Food and Addiction

Edited by Kelly D. Brownell, Dean and Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, and Mark S. Gold, Donald Dizney Eminent Scholar, Distinguished Professor, and Chair of Psychiatry, University of Florida, College of Medicine

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, is Dean and Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University. Mark S. Gold, MD, is the Donald Dizney Eminent Scholar, Distinguished Professor, and Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Florida, College of Medicine.

Serge H. Ahmed, PhD
Research Director, CNRS
Institute of Neurogenerative Diseases
University of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France

Louis J. Aronne, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Weill-Cornell Medical College
Cornell University
New York, NY

Nicole M. Avena, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
College of Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Colleen L. Barry, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD

Jessica R. Barson, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology
The Rockefeller University
New York, NY

Linda M. Bartoshuk, PhD
Professor of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Director of Human Research, UF Center for Smell and Taste
Member of Plant Innovation Program
College of Dentistry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology and Nutrition
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University System
Baton Rouge, LA

Elliott M. Blass, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA

Daniel M. Blumenthal MD, MBA
Clinical Fellow in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Kimberly Blumenthal, MD
Clinical Fellow in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

John E. Blundell, PhD
Professor of Biopsychology
Institute of Psychological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD
Dean and Professor of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
Durham, NC

John Cawley, PhD
Professor of Policy Analysis and Management, and Economics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Karishma Chandaria, MSc
Senior Policy Officer
Alzheimer's Society
London, UK

Wendy K. Chung, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in Medicine
Director of Clinical Genetics Department of Pediatrics
Division of Molecular Genetics
Columbia University Medical Center
Columbia University
New York, NY

William R. Corbin, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Michele A. Crisafulli, MA
Senior Clinical Research Assistant
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Alain Dagher MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University
Montréal, QC, Canada

Mary F. Dallman, PhD
Professor Emerita of Physiology
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Michelle Dalton, BSc
Research Student
Institute of Psychological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom

Marcelo O. Dietrich, MD
Postdoctoral Associate
School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Robert L. DuPont, MD
President, Institute for Behavior and Health
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.

Cara B. Ebbeling, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA

Elissa S. Epel, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Daniel P. Evatt, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Graham Finlayson, PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Institute of Psychological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom

Joanna S. Folwer, PhD
Senior Scientist
Medical Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY

Gary D. Foster, PhD
Lauren Carnell Professor of Medicine, Public Health and Psychology
Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education
School of Medicine
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Ashley N. Gearhardt, MS
Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Ian Gilmore, MD
Professor of Medicine
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Liverpool, UK


Mark S. Gold, MD
Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychiatry
McKnight Brain Institute
College of Medicine
University of Florida

Shelly F. Greenfield, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Chief Academic Officer
McLean Hospital
Belmont, MA

Roland R. Griffiths, PhD
Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Carlos M. Grilo, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Director, Program for Obesity, Weight, and Eating Research (POWER)
School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Jeffrey W. Grimm, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology and Program in Behavioral Neuroscience
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

Jennifer L. Harris, PhD, MBA
Director of Marketing Initiatives
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Lucy F. Hemsley-Faulconbridge PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Amanda E. Higley, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA

Andrew J. Hill, PhD
Professor of Medical Psychology
Academic Unit of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences
School of Medicine
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom

Bartley G. Hoebel, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

Tamas Horvath, DVM, PhD
Professor of Comparative Medicine and Neurobiology
School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Joan Ifland, PhD
Founder and Chair
Refined Food Addiction Research Foundation
Houston, TX

Satya P. Kalra, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience
McKnight Brain Institute
College of Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Brian K. Kit, MD, MPH
Lieutenant Commander, United States Public Health Service
Medical Epidemiologist
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hyattsville, MD

Firas H. Kobeissy, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Scientific Director, Psychoproteomics and Nanotechnology Research Center
McKnight Brain Institute
College of Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

George F. Koob, PhD
Professor and Chair
Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Caitlin A. LaGrotte
Project Coordinator
Center for Obesity Research and Education
School of Medicine
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Molly M. Lamb, PhD
Epidemiologist
Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hyattsville, MD

Rudolph L. Leibel, MD
Christopher J. Murphy Professor of Diabetes Research
Head, Division of Molecular Genetics
Co-Director, Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
New York, NY

Sarah F. Leibowitz, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology
The Rockefeller University
New York, NY

Yijun Liu, PhD
River Branch Professor
Chief, Global Tobacco, Alcohol, Obesity & Health Research
Department of Psychiatry
College of Medicine and McKnight Brain Institute
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Tim Lobstein, PhD
Director of Policy and Programmes
International Association for the Study of Obesity
International Obesity TaskForce
London, UK

David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
Director, New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center
Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA

Michael Lutter, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Bess H. Marcus, PhD
Professor of Medical Science
Division of Biology and Medicine
Brown University
Providence, RI

Barbara J. Mason, PhD
Professor
Director, Laboratory of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Co-Director, Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA

Brittany L. Mason, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Donna M. Matheson, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Stanford Prevention Research Center
School of Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Lisa J. Merlo, PhD, MPE
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
College of Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Peter M. Monti, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Director, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Brown University
Providence, RI

Irene Morganstern, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology
The Rockefeller University
New York, NY

Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair of Neuroscience
Director, Friedman Brain Institute
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Ernest Noble, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Nicole L. Novak, MSc
Research Associate
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD
Epidemiologist
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hyattsville, MD

Stephanie S. O'Malley, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Chair for Clinical Research
Director, Division of Substance Abuse Research
School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Jennifer L. Pomeranz, JD, MPH
Director of Legal Initiatives
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Barry M. Popkin, PhD
W. R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Nutrition
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Douglas S. Ramsay, DMD, PhD, MSD
Professor and Chair, Oral Health Sciences
School of Dentistry
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Lara A. Ray, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Mahdi Razafsha, MD
Resident
Department of Psychiatry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH
Irving Schulman, MD Endowed Professor of Child Health
Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine
Division of General Pediatrics and Stanford Prevention Research Center
Director, Center for Healthy Weight
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

Barbara J. Rolls, PhD
Professor and Helen A. Guthrie Chair in Nutritional Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Orli Rosen, MD
Instructor, Division of Endocrinology
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

Anne Rosenberg, CHF, BSW
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Marina Sánchez, MSc
Division of Kinesiology
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
Laval University
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Marlene B. Schwartz, PhD
Deputy Director
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Gary J. Schwartz, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yeshiva University
Bronx, NY

Kay Sheppard, MA, LMHC
Certified Eating Disorders Specialist
Palm Bay FL

Richard L. Shriner, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Rajita Sinha, PhD
Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry, Neurobiology and Child Study
Chief, Psychology Section in Psychiatry
Director, Yale Stress Center
School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Dana M. Small PhD
Associate Fellow, The John B. Pierce Laboratory
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Psychology
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Derek J. Snyder, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Psychology
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

Eric Stice, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Oregon Research Institute
Eugene, OR

Ece Tek, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Stephen P. Teret, JD, MPH
Professor of Health Policy and Management
Director, Center for Law and the Public's Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

A. Janet Tomiyama, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Nutrition
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ

Angelo Tremblay, PhD
Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
Laval University
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Marion L. Vetter MD, RD
Instructor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Nora D. Volkow, MD
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, MD

Thomas A. Wadden, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Director, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Gene-Jack Wang, MD
Senior Scientist
Chairman, Medical Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY

Brian Wansink, PhD
Professor of Marketing
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Kenneth E. Warner, PhD
Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health
Department of Health Management and Policy
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Phil Werdell, MA
Director, Food Addiction Professional Training Program
ACORN Food Dependency Recovery Services and The Food Addiction Institute
Sarasota, FL

Walter C. Willett MD
Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Chair, Department of Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, MA

David M. Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Brown University
Providence, RI

Noel N. Williams, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Director, Bariatric Surgery Program
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Stephen C. Woods, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Obesity Research Center
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Jacqueline D. Wright, DrPH
Health Scientist Administrator
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

H. Theresa Wright, MS, RD, LDN
Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc.
East Norriton, PA

Sonja Yokum, PhD
Research Associate
Oregon Research Institute
Eugene, OR

Yi Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor
Life Sciences Research Center
School of Life Sciences and Technology
Xidian University
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Zhiqun Zhang, PhD
Principal Scientist
Banyan Biomarkers Inc
Center of Innovative Research
Alachua, FL