Katherine Thompson
Ph.D.
Education
2014 - BA in Psychology from George Washington University2022 - PhD in Clinical Psychology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2022 - Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship, Women's Mental Health Track, UNC School of Medicine
2024 - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Health with Military Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (MiCOR) Program, USUHS, The Metis Foundation
Biography
Dr. Thompson is a research scientist with The Metis Foundation in the Military Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (MiCOR) Program and a research assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at USUHS. Her research focuses on understanding and improving body image and disordered eating behaviors during critical reproductive periods (e.g., the perinatal period).Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications
Project BRIDGE
Building Resources for Improving Disinhibited Eating in Expecting Mothers
Dr. Thompson is the Principal Investigator for a new NIH-funded study (1K23HD118249-01 ) looking to design and test a new treatment for loss of control over eating (binge eating) during pregnancy. Phase 1 of the project is currently recruiting a national sample of women who are currently or were recently pregnant who experienced loss of control over eating (binge eating) during pregnancy. For more information, please contact Dr. Thompson or email our research team at BRIDGE@metisfoundationusa.org.
Representative Bibliography
Select Publications:
Thompson KA, Bauman V, Lavender JM, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Thornton JA, Schvey NA, Moyer R, Sunderland KW, Funk W, Brydum R, Pav V, Klein DA. Factors associated with probability of inpatient hospitalization in military-affiliated adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. Eat Disord. 2025 Feb 21:1-20. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2459971. PMID: 39981989.
Thompson K, White MA, Schrag R, Lavender JM, Bauman V, Mains A, Rioux S, Spinner H, Thorstad I, Klein D, Haigney M, Tanofsky-Kraff M. Development and preliminary validation of a modified Food Craving Inventory for Pregnancy (FCI-P) in U.S. military active-duty Service women. Appetite. 2024 Dec 1;203:107677. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107677. PMID: 39288884.
Bauman V, Thompson KA, Sunderland KW, Thornton JA, Schvey NA, Sekyere NA, Funk W, Pav V, Brydum R, Klein DA, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Lavender JM. Incidence and prevalence of eating disorders among U.S. military service members, 2016-2021. Int J Eat Disord. 2024 Aug;57(8):1735-1745. doi: 10.1002/eat.24229. PMID: 38779988.
Thompson KA, White JP, Bardone-Cone AM. Associations between pressure to breastfeed and depressive, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and eating disorder symptoms among postpartum women. Psychiatry Res. 2023 Oct;328:115432. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115432. PMID: 37669578.
Thompson KA, Bardone-Cone AM. Social comparison, disordered eating, and body dissatisfaction among postpartum women. Body Image. 2022 Sep;42:401-412. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.07.011. Epub 2022 Aug 2. PMID: 35930875.
Thompson KA, Bauman V, Sunderland KW, Thornton JA, Schvey NA, Moyer R, Sekyere NA, Funk W, Pav V, Brydum R, Klein DA, Lavender JM, Tanofsky-Kraff M. Incidence and prevalence of eating disorders among active duty US military-dependent youth from 2016 to 2021. Int J Eat Disord. 2023 Oct;56(10):1973-1982. doi: 10.1002/eat.24025. PMID: 37493029.
Thompson KA, Hedlund EL, Sun Q, Peat CM, Goode RW, Termorshuizen JD, Thornton LM, Borg S, van Furth EF, Birgegård A, Bulik CM, Watson HJ. Course and predictors of eating disorder symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and pandemic-related eating disorder concerns among adults with eating disorders during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Eat Disord. 2023 Jan;56(1):151-168. doi: 10.1002/eat.23870. PMID: 36508290; PMCID: PMC9877876.
Thompson K. An application of psychosocial frameworks for eating disorder risk during the postpartum period: A review and future directions. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2020 Oct;23(5):625-633. doi: 10.1007/s00737-020-01049-5. PMID: 32613296.