University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

C. Alix Timko, PhD

Education:

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, Drexel University, 2003
• MA, Clinical Psychology, MCP Hahnemann University, 2000
• BS, Psychology and German, St. Lawrence University, 1996

Prior Positions :

• Assitant Professor, Towson University, 2007-2010
• Assistant Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2005-2007
• Post-doctoral Resident, The Renfrew Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2003-2004

Teaching Responsibilities

• Research Methods
• Health Interventions II

Research Interests

Dr Timko’s research interests fall into the area of eating and weight regulation, eating disorders, and obesity.   Within this area, she has a number of specific foci.

• The treatment and prevention of anorexia nervosa in adolescents.
• Use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to treat adolescents and children with weight and food concerns (including pediatric obesity).
• The construct of “restrained eating” and how it is similar and different to self-identified current dieting in normal weight women.
• The study of emotional eating.
• Implicit assessment of attitudes towards the body, food, and weight behaviors – specifically using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP).

Selected Recent Publications

Merwin, R.M., Timko, C.A., Moskovich, A.A., Konrad, K.,  Zucker, N.L., & Bulik, C. (in press). Psychological flexibility and symptom expression in Anorexia Nervosa.

Juarascio, A., Shoaib, A., & Timko, C.A. (2010).  Content analysis of pro-anorexia groups on internet-based social networking sites. Eating Disorders: Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 18, 393-407.

Timko, C.A., England, E., Herbert, J.D., & Forman, E. (2010). Use of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure as a measure of self-esteem. Psychological Record. 

Annunziato, R.A., Timko, C.A., Crerand, C.E., Didie, E.R., Bellace, D.L., Phelan, S., Kerzhnerman, I., & Lowe, M.R. (2009). An examination of differential meal replacement adherence in a weight loss maintenance program. Eating Behaviors, 10, 176-183.

Timko, C.A. & Chowansky, A. (2008).  Direct-to-consumer advertising and prescription authority for psychologists.  Professional Psychology, Research & Practice, 28, 512-518

Timko, C.A. (2007).  The development of norms for the Flexible and Rigid Control of Eating Behavior Scales in a U.S. population.  Appetite, 49, 525-528.

Timko, C.A., Perone, J. (2006).  Rigid and Flexible Control of Eating Behavior and their relationship to dieting status.  Journal of Eating and Weight Disorders/Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity, 11, e90-e95.

Timko, C.A., Perone, J. (2005).  Flexible and Rigid Control over Eating Behavior in a college population. Eating Behaviors, 6, 119-125.  

Lowe, M.R., Timko, C.A. (2004). Dieting:  Really harmful, merely ineffective, or actually helpful?  British Journal of Nutrition, 92(Suppl. 1). S19-S22.