Lab Values

The Timko Research Group is housed in the Eating Disorder Research Program, part of the Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. We are also part of the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania. Lab leadership is committed to mentorship and sponsorship of the next generation of clinicians and researchers who are passionate about working with youth with eating disorders and their families. The lab is a high challenge, high support environment. We value curiosity and initiative and continually strive to have a lab environment that fosters an open exchange of ideas from a variety of viewpoints and maintains a clear commitment to respect, communication, collaboration, and fairness. Our lab is a non-hierarchical environment and our goal is to be a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment that fosters individual and scientific growth. We are grounded in Health at Every Size and recognize and seek to educate others that eating disorders occur in individuals of every shape, size, gender, sex, and ethnicity. 

Science thrives on diversity of thought, perspectives, and experience. In our lab, we view diversity broadly, including but not limited to an individual's race, age, ethnicity, gender identity, political views, body size and shape, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability status, Veteran status, beliefs, and culture and how one’s identities intersect. It is essential that the clinical and research workforce of the future represents diversity in all of these forms. We are committed to embracing, valuing, and providing an open and welcoming space for training, employment, and growth for our team members. To that end, we are committed to recruiting and retaining diverse staff and trainees in order to reflect the diversity that we want to see in the professional eating disorder field and that we know exists in population we serve. Diversity without equity is not enough; we strive to center equity in our hiring processes, training, and research.