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Jessica Lawson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor on the Clinician-Educator Track at Yale School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry. She serves as a staff psychologist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System's Clinical Resource Hub (CRH), delivering telemental health services to veterans in rural New England. Her clinical expertise focuses on health behavior change, behavioral weight management, disordered eating treatment, and bariatric surgery psychosocial assessment.
Dr. Lawson completed her postdoctoral training at Yale's Program for Obesity, Weight, and Eating Research. She directs the CRH doctoral practicum training program and provides clinical supervision. Professional roles include serving as early career representative on the Connecticut Psychological Association board.
Research interests emphasize psychosocial outcomes in obesity treatment, telemental health implementation, and disordered eating interventions. Key topics include weight bias impact, food addiction frameworks, and healthcare provider interactions with stigmatized populations. Her work bridges clinical practice innovations with implementation science methodologies.
Publications (2019-2024) address: bariatric surgery psychosocial outcomes, food addiction cultural considerations, telemental health during pandemics, and weight stigma's impact on healthcare experiences. Her work spans both clinical populations and community-based samples.
No scientific awards explicitly noted. Supervision activities include doctoral practicum training and individual clinical consultation. Active collaborations involve multidisciplinary teams addressing obesity and eating disorder challenges through both clinical and research pathways.
