Abraham Eastman
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Abraham Eastman is a clinical health psychologist specializing in surgical and behavioral treatments of obesity. He provides psychological assessments and interventions for the bariatric surgery and endocrine weight management clinic. His research interests include incorporating third wave cognitive behavioral therapy techniques into behavioral health interventions. He also provides weight management training and supervision to clinical psychology interns and externs.
His research has been published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, JMIR Formative Research, PloS ONE, Obesity Science and Practice, Obesity, Health Behavior and Policy Review, and Translational Behavioral Medicine.
Eastman received a BA in psychology from Knox College, an MA in health psychology from Boston University, and an MS and PhD in clinical health psychology from the University of Florida. He then completed an internship in health psychology at the Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago, followed by a health and bariatric psychology postdoctoral fellowship at Rush University Medical Center.