Program: lnkd.in/gYuPKbPU
Well, looks like we’re watching the First Wives Club tonight 😢❤️🩹
October 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Well, looks like we’re watching the First Wives Club tonight 😢❤️🩹
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New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in the Journal of Eating Disorders!
Weight #discrimination associated with #eatingdisorder symptoms one year later
🔗 tinyurl.com/mjrzemuu @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @barnhartwr.bsky.social
Weight #discrimination associated with #eatingdisorder symptoms one year later
🔗 tinyurl.com/mjrzemuu @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @barnhartwr.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in the Journal of Eating Disorders!
Weight #discrimination associated with #eatingdisorder symptoms one year later
🔗 tinyurl.com/mjrzemuu @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @barnhartwr.bsky.social
Weight #discrimination associated with #eatingdisorder symptoms one year later
🔗 tinyurl.com/mjrzemuu @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @barnhartwr.bsky.social
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The University of Calgary is currently inviting applications for an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. This position has a special focus on Social Justice and ideally on Indigenous Employment.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1661564...
Please share widely.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1661564...
Please share widely.
Assistant Professor, Industrial & Organizational Psychology in
Calgary,
AB,
...
Assistant Professor, Industrial & Organizational Psychology in
Calgary,
AB,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
September 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The University of Calgary is currently inviting applications for an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. This position has a special focus on Social Justice and ideally on Indigenous Employment.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1661564...
Please share widely.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1661564...
Please share widely.
I’ll be reviewing applications for the clinical psychology PhD program at Suffolk University for the 2026/2027 academic year. Those with research interests in #eatingdisorders, especially in #LGBTQ+ and other minoritized communities, are encouraged to apply!
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’ll be reviewing applications for the clinical psychology PhD program at Suffolk University for the 2026/2027 academic year. Those with research interests in #eatingdisorders, especially in #LGBTQ+ and other minoritized communities, are encouraged to apply!
Friday I walked and was hooded for my PhD in clinical psychology, earning the title of Dr. Barnhart. I am truly blessed to have shared the day with the most important people in my life, my dear friends, family, and mentors. (1)
August 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Friday I walked and was hooded for my PhD in clinical psychology, earning the title of Dr. Barnhart. I am truly blessed to have shared the day with the most important people in my life, my dear friends, family, and mentors. (1)
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Proud of this commentary I wrote with Megan Mikhail where we argue the next 50 years of eating disorder research must center equity & impact to actually make meaningful progress towards reducing the prevalence & progression of eating disorders. Open access:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Centering Impact and Equity in the Next 50 Years of Eating Disorder Research
Over the past 50 years, there has been a significant increase in research on eating disorders, which is encouraging and necessary given the substantial mortality, morbidity, and personal and societal...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Proud of this commentary I wrote with Megan Mikhail where we argue the next 50 years of eating disorder research must center equity & impact to actually make meaningful progress towards reducing the prevalence & progression of eating disorders. Open access:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Resurfacing this in excitement for next week! See you all there!
First post! #ICED2025 Will be BUSY! So excited to share work from my program and from my many amazing collaborations 🤩🤩🤩
May 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Resurfacing this in excitement for next week! See you all there!
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I’ll just let any psychologists considering this path know: Our generation will not be as kind to you as our elders were to the likes of Barlow and Hayes.
April 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ll just let any psychologists considering this path know: Our generation will not be as kind to you as our elders were to the likes of Barlow and Hayes.
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Here is my evergreen reminder (that I used to post on Twitter) about the NSF GRFP:
Even if you didn’t get funded, there is SO much value in working through the process of developing a research idea and writing it up. Take your idea and DO IT!
Funding doesn’t make a scientist.
Xoxox
Even if you didn’t get funded, there is SO much value in working through the process of developing a research idea and writing it up. Take your idea and DO IT!
Funding doesn’t make a scientist.
Xoxox
🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!!
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
Research.gov :: GRFP
www.research.gov
April 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Here is my evergreen reminder (that I used to post on Twitter) about the NSF GRFP:
Even if you didn’t get funded, there is SO much value in working through the process of developing a research idea and writing it up. Take your idea and DO IT!
Funding doesn’t make a scientist.
Xoxox
Even if you didn’t get funded, there is SO much value in working through the process of developing a research idea and writing it up. Take your idea and DO IT!
Funding doesn’t make a scientist.
Xoxox
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This is beautiful - as scientists are fired or lost their federal funding, Silenced Stories generates awareness and advocacy. #CantFireScience
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is beautiful - as scientists are fired or lost their federal funding, Silenced Stories generates awareness and advocacy. #CantFireScience
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
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BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
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🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH
Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
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Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
1/
April 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH
Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
1/
Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
1/
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At UNC CEED, we want to understand how genes & environment influence the development of ALL eating disorders. Help us include people with atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN) in our research. Donate here: www.unchf.org/aanr #eatingdisorders #atypicalanorexianervosa #genes #environment
Atypical Anorexia Nervosa Research
Join me and make a gift today!
www.unchf.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
At UNC CEED, we want to understand how genes & environment influence the development of ALL eating disorders. Help us include people with atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN) in our research. Donate here: www.unchf.org/aanr #eatingdisorders #atypicalanorexianervosa #genes #environment
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Congrats to HBL member @kaylacostello.bsky.social on her new publication in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Validation of the intolerance of uncertainty scale-12 in a sample of pregnant people - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) has been proposed as a transdiagnostic mechanism driving anxiety, depression, and eating disorder symptoms. Pregnancy is a time of significant uncertainty, y...
link.springer.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congrats to HBL member @kaylacostello.bsky.social on her new publication in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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writin’ my little papers while everything collapses
March 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
writin’ my little papers while everything collapses
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if you're mad about the NIH cuts (and you should be), this is an *amazing* resource to help with calling your reps and talking to the media: www.nihforamerica.org
#episky
#medsky
#episky
#medsky
March 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
if you're mad about the NIH cuts (and you should be), this is an *amazing* resource to help with calling your reps and talking to the media: www.nihforamerica.org
#episky
#medsky
#episky
#medsky
I truly could not be happier to share that starting July 2025, I’ll be joining Suffolk University as a TT Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology! (1)
March 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I truly could not be happier to share that starting July 2025, I’ll be joining Suffolk University as a TT Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology! (1)
Reposted by Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he)
📣🤩🎉 Some good news: I'm hiring a Clinical Research Coordinator to begin in my lab (the TREAT Lab) this summer (ideally in June 2025) to work on projects investigating the neurobiological and psychosocial mechanisms of eating pathology in young people! vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry
The VCU Department of Psychiatry is recruiting for a Clinical Research
Coordinator position. This position is within the Translational Research ...
vcu.csod.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
📣🤩🎉 Some good news: I'm hiring a Clinical Research Coordinator to begin in my lab (the TREAT Lab) this summer (ideally in June 2025) to work on projects investigating the neurobiological and psychosocial mechanisms of eating pathology in young people! vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...