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Researching Treatments for Adolescent Eating Disorders
February 28, 2018
Tyler Sloan '17
A strong relationship with her mentor and field experience in college helped Alexa L’Insalata ’17 land her ideal first job as a clinical research coordinator for Stanford University’s Eating Disorders Research Program.
![L'Insalata at Stanford University's Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences building](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/image.jpeg?itok=gJji0jBM)
Safari Doctors Founder Umra Omar '06 Featured as CNN Hero
September 14, 2016
Communications Staff
Umra Omar ’06 provides free medical care to remote, insecure areas on the eastern coast of Kenya with her group Safari Doctors.
![Umra Omar ’06](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/umra_omar_cnn_hero_0.jpg?itok=VEbY9Kye)
Best of Both Worlds
November 11, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin psychology students benefit from Assistant Professor Meghan Morean’s research ties to Yale.
![Assistant Professor of Psychology Meghan Morean](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/top_hat_bar_mehganmorean_mg_3427_0.jpg?itok=mD1DbAyN)
Why 'Moist' Makes us Cringe
August 21, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Assistant Professor of Psychology Paul Thibodeau studies the social science behind “word aversion.”
![Man seated in front of chalkboard showing the word 'moist'](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/thibodeau_1200x800.jpg?itok=xrp9W0t4)
Jolie DeFeis '15 Receives Fulbright Grant in South Africa
May 18, 2015
Amanda Nagy
A psychology major, DeFeis is interested in a career as a healthcare provider and educator.
![Jolie DeFeis](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jolie_defeis_thumbnail_0_0.jpg?itok=hqZ-Vr7X)
Talia Greenberg '15 Receives Fulbright Grant to Taiwan
May 13, 2015
Lisa Gulasy
Talia Greenberg ’15 says she could teach students ranging from grades 1 through 6 during her 10 months in Yilan County.
![Talia Greenberg](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/talia-greenberg-fulbright-tawain-2015-preview_0.jpg?itok=q8fn9Uh6)
Seeing Results
November 17, 2014
Rosalind Black
Rachel Marino ’13 applies her research to education programs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, making art-based education more accessible to students and teachers alike.
![Rachel Marino ’13 posed with art](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rachelmarino_0.jpg?itok=Y5TaOL9t)
Teen Research in Action
June 17, 2014
James Helmsworth
A longtime researcher on parent/teenager relationships, Nancy Darling is using her expertise to help an international group of scientists and researchers, called Prepare, increase sexual health in sub-Saharan Africa.
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