Lucy Hemsley-Faulconbridge, PhD
Lucy Hemsley-Faulconbridge, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-746-7191
Fax: 215-898-2878
Fax: 215-898-2878
Email:
lucyhf@mail.med.upenn.edu
lucyhf@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Experimental Psychology)
University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, 2000.
MA (Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
PhD (Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
Permanent linkBA (Experimental Psychology)
University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, 2000.
MA (Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
PhD (Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Faulconbridge’s research interests currently focus on the co-morbidity of obesity with mental illness, particularly depression. She is interested in changes in mood following weight reduction, as well as the relationship between weight change and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Dr. Faulconbridge also has expertise in the endocrine and psychological outcomes following bariatric surgery and non-surgical weight loss, particularly the amelioration of diabetes following surgery and possible hormonal correlates for this. Currently, Dr. Faulconbridge is overseeing an NIH-funded study examining the impact of binge eating disorder on weight loss in bariatric surgery patients and patients enrolled in a behavioral weight loss program.Description of Clinical Expertise
In her clinical work, Dr. Faulconbridge uses behavioral weight management to help obese individuals lose weight. She also utilizes cognitive-behavioral therapy to treat patients with comorbid major depressive disorder and obesity, as well as those patients with a range of eating disorders.Selected Publications
Faulconbridge L.F., Wadden, T.A. : Managing the obesity epidemic. Handbook of Health Psychology. Suls, J, Davidson, KW, Kaplan, RK, eds. (eds.). Guildford Press, 2010 Notes: in press.Vetter, M. L., Faulconbridge, L. F., Williams, N. N, Wadden, T.A. : Surgical Treatments for Obesity. Handbook of Food and Addiction. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2010 Notes: in press.
Faulconbridge Lucy F, Wadden Thomas A, Berkowitz Robert I, Sarwer David B, Womble Leslie G, Hesson Louise A, Stunkard Albert J, Fabricatore Anthony N: Changes in symptoms of depression with weight loss: results of a randomized trial. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 17(5): 1009-16, May 2009.
Faulconbridge Lucy F, Grill Harvey J, Kaplan Joel M, Daniels Derek: Caudal brainstem delivery of ghrelin induces fos expression in the nucleus of the solitary tract, but not in the arcuate or paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus. Brain research 1218: 151-7, Jul 2008.
Wadden Thomas A, Butryn Meghan L, Sarwer David B, Fabricatore Anthony N, Crerand Canice E, Lipschutz Patti E, Faulconbridge Lucy, Raper Steven E, Williams Noel N: Comparison of psychosocial status in treatment-seeking women with class III vs. class I-II obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 14 Suppl 2(2): 90S-98S, Mar 2006.
Daniels Derek, Yee Daniel K, Faulconbridge Lucy F, Fluharty Steven J: Divergent behavioral roles of angiotensin receptor intracellular signaling cascades. Endocrinology 146(12): 5552-60, Dec 2005.
Faulconbridge Lucy F, Grill Harvey J, Kaplan Joel M: Distinct forebrain and caudal brainstem contributions to the neuropeptide Y mediation of ghrelin hyperphagia. Diabetes 54(7): 1985-93, Jul 2005.
Faulconbridge Lucy F, Cummings David E, Kaplan Joel M, Grill Harvey J: Hyperphagic effects of brainstem ghrelin administration. Diabetes 52(9): 2260-5, Sep 2003.
Alderson H L, Faulconbridge L F H, Gregory L P, Latimer M P, Winn P: Behavioural sensitisation to repeated d-amphetamine: effects of excitotoxic lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus. Neuroscience 118(2): 311-5, 2003.