James Lock, MD, Ph.D. is the Eric Rothenberg, MD Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Senior Associate Chair and Director of the Eating Disorder Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Dr. Lock has published over 300 peer reviewed articles, chapters, and books. He has been continuously funded by NIH since 1998. His research has focused on interventions for eating disorders among children and adolescents. More recently his research aims to integrate treatment research with neuroscience, including neurocognitive processes and functional and neuroanatomical correlates. He has lectured in the US, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia and New Zealand. He was awarded the Price Family Foundation Award for Research Excellence and the Leadership Award for Research from the International Academy of Eating Disorders. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, Fellow of the International Academy of Eating Disorders and the Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association for 2018 and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. His book co-authored with Dr. Daniel Le Grange, Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa: A Family-based Approach is seminal in the field. Other major books include: Adolescent Focused Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa, Family-based Treatment for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder; Family Based Treatment for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Piece by Piece: A Practical Guide for Families and Practitioners, and Pocket Guide For the Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders.