Molly Basch, Ph.D., graduated from the University of Florida’s Clinical and Health Psychology program and completed her pre-doctoral internship at Children’s National Hospital. She continued with Children’s National for her post-doctoral training within the Center for Translational Research and departments of Psychology and Surgery, specifically the bariatric surgery clinic. Dr. Basch’s clinical interests include pediatric psychology broadly as well as specifically working with youth who struggle with their weight and associated emotional/behavioral health difficulties. Her research interests include weight-based bias/stigma and its effects on youth and relations between emotional/behavioral factors and bariatric post-surgical outcomes.