Wednesday, April 15, 2026
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
free live private Zoom event.Please join the Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind program featuring Mallary Tenore Tarple, author of Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery, and Dr. Stuart Murray, Director of the Eating Disorders Program in UCLA’s Department of Psychiatry. Their conversation will offer a thoughtful exploration of the science, lived experience, and evolving understanding of eating disorder recovery.In her debut nonfiction book, Mallory Tenor Tarple offers a powerful and nuanced look at the complexities of eating disorders and the process of recovery. Drawing from her own lived experience as well as reporting with clinicians, researchers, and others in recovery, Mallary weaves together personal narrative, immersive journalism, and emerging science to explore what recovery truly looks like.Mallary Tenore Tarpley is an Assistant Professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches journalism in the Moody College of Communication and writing in the McCombs School of Business. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Teen Vogue, and other major publications. In 2023, she received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support the science reporting in Slip, including research on the neurobiological and genetic aspects of eating disorders.Stuart B. Murray, MSc., DClinPsych., PhD is the Franklin Mint Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, where he serves as Director of the Eating Disorders Program. Dr. Murray is an active clinician-researcher, and has authored more than 300 scientific manuscripts, books and book chapters, and has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally. He holds professional memberships on executive and editorial boards of several high-ranking journals, and was recently recognized by PubMed’s Expertscape among the world’s leading experts in body image research, and eating and feeding disorders research Through his program of research, which uses behavioral, psychophysiological, and neuroimaging methods, he aims to understand the biological and psychological processes underpinning eating disorders, and develop improved treatments to optimize patient outcomes. To date, Dr. Murray’s publications have featured in top tier medical journals, such as JAMA, JAMA Pediatrics, JAMA Neurology, and JAMA Psychiatry. In removing barriers to accessing his scientific works, Dr. Murray has been active in sharing scientific information via media and social media platforms, and has recently featured on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, PBS and Fuse, and in The New York Times, LA Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
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