From the staff report
KANNAPOLIS – Rachel W. Good, PhD, MPH, LCSW, has been promoted to associate professor of social work in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Good’s promotion also includes working at the UNC Nutrition Institute (NRI). Good’s research focuses on the development, implementation and evaluation of equitable, community-engaged interventions to treat obesity and eating disorders.
Interestingly, the fields of eating disorders and obesity barely overlap. Few have been able to bring these fields together, recognizing that weight management and eating disorders are often interrelated and can exacerbate each other. Goode is recognized as someone who has bridged the divide between these fields and made significant contributions to both fields.
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“She is a well-funded and highly collaborative scholar who is building an interdisciplinary research program to design equitable and effective behavioral interventions to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes that do not exacerbate eating disorders,” explains Cynthia M. Brick, PhD, FAED, Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina.
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Dr. Good was one of the first to focus attention on the prevalence of binge eating among Black Americans and has since developed clinical recommendations to make eating disorder treatment more culturally appropriate for this population. Her research was the first to demonstrate effective interventions to reduce binge eating and improve weight management in obese Black women.
“Her translational research being conducted at NRI is groundbreaking and necessary for the North Carolina community. Dr. Good’s promotion reflects her outstanding research achievements, exemplary leadership skills, and unwavering dedication to her students and lab members. We are incredibly fortunate to have her working at NRI toward improving the health and well-being of people affected by obesity and eating disorders,” said NRI Interim Director Deborah F. Tate, PhD.
Good will join the NRI faculty as principal investigator in 2022. She said she is excited to continue “working steadily to expand research on interventions to prevent and treat eating disorders and chronic illnesses in Black Americans.”
To learn more about Goode’s work and her team, visit https://uncnri.org/faculty-rachel-goode-phd/
