Research Coordinator

Katie Gandee

Katie joined the UC San Diego Eating Disorders Center as a staff research associate in 2023. Since graduating from Arizona State University in 2017 with her Bachelor of Science degree, she has worked in nutritional behavior research at UNC-Chapel Hill, and then as a therapeutic assistant and supervisor at Veritas Collaborative. Katie is passionate about her current role, where she can combine her interests and skills in both neuroimaging research and clinical treatment settings to support the center’s mission of improving the lives of our patients via evidence-based treatment.

Audrey Nunez

Audrey joined the UC San Diego Eating Disorders Center (EDC) as an undergraduate research assistant in 2019 and continued her time at the EDC as a research coordinator in 2020. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Psychology from UC San Diego in 2020. Audrey went on to earn a certificate in Crisis Intervention for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault from the Women's Resource Center of Oceanside in 2024 and is pursuing her Masters of Social Work degree at San Diego State University.

Megan Martinho

Megan is a research coordinator at the UC San Diego Eating Disorders Center. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, Anthropology, and a certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. Megan went on to earn her Master of Business Administration from West Virginia University in 2023. Prior to joining the EDC, she worked in various research labs at the University of Pittsburgh focusing on depression, autism spectrum, trauma, personality disorders, and eating disorders.