Sandra Mulkens, PhD, is an endowed professor of Feeding and Eating Disorders at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. Besides, she is a certified Clinical Psychologist-Psychotherapist/Cognitive-Behavioural Therapist (CBT). Her research focuses on the maintenance and treatment of eating disorders - particularly Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) - and on body image disorders such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), including the link with cosmetic surgery.

Next to her research, Sandra teaches about psychopathology, eating disorders, BDD, CBT, and interviewing skills at Maastricht University, and in numerous post master courses and workshops. Furthermore, she conducts clinical work: in the past, she has been treating patients with social phobia, BDD, boulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. In 2019, she set up an outpatient treatment program for adults with ARFID in the Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC) where she currently treats patients with ARFID. Besides teaching, conducting research (including supervising PhD candidates on topics of eating disorders and BDD/cosmetic surgery), and carrying out clinical work, Sandra fulfilled several extra curricular positions: she served as board member (2014-…