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After receiving my BA in Psychology from Yale University, I attended the University of Minnesota where I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology. Prior to receiving my PhD, I completed my predoctoral clinical psychology internship at the Yale School of Medicine. My NIH-funded research focuses on examining novel approaches to treat eating disorders by targeting the psychological and neurobiological factors that maintain these conditions. I am especially interested in identifying the role of emotion in eating disorder maintenance, as well as innovative approaches to clinical assessment and treatment delivery. I serve as the Program Director of our NIMH-funded multisite T32 Midwest Regional Postdoctoral Training Program in Eating Disorder Research as well as a mentor for emerging scientists. As a licensed psychologist in our Department's Interventional Psychiatry Program, I provide psychotherapy to individuals with mood, eating, and anxiety disorders.
(for academic support only)
Molly Jokimaki
[email protected]
BA, Magna Cum Laude, Yale University
Major: Psychology
PhD, University of Minnesota
Major: Psychology (Clinical)
Postdoctoral Student, University of Minnesota, Department of Psychiatry
Bottera, A.R., Dougherty, E.N., Forester, G., Peterson, C., Crosby, R., Engel, S., Crow, S., Wildes, J.E., Wonderlich, S. (2024). Changes in evening-shifted loss of control eating severity following treatment for binge-eating disorder. Psychological Medicine.
Pasquale, E., Strong, D.R., Manzano, M., Eichen, D., Peterson, C. B., Boutelle, K. (2024). Exploring relationships among appetitive traits, negative affect, and binge eating in adults with overweight or obesity. Eating Behaviors. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101871.
Bartholomay, J., Schaefer, L. M., Forester, G., Crosby, R. D., Peterson, C. B., Crow, S. J., Engel, S. G., Wonderlich, S. A. (2023). Evaluating dietary restriction as a maintaining factor in binge-eating disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders. doi: 10.1002/eat.24094
Boutelle, K. N., Afari, N., Obayashi, S., Eichen, D. M., Strong, D. R., Peterson, C. B., 2023. Design of the CHARGE study: A randomized control trial evaluating a novel treatment for Veterans with binge eating disorder and overweight and obesity. Contemp Clin Trials,
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107234
PubMed ID: 37210072
Simone, M., Loth, K., Peterson, C. B., Berge, J. M., Eisenberg, M. E., Neumark-Sztainer, D., 2022. Social Isolation in a Population-Based Sample of Emerging Adults: Who Is on Their Own?. Emerg Adulthood, 10 (5): 1247-1255.
dx.doi.org/10.1177/21676968211021677
PubMed ID: 36111319
Boutelle, K. N., Eichen, D. M., Peterson, C. B., Strong, D. R., (Eastern) Kang-Sim, D.-J., Rock, C. L., Marcus, B. H., 2022. Effect of a Novel Intervention Targeting Appetitive Traits on Body Mass Index Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open,
dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12354
PubMed ID: 35583870
Anderson, L. M., Hall, L. M. J., Crosby, R. D., Crow, S. J., Berg, K. C., Durkin, N. E., Engel, S. G., Peterson, C. B. , 2022. “Feeling fat,” disgust, guilt, and shame: Preliminary evaluation of a mediation model of binge eating in adults with higher weight bodies. Body Image,
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.05.008
PubMed ID: 35653964
CB, Peterson., Haynos, A., Mueller, B., Crosby, R., Wonderlich, S., Anderson, L., Carter, C., Fennig, M., Gallaghher, E., Cullen, K. (2021). Grant report: Neurobiological and psychological maintenance mechanisms associated with anticipatory reward in bulimia nervosa. Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Sciences.
Haynos, A.F., Lavender, J.M., Nelson, J., Crow, S.J., Peterson, C. B. (2020). A systematic review of cue features associated with reward and punishment in anorexia nervosa. Clinical psychology review. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101872
Mitchell, J.E., Peterson, C. B. (2020). Anorexia Nervosa. The New England journal of medicine, 382(14), 1343-1351. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1803175
Richson, B., Forbush, K., Schaumberg, K., Crosby, R., Peterson B., Crow, S., Mitchell, J. (2020). Are the Criterion B binge-eating symptoms interchangeable in understanding binge-eating severity? An item response theory analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders. PMID: 32945003 doi: 10.1002/eat.23383
Haynos, A.F., Anderson, L.M., Askew, A.J., Craske, M.G., Peterson, C. B., Adapting a neuroscience-informed intervention to alter reward mechanisms of anorexia nervosa: a novel direction for future research. Journal of Eating Disorders, 9 (63) dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00417-5
Sim, L., Peterson, C. B. (2021). The peril and promise of sensitivity in eating disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54(11), 2046-2056. PMID: 34536033 doi: 10.1002/eat.23606
Mason, T.B., Smith, K.E., Anderson, L.M., Schaefer, L.M., Engel, S.G., Crow, S.J., Crosby, R.D., Peterson, C. B., Wonderlich, S.A., 2021. Affective Response to Binge Eating as a Predictor of Treatment Outcomes for Binge-Eating Disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 9 (4): 752-760. dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702620985198
Haynos, A.F., Wang, S.B., Russell, S.L., Lavender, J.M., Peterson, C. B., Pearson, C.M., Jennings, K.M., Crow, S.J., 2021. An empirical taxonomy of reward response patterns in a transdiagnostic eating disorder sample. Eating Behaviors, 42
doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101531
PubMed ID: 34126343
Lieberman, A., Duffy, M., Wonderlich, S., Crosby, R., Mitchell, J., Crow, S., Peterson, C. B., le Grange, D., Bardone-Cone, A., Joiner, T., 2021. An examination of the interpersonal theory of suicide’s tenets among women with bulimic-spectrum pathology. Interpersonal & Biological Processes, 84 (2): 137-149.
doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2021.1917244
PubMed ID: 33944699
Williams-Kerver, G.A., Schaefer, L.M., Hazzard, V.M., Cao, L., Engel, S.G., Peterson, C. B., Wonderlich, S.A., Crosby, R.D., 2021. Baseline and momentary predictors of ecological momentary assessment adherence in a sample of adults with binge-eating disorder. Eating Behaviors, 41
doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101509
PubMed ID: 33905971
Sigma Xi Scientific Society, Yale University
Albert G. Angier Award for Outstanding Research
Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Minnesota
Silverman, A.E., Pisetsky, E.M., Askew, A.J., Mochida, S., Jasicki, M., Crow, S.J., Peterson, C. B., Dodd, D.R. "Perceived Burdensomeness Moderates the Relationship between Interoceptive Trusting & Dietary Restraint", International Conference on Eating Disorders, New York, New York, United States. March 2024.
Pisetsky, E.M., Forester, G., Dodd, D.R., Askew, A.J., Mochida, S., Jasicki, M., Crow, S.J., Peterson, C. B. "A test of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in a non-clinical eating disorder sample", International Summit on Suicide Research, Barcelona, Spain. October 2023.
Bottera, A.R., Dougherty, E.N., Forester, G., Peterson, C. B., Crosby, R.D., Engel, S.G., Crow, S.J., Wildes, J.E., Wonderlich, S.A. "Evening-shifted loss of control eating severity dampened following eating disorder treatment and integrated cognitive-affective treatment may uniquely sustain changes in loss of control severity at follow-up.", 29th Annual Eating Disorder Research Society Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. September 2023.
Haynos, A.F., Hendrickson, T., Mueller, B., Strupp, J., Peterson, C. B., Crow, S.J., Lim, K.O., Zilverstand, A. "Real-time fMRI neurofeedback enhances emotion regulation in anorexia Nervosa: Evidence from Two Samples", Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts. September 9, 2023.
Forester, G., Dodd, D.R., Askew, A.J., Mochida, S., Jasicki, M., Crow, S.J., Peterson, C. B., Pisetsky, P.M. "Deficits in social cognition are associated with suicidality among individuals with eating disorders", Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts. September 7, 2023.
Bartholomay, J., Schafer, L.M., Forester, G., Crosby, R.D., Peterson, C. B., Crow, S.J., Engel, S.G., Wonderlich, S.A. "Evaluating the dietary restraint model of binge eating in binge-eating disorder: An ecological momentary assessment study.", Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts. September 7, 2023.
Venables, K.G., Bazzi, A., Peterson, C. B., Haynos, A.F. "General and symptom-specific illness duration and course as predictors of symptom severity in anorexia nervosa", Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts. September 7, 2023.
Dodd, D.R., Hanson, S., Peterson, C. B., Crow, S., LeGrange, D., Crosby, R.D., Wonderlich, S.A. "Understanding suicidal ideation among women with anorexia nervosa: A test of the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide.", Academy for Eating Disorders International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED). June 01, 2023.
Wonderlich, S., Peterson, C. B. "The use of integrative cognitive-affective disorder for the treatment of binge eating", International Conference of Eating Disorders. June 10, 2022.
Peterson, C. B., Sim, L. "Sensitivity and eating disorders: Conceptualizations and treatment implications", International Conference of Eating Disorders. June 10, 2022.
Koithan, E., Zilverstand, A., Hendrickson, T., Mueller, B., Strupp, J., Peterson, C. B. "What can real-time fMRI neurofeedback tell us about neural correlates of emotion and control in anorexia nervosa?", International Conference on Eating Disorder. June 09, 2022.
Peterson, C. B., Anderson, L.M., Hazzard, V.M., Mason, T.B, Davis, H., Dodd, D.R., Crosby, R.D., Engel, S.G., Crow, S.J., Wonderlich, S.A. "Feeling “fat” or negative affect? Evaluating the associations between momentary levels of feeling fat and negative affect in individuals with binge-eating disorder.", 27th annual meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts. September 19, 2021.
Anderson, L.M., Hendrickson, T.J., Crosby, R.D., Engel, S.G., Crow, S.J., Wonderlich, S.A., Peterson, C. B., Cullen, K.R. "Neural Correlates of Emotion Regulation and Associations with Treatment Outcome among Adults with Binge-Eating Disorder: A Pilot Study.", The Society of Biological Psychiatry's 76th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. April 29, 2021.
Williams-Kerver, G. A., Wonderlich, S. A., Crosby, R. D., Cao, L., Smith, K. E., Engel, S. G., Crow, S. J., Peterson, C. B., Mitchell, J. E., Le Grange, D. "Affective dynamics in eating disorders", Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Chicago, Illinois. September 08, 2019.
Academy for Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Research Society
Eating disorders
Mood disorders