Kristen M. Culbert, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Address:	5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 3077, Rm A-315 Chicago, Illinois 60637
Phone:	773-834-0963
Fax:	773-702-9929
Email:	kculbert@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu
Website:	http://psychiatry.uchicago.edu/research/eatingDisordersProgram.html

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Education & Training

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, Michigan State University, 2011
• MA, Clinical Psychology, Michigan State University, 2007
• BA, Psychology, Michigan State University: Honors College, 2004

Clinical Interests

• Eating disorders
• Mood and anxiety disorders
• Empirically supported treatments

Research Interests

• Developmental changes in neurobiological, genetic, and environmental risk factors for eating disorders
• Sex differences in risk for eating disorders
• Gene-environment interactions and correlations in the development of eating disorders and comorbid conditions

Society Memberships

• Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), Student Member
• American Psychological Association (APA), Student Affiliate
• American Psychological Society (APS), Student Member
• Behavior Genetics Association (BGA), Student Member
• Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD), Student Member

Selected Publications

• Klump, K.L., Culbert, K.M., Slane, J.D., Burt, S.A., Sisk, C.L., Nigg, J.T. (in press). The effects of puberty on genetic risk for disordered eating: evidence for a sex difference. Psychological Medicine.
• Racine, S.E., Culbert, K.M., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (in press). Differential associations between ovarian hormones and disordered eating symptoms across the menstrual cycle in women. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
• Klump, K.L., Suisman, J.L., Culbert, K.M., Kashy, D.A., & Sisk, C.L. (in press). Binge eating proneness emerges during puberty in female rats: a longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
• Klump, K.L., Suisman, J.L., Culbert, K.M., Kashy, D.A., Keel, P.K., & Sisk, C.L. (2011). The effects of ovariectomy on binge eating proneness in adult female rats. Hormones and Behavior, 59, 585-593.
• Culbert, K.M., Burt, S.A., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., & Klump, K.L. (2009). Puberty and the genetic diathesis of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 788-796.
• Racine, S.E., Culbert, K.M., Larson, C.L., & Klump, K.L. (2009). The moderating effects of impulsivity and dietary restraint on associations between serotonin genes and binge eating. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 43, 1278-1286.
• Klump, K.L., Keel, P.K., Culbert, K.M., & Edler, C.E. (2008). Ovarian hormones and binge eating: exploring associations in community samples. Psychological Medicine, 38, 1749-1757
• Culbert, K.M., Breedlove, S.M., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2008). Prenatal hormone exposure and risk for eating disorders: a comparison of opposite sex and same sex twins. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 329-336.
• Culbert, K.M., Slane, J.D., & Klump, K.L. (2008). Genetics of eating disorders. In S. Wonderlich, J. Mitchell, M. de Zwann, & H. Steiger (Eds.), Eating Disorders Review: Part 3 (pp. 27-42). Oxford, UK: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
• Zehr, J.L., Culbert, K.M., Sisk, C.L., & Klump, K.L. (2007). An association of early puberty with disordered eating and anxiety in a population of undergraduate women and men. Hormones and Behavior, 52, 427-435.
• Klump, K.L., & Culbert, K.M. (2007). Molecular genetic studies of eating disorders: current status and future directions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 37-41
• Culbert, K.M. & Klump, K.L. (2005). Impulsivity as an underlying factor in the relationship between disordered eating and sexual behavior. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 38, 361-366.

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