Latzer, Yael: - Yael Latzer, D.Sc. graduated from the University of Haifa with both a B.A. and M.A. in clinical social work and obtained her D.Sc. from the Technion Medical School in Haifa, Israel. She has received additional certification in psychotherapy, family and couples therapy, and interpersonal psychotherapy. She held a two-year fellowship position at the Psychoanalytic Institute, Menninger Foundation, in Topeka, Kansas, USA (1989-1991), training in the treatment of eating disorders (EDs). Professor Latzer has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals and scientific book chapters. She has edited five books, four of them on EDs. During her sabbaticals in New York, she has been a visiting professor at Yeshiva University, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, and in the nutrition and behavior and psychology departments at Columbia University.