Dr. Katherine Thompson, Ph.D.

Research clinical psychologist

Maryland

Research Expertise

Eating Disorders

Obesity

Women's Health

Body Image

Recovery

Psychiatry and Mental health

Social Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Life-span and Life-course Studies

Developmental and Educational Psychology

Applied Psychology

Biological Psychiatry

About

* Clinical psychologist with 9+ years experience conducting research (clinical trials, surveys, and longitudinal studies) * Published 25+ peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals * Presented 40+ times at national and international conferences * Expertise in conducting mental health assessments, diagnosis, and providing psychotherapy (CBT, DBT, ACT, and FBT) in adolescents and adults * Specialization in women's health (including eating behaviors, weight-related health behaviors, and reproductive psychology/mental health)

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Publications

Associations of adolescent emotional and loss of control eating with 1‐year changes in disordered eating, weight, and adiposity

International Journal of Eating Disorders

2016

The self and eating disorders

Journal of Personality

2018

Associations of sleep duration and quality with disinhibited eating behaviors in adolescent girls at-risk for type 2 diabetes

Eating Behaviors

2016

Menopausal status and disordered eating and body image concerns among middle‐aged women

International Journal of Eating Disorders

2019

Evaluating attitudes about aging and body comparison as moderators of the relationship between menopausal status and disordered eating and body image concerns among middle-aged women

Maturitas

2019

2019-nCOV distress and depressive, anxiety and OCD-type, and eating disorder symptoms among postpartum and control women

Archives of Women's Mental Health

2021

Relationship of Mindfulness to Distress and Cortisol Response in Adolescent Girls At-Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Journal of Child and Family Studies

2018

Course and predictors of eating disorder symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and pandemic‐related eating disorder concerns among adults with eating disorders during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic

International Journal of Eating Disorders

2022

Social comparison, disordered eating, and body dissatisfaction among postpartum women

Body Image

2022

Subjective and objective binge episodes in relation to eating disorder and depressive symptoms among middle-aged women

Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity

2021

Self-Oriented Body Comparison and Self-Compassion: Interactive Models of Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Postpartum Women

Behavior Therapy

2022

Efficacy of Virtual Care for Depressive Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JMIR Mental Health

2023

Associations between pressure to breastfeed and depressive, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and eating disorder symptoms among postpartum women

Psychiatry Research

2023

Social media and disordered eating among middle-aged women: Not just an adolescent concern

Eating Behaviors

2023

Situating reproductive coercion in the sociocultural context: An ecological model to inform research, practice, and policy in the United States

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

2023

Loss of control eating in relation to blood pressure among adolescent girls with elevated anxiety at-risk for excess weight gain

Eating Behaviors

2023

Examination of perfectionism and self-concept constructs across stages of eating disorder recovery in men: An exploratory study

Eating Behaviors

2022

Influence of Hormones on the Development of Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

2019

Education

George Washington University

BA, Psychology / May, 2014

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States of America

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MA, Clinical Psychology / December, 2017

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PhD, Clinical Psychology / December, 2022

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Experience

National Institutes of Health

Intramural Research Training Award Fellow / June, 2014 — June, 2016

Research coordinator in Section on Growth and Obesity at National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Uniformed Services University

Behavioral Health Research Fellow / September, 2022 — Present

Fellow in the Military Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (MiCOR) Program in the Department of Medicine

Uniformed Services University

Assistant Professor / September, 2022 — Present

Joint appointments in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology

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