Applied Critical Inquiry Fostering Systemic Change

Facilitator, Researcher, Educator, Strategist.

Scout Silverstein (they/them), MPH, is a PhD student and public health researcher focused on eating disorders, body image, and gendered embodiment. Their work examines how surveillance, gendered objectification, concealment, and transphobia shape disordered eating among gender-expansive individuals, while also demonstrating how these same mechanisms operate within cisgender populations. They support structural change to care delivery via medical education, providing training to practicing clinicians, and adapting clinical interventions to meet identity-based needs.

You can also find them strengthening legislative policy, providing consultation to clinicians, collaborating with academic research teams, speaking at conferences, and facilitating interACTs annual youth healing retreat.

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    Innovation in Clinical Care Delivery

    By rethinking access, training, and structure, I help clinicians "get unstuck” and reconceptualize approaches to care.

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    Translational Intelligence

    I move seamlessly between research, clinical care, education, and strategy. Theory becomes frameworks, programs, and measurable change.

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    Complex Thinking Under Pressure

    I work comfortably holding competing truths without collapsing nuance. I help individuals and organizations build bridges and resolve tension.

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    Cross-Disciplinary Inquiry

    My work draws from medicine, psychology, sociology, ethics, and critical theory. By integrating these ways of knowing, I generate insights that conventional silos overlook.

  • "I attended a virtual conference you presented at and you were truly captivating. I've specialized in eating disorder treatment for over 15 years and you were easily one of the best speakers I've ever had the pleasure of learning from. Dynamic and compelling in everything you shared, from poignant lived experiences to leading edge research, you had something for everyone. The world needs to hear more from you!"

    —Matt Arnone, MS, RD

  • “The students were hanging on your every word. They continued to express lots of gratitude for your lecture. They learned so much and they were able to explore some really important topics and intersections of topics that they don't get to do enough. You brought it! On all the levels.”

    —Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy