Sasha Gorrell, PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 11/10/2

Grants and Projects

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• Neural Correlates of Reinforcement Learning Specific to Hyperactivityin Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa, NIH, 2021-2026
• Characterizing Acute Exercise Response in Restrictive Eating Disorders, NIH, 2023-2025

Publications (86)

Top publication keywords:
DancingBulimia NervosaFeeding and Eating DisordersRumination, CognitiveBinge-Eating DisorderWork PerformanceAnorexia NervosaCompulsive BehaviorAthletesAnhedoniaBody ImageFeeding BehaviorExercisePessimismFamily Therapy

• Neurocognitive Profiles and Predictors of Symptom Trajectory During and After Treatment in Adolescent Bulimia Nervosa.
  European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association 2026 Singh S, Plessow F, Reilly EE, Gorrell S, Matheson BE, Lock JD, Le Grange D
• Connecting the dots between interoceptive sensibility, anxiety sensitivity, and eating disorder symptoms among individuals who engage in exercise for weight or shape purposes.
  Body image 2026 Lusich R, Billman Miller MG, Kinkel-Ram S, Hanss K, Gorrell S, Smith AR, Brown TA
• 2025 Update to the Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement Part 1: State of the Science and Introduction of a New Adolescent Model.
  Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) 2025 De Souza MJ, Williams NI, Misra M, Nattiv A, Joy E, Barrack M, Ricker EA, Gorrell S, Koltun KJ, O'Donnell E, Mallinson RJ, Salamunes ACC, Woodruff K, Fredericson M, Plessow F
• 2025 Update to the Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement Part 2: Clinical Guidelines for Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Return to Play for Adolescents and Adults.
  Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) 2025 Williams NI, De Souza MJ, Misra M, Nattiv A, Joy E, Barrack M, Ricker EA, Gorrell S, Koltun KJ, O'Donnell E, Mallinson RJ, Salamunes ACC, Woodruff K, Fredericson M, Plessow F
• Self-Reported Physical Activity Energy Expenditure in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa: A Cross-Sectional Analysis at Hospital Admission From the Study of Refeeding to Optimize iNpatient Gains.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2025 Vendlinski SS, Gorrell S, Downey AE, Mehta AS, Le Grange D, Machen VI, Accurso EC, Buckelew SM, Kapphahn CJ, Moscicki BA, Golden NH, Garber AK

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• Managing Exercise in Eating Disorder Treatment and Adapting Treatment for Athletes.
  The Psychiatric clinics of North America 2025 Gorrell S, Drury C, Schaumberg K
• Evaluating the muscularity-oriented eating test: Factor structure and psychometric properties among university athletes and across sexes.
  Eating behaviors 2025 Hanss K, Denning DM, Flatt RE, Sanzari CM, Murray SB, Lavender JM, Compte EJ, Blashill AJ, Nagata JM, Keel PK, Harriger J, Nickols R, Mond J, Brown TA, Gorrell S
• Annual Research Review: Neural mechanisms of eating disorders in youth - from current theory and findings to future directions.
  Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines 2025 Hagan K, Lloyd EC, Gorrell S
• Preliminary validation of developmental weight suppression in youth with transdiagnostic eating disorders.
  Journal of eating disorders 2025 Singh S, Reilly EE, Drury CR, Duffy A, Mehler PS, Accurso EC, Zucker K, Lynch N, Le Grange D, Rienecke RD, Gorrell S
• Comparing Outcomes for Telehealth Versus In-Person Family-Based Treatment: A Retrospective Chart Review.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2025 Drury CR, Singh S, Manzano M, Gorrell S, Reilly EE, Odette M, Accurso EC, Brosof L, Bruett L, Forsberg S, Haas V, Hail L, Huryk KM, Keyser J, Kramer R, Lynch N, Murray SB, Radin RM, Underhill J, …
• Psychobiological Exercise Response: A Pilot Investigation of a Laboratory Exercise Assessment Paradigm Among Young Women With Eating Disorders.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2025 Schaumberg K, Gavuji M, Laboe AA, Pictor LE, Crombie KM, Gorrell S
• The impact of rumination and anhedonia on daily social and occupational function.
  Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 2025 Gorrell S, Divers R, Boxley L, Fournier JC
• Evidence of Altered Biobehavioral Threat Processes in Adolescents With Eating Disorders: A Scoping Review.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2025 Gorrell S, Ramappa S, Richson B, Dougherty E, Singh S, Lindstrom K, Day M, Rasmussen E, Anderson LM
• Effects of Early Weight Trends on Residential Treatment Outcomes Among Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2025 Singh S, Gorrell S, Drury CR, Duffy A, Mehler PS, Zucker K, Le Grange D, Reilly EE, Rienecke RD
• Eating Disorder Severity and Treatment Outcome Across Race/Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, and Socioeconomic Status: Intersectional Inequities in a Clinical Sample.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2025 Drury CR, Beccia AL, Shaqour S, Riddle M, Gorrell S, Singh S, Duffy A, Mehler PS, Zucker K, Le Grange D, Rienecke RD, Reilly EE
• Assessing the Accuracy and Reliability of Large Language Models in Psychiatry Using Standardized Multiple-Choice Questions: Cross-Sectional Study.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2025 Hanss K, Sarma KV, Glowinski AL, Krystal A, Saunders R, Halls A, Gorrell S, Reilly E
• Adolescent Patient Perspectives on Family-Based Treatment: A Pilot Study.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2025 Gao C, Drury CR, Singh S, Le Grange D, Gorrell S
• Next Steps in Use of the Eating Disorder Examination and Related Eating Disorder Assessments: A Call for Consensus.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2025 Reilly EE, Gorrell S, Chapa DAN, Drury CR, Stalvey E, Goldschmidt AB, Le Grange D
• The Effect of Preadmission Energy Balance on Short-Term Medical Outcomes: Findings From the Study of Refeeding to Optimize Inpatient Gains.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2025 Downey AE, Kapphahn CJ, Gorrell S, Vendlinski SS, Cheng J, Le Grange D, Accurso EC, Buckelew SM, Kreiter A, Marsal B, Wright P, Golden NH, Garber AK
• Identification of Affective- and Social-Reinforcement Functions of Driven Exercise: Evidence From Three Samples.
  Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science 2024 Kolar DR, Haynos AF, Wang SB, Lask T, Murray SB, Voderholzer U, Gorrell S
• Weight Stigma in the Development, Maintenance, and Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Case Series Informing Implications for Research and Practice.
  Research on child and adolescent psychopathology 2024 Kramer R, Drury CR, Forsberg S, Bruett LD, Reilly EE, Gorrell S, Singh S, Hail L, Yu K, Radin RM, Keyser J, Le Grange D, Accurso EC, Huryk KM
• Predictors of treatment outcome in higher levels of care among a large sample of adolescents with heterogeneous eating disorders.
  Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health 2024 Reilly EE, Gorrell S, Duffy A, Blalock DV, Mehler P, Brandt H, McClanahan S, Zucker K, Lynch N, Singh S, Drury CR, Le Grange D, Rienecke RD
• Efficacy of Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2024 Austin A, Anderson AG, Lee J, Vander Steen H, Savard C, Bergmann C, Singh M, Devoe D, Gorrell S, Patten S, Le Grange D, Dimitropoulos G
• Charting a Path Toward Improving Detection and Clinical Outcomes for Eating Disorders in Cismales and Gender-Diverse Patients.
  Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) 2024 Singh S, Avila JT, Gorrell S
• Innovative and Emerging Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa.
  Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) 2024 Downey AE, Gorrell S
• Examining putamen resting-state connectivity markers of suicide attempt history in depressed adolescents.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2024 Tymofiyeva O, Ho TC, Connolly CG, Gorrell S, Rampersaud R, Darrow SM, Max JE, Yang TT
• Testing associations between assessments of cognitive flexibility and eating disorder symptoms in adolescent bulimia nervosa.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2024 Singh S, Gorrell S, Matheson BE, Reilly EE, Lock JD, Le Grange D
• Preventing eating pathology among elite adolescent ballet dancers: a pilot trial of the Athlete Body Project.
  Eating disorders 2024 Gorrell S, Sanzari CM, Ziegenhardt PS, Spell J, Johnson MG, Whitlow B, Saigal M
• BODY IMAGE DURING PUBERTY: WHAT HAPPENS TO HOW KIDS FEEL ABOUT THEIR BODIES?
  Frontiers for young minds 2024 Roberts SR, Gorrell S, Le Grange D
• Working out measurement overlap in the assessment of maladaptive exercise.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2024 Lampe EW, Schaumberg K, Kolar D, Coniglio K, Cooper M, Chapa DAN, Gorrell S
• Short-term outcomes of the study of refeeding to optimize inpatient gains for patients with atypical anorexia nervosa.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2024 Garber AK, Cheng J, Accurso EC, Buckelew SM, Downey AE, Le Grange D, Gorrell S, Kapphahn CJ, Kreiter A, Moscicki AB, Golden NH
• A transdiagnostic and translational framework for delineating the neuronal mechanisms of compulsive exercise in anorexia nervosa.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2024 Conn K, Huang K, Gorrell S, Foldi CJ
• Characterising use of recovery record among a large, transdiagnostic sample of adults with eating disorders across higher levels of care.
  European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association 2023 Reilly EE, Gorrell S, Johnson C, Duffy A, Blalock DV, Mehler P, Johnson M, Le Grange D, Rienecke RD
• Modification of an inpatient medical management protocol for pediatric Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: improving the standard of care.
  Journal of eating disorders 2023 Gorrell S, Vendlinski SS, Thompson AS, Downey AE, Kramer R, Hail L, Clifton S, Forsberg S, Reilly EE, Saunders E, Buckelew SM, Le Grange D
• Neural Response to Expecting a Caloric Sweet Taste Stimulus Predicts Body Mass Index Longitudinally Among Young Adult Women With Anorexia Nervosa.
  Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging 2023 Gorrell S, Shott ME, Pryor T, Frank GKW
• An exploration of the association between premorbid weight status on patient and caregiver factors at pre and post-treatment among youth with anorexia nervosa/atypical anorexia nervosa.
  Eating behaviors 2023 Kramer R, Radin R, Forsberg S, Garber AK, Reilly EE, Hail L, Huryk KM, Keyser J, Bruett LD, Le Grange D, Gorrell S, Accurso EC
• Parental self-efficacy: Longitudinal impact on clinical outcomes across levels of care in adolescent anorexia nervosa.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2023 Gorrell S, Downey AE, Saunders E, Accurso EC, Buckelew S, Kreiter A, Le Grange D, Garber AK
• How best to support parents of children with an eating disorder: A commentary on Wilksch (2023).
  The International journal of eating disorders 2023 Gorrell S, Le Grange D
• Weight status and weight-control exercise in adolescents: A longitudinal population-based study.
  Eating behaviors 2023 Gorrell S, Hughes EK, Patton GC, Sawyer SM, Le Grange D, Kerr JA
• Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Eating Disorders: A Roadmap to Inform Future Research Efforts.
  Current psychiatry reports 2023 Gorrell S, Hail L, Reilly EE
• Open Science in eating disorders: Using current evidence to inspire a plan for increasing the transparency of our research.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2023 Gorrell S, Cohen S, Schaumberg K, Anderson LM, Reilly EE
• Care utilization in eating disorders: for whom are multiple episodes of care more likely?
  Eating and weight disorders : EWD 2022 Gorrell S, Le Grange D, Blalock DV, Hutchinson V, Johnson M, Duffy A, Mehler PS, Johnson C, Manwaring J, McClanahan S, Rienecke RD
• Treating Adolescent Bulimia Nervosa.
  2022 Sasha Gorrell, Leigh Brosof, Lisa Hail, Daniel Le Grange
• Characterizing changes in obsessive-compulsive symptoms over the course of treatment for adolescent bulimia nervosa.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2022 Reilly EE, Gorrell S, Brosof L, Lock J, Le Grange D
• Development of evidence-informed bridge programming to support an increased need for eating disorder services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Journal of eating disorders 2022 Bruett LD, Forsberg S, Accurso EC, Gorrell S, Hail L, Keyser J, Le Grange D, Huryk KM
• Associations between aerobic exercise and dopamine-related reward-processing: Informing a model of human exercise engagement.
  Biological psychology 2022 Gorrell S, Shott ME, Frank GKW
• Use of Telehealth in the Management of Adolescent Eating Disorders: Patient Perspectives and Future Directions Suggested from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics 2022 Gorrell S, Reilly EE, Brosof L, Le Grange D
• Understanding non-routine discharge: Factors that are associated with premature termination from higher levels of care in adults with anorexia nervosa.
  Eating disorders 2022 Gorrell S, Rienecke RD, Duffy A, Huston E, Mehler PS, Johnson C, Manwaring J, McClanahan S, Blalock DV, Le Grange D
• A scoping review of non-specific predictors, moderators, and mediators of family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia and bulimia nervosa: a summary of the current research findings.
  Eating and weight disorders : EWD 2022 Gorrell S, Byrne CE, Trojanowski PJ, Fischer S, Le Grange D
• Family-based treatment for eating disorders.
  2022 Sasha Gorrell, Erin Reilly, Daniel Le Grange
• The Role of Dopamine in Contributing to Vulnerable and Resilient Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of Anorexia Nervosa.
  Biological psychiatry 2021 Gorrell S
• Family-based treatment for pediatric eating disorders: Evidence and guidance for delivering integrated interdisciplinary care.
  Children's health care : journal of the Association for the Care of Children's Health 2021 Forsberg S, Gorrell S, Accurso EC, Trainor C, Garber A, Buckelew S, Le Grange D
• Gender-based clinical differences in evidence-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: analysis of aggregated randomized controlled trials.
  Eating and weight disorders : EWD 2021 Gorrell S, Hughes EK, Sawyer SM, Roberts SR, Nagata JM, Yeo M, Lock J, Le Grange D
• Psychosocial etiology of maladaptive exercise and its role in eating disorders: A systematic review.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2021 Gorrell S, Flatt RE, Bulik CM, Le Grange D
• Eating Disorders in Boys and Men: Considerations in Sport and Exercise.
  2021 Eva Pila, Sasha Gorrell
• Gender identity, race/ethnicity and eating pathology in a treatment-seeking community sample.
  Journal of behavioral and cognitive therapy 2021 Gorrell S, Le Grange D, Blalock DV, Mehler PS, Johnson C, Manwaring J, Duffy A, Huston E, McClanahan S, Rienecke RD
• Family-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders.
  2021 Sasha Gorrell, Daniel Le Grange
• "Excessive exercise" in eating disorders research: problems of definition and perspective.
  Eating and weight disorders : EWD 2021 Mond J, Gorrell S
• Using Remote Methods to Deliver Evidence-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders.
  2020 Claire Trainor, Sasha Gorrell, Kristen Anderson, Daniel Le Grange
• 6.9 EATING DISORDERS IN MALES.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2020 Sasha Gorrell
• Association Between Legal Performance-Enhancing Substances and Use of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids in Young Adults.
  JAMA pediatrics 2020 Nagata JM, Ganson KT, Gorrell S, Mitchison D, Murray SB
• Consequences of Repeated Critical versus Neutral Body Checking in Women with High Shape or Weight Concern.
  Behavior Therapy 2020 D. Catherine Walker, Sasha Gorrell, Tom Hildebrandt, Drew A. Anderson
• Psychotropic medication use in treatment-seeking youth with eating disorders.
  European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association 2020 Gorrell S, Lebow J, Kinasz K, Mitchell JE, Goldschmidt AB, Le Grange D, Accurso EC
• Expressed Emotion and Anorexia Nervosa.
  2020 Sasha Gorrell, Daniel Le Grange
• Dopaminergic activity and exercise behavior in anorexia nervosa.
  OBM neurobiology 2020 Gorrell S, Collins AGE, Le Grange D, Yang TT
• Associations between ergogenic supplement use and eating behaviors among university students.
  Eating disorders 2020 Nagata JM, Peebles R, Hill KB, Gorrell S, Carlson JL
• Remission in adolescents with bulimia nervosa: Empirical evaluation of current conceptual models.
  European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association 2020 Gorrell S, Matheson BE, Lock J, Le Grange D
• Family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: What happens to rates of comorbid diagnoses?
  European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association 2020 Trainor C, Gorrell S, Hughes EK, Sawyer SM, Burton C, Le Grange D
• Delivery of Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa in a Public Health Care Setting: Research Versus Non-Research Specialty Care.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2020 Le Grange D, Gorrell S, Hughes EK, Accurso EC, Yeo M, Pradel M, Sawyer SM
• Compulsive exercise or exercise dependence? Clarifying conceptualizations of exercise in the context of eating disorder pathology.
  Psychology of Sport and Exercise 2020 Christina Scharmer, Sasha Gorrell, Katherine Schaumberg, Drew Anderson
• Compulsive exercise and weight suppression: Associations with eating pathology in distance runners.
  Eating behaviors 2019 Gorrell S, Scharmer C, Kinasz K, Anderson D
• Eating behavior and reasons for exercise among competitive collegiate male athletes.
  Eating and weight disorders : EWD 2019 Gorrell S, Nagata JM, Hill KB, Carlson JL, Shain AF, Wilson J, Alix Timko C, Hardy KK, Lock J, Peebles R
• 1.8 ANOREXIA NERVOSA VERSUS AVOIDANT/RESTRICTIVE FOOD INTAKE DISORDER (ARFID) IN TREATMENT-SEEKING ADOLESCENTS: HOW DO THESE POPULATIONS DIFFER?.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019 Kathryn R. Kinasz, Sasha Gorrell, Claire Trainor, Daniel Le Grange
• Eating Disorders in Males.
  Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America 2019 Gorrell S, Murray SB
• Update on Treatments for Adolescent Bulimia Nervosa.
  Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America 2019 Gorrell S, Le Grange D
• Interpersonal Abuse and Long-term Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery.
  Obesity surgery 2019 Gorrell S, Mahoney CT, Lent M, Campbell LK, Wood GC, Still C
• The impact of urbanization on risk for eating disorders.
  Current opinion in psychiatry 2019 Gorrell S, Trainor C, Le Grange D
• Family-based Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Narrative Review.
  The Psychiatric clinics of North America 2019 Gorrell S, Loeb KL, Le Grange D
• Rituals and preoccupations associated with bulimia nervosa in adolescents: Does motivation to change matter?
  European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association 2019 Gorrell S, Kinasz K, Hail L, Bruett L, Forsberg S, Lock J, Le Grange D
• A test of the DSM-5 severity specifier for bulimia nervosa in adolescents: Can we anticipate clinical treatment outcomes?
  The International journal of eating disorders 2019 Gorrell S, Hail L, Kinasz K, Bruett L, Forsberg S, Delucchi K, Lock J, Le Grange D
• Athlete Identity and Eating Pathology in Distance Runners: When Compulsive Exercise Matters.
  Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology 2018 Sasha Gorrell, Drew A. Anderson
• Binge Eating Disorder.
  2017 Erin E. Reilly, Lisa M. Anderson, Lauren Ehrlich, Sasha Gorrell, Drew A. Anderson, Jennifer R. Shapiro
• Choosing an Assessment Instrument/Method.
  2017 Drew Anderson, Erin E. Reilly, Lisa M. Anderson, Sasha Gorrell, Lauren E. Knauf
• Assessment of Weight/Shape Implicit Bias Related to Attractiveness, Fear, and Disgust.
  The Psychological Record 2016 Timothy R. Ritzert, Lisa M. Anderson, Erin E. Reilly, Sasha Gorrell, John P. Forsyth, Drew A. Anderson
• Gender-based differential item function for the difficulties in emotion regulation scale.
  Personality and Individual Differences 2016 Lisa M. Anderson, Erin E. Reilly, Sasha Gorrell, Katherine Schaumberg, Drew A. Anderson
• Choosing an Assessment Instrument/Method.
  2015 Drew Anderson, Erin E. Reilly, Lisa M. Anderson, Sasha Gorrell, Lauren E. Knauf