Emma won first place in both the ANZAED/AED Early Career Travel Scholarship and the Peter Beumont Young Investigator Award in 2021 and is a holder of the University of Sydney James King of Irrawang PhD Travelling Scholarship. Her PhD research is on reconceptualising Anorexia Nervosa using co-designed multilayer network models. She aims to challenge existing narratives of Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa (SE-AN), develop novel treatments for this illness group and use her research to inform necessary systemic change.