Leadership
Stephen Touyz is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney, as well as a senior adviser and former Director of InsideOut Institute. He is also a visiting senior consultant at Westmead Hospital and a clinical psychology adviser to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Emeritus Professor Touyz is a member of the Technical Advisory Group on Eating Disorders of the Department of Health and a member of the steering committee of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration. He is the co-founding editor in chief of the Journal of Eating Disorders. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Science degree and PhD from the University of Cape Town and an honours degree in psychology from the University of Witwatersrand. Emeritus Professor Touyz is a Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders and the Australian Psychological Society. He is the editor/author of 7 books over 450 book chapters/peer reviewed publications. He was the first ever recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders and the recipient of a Leadership in Research Award by the Academy of Eating Disorders. In 2014, he was awarded the Ian Campbell prize in Clinical Psychology by the Australian Psychological Society
BSc, BSc (Hons.) PhD, FAED, FAPS
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