Mutual Mentoring for Collaborative Research Directions: Finding the Space to See the Bigger Picture

Rachel F. Rodgers, Associate Professor, Applied Psychology, Bouve

Mutual Mentoring for Collaborative Research Directions: Finding the Space to See the Bigger Picture

Lead:
Rachel F. Rodgers, Associate Professor, Applied Psychology, Bouve

Mentoring Team:
Stuart Murray, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of California – San Francisco
Aaron Blashill, Associate Professor, Psychology, San Diego State University
Kendrin Sonneville, Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Goal:

To join a national network of body image and health experts from various institutions across different levels of advancement; To participate in a research meeting and think-tank of a small group of expert body image and health research experts with the goal of developing a strategic collaborative research agenda; To prepare a co-authored publication that will serve to lay out foundations for the collaborative research program and start to build a track record of productive collaboration to support grant applications.