2026 Conference Schedule
The 2026 BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference took place Thursday, July 16, 2026 to Saturday, July 18, 2026 virtually via CE-Go.
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
2:30pm to 2:45pm
DID, Eating Disorders, and Systemic Trauma: Structural Dissociation and the Impact of Racialized Oppression
1:30pm to 2:30pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
11:30am to 11:45am
with Jessica L. Wilson, MS, RD (she/her)
Media Literacy and Clinical Application in the Age of MAHA
10:30am to 11:30am
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
10:15am to 10:30am
Keynote Address with Dr. Roxane Gay, PhD (she/her)
HUNGER: A Memoir of (My) Body
9:30am to 10:15am
All times are listed in Central Standard Time.
with Kathrina Cann, MA, LMHC-QS, IEDAS-C (she/her)
GI Disorders in Eating Disorder Care: Integrating Nutrition Counseling, Therapy, and GI-Psychology
11:45am to 1:15pm
with Samina Qureshi, RDN, LD, CSDH (she/her) & Kelli Rugless, PsyD, CEDS (she/her)
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
1:15pm to 1:30pm
Welcome with Whitney Trotter & Angela Goens
9:00am to 9:30am
Equip Panel: Designing Inclusive Virtual Care Experiences for Today's World
5:15pm to 6:15pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
3:45pm to 4:00pm
with Allyson Inez Ford, MA, LPCC (she/her)
White Supremacy was the Culprit for My Eating Disorder: Examining the Unique Intersection of Multiracial Identity and Eating Disorders
2:45pm to 3:45pm
with Victoria Alanis, MS, RDN (she/her) and Veronica Shindo, ASW (she/her)
Reclaiming the Black Body
4:00pm to 5:00pm
with Alishia McCullough, LCMHC (she/her)
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
5:00pm to 5:15pm
2:45pm to 3:45pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
2:30pm to 2:45pm
Revising the Lens: DSM-5-TR Updates in Eating Disorders and the Racialized History of Diagnostic Criteria
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
11:30am to 11:45am
with Laura Iu, RD, CDN, CNSC, RYT (she/her)
Endometriosis at the Crossroads: Chronic Pain, Culture, and Eating Disorders
10:30am to 11:30am
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
10:15am to 10:30am
Understanding PANS & PANDAS: Reducing Misdiagnosis and What Every Family Should Know
9:15am to 10:15am
Welcome with Whitney Trotter & Angela Goens
9:00am to 9:15am
All times are listed in Central Standard Time.
with Jaquel Patterson, ND, MBA, IFMCP (she/her)
with Dr. Neeru Bakshi MD, FAPA (she/her), Dr. Erikka Taylor, MD, MPH, DFAACAP (she/her), & Dr. Meera Beharry, MD (she/her)
Advancing Weight-Inclusive Care in Eating Disorders: An Overview of Ethical Foundations, Weight Science, and Clinical Care for Larger Bodies
11:45am to 12:45pm
with Dra. Mónica Peralta, MD, IEDS (she/her)
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
12:45pm to 1:00pm
Eating Disorder Risk in Mixed-Immigration Status Families: Clinical Considerations with Emphasis on Family and Community Support to Build Resilience
with Dr. Ana Olivares, PsyD
All times are listed in Central Standard Time.
Welcome with Whitney Trotter & Angela Goens
9:00am to 9:15am
2:45pm to 3:45pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
2:30pm to 2:45pm
The Eating Disorder Can't Come First: Black Bodies, Autism, and Food as Survival
1:30pm to 2:30pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
Noon to 12:15pm
with Jamie Singleteary, LPC, NCC, Ashley Acle, MBA, MFT, LMFT (she/her/ella/她), Joan Zhang (she/her), Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite, MD (she/her), Whitney Trotter MS, RDN/LDN, RN, RYT (she/her), Angela Goens, MS, RDN, LD (she/her)
Reimbursement Realities: The Policy Failures Fueling ED Client Destabilization
10:30am to Noon
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
10:15am to 10:30am
From Body Image to Body Connection: Integrating Sexuality into Eating Disorder Recovery
9:15am to 10:15am
with Marvin Hughes, LMFT (they/them)
with Reece Thomas, MS, LC (they/them)
Ballet Pink... Why Not Ballet Rainbow?...
12:15pm to 1:15pm
with Kai Iguchi, MSc/MS, RD, CSSD (they/them/theirs)
Break & Visit Sponsor Exhibit Booths
1:15pm to 1:30pm
Fat Liberation Frees Everyone
with Tigress Osborn (she/her)
Notes on the Schedule
This schedule is subject to change. All presentations are continuing education eligible, but you must attend the session LIVE for at least 80% of the session. Recordings of all presentations will be available through December 31, 2026, unless otherwise noted. CEs will not be provided for the recordings.
