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Rhonda M Merwin

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
Box 3320 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
2400 Pratt Street, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


FlexED: A Digital, Gamified Early Intervention for Eating Disorders based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

A randomized controlled trial of iACT, a novel mHealth intervention for eating disorders in type 1 diabetes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · 2022 - 2025

North Carolina Diabetes Research Center Alzheimer's Supplement

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Wake Forest University School Of Medicine · 2021 - 2022

iOmit: Reducing Intentional Insulin Misuse in Type 1 Diabetes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019

Eating Disorders in Type 1 Diabetes: Mechanisms of Comorbidity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2015

Biomarkers of Interoceptive Awareness in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

ResearchClinical Research Coordinator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012

External Relationships


  • Book Royalties from Guilford Publications
  • I provide consultation/trainings on ACT for eating disorders to practitioners in and outside of the US
  • I provide individual consultation on ACT and eating disorder treatment to practitioners inside and outside of the US

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