She received her B.A. in psychology and French from Wellesley College (2000) and earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University (2008). She completed her clinical internship at the University of California, San Diego/Veterans Affairs and a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Blomquist's research examines risk and maintenance factors for obesity, eating disorders, and poor body image as well as mechanisms for preventing and treating these problems.