About Me
Alison Darcy moved to the Bay Area from Ireland in 2008 for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at Stanford School of Medicine. She has always been an advocate and pioneer for e-MentalHealth. To date she has developed and is currently piloting a smartphone application that allows patients to track their eating behaviors, and develop a contextual understanding of their symptoms. She has pioneered the use of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms for clinical training in eating disorders. Early in her research career, Alison built the first Internet-delivered support group for people with Eating Disorders in Europe. In addition, she has acted as advisor to many innovative and like-minded tech companies. Currently she is funded under the Global Federation for Eating Disorders to explore the feasibility of offering internet-delivered guided self-help to parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa. If feasible, this project will mark a major innovation in healthcare addressing disparities of access.
