Equipping young people to protect themselves against eating disorders

To achieve the full development potential of South Australia's children and adolescents.HDA is an independent non-partisan organisation that encourages the use of evidence-based policy along with universal, targeted and clinical interventions designed to maximise the developmental potential of infants, children, adolescents and families in South Australia.HDA is funded and supported by the Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation, University of Adelaide (Robinson Research Institute), University of South Australia, Flinders University, the Department for Education, the Women’s and Children’s Health Network, the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (Women and Kids), Department of Human Services, Department for Child Protection, and Novita.

Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA)

Please join us for the 17th annual Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) Oration to be presented by Professor Tracey Wade.

Napier lecture theatre (102)

This Oration will set the scene for eating disorders in youth in Australia in a COVID environment. Tracey Wade will then examine in depth how eating disorders look in youth in Australia – including types of disorders, prevalence, progression across adolescence, and risk factors. Finally, she will examine the critical skills, supported by evidence, that are required to develop resilience in young people when facing numerous environmental triggers for disordered eating. OUR ORATORProfessor Tracey Wade, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Director: Órama Institute for Mental Health and Well-Being, the Blackbird Initiative, Flinders University Services for Eating Disorders, Flinders University.Tracey Wade has worked as a clinician and researcher in eating disorders for over 30 years. In 2015 she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. In 2016 she was made an Inaugural Honorary Fellow of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy. In 2017-18 she was the president of the Eating Disorder Research Society. In 2019 she was appointed Fellow of the APS and was a recipient of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders Distinguished Achievement Award, and in 2020 she was the recipient of the Academy of Eating Disorders Outstanding Clinician Award. She is the director of the Órama Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, the Blackbird Initiative, and the Flinders University Services for Eating Disorders (FUSED). She has co-written 3 books and has over 240 publications in peer reviewed journals. OUR CHAIRProfessor Claire Roberts (HDA Co-Convenor), NHMRC Leadership Fellow / Professor and Matthew Flinders Fellow / Group Leader, Pregnancy Health and Beyond Laboratory (PHaB Lab), College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University.This event will be held under COVID-SAFE guidelines. Seating will be limited. Please only register if you intend to attend in person. TICKETS REQUIRED ON ENTRY.The University of Adelaide is following SA Health social distancing and personal hygiene guidelines, permitting 3 people per 4m2 with a 1.5 physical distance between guests.Masks must be worn during this event.

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