Obesity 101

About Eric RossenLauren Rossen

Lauren M. Rossen MS is currently an Eating for the Future Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for a Livable Future. She has been integrally involved in research that examines various methods of behavioral weight loss treatment both at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Florida and has also worked directly with obese adolescents and adults undergoing weight-loss surgery. Her research spans a variety of topics in obesity and her work has been published in numerous eating disorder obesity and psychiatric journals.||Eric Rossen PhD is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist in the Office of Psychological Services for Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) Maryland. He is also a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at the Chesapeake ADHD Center of Maryland. As part of his responsibilities with PGCPS he has provided leadership in developing the crisis manual for psychologists and educators throughout the county and obtaining the NASP approval for Continuing Education for the Office of Psychological Services. He also has served as a college instructor and adjunct faculty for courses in Human Development and School Psychology at the University of Florida and the University of Missouri. He has published his research in numerous psychology journals and has contributed chapters to several books.