10.31.19 The ABCT 2019 schedule will be posted to the EAT Lab ABCT 2019 page! Click the button below to go to the page. Keep your eye out for more information!
10.27.19 Congratulations to Brenna Williams for being awarded the Graduate Student Council Research Grant!! This grant will fund her project: A pilot study of the Mindful Self-Compassion Training Program for eating disorders
10.14.19 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Caroline Christian, Shruti Ram, Leigh Brosof, and Brenna Williams ! Their paper "Sensor technology implementation for research, treatment, and assessment of eating disorders" is now available in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
9.4.19 Congratulations to Leigh Brosof for being awarded the Best Student Abstract at EDRS 2019 for the project: "Prediction of Binge Eating and Purging Symptoms Using Machine Learning."
8.26.19 Dr. Levinson was nominated for the Centerstone Healthcare Advocacy Award! Dr. Levinson was nominated for the work she has done in the Louisville area and the state of Kentucky to raise awareness and effect change for people with eating disorders. Congratulations, Dr. Levinson!
8.15.19 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Irina Vanzhula, and Caroline for their acceptance to Eating Behaviors: "Development and Validation of the Eating Disorder Fear Questionnaire and Interview: Preliminary Investigation of Eating Disorder Fears." The EDFQ & EDFI are promising psychometric additions to the field of eating disorders!
3.18.19. Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Leigh Brosof, Irina Vanzhula and Caroline Christian! Their paper "Exploring Mechanisms of Action in Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders: The Role of Eating-Related Fears and Body-Related Safety Behaviors" is now available online at the link below!: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005789419300115?via%3Dihub&fbclid=IwAR1UZqZOtY_47rrKRvfmVKPwwegKDY-1rNfwDjxMWLGGoLrwxhtM0hx9RVk
3.18.19 Congratulations to our lab manager, Shruti Ram! She accepted an offer from Miami University’s Clinical Psychology PhD program! She will be doing research with Dr. April Smith at the Research on Eating Disorders and Suicidality Lab.
3.1.19. Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Margaret Sala, and Jackie Ma. Their paper about Diagnostic, Clinical, and Personality Correlates of Food Anxiety during a Food Exposure in Patients Diagnosed with an Eating Disorder was published in the journal of Eating and Weight Disorders.
Levinson, C.A., Sala, M. Murray, S., Ma, J. Rodebaugh, T. L., Lenze, E.C. (in press). Diagnostic, Clinical, and Personality Correlates of Food Anxiety during a Food Exposure in Patients Diagnosed with an Eating Disorder.Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity.
Levinson, C.A., Sala, M. Murray, S., Ma, J. Rodebaugh, T. L., Lenze, E.C. (in press). Diagnostic, Clinical, and Personality Correlates of Food Anxiety during a Food Exposure in Patients Diagnosed with an Eating Disorder.Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity.
2.26.19. Dr. Cheri Levinson and the EAT lab was featured on the first page of the Courier Journal! The article focuses on the lack of eating disorder treatment in KY and how we are working on changing that. Check out the article here
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/02/26/louisville-professor-expanding-eating-disorder-treatment-kentucky/2857778002/www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/02/26/louisville-professor-expanding-eating-disorder-treatment-kentucky/2857778002/
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/02/26/louisville-professor-expanding-eating-disorder-treatment-kentucky/2857778002/www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/02/26/louisville-professor-expanding-eating-disorder-treatment-kentucky/2857778002/
11.18.18 EAT LAB had a successful trip to ABCT presenting our recent research and networking with our collaborators!
11.12.18. Come see us at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies in Washington, DC!
10.30.18. Check out the article on UofL News about new research on personalized treatment by Dr. Levinson and Irina Vanzhula
http://www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltoday/eating-disorders-need-personalized-treatment-uofl-researchers-say/
http://www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltoday/eating-disorders-need-personalized-treatment-uofl-researchers-say/
10.17.18 Dr. Levinson and Irina are on the UofL radio discussing their recent research. You can listen at www.soundcloud.com/UofL after 10.18.18
10.13.18. Dr. Levinson gave a talk about eating disorder detection and treatment at the Grand Rounds at the Department of Psychiatry, the University of Louisville. Check out the video below.
10.8.18 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and her graduate students, Irina Vanzhula and Leigh Brosof! Their personalized network paper was published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders!
They found that different individuals with eating disorders have different maintaining symptoms for the disorder, suggesting that effective treatments need to be personalized to ED patient's needs.
Read the full paper here or download the file below:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eat.22952
Levinson, C.A., Vanzhula, I.A., & Brosof, C.L. (2018, In Press). Longitudinal and Personalized Networks of Eating Disorder Cognitions and Behaviors: Targets for Precision Intervention. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
They found that different individuals with eating disorders have different maintaining symptoms for the disorder, suggesting that effective treatments need to be personalized to ED patient's needs.
Read the full paper here or download the file below:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eat.22952
Levinson, C.A., Vanzhula, I.A., & Brosof, C.L. (2018, In Press). Longitudinal and Personalized Networks of Eating Disorder Cognitions and Behaviors: Targets for Precision Intervention. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
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9.16.18 Thanks to all the support and donations we received at this year's Louisville NEDA Walk, we were able to raise more than $25,000 for NEDA to support life-saving programs, advocacy efforts, and research initiatives. Our lab and clinic was the team with the second highest amount raised this year!
9.7.18 Congratulations to Brenna Williams and Shruti Ram who both just had posters accepted to ABCT's Obesity and Eating Disorder Special Interest Group!
7.13.18 Congratulations to Irina and Dr. Levinson who just had a paper accepted in European Eating Disorder Review. This is Irina's first first-author paper!!
Vanzhula, I., Calebs. B., Levinson, C.A., (in press). Irritability and Concentration Difficulties are Illness Pathways between Eating Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Understanding Comorbidity with Network. European Eating Disorder Review.
You can read the paper here
7. 3.18. Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and Leigh who just had a paper accepted in European Eating Disorder Review!
Levinson, C.A., Zerwas, S. C. *Brosof, L.C., …Bulik, C. M. (in press). Associations between Dimensions of Anorexia Nervosa and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Examination of Personality and Psychological Factors. European Eating Disorder Review.
6.8.18. Dr. Cheri Levinson is speaking about novel treatments for eating disorders on 93.9 TheVille scheduled to air Monday 6/11 at 6 pm. You can also listen to it here www.Soundcloud.com/UofL
6.8.18. Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Irina, and Leigh who just had a paper accepted in Current Psychiatry Reviews!
Levinson, C.A., Vanzhula, I.A., Brosof, L.C., Forbush, K. (in press). Network Analysis as an
Alternative Approach to Conceptualizing Eating Disorders: Implications for Research and Treatment. Current Psychiatry Reports.
You can read the paper here
6.6.18. Dr. Cheri Levinson, was recently featured in a blog post on the UNC website. Read the story here
5. 14. 18 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Leigh Brosof, Irina Vanzhula and Caroline Christian who just had their paper accepted in the International Journal of Eating Disorders!
Levinson, C.A., Brosof, L.C., Vanzhula, I.A.,Christian, C., Jones, P., Rodebaugh, T.L., Langer,J.K., White, E.K., Warren, C., Weeks, J.W., Menatti, A., Lim, M.H., Fernandez, K.C. (in press). Social Anxiety and Eating Disorder Comorbidity and Underlying Vulnerabilities: Using Network Analysis to Conceptualize Comorbidity. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
5.3.18 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and Co-investigator Dr. Depue who received an internal grant from UofL to do more neuroimaging research pre and post eating disorder treatment!
Come see us present at the International Conference for Eating Disorders in Chicago this week. See schedule below
7.13.18 Congratulations to Irina and Dr. Levinson who just had a paper accepted in European Eating Disorder Review. This is Irina's first first-author paper!!
Vanzhula, I., Calebs. B., Levinson, C.A., (in press). Irritability and Concentration Difficulties are Illness Pathways between Eating Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Understanding Comorbidity with Network. European Eating Disorder Review.
You can read the paper here
7. 3.18. Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and Leigh who just had a paper accepted in European Eating Disorder Review!
Levinson, C.A., Zerwas, S. C. *Brosof, L.C., …Bulik, C. M. (in press). Associations between Dimensions of Anorexia Nervosa and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Examination of Personality and Psychological Factors. European Eating Disorder Review.
6.8.18. Dr. Cheri Levinson is speaking about novel treatments for eating disorders on 93.9 TheVille scheduled to air Monday 6/11 at 6 pm. You can also listen to it here www.Soundcloud.com/UofL
6.8.18. Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Irina, and Leigh who just had a paper accepted in Current Psychiatry Reviews!
Levinson, C.A., Vanzhula, I.A., Brosof, L.C., Forbush, K. (in press). Network Analysis as an
Alternative Approach to Conceptualizing Eating Disorders: Implications for Research and Treatment. Current Psychiatry Reports.
You can read the paper here
6.6.18. Dr. Cheri Levinson, was recently featured in a blog post on the UNC website. Read the story here
5. 14. 18 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Leigh Brosof, Irina Vanzhula and Caroline Christian who just had their paper accepted in the International Journal of Eating Disorders!
Levinson, C.A., Brosof, L.C., Vanzhula, I.A.,Christian, C., Jones, P., Rodebaugh, T.L., Langer,J.K., White, E.K., Warren, C., Weeks, J.W., Menatti, A., Lim, M.H., Fernandez, K.C. (in press). Social Anxiety and Eating Disorder Comorbidity and Underlying Vulnerabilities: Using Network Analysis to Conceptualize Comorbidity. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
5.3.18 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and Co-investigator Dr. Depue who received an internal grant from UofL to do more neuroimaging research pre and post eating disorder treatment!
Come see us present at the International Conference for Eating Disorders in Chicago this week. See schedule below
4.06.18. Leigh and Irina are presenting at the annual meting of Anxiety and Depression Association of America
3.26.18. Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and Leigh Brosof! They just had a paper accepted in Behaviour Research and Therapy:
Levinson, C.A., Sala, M., Fewell, L.K., Brosof, L.C., Fournier, L., Lenze, E.J. (in press). Meal and Snack-time Eating Disorder Cognitions Predict Eating Disorder Behaviors and Vice Versa in a Treatment Seeking Sample: A Mobile Technology Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Behaviour Research and Therapy.
2.26.18 Congratulations to Katerina Stratigis! She matched for her pre-doctoral internship at Princeton House Eating Disorders Track!! Way to go Katerina!
2.12.17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and Ben Calebs for getting a paper accepted in Psychiatry Research:
Olatunji, B., Levinson, C.A., Calebs, B. (2018). A Network Analysis of Eating Disorder Symptoms and Characteristics in an Inpatient Sample. Psychiatry Research. Read paper here
1.28.18 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson who just hit 50 peer-reviewed publications!!! :-)
1.28.18 Congratulations to Leigh Brosof for a first author publication!!! Full citation here:
Brosof, L. C., Calebs, B., & Levinson, C. A. (in press). Testing for Ethnic Invariance Between Asian and European Americans in a Six Month Prospective Model of Eating Disorder and Social Anxiety Comorbidity. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.
1.8.18 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson who was nominated and confirmed as a member of the Eating Disorder Research Society!
http://edresearchsociety.org/2018/index.php
1.3.18 Congratulations to Irina Vanzhula, Kaitlyn Hood, Leigh Brosof, and Caroline Christian who had poster abstracts accepted at ADAA!! Come see them present in Washington D.C. in April.
12.3.17 Congratulations to Irina Vanzhula who received her masters!!!
Levinson, C.A., Sala, M., Fewell, L.K., Brosof, L.C., Fournier, L., Lenze, E.J. (in press). Meal and Snack-time Eating Disorder Cognitions Predict Eating Disorder Behaviors and Vice Versa in a Treatment Seeking Sample: A Mobile Technology Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Behaviour Research and Therapy.
2.26.18 Congratulations to Katerina Stratigis! She matched for her pre-doctoral internship at Princeton House Eating Disorders Track!! Way to go Katerina!
2.12.17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and Ben Calebs for getting a paper accepted in Psychiatry Research:
Olatunji, B., Levinson, C.A., Calebs, B. (2018). A Network Analysis of Eating Disorder Symptoms and Characteristics in an Inpatient Sample. Psychiatry Research. Read paper here
1.28.18 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson who just hit 50 peer-reviewed publications!!! :-)
1.28.18 Congratulations to Leigh Brosof for a first author publication!!! Full citation here:
Brosof, L. C., Calebs, B., & Levinson, C. A. (in press). Testing for Ethnic Invariance Between Asian and European Americans in a Six Month Prospective Model of Eating Disorder and Social Anxiety Comorbidity. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.
1.8.18 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson who was nominated and confirmed as a member of the Eating Disorder Research Society!
http://edresearchsociety.org/2018/index.php
1.3.18 Congratulations to Irina Vanzhula, Kaitlyn Hood, Leigh Brosof, and Caroline Christian who had poster abstracts accepted at ADAA!! Come see them present in Washington D.C. in April.
12.3.17 Congratulations to Irina Vanzhula who received her masters!!!
Come see us at ABCT2017 in San Diego! Schedule of our talks and posters is below.
11.8.17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Leigh, and Jackie! Our paper on fear of food just got accepted at Eating Behaviors: Levinson, C.A., Brosof, L.C., Ma, J., Fewell, L.K., Lenze, E.C. (in press). Fear of Food Prospectively Predicts Drive for Thinness in an Eating Disorder Sample Recently Discharged from Intensive Treatment. Eating Behaviors. You can read the paper here
11.07.17 Our paper on exercise and stress just got accepted at the International Journal of Eating Disorders. We found that the relationship between exercise and stress varies in the context of various eating disorder symptoms. Only individuals who were lower in eating disorder symptoms were more likely to exercise when stressed. Read the full paper here.
Sala, M., Brosof, L. C., Rosenfield, D., Fernandez, C.F., Levinson, C.A. (In Press). Stress is associated with exercise differently among individuals with higher and lower eating disorder symptoms: An ecological momentary assessment study. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
11.07.17 Check out My Story video from NEDA walk. We speak out as a community for why we care. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1smh0oBhaQ1URzEOUcSRFUO2LShxFMsGf/
10.31.17 Our paper on perfectionism treatment just got accepted at the European Eating Disorders Review. We found that a short cognitive behavioral perfectionism treatment was feasible to implement in inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient settings. We observed improvements in high standards perfectionism but not concern over mistakes. Read the paper here:
Levinson, C.A., Brosof, L.C., Vanzhula, I.A., Bumberry, L., Zerwas, S., Bulik, C. M. (In Press). Perfectionism Group Treatment for Eating Disorders in an Inpatient, Partial Hospitalization, and Outpatient Setting: Preliminary Support for Reducing High Standards but not Concern Over Mistakes. European Eating Disorder Review.
10.24.17 Congratulations to Caroline Christian! Her poster was accepted for presentation at the capitol in Frankfort. Let's raise some eating disorder awareness!
Christian C., Vanzhula I.A., Calebs, B., Brosof, L. C., Michelson, L. P., Stratigis, K.Y., Hicks-Chambers, A., Toon, A.E., Fewell, L. K., Levinson, C.A. (Febuary 2018). Effectiveness of Online Imaginal Exposure Therapy for the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Poster to be presented at Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY.
10.22.17 Congratulations to Margaret Sala, Leigh Brosof, and Dr. Levinson for the acceptance of the following journal article in IJED!
Sala, M., Brosof, L.C., Rosenfield, D., Fernandez, K.C., Levinson, C.A. (in press). Stress is associated with exercise differently among individuals with higher and lower eating disorder symptoms: An ecological momentary assessment study. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
10.19.17 Congratulations to Jackie, Leigh, Irina, and Dr. Levinson for the following acceptances (4 talks and 7 posters) to be presented at the International Conference of Eating Disorders in Chicago April 19-21:
Brosof, L. C. & Levinson, C. A. (April 2018). Guilt, Shame, and Fear of Weight Gain are Bridge Symptoms Between Negative Affect and Eating Disorder Symptoms. Poster to be presented at the International Conference of Eating Disorders, Chicago, IL.
Brosof, L. C., Munn-Chernoff, M. A., Bulik, C., & Baker, J. H. (April 2018). Associations between Eating Expectancies and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Men and Women. Poster to be presented at the International Conference of Eating Disorders, Chicago, IL.
Brosof, L. C., Levinson, C. A., Goodman, E., Schaumberg, K., Bulik, C., Micali, N., & Zerwas, S. (April 2018). Purging is a bridge symptom in a network model of eating disorder and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Poster to be presented at the International Conference of Eating Disorders, Chicago, IL.
Levinson, C.A. Christian C., Vanzhula, I. (Apr 2018). Development and Validation of the Eating Disorder Fear Questionnaire and Interview. Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago IL.
Levinson, C.A., Vanzhula, I., Michelson, L., Fewell, L. (Apr 2018). Personalized Networks of Symptoms Vary Across Individuals with Eating Disorders Supporting Need for Individualized Treatments. Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago IL.
Levinson, C.A., Fewell, L., Brosof, L., Fourner, L.C., Lenze, E.J. (Apr 2018). Concern Over Mistakes Prospectively Predicts Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms in Eating Disorder Patients After Discharge from Intensive Treatment. Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago IL.
Levinson, C.A., Brosof, L.C., Vanzhula, I.A., Bumberry, L., Zerwas, S., Bulik, C.M. (Apr 2018). Perfectionism Group Treatment for Eating Disorders in an Inpatient, Partial Hospitalization, and Outpatient Setting: Preliminary Support for Reducing High Standards but not Concern Over Mistakes. Poster to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago IL.
Ma, J., Levinson, C.A. (Apr 2018). The Effect of Manipulating the Theoretical Framing of Exposure Therapy for Eating Disorders on Clinicians' Treatment Preferences. Poster to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago IL.
Ma, J., Sala, M., Rodebaugh, T., Lenze, E.C., Levinson, C.A. (Apr 2018). Correlates of Food Anxiety during a Meal in Patients Diagnosed with an Eating Disorder. Poster to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago IL.
Sala, M. & Levinson, CA. (2018, April). A Longitudinal Study on the Association Between Facets of Mindfulness and Disinhibited Eating. Poster to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago IL.
Sala, M., Vanzhula, I., Juarascio, A., Vazzano, K., & Levinson, C.A. (April, 2018). Incorporating mindfulness into eating disorder research and treatment. Workshop to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago IL.
Vanzhula, I.A., Margaret, S., Levinson, C.A. (Apr 2018). Improving Acting with Awareness May be the Key to Successful Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Eating Disorders. Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago IL.
Vanzhula, I.A., Christian, C., Calebs, B., Levinson, C.A. (Apr. 2018). Irritability and Concentration Difficulties Link Eating Disorder and PTSD Symptoms: Understanding Comorbidity With Network Analysis. Poster to be presented at the International Conference of Eating Disorders, Chicago, IL.
9.11.17 Irina Vanzhula at the Psychological Networks Amsterdam Summer School learning about network analysis. Learn more at http://psychosystems.org/summerschool2017
8.28.17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Leigh Brosof, and Irina Vanzhula. Their paper: Perfectionism Group Treatment for Eating Disorders in an Inpatient, Partial Hospitalization, and Outpatient Setting was accepted in the European Eating Disorder Review.
8.17. 17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Leigh Brosof, and Laura Fewell. Their paper: My Fitness Pal Calorie Tracker Usage in the Eating Disorders was accepted today at Eating Behaviors! See the article here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471015317301484
8.12.17 Irina attended 5-day Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training for Professionals led by Dr. Jean Kristeller and Andrea Lieberstein at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
7. 20.17 Dr. Levinson will be speaking at the Louisville NEDA walk on Sept 16. Come join us! https://nedawalk.org/louisville2017
6.20.17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Leigh Brosof, and Margaret Sala! Dr. Levinson had 3 talks and 1 discussant talk and Leigh and Margaret each had a talk and symposia accepted to ABCT! Come see us in November in San Diego!
6.10.17. Dr. Levinson presented a talk at the International Conference of Eating Disorders in Prague and Leigh Brosof presented a poster. Please see our posters and presentations page if you missed us!
5.23.17 Congratulations to Irina, Laura, Leigh, Lisa, Ben, and Sam who had posters accepted for presentation at ABCT in San Diego in November!!!
8.17. 17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Leigh Brosof, and Laura Fewell. Their paper: My Fitness Pal Calorie Tracker Usage in the Eating Disorders was accepted today at Eating Behaviors! See the article here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471015317301484
8.12.17 Irina attended 5-day Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training for Professionals led by Dr. Jean Kristeller and Andrea Lieberstein at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
7. 20.17 Dr. Levinson will be speaking at the Louisville NEDA walk on Sept 16. Come join us! https://nedawalk.org/louisville2017
6.20.17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson, Leigh Brosof, and Margaret Sala! Dr. Levinson had 3 talks and 1 discussant talk and Leigh and Margaret each had a talk and symposia accepted to ABCT! Come see us in November in San Diego!
6.10.17. Dr. Levinson presented a talk at the International Conference of Eating Disorders in Prague and Leigh Brosof presented a poster. Please see our posters and presentations page if you missed us!
5.23.17 Congratulations to Irina, Laura, Leigh, Lisa, Ben, and Sam who had posters accepted for presentation at ABCT in San Diego in November!!!
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Congratulations to Leigh Brosof! She won the Clinical Program Junior Excellence in Research Award!
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4.23.17 Dr. Levinson at the March for Science Louisville. Science is too important not to protect.
4.19.17 Irina Vanzhula wins an Arts & Sciences Research & Creative Activities Grant to continue her work evaluating a mindful eating intervention. Congratulations Irina!
4.19.17 Betty Ngo competed in the Kentucky Junior Academy of Science and placed first in category and second overall. Congratulations Betty!
4.19.17 Betty Ngo competed in the Kentucky Junior Academy of Science and placed first in category and second overall. Congratulations Betty!
4. 18. 17 Dr. Levinson & graduate students get to visit with Dr. Marsha Linehan during her visit to the University of Louisville this week to receive the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology.
4.18.17 Congratulations to Leigh Brosof who was selected as a summer research fellow at the University of North Carolina Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders! She will be joining our colleagues at UNC this summer to learn even more about eating disorders!
https://www.med.unc.edu/psych/eatingdisorders
4.14.17. Congratulations to Laura Fewell!!! She has officially accepted her spot as a PhD student in clinical psychology at the University of Missouri St. Louis. We will miss her but are so proud! Congrats Laura!!
4.13. 17 Dr. Levinson's workshop "Optimizing Mental Health and Nutrition Care of Eating Disorder Clients in the Outpatient Setting" was accepted for presentation at the Kentucky Psychological Association for presentation in November.
4.13.17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson & Ben Calebs! They had the talk "The Relationship Between Eating Disorder Cognitions and
Behaviors: Using Intraindividual Network Analysis To Identify Personalized Intervention Targets" accepted for presentation that the Cognitive Network Science Meeting for presentation in June.
4.6.17 Irina Vanzhula and Dr. Levinson will be on 93.9FM on April 19th at 6:00 discussing mindfulness and eating disorders/healthy eating. Here is a picture from the radio show taping:
https://www.med.unc.edu/psych/eatingdisorders
4.14.17. Congratulations to Laura Fewell!!! She has officially accepted her spot as a PhD student in clinical psychology at the University of Missouri St. Louis. We will miss her but are so proud! Congrats Laura!!
4.13. 17 Dr. Levinson's workshop "Optimizing Mental Health and Nutrition Care of Eating Disorder Clients in the Outpatient Setting" was accepted for presentation at the Kentucky Psychological Association for presentation in November.
4.13.17 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson & Ben Calebs! They had the talk "The Relationship Between Eating Disorder Cognitions and
Behaviors: Using Intraindividual Network Analysis To Identify Personalized Intervention Targets" accepted for presentation that the Cognitive Network Science Meeting for presentation in June.
4.6.17 Irina Vanzhula and Dr. Levinson will be on 93.9FM on April 19th at 6:00 discussing mindfulness and eating disorders/healthy eating. Here is a picture from the radio show taping:
4.3.17 Congratulations to Betty Ngo! She placed first in the KY State high school science fair in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Category. She also received the American Psychological Association special award!
3.20.17 Congratulations to Betty Ngo! She won the Louisville regional high school science fair: First place in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, which had 44 participants. She also placed third in the "Excellence for Statistical Application" special awards. She will advance to the state science fair, which is April 1st at Eastern Kentucky University.
3.20.17 Congratulations to Betty Ngo! She won the Louisville regional high school science fair: First place in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, which had 44 participants. She also placed third in the "Excellence for Statistical Application" special awards. She will advance to the state science fair, which is April 1st at Eastern Kentucky University.
3.17. 17 Congratulations to Leigh Brosof!!! She received an honorable mention for her NSF grant submission!!
http://louisville.edu/psychology/news/leigh-brosof-earns-nsf-fellowship-honorable-mention
3.1.17 Dr. Levinson will be on WHAS news at 12:45 Channel 11 discussing Eating Disorder Awareness Week:
2. 22.17 Dr. Levinson will be giving Grand Rounds at the University of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry. Come here her talk " What Factors Impair Learning in Anorexia Nervosa: Using Technology for Assessment and Novel Treatment Development."
https://psychiatry.med.uky.edu/grand-rounds
12.27.16 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson! She passed the state licensing exam and is now (finally) a licensed psychologist!
12.20.16 Congratulations to Laura Fewell! She had a first author manuscript accepted in Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity!
Fewell, L., Levinson, C.A., Stark, L. (in press). Depression, Worry, and Psychosocial Functioning Predict Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes in a Residential and Partial Hospitalization Setting. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity.
Click here for the article
12.14.16 Congratulations to Ben Calebs! He had a poster accepted for presentation at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.
Calebs, B., Levinson, C. A. (April 2017). Eating Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in a Clinical and Non-clinical Sample: Understanding Comorbidity through Network Analysis. Poster to be presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. San Francisco, CA.
12.8.16 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and Ben Calebs! They had their paper accepted in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology!
Levinson, C.A., Zerwas, S. C., Calebs, B. Marcus, M., Kordy, H., Hamer, R.M., Hofmeier, S.M., Levine, M., Zimmer, B., Moesner, M., Peat, C., Runfola, C.D., Bulik, C.M. (in press). The Core Symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa, Anxiety, and Depression: A Network Analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
Click here for article
12.6.16 Congratulations to Margaret Sala and Dr. Levinson! They had their paper accepted in the Journal Mindfulness:
Sala, M. Levinson, C.A. (in press). A Longitudinal Study on the Association Between Facets of Mindfulness and Eating Pathology. Mindfulness.
Link to article
12.5.16 Dr. Levinson & Leigh Brosof will be on 93.9 FM TheVille on Monday 12.5.16 at 6pm ET discussing completed and ongoing research from the EAT lab.
Listen here (starting minute 17:20): https://soundcloud.com/uofl/12-05-16-uofl-today-ruther-levinson-brosof
11.21.16 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson & Leigh Brosof! They had a talk and poster accepted to the International Conference on Eating Disorders to be held in Prague, Czech Republic in June 2017!
Levinson, C.A., Sala, M., Fewell, L., Brosof, L.C., Fournier, L., Lenze, E.J. (June, 2017). Mealtime
Eating Disorder Cognitions Predict Eating Disorder Behaviors: A Mobile Technology Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Prague, Czech Republic.
Brosof, L.C., Levinson, C.A. Fewell, L. (June, 2017). Exercise Addiction: Exploring the
contribution of exercise dependence to eating disorder symptoms. Poster to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Prague, Czech Republic.
10.31.16 Dr. Levinson is interviewed by the Courier Journal. Check out the story here: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/wellness/2016/10/27/your-brain-fear-why-some-people-seek-scary/92379802/
10.27.16-10.30.16 The EAT lab will be at EDRS/ABCT. Come see us present!
Dr. Levinson @ EDRS Friday Oct 28 at 4:15 presenting: Identifying the Core Symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa and Associated Anxiety and Depression
@ ABCT Sunday Oct 30 at 9:45 presenting: Using Network Analysis to Explain Eating Disorder and OCD Symptom Overlap
Leigh Brosof @ ABCT Friday Oct 28 presenting: Replicating and Extending a Maintenance Model of Binge Eating in a Longitudinal, Four-Wave Study Across Four Weeks
@ABCT Saturday Oct 29 at 9:10 presenting: Testing for Ethnic Invariance Between Asian and European Americans in a 6-Month Prospective Model of Eating Disorder and Social Anxiety Comorbidity
Laura Fewell at the Obesity and Eating Disorder Special Interest Group Friday 6:30pm presenting Depression, Worry, and Psychosocial Functioning Predict Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes in a Residential and Partial Hospitalization Setting
10.21.16 The EAT lab has completed the ABCT Gold Challenge! Check out our video. Thanks to Lisa Michelson for her hard work on this video!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2d0pfcIdYI&feature=youtu.be
10.17.16 The EAT lab has been challenged to do the ABCT Gold Challenge by the Anxiety & Psychotherapy Lab. Stay tuned for our video!
Here is the APL video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh6MPuMM-d0&feature=youtu.be
10.10.16 Congratulations to Leigh Brosof! Her manuscript was accepted today in the Journal Appetite.
Full citation here: Brosof, L.C., Levinson, C.A. (in press). Social appearance anxiety and dietary restraint as mediators between perfectionism and binge eating: A six month three wave longitudinal study. Appetite.
Link to article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666316305475
9.1.16 Congratulations to Laura Fewell! Her poster 'Depression, Worry, and Psychosocial Functioning Predict Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes in a Residential and Partial Hospitalization Setting' was accepted to be presented at the ABCT Obesity and Eating Disorders Special Interest Group. Stop by and see her present!
http://louisville.edu/psychology/news/leigh-brosof-earns-nsf-fellowship-honorable-mention
3.1.17 Dr. Levinson will be on WHAS news at 12:45 Channel 11 discussing Eating Disorder Awareness Week:
2. 22.17 Dr. Levinson will be giving Grand Rounds at the University of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry. Come here her talk " What Factors Impair Learning in Anorexia Nervosa: Using Technology for Assessment and Novel Treatment Development."
https://psychiatry.med.uky.edu/grand-rounds
12.27.16 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson! She passed the state licensing exam and is now (finally) a licensed psychologist!
12.20.16 Congratulations to Laura Fewell! She had a first author manuscript accepted in Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity!
Fewell, L., Levinson, C.A., Stark, L. (in press). Depression, Worry, and Psychosocial Functioning Predict Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes in a Residential and Partial Hospitalization Setting. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity.
Click here for the article
12.14.16 Congratulations to Ben Calebs! He had a poster accepted for presentation at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.
Calebs, B., Levinson, C. A. (April 2017). Eating Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in a Clinical and Non-clinical Sample: Understanding Comorbidity through Network Analysis. Poster to be presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. San Francisco, CA.
12.8.16 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson and Ben Calebs! They had their paper accepted in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology!
Levinson, C.A., Zerwas, S. C., Calebs, B. Marcus, M., Kordy, H., Hamer, R.M., Hofmeier, S.M., Levine, M., Zimmer, B., Moesner, M., Peat, C., Runfola, C.D., Bulik, C.M. (in press). The Core Symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa, Anxiety, and Depression: A Network Analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
Click here for article
12.6.16 Congratulations to Margaret Sala and Dr. Levinson! They had their paper accepted in the Journal Mindfulness:
Sala, M. Levinson, C.A. (in press). A Longitudinal Study on the Association Between Facets of Mindfulness and Eating Pathology. Mindfulness.
Link to article
12.5.16 Dr. Levinson & Leigh Brosof will be on 93.9 FM TheVille on Monday 12.5.16 at 6pm ET discussing completed and ongoing research from the EAT lab.
Listen here (starting minute 17:20): https://soundcloud.com/uofl/12-05-16-uofl-today-ruther-levinson-brosof
11.21.16 Congratulations to Dr. Levinson & Leigh Brosof! They had a talk and poster accepted to the International Conference on Eating Disorders to be held in Prague, Czech Republic in June 2017!
Levinson, C.A., Sala, M., Fewell, L., Brosof, L.C., Fournier, L., Lenze, E.J. (June, 2017). Mealtime
Eating Disorder Cognitions Predict Eating Disorder Behaviors: A Mobile Technology Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Prague, Czech Republic.
Brosof, L.C., Levinson, C.A. Fewell, L. (June, 2017). Exercise Addiction: Exploring the
contribution of exercise dependence to eating disorder symptoms. Poster to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Prague, Czech Republic.
10.31.16 Dr. Levinson is interviewed by the Courier Journal. Check out the story here: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/wellness/2016/10/27/your-brain-fear-why-some-people-seek-scary/92379802/
10.27.16-10.30.16 The EAT lab will be at EDRS/ABCT. Come see us present!
Dr. Levinson @ EDRS Friday Oct 28 at 4:15 presenting: Identifying the Core Symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa and Associated Anxiety and Depression
@ ABCT Sunday Oct 30 at 9:45 presenting: Using Network Analysis to Explain Eating Disorder and OCD Symptom Overlap
Leigh Brosof @ ABCT Friday Oct 28 presenting: Replicating and Extending a Maintenance Model of Binge Eating in a Longitudinal, Four-Wave Study Across Four Weeks
@ABCT Saturday Oct 29 at 9:10 presenting: Testing for Ethnic Invariance Between Asian and European Americans in a 6-Month Prospective Model of Eating Disorder and Social Anxiety Comorbidity
Laura Fewell at the Obesity and Eating Disorder Special Interest Group Friday 6:30pm presenting Depression, Worry, and Psychosocial Functioning Predict Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes in a Residential and Partial Hospitalization Setting
10.21.16 The EAT lab has completed the ABCT Gold Challenge! Check out our video. Thanks to Lisa Michelson for her hard work on this video!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2d0pfcIdYI&feature=youtu.be
10.17.16 The EAT lab has been challenged to do the ABCT Gold Challenge by the Anxiety & Psychotherapy Lab. Stay tuned for our video!
Here is the APL video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh6MPuMM-d0&feature=youtu.be
10.10.16 Congratulations to Leigh Brosof! Her manuscript was accepted today in the Journal Appetite.
Full citation here: Brosof, L.C., Levinson, C.A. (in press). Social appearance anxiety and dietary restraint as mediators between perfectionism and binge eating: A six month three wave longitudinal study. Appetite.
Link to article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666316305475
9.1.16 Congratulations to Laura Fewell! Her poster 'Depression, Worry, and Psychosocial Functioning Predict Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes in a Residential and Partial Hospitalization Setting' was accepted to be presented at the ABCT Obesity and Eating Disorders Special Interest Group. Stop by and see her present!
