Dr. Nicol is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis, and is board certified in general and child psychiatry and in obesity medicine. She is also a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, and co-directs the Healthy Mind Lab and the Mobile Heath Research Core at WUSM. She is a clinical trialist with experience conducting pharmacologic and behavioral treatment studies using quantitative and qualitative research methods.