Janice Russell

Professor Janice Russell is a Clinical Professor in the Discipline of Psychiatry, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. She is affiliated with the Boden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, the Brain and Mind Centre, and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. A psychiatrist and physician, she has more than 30 years of experience in eating disorders. Her University of Sydney MD, awarded in 1993, focused on body composition. She holds qualifications including MB BS, MD, FRACP, and FRANZCP. Professor Russell serves as a member of the advisory council and Lead Researcher for the InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders at the University of Sydney.

Her research interests include treatment and diagnostic issues, epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, early intervention, models of care, screening, assessment, healthcare utilization, and mortality in eating disorders. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, garnering more than 3,700 citations. Key publications encompass 'Healthcare utilization for eating disorders in Australia: 10 years of health data linkage' (2025), 'Mortality in people with eating disorders presenting to the health system: A national population-based record linkage study' (2025), 'A Phase II randomised controlled trial of intranasal oxytocin in anorexia nervosa' (2024), 'A Randomised Controlled Trial of Clinician Supported vs Self-Help Delivery of Online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa' (2023), 'International consensus on patient-centred outcomes in eating disorders' (2023), 'Outcome in anorexia nervosa' in The Lancet (2001), and 'A biopsychosocial proposal to progress the field of anorexia nervosa' (2019). She has contributed invited editorials to World Psychiatry, BMJ, and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Her work includes clinical trials on cognitive behavioral therapy and oxytocin interventions, influencing eating disorder care and policy in Australia through population studies and rapid reviews.

Professional Email: janice.russell@sydney.edu.au