| Cynthia Bulik, PhD | ||||
 | Distinguished Professor Nutrition Cynthia Bulik's Biosketch Curriculum Vitae |
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| Education | ||
| 1988 | University of California at Berkeley | PhD, Psychology |
| 1985 | University of California at Berkeley | MA, Psychology |
| 1982 | University of Notre Dame | BA, Psychology |
| Research interests |
| Clinical trials Health behavior Obesity Women's health |
| Research activities Dr. Bulik, a clinical psychologist, is the Jordan Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry, Professor of Nutrition, and Director of the UNC Eating Disorders Program. BA, University of Notre Dame; MA, PhD University of California at Berkeley. Her research includes treatment, laboratory, epidemiological, twin and genetic studies of eating disorders and weight regulation. She has written over 300 scientific papers and chapters on eating disorders and is author of Eating Disorders: Detection and Treatment, Runaway Eating, and Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How To Stop. She is a recipient of the Eating Disorders Coalition Research Award, the Academy for Eating Disorders Leadership Award for Research, the Price Family National Eating Disorders Association Research Award, , and the Women’s Leadership Council Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Award. She is past president of the Academy for Eating Disorders, past vice-president of the Eating Disorders Coalition, and past Associate Editor of the International Journal of Eating Disorders. She holds the first endowed professorship in eating disorders in the United States. Her academic life is balanced by being happily married with three children and an ice dancer. |
| Key publications |
| Bulik, C.M., Von Holle, A., Hamer, R., Knopf Bergh, C., Torgersen, L., Magnus, P., Stoltenberg, C., Siega-Riz, A.M., Sullivan, P.F, Reichborn-Kjennerud, T. (2007) Patterns of remission, continuation, and incidence of eating disorders during pregnancy in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Psychological Medicine: vol.37, p.1109-1118. |
| Bulik, C.M., Berkman, N.D., Brownley, K.A., Sedway, J.A., Lohr, K.N. (2007) Anorexia nervosa treatment: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Eating Disorders: vol.40, p.310-320. |
| Bulik, C.M., Hebebrand, J., Keski-Rahkonen, A., Klump, K.L., Mazzeo, S.E., Reichborn-Kjennerud, T., Wade, T.D. (2007) Genetic epidemiology, endophenotypes, and eating disorder classification. International Journal of Eating Disorders: vol.40, p.S52-S60. |
| McIntosh, V.V.W., Jordan, J, Carter, F.A., Luty, S.E., McKenzie, J.M., Bulik, C.M., Frampton, C., Joyce, P.R. (2005) Three psychotherapies for anorexia nervosa: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry: vol.162, p.741-747. |
| Bulik, C.M., Devlin, B.D., Bacanu, S., Thornton, L., Klump, K., Fichter, M., Halmi, K.A., Kaplan, A., Strober, M., Woodside, B., Bergen, A., Ganjei, K., Crow, S., Mitchell, J., Rotondo, A., Mauri, M., Cassano, C., Keel, P., Berrettini, W., Kaye, W.H. (2003) Significant linkage on chromosome 10p in families with bulimia nervosa. American Journal of Human Genetics: vol.72, p.200-207. |
