Jessica Wilkins
PhD Student
Biography
Jessica Wilkins is a PhD student in the Centre for Eating and Weight Disorders (CREW) at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London. Her research project explores experiences of help-seeking among traditionally under-served groups in eating disorder research.
Jessica is an HCPC registered counselling psychologist, and has worked in both the private and public sector in eating disorder treatment services since 2016. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology in the at the University of Toronto and her MEd in Counselling Psychology at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.
Research
Centre for Research in Eating And Weight Disorders (CREW)
The Centre for Research in Eating And Weight Disorders aims to find out more about the neurobiological, genetic and psychological causes and consequences of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders, and to use that knowledge to develop new and better treatments.
EDIFY
EDIFY is a four-year programme of research focused on how we understand and treat eating disorders in young people.
Project status: Ongoing
Research
Centre for Research in Eating And Weight Disorders (CREW)
The Centre for Research in Eating And Weight Disorders aims to find out more about the neurobiological, genetic and psychological causes and consequences of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders, and to use that knowledge to develop new and better treatments.
EDIFY
EDIFY is a four-year programme of research focused on how we understand and treat eating disorders in young people.
Project status: Ongoing