Team Members

Lab Leader

Lab Director

Associate Professor Scott Griffiths leads the Physical Appearance Research Team and is currently leading research on eating disorders and social media algorithms, treatments for eating disorders muscle dysmorphia, and body image among sexual minority men.

scott.griffiths@unimelb.edu.au

Academic Fellows

Academic Fellow

Emily Harris is an Academic Fellow at MSPS. Her research explores how gender beliefs shape two quite vulnerable facets of life – our sexual relationships and our relationship with our bodies. She primarily uses quantitative methods to test psychological theories of gender.

harrise1@unimelb.edu.au

Academic Fellow

Courtney is a Senior Lecturer and Academic Fellow at MSPS. His research is focused on supporting mental health (including aspects related to body image) in both sports and performance contexts.

courtney.walton@unimelb.edu.au

Research Fellow

Emma is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Physical Appearance Research Team. Her research focuses on stigma related to body image and eating disorders, with a particular interest in the impacts of weight stigma on body image and mental health.

emma.austen@unimelb.edu.au

PhD Students

PhD Candidate

Felicity Angelopoulos is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on exploring body image concerns and weight bias among lesbian women, challenging long-standing assumptions that they are protected from appearance-related pressures.

PhD Student

Noa Brittain is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. Her current research interests include the association between appearance focused TikTok content, body image, and eating disorder symptoms, with a focus on how this relationship plays out over time.

PhD Student

Lucy Tiley is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, and works as a Clinical Psychologist. Lucy’s research is primarily focussed on exploring the relationships between self-criticism, masculinity and mental health, in the context of elite sports performance. Her research aims to inform the design of clinical interventions to support this population.