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Ephi Morphew-Lu
MS, Dip.C.N.Founding developer of nutritional psychology as a formal discipline.
Co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Nutritional Psychology (CNP).
- 2008Created and taught the field's first university-based course
- 2015Co-founded CNP, which she has led for more than a decade
- 2025Senior author of the Conceptual Framework of Nutritional Psychology
About Ephi Morphew-Lu
Ephi Morphew-Lu, MS, Dip.C.N., is a founding developer of nutritional psychology as a formal discipline. She is also co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Nutritional Psychology (CNP).
In 2008, she proposed, developed and taught the first university-based continuing-education course in nutritional psychology at John F. Kennedy University. In 2012, she developed the first university-level certificate program in the field, co-developed with Dr. Amanda Hull. In 2015, she and Dr. Hull co-founded CNP, a 501(c)(3) educational organization.
Morphew-Lu has led CNP for more than a decade. Under her leadership, CNP has gathered the world's research on how diet relates to mental health, built an interdisciplinary vocabulary for the field, and developed university-level professional education. She led CNP's 2025 Conceptual Framework of Nutritional Psychology as senior author, producing the first evidence-based theoretical model to define the discipline.
Building nutritional psychology as a discipline
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2008
First university course in nutritional psychology
Proposed, developed and taught the first university-based continuing-education course in nutritional psychology at John F. Kennedy University.
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2012
First university-level certificate program
Developed the field's first university-level certificate program, co-developed with Dr. Amanda Hull.
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2015
Co-founded the Center for Nutritional Psychology
Co-founded CNP with Dr. Amanda Hull as a 501(c)(3) educational organization, and has led it since as Executive Director.
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2025
Conceptual Framework of Nutritional Psychology
Senior author of CNP's Conceptual Framework, the first evidence-based theoretical model to define the discipline.
What CNP has built under her leadership
A home for the research
Gathered the world's research on how diet relates to mental health into the Nutritional Psychology Research Library.
Explore the Research LibraryA shared vocabulary
Built an interdisciplinary vocabulary for the field, published as the Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology.
Browse the EncyclopediaProfessional education
Developed university-level education for professionals in psychology, nutrition and related fields.
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Ephi Morphew-Lu, MS, Dip.C.N., is a founding developer of nutritional psychology as a formal discipline. In 2008, she created and taught the field's first university-based course. In 2015, she co-founded the Center for Nutritional Psychology (CNP), which she has led for more than a decade as Executive Director. She led the 2025 Conceptual Framework of Nutritional Psychology as senior author.
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Ephi Morphew-Lu, MS, Dip.C.N., is a founding developer of nutritional psychology as a formal discipline. She is also co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Nutritional Psychology (CNP).
In 2008, she proposed, developed and taught the first university-based continuing-education course in nutritional psychology at John F. Kennedy University. In 2012, she developed the first university-level certificate program in the field, co-developed with Dr. Amanda Hull. In 2015, she and Dr. Hull co-founded CNP, a 501(c)(3) educational organization.
Morphew-Lu has led CNP for more than a decade. Under her leadership, CNP has gathered the world's research on how diet relates to mental health, built an interdisciplinary vocabulary for the field, and developed university-level professional education. She led CNP's 2025 Conceptual Framework of Nutritional Psychology as senior author, producing the first evidence-based theoretical model to define the discipline.
