Heather Shaw, Ph.D.

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Education & Training

B.A., 1989
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Sociology, Psychology

M.A., 1992
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Sociology

Ph.D., 1995
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Sociology

Dr. Shaw is a Senior Research Associate at Oregon Research Institute, and has over 16 years of experience as a co-investigator on prospective studies investigating risk factors for future increases in eating pathology, body mass, and depression. She has also served as co-investigator on efficacy and effectiveness prevention trials targeting eating disorders, obesity, and depression. In addition, Dr. Shaw has co-authored meta-analytic reviews of risk factor studies for eating disorders and prevention trials for eating disorders, obesity, and depression.

Current Projects

Enhancing Effectiveness of a Dissonance-Based Obesity Prevention Program

PROJECT PERIOD

09/18/18 - 07/31/23

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Not Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Paul Rohde, Heather Shaw, Eric Stice

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Implementation Support for Prevention Program Delivery by College Peer Educators

PROJECT PERIOD

12/15/17 - 11/30/23

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Not Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Eric Stice

Co-Investigators
Laura Akers, Paul Rohde, Heather Shaw

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Target Engagement of a Novel Dissonance-Based Treatment for DSM-5 Eating Disorders

PROJECT PERIOD

07/10/17 - 07/31/23

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Not Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Eric Stice

Co-Investigators
Paul Rohde, Heather Shaw, Sonja Yokum

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Effectiveness Trial of Peer-Led Dissonance Eating Disorder Prevention Groups

PROJECT PERIOD

06/01/13 - 03/31/19

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

CURRENT STATUS

Completed

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Eric Stice

Co-Investigators
Paul Rohde, Heather Shaw

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Effectiveness Trial of a Dissonance Based Obesity Prevention Program

PROJECT PERIOD

08/20/12 - 05/31/18

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

CURRENT STATUS

Completed

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Eric Stice

Co-Investigators
Paul Rohde, Heather Shaw

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Effectiveness Trial of an Adolescent Depression Prevention Program

PROJECT PERIOD

01/01/09 - 11/30/14

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

CURRENT STATUS

Completed

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Paul Rohde

Co-Investigators
Heather Shaw, Eric Stice

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Targeted Obesity Prevention Program for Adolescent Females

PROJECT PERIOD

02/10/07 - 01/31/13

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

CURRENT STATUS

Completed

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Eric Stice

Co-Investigators
Paul Rohde, Heather Shaw

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Publications

Rohde, P., Desjardins, C. D., Arigo, D., Shaw, H., & Stice, E. (2018). Mediators of two selective prevention interventions targeting both obesity and eating disorders. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 106, 8 - 17.

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Rohde, P., Stice, E., Shaw, H., Gau, J. M., & Ohls, O. C. (2017). Age effects in eating disorder baseline risk factors and prevention intervention effects. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 50(11), 1273-1280. doi:10.1002/eat.22775

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Stice, E., Rohde, P., Shaw, H., & Gau, J. M. (2017). An experimental therapeutics test of whether adding dissonance-induction activities improves the effectiveness of a selective obesity and eating disorder prevention program. International Journal of Obesity (2005).

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Stice, E., Rohde, P., Shaw, H., & Gau, J. M. (2017). Clinician-led, peer-led, and internet-delivered dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs: Acute effectiveness of these delivery modalities. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85, 883-895.

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Akers, L., Rohde, P., Stice, E., Butryn, M., & Shaw, H. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of achieving clinical improvement with a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program. Eating Disorders 25(3): 263-272

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Stice, E., & Shaw, H. (2017). Eating disorders: Insights from imaging and behavioral approaches to treatment. Journal Of Psychopharmacology, 31(11), 1485-1495. doi:10.1177/0269881117722999

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Arigo, D., Rohde, P., Shaw, H., & Stice, E. (2017). Psychosocial Predictors of Physical Activity Change among College Students in an Obesity Prevention Trial. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 1-20. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2016-0515

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Stice, E., Gau, J. M., Rohde, P., & Shaw, H. (2017). Risk factors that predict future onset of each DSM–5 eating disorder: Predictive specificity in high-risk adolescent females. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126, 38-51. doi: 10.1037/abn0000219

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Stice, E., Rohde, P., & Shaw, H. (2016). Eating disorders. In J. C. Norcross, G. R. VandenBos, D. K. Freedheim, N. Pole, J. C. Norcross, G. R. VandenBos, D. K. Freedheim & N. Pole (Eds.), APA handbook of clinical psychology: Psychopathology and health (Vol. 4). (pp. 275-294). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.

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Shaw, H., Rohde, P., & Stice, E. (2016). Participant feedback from peer-led, clinician-led, and internet-delivered eating disorder prevention interventions. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 49, 1087-1092. doi: 10.1002/eat.22605

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Rohde, P., Stice, E., Shaw, H., & Gau, J. M. (2016). Pilot trial of a dissonance-based cognitive-behavioral group depression prevention with college students. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 8221-27. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2016.05.001

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Shaw, H., & Stice, E. (2016). The implementation of evidence-based eating disorder prevention programs. Eating Disorders, 24, 71-78. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2015.1113832

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Stice, E., Yokum, S., Burger, K., Rohde, P., Shaw, H., & Gau, J. M. (2015). A pilot randomized trial of a cognitive reappraisal obesity prevention program. Physiology & Behavior, 138, 124-132. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.10.022

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Rohde, P., Shaw, H., Butryn, M. L., & Stice, E. (2015). Assessing program sustainability in an eating disorder prevention effectiveness trial delivered by college clinicians. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 72, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.06.009

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Stice, E., Rohde, P., Butryn, M. L., Shaw, H., & Marti, C. N. (2015). Effectiveness trial of a selective dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program with female college students: Effects at 2- and 3-year follow-up. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 71, 20-26. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.05.012

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Rohde, P., Stice, E., Shaw, H., & Gau, J. M. (2015). Effectiveness Trial of an Indicated Cognitive-Behavioral Group Adolescent Depression Prevention Program Versus Bibliotherapy and Brochure Control at 1- and 2-Year Follow-Up. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

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Rohde, P., Stice, E., Shaw, H., & Gau, J. (2014). Cognitive-behavioral group depression prevention compared to bibliotherapy and brochure control: Nonsignificant effects in pilot effectiveness trial with college students. Behaviour Research And Therapy, 5548-53. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2014.02.003

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Stice, E., Durant, S., Rohde, P., & Shaw, H. (2014). Effects of a Prototype Internet Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program at 1- and 2-Year Follow-Up. Health Psychology: Official Journal Of The Division Of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association,

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Stice, E., Durant, S., Rohde, P., & Shaw, H. (2014). Effects of a prototype Internet dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program at 1- and 2-year follow-up. Health Psychology: Official Journal Of The Division Of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 33(12), 1558-1567.

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Rohde, P., Stice, E., Shaw, H., & Brière, F. (2014). Indicated cognitive behavioral group depression prevention compared to bibliotherapy and brochure control: Acute effects of an effectiveness trial with adolescents. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 82(1), 65-74. doi:10.1037/a0034640

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Brière, F., Rohde, P., Shaw, H., & Stice, E. (2014). Moderators of two indicated cognitive-behavioral depression prevention approaches for adolescents in a school-based effectiveness trial. Behaviour Research And Therapy, 5355-62. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2013.12.005

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Stice, E., Marti, C. N., Rohde, P., & Shaw, H. (2014). Young woman smokers gain significantly more weight over 2-year follow-up than non-smokers. How Virginia doesn’t slim. Appetite, 85C, 155–159.

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Stice, E., Butryn, M., Rohde, P., Shaw, H., & Marti, C. (2013). An effectiveness trial of a new enhanced dissonance eating disorder prevention program among female college students. Behaviour Research And Therapy, 51(12), 862-871.

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Stice, E., Rohde, P., Durant, S., Shaw, H., & Wade, E. (2013). Effectiveness of peer-led dissonance-based eating disorder prevention groups: Results from two randomized pilot trials. Behaviour Research And Therapy, 51(4-5), 197-206. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2013.01.004

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Stice, E., Rohde, P., Shaw, H., & Marti, C. (2013). Efficacy trial of a selective prevention program targeting both eating disorders and obesity among female college students: 1- and 2-year follow-up effects. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 81(1), 183-189. doi:10.1037/a0031235

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Stice, E., Rohde, P., Durant, S., & Shaw, H. (2012). A preliminary trial of a prototype Internet dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program for young women with body image concerns. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 80(5), 907-916.

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Stice, E., Rohde, P., Gau, J., & Shaw, H. (2012). Effect of a dissonance-based prevention program on risk for eating disorder onset in the context of eating disorder risk factors. Prevention Science: The Official Journal Of The Society For Prevention Research, 13(2), 129-139. doi:10.1007/s11121-011-0251-4

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Stice, E., South, K., & Shaw, H. (2012). Future directions in etiologic, prevention, and treatment research for eating disorders. Journal Of Clinical Child And Adolescent Psychology, 41(6), 845-855.

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Stice, E., Bohon, C., Shaw, H., Marti, C. N., & Rohde, P. (2009). A Meta-Analytic Review of Depression Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents: Factors That Predict Magnitude of Intervention Effects. Journal Of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 486. doi:10.1037/a0015168

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Stice, E., Marti, C. N., Shaw, H., & Jaconis, M. (2009). An 8-Year Longitudinal Study of the Natural History of Threshold, Subthreshold, and Partial Eating Disorders From a Community Sample of Adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 587-597.

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Stice, E., Rohde, P., Gau, J., & Shaw, H. (2009). An Effectiveness Trial of a Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program for High-Risk Adolescent Girls. Journal Of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 77(5), 825-834. doi:10.1037/a0016132

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Shaw, H., Stice, E., & Black Becker, C. (2009). Preventing Eating Disorders. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 18, 199–207. Abstract

Stice, E., Marti, N., Spoor, S., Presnell, K., & Shaw, H. (2008). Dissonance and healthy weight eating disorder prevention programs: Long-term effects from a randomized efficacy trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 329-340.

Stice, E., Shaw, H., & Marti, C. N. (2007). A meta-analytic review of eating disorder prevention programs: Encouraging Findings. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 3, 233-257.

Stice, E., Presnell, K., Gau, J., & Shaw, H. (2007). Testing mediators of intervention effects in randomized controlled trials: An evaluation of two eating disorder prevention programs. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 20-32. Abstract

Stice, E., Shaw, H., & Marti, C. N. (2006). A meta-analytic review of obesity prevention programs for children and adolescents: The skinny on interventions that work. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 667-691.

Stice, E., Shaw, H., Burton, E., & Wade, E. (2006). Dissonance and healthy weight eating disorder prevention programs: A randomized efficacy trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 263-275.

Stice, E., Presnell, K., Groesz, L., & Shaw, H. (2005). Effects of a weight maintenance diet on bulimic pathology: An experimental test of the dietary restraint theory. Health Psychology, 24, 402-412.

Stice, E., Presnell, K., Shaw, H., & Rohde, P. (2005). Psychological and behavioral risk factors for onset of obesity in adolescent girls: A prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 195-202.

Stice, E. & Shaw, H. (2004). Eating disorder prevention programs: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 130, 206-227.

Stice, E., Burton, E. M., & Shaw, H. (2004). Prospective relations between bulimic pathology, depression, and substance abuse: Unpacking comorbidity in adolescent girls. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 62-71.

Stice, E., & Shaw, H. (2003). Prospective relations of body image, eating, and affective disturbances to smoking onset in adolescent girls: How Virginia slims. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 129-135.

Experience

2004- Present
Sr. Research Associate,
Oregon Research Institute, Eugene OR

1999- Present
Research Fellow,
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

1998-1999
Research Consultant,
Resource Network and Texas State Bar Association, Austin, TX.

1996-1998
Research Scientist,
American Institutes for Research, Palo Alto, CA.

1995-1996
Survey Research Specialist,
National Decision Systems, San Diego, CA.


1995
Instructor,
Department of Sociology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1992-1994
Research Assistant,
Department of Sociology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1992-1994
Methodologist,
Survey Research Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1990-1992
Research Assistant,
Department of Sociology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1989-1990
Research Assistant,
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR