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Jennifer Wildes

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentPsychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience-Adult Psychiatry
AddressChicago IL 60637
Phone+1 (773) 702-9277
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    Clinical Interests
    Treatment of eating disorders in older adolescents and adults
    Assessment of eating disorders
    Cognitive behavior therapy
    Third wave behavior therapies

    Research Interests
    Novel approaches to the classification of eating disorders
    Predictors of eating disorder expression and maintenance
    Neurocognitive processes implicated in eating behavior and obesity
    Development of novel interventions for eating and weight disorders


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    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAPostdoctoral Fellow08/2007Clinical Research
    Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PAPredoctoral Internship08/2004Clinical Psychology
    University of Oregon, Eugene, ORPh.D.09/2003Clincal Psychology
    University of Oregon, Eugene, ORM.S.12/1999Psychology
    University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VAB.A.05/1998Psychology and History
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    2018 - 2019President, Eating Disorders Research Society
    2018Outstanding Scientific Contribution, International Journal of Eating Disorders/Wiley
    2014Outstanding Scientific Contribution (with Marsha Marcus, PhD), Wiley and the Academy for Eating Disorders
    2014Fellow, Academy for Eating Disorders

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    T32MH082761     (CROW, SCOTT J)Apr 1, 2008 - Jun 30, 2019
    NIH
    Regional Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorders
    Role: Co-Investigator
    R01MH103230     (FORBES, ERIKA E)Jul 18, 2014 - Jun 30, 2019
    NIH
    Cognitive Inflexibility and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Anorexia Nervosa
    Role: MPI

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    1. Robinovitz ML, Montalto GJ, Afzal KI, Lichtor S, Palepu S, Oaklander D, Carollo S, Tutko J, Wildes JE. Anorexia nervosa, conduct disorder, and the juvenile justice system: a case of applying traditional treatment modalities in a non-traditional setting. Biopsychosoc Med. 2021 Dec 18; 15(1):26. PMID: 34922570.
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    2. Kim YK, Di Martino JM, Nicholas J, Rivera-Cancel A, Wildes JE, Marcus MD, Sapiro G, Zucker N. Parent strategies for expanding food variety: Reflections of 19,239 adults with symptoms of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 01; 55(1):108-119. PMID: 34761436.
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    3. Richson BN, Johnson SN, Swanson TJ, Christensen KA, Forbush KT, Wildes JE. Predicting probable eating disorder case-status in men using the Clinical Impairment Assessment: Evidence for a gender-specific threshold. Eat Behav. 2021 08; 42:101541. PMID: 34332312.
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    4. Venkatesh A, Chang A, Green EA, Randall T, Gallagher R, Wildes JE, Graham AK. Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Engaging with a Digital Intervention among Those with Food Insecurity, Binge Eating, and Obesity. Nutrients. 2021 Jul 19; 13(7). PMID: 34371967.
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    5. Wildes JE, Bedell A, Graham AK, Kells M. Brain-gut psychotherapies: Promising tools to address gastrointestinal problems in patients with eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 2021 06; 54(6):1063-1067. PMID: 34013611.
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    6. Graham AK, Munson SA, Reddy M, Neubert SW, Green EA, Chang A, Spring B, Mohr DC, Wildes JE. Integrating User-Centered Design and Behavioral Science to Design a Mobile Intervention for Obesity and Binge Eating: Mixed Methods Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2021 May 10; 5(5):e23809. PMID: 33970114.
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    7. Christensen KA, Forbush KT, Richson BN, Thomeczek ML, Perko VL, Bjorlie K, Christian K, Ayres J, Wildes JE, Mildrum Chana S. Food insecurity associated with elevated eating disorder symptoms, impairment, and eating disorder diagnoses in an American University student sample before and during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Eat Disord. 2021 07; 54(7):1213-1223. PMID: 33885180.
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    8. Forbush KT, Bohrer BK, Hagan KE, Chapa DAN, Perko V, Richson B, Christian K, Christensen KA, Wildes JE. Development and initial validation of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory-Clinician-Rated Version (EPSI-CRV). Psychol Assess. 2020 Oct; 32(10):943-955. PMID: 32718162.
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    9. Wildes JE. Moving from "I know it when I see it" to an empirical classification of severe and enduring anorexia nervosa: Commentary on Wonderlich et al. (2020). Int J Eat Disord. 2020 08; 53(8):1315-1317. PMID: 32496572.
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    10. Jennings Mathis K, Anaya C, Rambur B, Bodell LP, Graham AK, Forney KJ, Anam S, Wildes JE. Workforce Diversity in Eating Disorders: A Multi-Methods Study. West J Nurs Res. 2020 12; 42(12):1068-1077. PMID: 32266857.
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    11. Weinheimer EA, Chang A, Neubert SW, Wildes JE, Graham AK. Past, current, and future willingness to engage with treatment targets: Applying user-centered design to inform the design of a mobile behavioral intervention. Int J Eat Disord. 2020 04; 53(4):611-617. PMID: 32112592.
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    12. Graham AK, Wildes JE, Reddy M, Munson SA, Barr Taylor C, Mohr DC. User-centered design for technology-enabled services for eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 2019 10; 52(10):1095-1107. PMID: 31313370.
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    13. Jennings KM, Bodell LP, Crosby RD, Haynos AF, Wildes JE. Mixture Modeling to Characterize Anorexia Nervosa: Integrating Personality and Eating Disorder Psychopathology. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2021 May-Jun; 27(3):231-239. PMID: 31291805.
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    14. Attia E, Steinglass JE, Walsh BT, Wang Y, Wu P, Schreyer C, Wildes J, Yilmaz Z, Guarda AS, Kaplan AS, Marcus MD. Olanzapine Versus Placebo in Adult Outpatients With Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Am J Psychiatry. 2019 06 01; 176(6):449-456. PMID: 30654643.
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    15. Bodell LP, Forney KJ, Chavarria J, Keel PK, Wildes JE. Self-report measures of loss of control over eating: Psychometric properties in clinical and non-clinical samples. Int J Eat Disord. 2018 11; 51(11):1252-1260. PMID: 30265751.
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    16. Boyd HK, Bodell LP, Jennings KM, Graham AK, Crosby RD, Wildes JE. Relationship between desired weight constructs and eating disorder severity following treatment for anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord. 2018 08; 51(8):870-878. PMID: 29734468.
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    17. Bodell LP, Wildes JE, Cheng Y, Goldschmidt AB, Keenan K, Hipwell AE, Stepp SD. Associations between Race and Eating Disorder Symptom Trajectories in Black and White Girls. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2018 04; 46(3):625-638. PMID: 28646354.
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    18. Bodell LP, Cheng Y, Wildes JE. Psychological Impairment as a Predictor of Suicide Ideation in Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2019 04; 49(2):520-528. PMID: 29578246.
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    19. Bodell LP, Wildes JE, Goldschmidt AB, Lepage R, Keenan KE, Guyer AE, Hipwell AE, Stepp SD, Forbes EE. Associations Between Neural Reward Processing and Binge Eating Among Adolescent Girls. J Adolesc Health. 2018 01; 62(1):107-113. PMID: 29054735.
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    20. Boyd HK, Kass AE, Accurso EC, Goldschmidt AB, Wildes JE, Le Grange D. Relationship between desired weight and eating disorder pathology in youth. Int J Eat Disord. 2017 08; 50(8):963-969. PMID: 28429386.
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    21. Jennings KM, Wildes JE, Coccaro EF. Intermittent explosive disorder and eating disorders: Analysis of national comorbidity and research samples. Compr Psychiatry. 2017 05; 75:62-67. PMID: 28324677.
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    22. Forbush KT, Hagan KE, Salk RH, Wildes JE. Concurrent and prognostic utility of subtyping anorexia nervosa along dietary and negative affect dimensions. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2017 Mar; 85(3):228-237. PMID: 28221058.
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    23. Kass AE, Wildes JE, Coccaro EF. Identification and regulation of emotions in adults of varying weight statuses. J Health Psychol. 2019 06; 24(7):941-952. PMID: 28810399.
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    24. Wildes JE, Forbush KT, Hagan KE, Marcus MD, Attia E, Gianini LM, Wu W. Characterizing severe and enduring anorexia nervosa: An empirical approach. Int J Eat Disord. 2017 Apr; 50(4):389-397. PMID: 27991694.
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    25. Forbush KT, Wildes JE. Application of structural equation mixture modeling to characterize the latent structure of eating pathology. Int J Eat Disord. 2017 05; 50(5):542-550. PMID: 27862148.
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    26. Donofry SD, Roecklein KA, Wildes JE, Miller MA, Erickson KI. Alterations in emotion generation and regulation neurocircuitry in depression and eating disorders: A comparative review of structural and functional neuroimaging studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016 Sep; 68:911-927. PMID: 27422451.
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    27. Bodell LP, Racine SE, Wildes JE. Examining weight suppression as a predictor of eating disorder symptom trajectories in anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord. 2016 Aug; 49(8):753-63. PMID: 27084065.
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    28. Racine SE, Forbush KT, Wildes JE, Hagan KE, Pollack LO, May C. Voluntary emotion regulation in anorexia nervosa: A preliminary emotion-modulated startle investigation. J Psychiatr Res. 2016 Jun; 77:1-7. PMID: 26945729.
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    29. Wildes JE, Marcus MD. Application of the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework to eating disorders: emerging concepts and research. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2015 May; 17(5):30. PMID: 25773226.
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    30. Marcus MD, Wildes JE. Disordered eating in obese individuals. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2014 Nov; 27(6):443-7. PMID: 25247456.
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    31. Racine SE, Wildes JE. Emotion dysregulation and anorexia nervosa: an exploration of the role of childhood abuse. Int J Eat Disord. 2015 Jan; 48(1):55-8. PMID: 25358997.
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    32. Fertig A, Wildes J. Day hospital treatment following brief inpatient medical stabilisation for adolescents with anorexia nervosa is equivalent in efficacy to inpatient treatment. Evid Based Ment Health. 2015 Feb; 18(1):20. PMID: 25239245.
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    33. Racine SE, Wildes JE. Dynamic longitudinal relations between emotion regulation difficulties and anorexia nervosa symptoms over the year following intensive treatment. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2015 Aug; 83(4):785-95. PMID: 25181027.
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    34. Donofry SD, Roecklein KA, Wildes JE, Miller MA, Flory JD, Manuck SB. COMT met allele differentially predicts risk versus severity of aberrant eating in a large community sample. Psychiatry Res. 2014 Dec 15; 220(1-2):513-8. PMID: 25216558.
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    35. Donofry SD, Roecklein KA, Rohan KJ, Wildes JE, Kamarck ML. Prevalence and correlates of binge eating in seasonal affective disorder. Psychiatry Res. 2014 Jun 30; 217(1-2):47-53. PMID: 24680872.
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    36. Wildes JE, Marcus MD, Cheng Y, McCabe EB, Gaskill JA. Emotion acceptance behavior therapy for anorexia nervosa: a pilot study. Int J Eat Disord. 2014 Dec; 47(8):870-3. PMID: 24407934.
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    37. Wildes JE, Forbes EE, Marcus MD. Advancing research on cognitive flexibility in eating disorders: the importance of distinguishing attentional set-shifting and reversal learning. Int J Eat Disord. 2014 Apr; 47(3):227-30. PMID: 24407978.
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    38. Wildes JE, Forbush KT, Markon KE. Characteristics and stability of empirically derived anorexia nervosa subtypes: towards the identification of homogeneous low-weight eating disorder phenotypes. J Abnorm Psychol. 2013 Nov; 122(4):1031-41. PMID: 24364605.
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    39. Forbush KT, Wildes JE, Hunt TK. Gender norms, psychometric properties, and validity for the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory. Int J Eat Disord. 2014 Jan; 47(1):85-91. PMID: 23996154.
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    40. Forbush KT, Wildes JE, Pollack LO, Dunbar D, Luo J, Patterson K, Petruzzi L, Pollpeter M, Miller H, Stone A, Bright A, Watson D. Development and validation of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI). Psychol Assess. 2013 Sep; 25(3):859-78. PMID: 23815116.
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    41. Wildes JE, Marcus MD. Incorporating dimensions into the classification of eating disorders: three models and their implications for research and clinical practice. Int J Eat Disord. 2013 Jul; 46(5):396-403. PMID: 23658078.
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    42. Racine SE, Wildes JE. Emotion dysregulation and symptoms of anorexia nervosa: the unique roles of lack of emotional awareness and impulse control difficulties when upset. Int J Eat Disord. 2013 Nov; 46(7):713-20. PMID: 23754665.
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    43. Zucker NL, Merwin RM, Bulik CM, Moskovich A, Wildes JE, Groh J. Subjective experience of sensation in anorexia nervosa. Behav Res Ther. 2013 Jun; 51(6):256-65. PMID: 23523866.
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    44. Wildes JE, Marcus MD. Alternative methods of classifying eating disorders: models incorporating comorbid psychopathology and associated features. Clin Psychol Rev. 2013 Apr; 33(3):383-94. PMID: 23416343.
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    45. Wildes JE, Marcus MD, Bright AC, Dapelo MM, Psychol MC. Emotion and eating disorder symptoms in patients with anorexia nervosa: an experimental study. Int J Eat Disord. 2012 Nov; 45(7):876-82. PMID: 22473650.
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    46. Wildes JE, Marcus MD. Weight suppression as a predictor of weight gain and response to intensive behavioral treatment in patients with anorexia nervosa. Behav Res Ther. 2012 Apr; 50(4):266-74. PMID: 22398152.
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    47. Wildes JE, Zucker NL, Marcus MD. Picky eating in adults: results of a web-based survey. Int J Eat Disord. 2012 May; 45(4):575-82. PMID: 22331752.
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    48. Wildes JE, Marcus MD, Crosby RD, Ringham RM, Dapelo MM, Gaskill JA, Forbush KT. The clinical utility of personality subtypes in patients with anorexia nervosa. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2011 Oct; 79(5):665-74. PMID: 21767000.
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    49. Wildes JE, Marcus MD. Development of emotion acceptance behavior therapy for anorexia nervosa: a case series. Int J Eat Disord. 2011 Jul; 44(5):421-7. PMID: 20721894.
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    50. Wildes JE, Ringham RM, Marcus MD. Emotion avoidance in patients with anorexia nervosa: initial test of a functional model. Int J Eat Disord. 2010 Jul; 43(5):398-404. PMID: 19670226.
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    51. Wildes JE, Marcus MD, Kalarchian MA, Levine MD, Houck PR, Cheng Y. Self-reported binge eating in severe pediatric obesity: impact on weight change in a randomized controlled trial of family-based treatment. Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Jul; 34(7):1143-8. PMID: 20157322.
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    52. Marcus MD, Wildes JE. Obesity: is it a mental disorder? Int J Eat Disord. 2009 Dec; 42(8):739-53. PMID: 19610015.
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    53. Wildes JE, Marcus MD, Fagiolini A. Prevalence and correlates of eating disorder co-morbidity in patients with bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Res. 2008 Oct 30; 161(1):51-8. PMID: 18782643.
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    54. Wildes JE, Kalarchian MA, Marcus MD, Levine MD, Courcoulas AP. Childhood maltreatment and psychiatric morbidity in bariatric surgery candidates. Obes Surg. 2008 Mar; 18(3):306-13. PMID: 18193182.
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    55. Wildes JE, Marcus MD, Gaskill JA, Ringham R. Depressive and manic-hypomanic spectrum psychopathology in patients with anorexia nervosa. Compr Psychiatry. 2007 Sep-Oct; 48(5):413-8. PMID: 17707248.
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    56. Wildes JE, Marcus MD, Fagiolini A. Eating disorders and illness burden in patients with bipolar spectrum disorders. Compr Psychiatry. 2007 Nov-Dec; 48(6):516-21. PMID: 17954136.
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    57. Wildes JE, Marcus MD, Fagiolini A. Obesity in patients with bipolar disorder: a biopsychosocial-behavioral model. J Clin Psychiatry. 2006 Jun; 67(6):904-15. PMID: 16848650.
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    58. Wildes JE, Simons AD, Marcus MD. Bulimic symptoms, cognitions, and body dissatisfaction in women with major depressive disorder. Int J Eat Disord. 2005 Jul; 38(1):9-17. PMID: 15971239.
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    59. Harkness KL, Wildes JE. Childhood adversity and anxiety versus dysthymia co-morbidity in major depression. Psychol Med. 2002 Oct; 32(7):1239-49. PMID: 12420893.
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    60. Wildes JE, Harkness KL, Simons AD. Life events, number of social relationships, and twelve-month naturalistic course of major depression in a community sample of women. Depress Anxiety. 2002; 16(3):104-13. PMID: 12415534.
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    61. Warden CR, Pillers DA, Rice MJ, Wildes J, Livingston JS, Clark BA, Gilhooly JT, Magenis RE. Interstitial duplication of the short arm of chromosome 1 in a newborn with congenital heart disease and multiple malformations. Am J Med Genet. 2001 Jun 15; 101(2):100-5. PMID: 11391651.
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    62. Wildes JE, Emery RE, Simons AD. The roles of ethnicity and culture in the development of eating disturbance and body dissatisfaction: a meta-analytic review. Clin Psychol Rev. 2001 Jun; 21(4):521-51. PMID: 11413866.
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