Rate My Professor Jonathan Mond

Jonathan Mond is an Associate Professor affiliated with the School of Medicine and Psychology at the Australian National University, where he serves as Theme Lead for the Society, Culture and Health research theme alongside Tegan Cruwys. This theme investigates how social and cultural factors, including discrimination, identity, isolation, disadvantage, economic status, education, and environment, influence health behaviors, healthcare access, and health disparities, drawing on insights from medicine, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and public health. Previously, he held positions as Associate Professor in the Research School of Psychology and the School of Sociology at ANU. Mond is also Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania, and maintains an affiliation with ANU's Rural Clinical School, as reflected in recent publications using the institutional email jonathan.mond@anu.edu.au.

Mond earned his PhD in Psychological Medicine, Honours, and Master's degrees in Psychology from the University of Sydney, and a Master of Public Health in Family and Community Health from Harvard University. A registered psychologist since 1995 and member of the Australian Psychological Society since 1998, he has held associate professorships across psychology, sociology, medicine, and health sciences at Australian universities. From 2013 to 2016, he directed the Master of Professional Psychology program at Macquarie University. Prior to his PhD, he worked as a tennis coach, court manager, and sports psychologist in Sydney. His research focuses on eating disorders, body image disturbance, psychosocial impairment, mental health literacy, and population health issues, including public attitudes toward gambling via the ANUpoll July 2011 and health of international university students. Key publications include 'Epidemiology of eating disorders, eating disordered behaviour and body image disturbance in males: a narrative review' (2015), 'Quality of life impairment associated with body dissatisfaction in a general population sample of women' (2013), 'DSM-5 full syndrome, other specified, and unspecified eating disorders in Australian adolescents: prevalence and clinical significance' (2020), 'Sex differences in psychosocial impairment associated with eating disorder features in adolescents' (2015), 'Health and well-being of international university students, and the role of social connectedness' (2018), and 'Public Opinion on Gambling: ANUpoll July 2011' (2011). With over 21,000 citations on Google Scholar, his work has significantly advanced understanding of eating-disordered behaviors and their impacts across populations.