Rate My Professor Tiffany Brown

Tiffany Brown is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Auburn University. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Florida State University in 2016, completing her graduate training there. She then pursued her pre-doctoral internship at the University of California, San Diego Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship and a role as staff psychologist and assistant project scientist. A licensed clinical psychologist, she has worked in the eating disorders field since 2008, providing treatment across outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and inpatient levels of care for individuals aged 6 and older using cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and family-based therapy. She specializes in eating and body image disorders among diverse and understudied populations, including men and LGBTQ+ individuals, with extensive experience in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. At Auburn, she co-directs the Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic and directs the AppearanCe Concerns, Eating, Prevention & Treatment (ACCEPT) Lab.

Dr. Brown's research examines factors influencing body image and eating disorders in diverse populations, including LGBTQ+ individuals and across genders, with a focus on the brain-body relationship through interoception and gastric-specific anxiety sensitivity. Her work develops and evaluates interventions to reduce health disparities, such as novel LGBTQ-affirmative eating disorder treatments and prevention programs targeting eating disorder and muscle dysmorphia risk in LGBTQ+ and male populations. She investigates treatment outcomes related to gender and sexual identity. Key publications include 'Interoception and mental health: a roadmap' (Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2018), 'The enigma of male eating disorders: A critical review and synthesis' (Clinical Psychology Review, 2017), 'Update on course and outcome in eating disorders' (International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2010), 'Men, muscles, and eating disorders: an overview of traditional and muscularity-oriented disordered eating' (Current Psychiatry Reports, 2017), and 'Eating disorders and disordered weight and shape control behaviors in sexual minority populations' (Current Psychiatry Reports, 2017). Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health for collaborative projects on LGBTQ+ eating disorder treatment.