Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor Tracey Wade has worked as a clinician and researcher in eating disorders for over 30 years
She is the director of the Blackbird Initiative, and the Flinders University Services for Eating Disorders (FUSED)
She has cowritten 3 books on cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders and perfectionism and has 300 publications in peer reviewed journals. Her contribution to the field of mental health has been recognised widely.
In 2015 she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. In 2016 she was made an Inaugural Honorary Fellow of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy. In 2019 she was appointed Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and was a recipient of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders Distinguished Achievement Award.
In 2020 she was the recipient of the Academy of Eating Disorders Outstanding Clinician Award. In 2021 she was given the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Len Frankham award for outstanding achievement in children’s education and wellbeing research. In 2023 she was the recipient of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy Distinguished Career Award.
Over 2024 to 2028 she is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant 2025665.
