Dr Sue Byrne

BA (Hons), DipEd, BSc (Hons), MPsych/PhD (Clinical), DPhil (Oxon)

Senior Research Fellow

telephone   +61 8 6488 3579

email    sbyrne@psy.uwa.edu.au

Research interests
My research interests lie in the field of clinical psychology. I have a particular interest in eating and weight disorders and I have a strong background in both research and clinical work in this area. My previous research has included projects investigating body image in adolescents, eating disorders in elite athletes, and cognitive-behavioural models of bulimia nervosa.

I have recently returned to Perth after spending four and a half years at Professor Christopher Fairburn’s Centre for Research into Eating Disorders at the University of Oxford, U.K. During my time in Oxford, I was involved in research which aimed to develop and test a new cognitive-behavioural treatment for obesity. My current research projects include a series of studies looking at the problem of weight regain in obesity, and a large prospective cohort study which aims to identify factors influencing the development and persistence of childhood obesity.