Sonakshi Negi

Graduate Student

Contact Info

Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors (CARE Lab) Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors (CARE Lab)
University of Kansas - Clinical Psychology Program University of Kansas - Clinical Psychology Program
Psi Chi Psi Chi
Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors (COPE Lab) Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors (COPE Lab)

Education —

M.A. in Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas

B.A. in Psychology, George Mason University, 2018

Research —

Advisor: Kelsie Forbush, PhD
Research Lab: Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors (CARE); Center for Overcoming Problem Eating (COPE)

Sonakshi’s research interests include classification, assessment, and treatment of eating disorders. She is also interested leveraging technology to making eating disorder treatment more accessible.

Selected Publications —

Negi S, Forbush KT. 2025. A Pilot Study of “Help for Overcoming Problem Eating” (HOPE): A Single Session Intervention for College Students with Binge-Spectrum Eating Disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.24404

Negi S, Thomeczek MT, Chen Y, Sharma AR, Forbush KT. 2023. Compensatory eating disorder and full threshold DSM eating disorders: A comparison of eating-disorder-related psychiatric impairment and symptomatology. Eating Behaviors. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101823.

Negi S, Benau E, Strowger M, Grammer AC, Timko CA. 2022. Internalization of the thin ideal mediates the role of acculturation in disordered eating in South and South East Asian women. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.843717

Johnson SN, Negi S, Chen Y, Thomeczek ML, Forbush KT. 2023. Severity, Impairment, and Symptom Frequency of Atypical Anorexia Nervosa versus Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23989

Forbush KT, Christensen KA, Thomeczek ML, Gould SR, Chapa DAN, Richson BN, Perko VL, Ayres J, Chen Y, Negi S. 2023. The Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University Students (BEST-U) Mobile App to Treat Eating Disorders in University Students: User-Centered Research Design and Feasibility Study. JMIR Formative Research. DOI: 10.2196/43504

Awards & Honors —

Finalist, Three Minute Thesis Competition, University of Kansas
30-Under-30 Honoree, Chi Omega Women’s Fraternity
Student/Trainee/Early Career Top Poster Abstract, Academy for Eating Disorders (2024)
RSH Scholarship, Academy for Eating Disorders (2023)
American Psychological Association Graduate Student/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship (2022)

Grants & Other Funded Activity —

Eating Disorders Summer Research Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital (2025)
COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship, American Psychological Foundation (2024)
RSH Scholarship, Academy for Eating Disorders (2023)
American Psychological Association Graduate Student/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship (2022)

Service —

Graduate Intern - Body Balance Coalition, Kansas City

Memberships —

Graduate Intern - Body Balance Coalition, Kansas City
Student Member, Academy for Eating Disorders
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
Psi Chi International Honor Society for Psychology