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Claire Wiseman

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Claire Wiseman
Born1965 (1965) (age 59)
Boston, Massachusetts U.S.[1]
Alma materCornell University
American University
Known forStudies of eating disorders and body image
AwardsThelma Hunt Award (1993)
CT Concerned Citizens (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, eating disorder psychology
InstitutionsYale University
Trinity College
Weill Cornell Medicine
NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
Doctoral advisorJames Gray

Claire V. Wiseman (born 1965) is an assistant clinical professor of psychology at the Yale School of Medicine[1][2] and a practicing clinical Psychologist and researcher who specializes in eating disorders and adolescent body image.[3]

Academic career

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Wiseman earned her BA in psychology and economics from Cornell University in 1987, and her MA in social psychology from American University in 1991. She completed her PhD in clinical psychology three years later at American University in 1994. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship in eating disorders at Yale University.[4]

Her research, aimed at determining causes and treatments of eating disorders, has been highly influential. Wiseman is an expert in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Claire Wiseman" (PDF). Red Skye Foundation. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  2. ^ "Bethany therapy horse to visit New Haven ALS walk Sunday". New Haven Register. 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  3. ^ Wiseman, Claire (2016). "An Interview with Claire Wiseman Ph.D. about the Red Skye Foundation". NBC Connecticut (Interview). Interviewed by Kerri-Lee Mayland. Hartford, CT: NBC.
  4. ^ "Yale University; School of Medicine; Claire Wiseman". psychiatry.yale.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  5. ^ Wiseman, Claire (2004). "An Interview with Claire Wiseman Ph.D.". Good Morning America (Interview). Interviewed by Robin Roberts. New York, NY: ABC.