She is a principal reviewer and writer of systematic reviews internationally in the field of eating disorders for the Cochrane Collaboration and other publications. Professor Hay has also been researching eating disorders in primary care settings for over a decade. She has been invited to give plenary and other addresses on her work to scientific meetings in Australasia, Europe, and North & South America. She has received several grants and awards and in 1999 she was awarded the Australian Federation of Medical Women Medical Research Triennial Prize for work in the area of Eating Disorders. She is Chair of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Board of Research and its Board of Education Committee for External Liaison and Reporting.

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Vice President:
Chris Thornton is a member of the College of Clinical Psychology of the Australian Psychological Society.  He is a consultant Clinical Psychologist with strong links to the multidisiplinary teams at both the Peter Beumont Centre for Eating Disorders and The Northside Clinic over the last 15 years. 

Chris is well known for his work on increasing patients’ motivation for change, his use of advanced cognitive behavioural therapy techniques, including mindfullness based interventions. He has published his research in leading scientific journals and conducted workshops nationally and internationally on the treatment of eating disorders. Chris is currently the Vice President of the Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders. He co-authored the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Psychological Treatment of Anorexia Nervosaand   is the co-author of the successful book “How to Recover from Anorexia Nervosa and Other Eating Disorders”.  Chris is a Clinical Associate with the School of Psychology at The University of Sydney and Macquarie University. Chris is an invited speaker at this year’s Associated Independant School Counsellors annual conference.

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Secretary:
Mr Chris Martin

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Treasurer:
Simon Wilksch recently completed his PhD (Clinical Psychology) at Flinders University in the field of eating disorder prevention.  He currently works as a lecturer and psychologist.  At present, he is involved in two research trials evaluating treatments for anorexia nervosa and post-traumatic stress disorder with co-morbid major depression.  He also works in a community mental health setting, where his main focus is the treatment of eating disorders.

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Committee Member:
The past president of ANZAED, Professor Susan Paxton is Professor in the school of Psychological Science at La Trobe University.  She has been involved in research into body image and eating disorders for over fifteen years and has a special interest in risk factors, prevention and early intervention for body image and eating problems.  She is currently on the Board of the international Academy for Eating Disorders.

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Committee Member:  
Steephen Touyz is the Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sydney.  He holds an Honorary Chair in the Department of Psychological Medicine (Psychiatry) and is the Co-Director of the Peter Beumont Centre for Eating Disorders at Wesley Private Hospital.  Professor Touyz first became interested in the treatment of eating disorders whilst an intern clinical psychologist at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.  It is here where he first met Professor Peter Beumont with whom he established a 30 year collaborative relationship.  They established a clinical research unit for Eating Disorders affiliated with the University of Sydney.  This is where much of their eating disorder research took place.

Professor Touyz is the inaugural Treasurer of ANZAED Australian and sits on the executive of the Eating Disorders Foundation, NSW.  Professor Touyz is also a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders International Task Force and was made a Fellow of both the Academy of Eating Disorders and Australian Psychological Society in 2005.  He served as an external consultant to the American Psychiatric Association, by whom the first guidelines for eating disorders were developed.  He was also one of the consultants given the task by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists to develop clinical guidelines for anorexia nervosa.  Professor Touyz has written/edited 4 books, over 170 journal publications and book chapters and has 260 conference proceedings.

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Committee Member:
Geoff Buckett is clinical head of the South Island Eating Disorder Service in New Zealand. His background is in family medicine and psychotherapy. Equitable access to treatment of eating disorders, physiological effects of starvation, including in athletes, and integration of psychotherapy models are current motivations.

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Committee Member:
Dr Roger Mysliwiec has been the Clinical Director of the Auckland Eating Disorders Service, for the past seven years.   Prior to coming to New Zealand he has trained and worked in Germany as a specialist in psychotherapeutic and psychosomatic medicine.   He is particularly interested in the development of models of service delivery for eating disorder treatment and the translation of research findings into clinical practice.

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Committee Member:  
Dr Paul Foulkes is a psychiatrist in private practice who is a psycho-analytic psychotherapist and family therapist.  He has had a long involvement in the field of Eating Disorders, particularly with adolescent patients, being the Foundation Director of the Albert Road Clinic Pathway Eating Disorders Unit, and Immediate Past President of ANZAED. He has published in the field and been active in medical politics, including being Immediate Past Chair of the Bi-national Section of Psychotherapy of the RANZCP. He has a current interest in ethical dilemmas in treatment, being the Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Victorian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists.

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Committee Member:  
Hazel Williams

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Committee Member:  
Dr Andrew Kennedy is a Paediatrician/Adolescent Physician. He completed paediatric training at Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane which included 2 years of advanced training in the UK where he first explored a long held interest in adolescent health. Upon returning to Australia , Andrew commenced in the adolescent fellow position at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, a position he held for 2 years. It was in this role that Andrew gained vast experience in managing adolescents with eating disorders particularly those with anorexia nervosa. Since February 2005 he has been the clinical leader at the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. This is a large general adolescent health service with approximately 50% of outpatients and 80% o f inpatients suffering from eating disorders, most commonly anorexia nervosa. Andrew is committed to improving health services for patients with eating disorders, particularly for the younger age group that he sees. Andrew has been a board member of the EDFV, the largest support group for people affected by eating disorders in Victoria, since 2005.

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Inaddition to her clinical work, Anthea's role at CCI includes service development, training and education (of doctors, mental health practitioners, consumer and carer organisations), clinical supervision, and applied clinical research. She is a member of the International Academy of Eating Disorders and a committee member of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders.

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