Alix Timko, PhD

Collaborations with @healthbehaviorslab.bsky.social are one of the highlights of the work we do!

Validation of the intolerance of uncertainty scale-12 in a sample of pregnant people - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Background Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) has been proposed as a transdiagnostic mechanism driving anxiety, depression, and eating disorder symptoms. Pregnancy is a time of significant uncertainty, y...

Congrats to HBL member @kaylacostello.bsky.social on her new publication in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Faculty Spotlight: Personalizing Autism Interventions with Emily Kuschner, PhD Faculty Spotlight Emily Kuschner, PhD, takes a personalized approach to interventions for children with autism.

It is a good day when I see that amazing colleagues are highlighted and a spotlight put on the great work they are doing. Dr. Kuschner's BUFFET program is wonderful and so important. @chopresearch.bsky.social
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EvolvED: A New Way to Bring Eating Disorder Treatment to Primary Care An estimated 9% of the U.S. population will meet criteria for an eating disorder in their lifetime, and with dire consequences: eating disorders are the direct cause of death for an American every 52 ...

I love my team. I love my colleagues. So proud of the work we are doing in this space. Lead by @slturnerrn.bsky.social, EvolvED was funded by NEDA and the GFED Early Investigators Research Grant. @chopresearch.bsky.social policylab.chop.edu/blog/evolved...

So excited for our long-time research assistant, Heather Keyser, on her successful match to the APA accredited pre-doctoral internship at the Center for Anxiety, Brooklyn! Heather is amazing and they are so lucky to be getting her. We will miss you!

This morning, CHOP's EDRP's postdoctoral fellow @slturnerrn.bsky.social presented in the Early Career Research Spotlight for CHOP's @policylabchop.bsky.social. Her talk highlighted important inequities in pediatric eating disorder care and ways in which early intervention can bridge those gaps.

Eating Disorder Research Program | LinkedIn Eating Disorder Research Program | 119 followers on LinkedIn. A research program focused on understanding maintaining factors of eating disorders and improving treatment and outcome | The Eating Disor...

I will be shutting down my account on that other site and will try and be better about posting here. For those who follow my lab and our eating disorder program's research - we are on LinkedIn and hopefully will be here soon.
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All the delays in peer review have resulted in a wild January in terms of publications and manuscript acceptances. The most recent examines presentation and treatment for youth with an ED. We compared those with/wo a comorbid autoimmune condition.
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The buffet challenge: a behavioral assessment of eating behavior in adolescents with an eating disor... Objective Eating disorders are characterized by disturbances in nutritional intake and abnormal mealtime behaviors. Laboratory eating paradigms offer a unique opportunity to accurately measure dietary...

So happy to start posting about my lab here!
We love our Buffet Challenge. It was feasible & acceptable and preliminary data adds to the literature indicating consumption of calorically dense foods is likely related to recovery.

My amazing team wrapped up our four part blog series exploring how we can utilize research, clinical experience, and policy levers to prevent and enhance treatment of EDs in youth. This one authored by our clinical post-doctoral fellow - Dr. Brooke Singer!
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My team just published a new blog post!
Not sure how things work here with tagging and such, so I am just going to leave the link.
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