Warmest congratulations to Professor Daniel Le Grange who has just been awarded the Academy of Eating Disorder’s Leadership Award for Research for 2014.

The Academy for Eating Disorders is a global professional association committed to leadership in eating disorders research, education, treatment and prevention. Their Leadership Award for Research honours an individual who has used research to develop new knowledge about eating disorders that has had a measureable impact on the field.

Given the contribution that Prof Le Grange has made to Family Based Treatment for adolescent eating disorders, he is a most worthy recipient, who we are honoured to work with. Thanks to a grant from the Baker Foundation, Professor Le Grange spends part of the year at the Centre for Adolescent Health in a research leadership role (Professorial Fellow) within the RCH Eating Disorder Program (The University of Melbourne). His core academic appointment is at The University of Chicago, where he is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the Eating Disorders Program at The University of Chicago.