Dr. Laura Berner

“Training the brain’s self-control center to stop binge-purge cycles—bringing new hope for lasting recovery in eating disorders.”

Dr. Laura Berner’s research is uncovering the brain, cognitive, and hormonal mechanisms that drive extreme eating behaviors, paving the way for targeted, neuroscience-based interventions for eating disorders.

Laura Berner, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she directs the Neuroscience of Eating and Associated Pathology Research Program and serves as Director of Clinical Research Strategy at the Mount Sinai Center for Computational Psychiatry. Trained in clinical psychology and neuroimaging at Drexel University, UC San Diego, and Mount Sinai, her research investigates the brain, cognitive, and hormonal mechanisms that drive extreme eating behaviors, with a focus on self-regulatory control in eating disorders. Using tools such as brain imaging, computational modeling, and real-time symptom assessment, Dr. Berner aims to develop new models of eating disorder symptoms and translate them into targeted interventions. She co-chairs the ENIGMA Eating Disorders working group, and her work is funded by the NIMH, Brain and Behavior Foundation, and other leading organizations.