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C. Alix Timko

Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry

Contact information
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
2716 South Street, 8-212
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 267-426-5467
Education:
BS (Psychology/German)
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1996.
MA (Clinical Health Psychology)
MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, 2000.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern - Clinical Psychology, Center for Counseling and Student Development, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2002-2003.
Postdoctoral Fellow - Psychology, The Renfrew Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2004.
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Selected Publications

Joel, MA; Cooper, M; Peebles, R; Albenberg, L; Timko, CA : Clinical Characterization of Co-Morbid Autoimmune Disease and Eating Disorders: A Retrospective Chart Review. Eating Disorders Journal of Treatment and Prevention 25: 1-16, Jan 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1080/10640266.2024.2306437.

Miller, ML., Timko, CA., Hormes, J.: Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Flexibility Index in U.S. nonclinical collegiate and clinical adolescent samples. Eating Behavior 27(52): 101847, Jan 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101847.

Cooper, M; Mears, C; Heckert, K; Orloff, NC; Peebles, R; Timko, CA: The Buffet Challenge: A behavioral assessment of eating behavior in adolescents with an eating disorder. Journal of Eating Disorders 12(1): 8, Jan 2024 Notes: doi:10.1186/s40337-024-00968-3.

Miller ML, Sanzari CM, Timko CA, Hormes JM: Impact of virtual adjunctive cognitive remediation therapy on cognitive flexibility and treatment outcomes in comorbid anorexia nervosa and exercise dependence as quantified using novel biomarkers: A stage 1 registered report. International Journal of Eating Disorders 56(7): 1449-1460, Jul 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1002/eat.23942.

Treger S, Benau EM, Timko CA: Not so terrifying after all? A set of failed replications of the mortality salience effects of Terror Management Theory. PLoS One 18(5): e0285267, May 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285267.

Makara, A.; Howe, H.; Cooper, M.; Heckert, K.; Weiss, S.; Kellom, K.; Scharf, D.; Ubel, P.; Orloff, N.C.; Timko, C.A.: Modifying an Open Science Online Grocery for Parents of Youth with Anorexia Nervosa: A proof-of-concept study. International Journal of Eating Disorders 56(5): 1011-1020, 2023 Notes: Doi: 10.1002/eat.23902.

Timko,C.A.; Dennis, N.J.; Mears, C.; Rodriguez, D.; Fitzpatrick, K.K.; Peebles, R.: Post-traumatic stress symptoms in parents of adolescents hospitalized with anorexia nervosa. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention 31(3): 212-224, 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1080/10640266.2022.2099604.

Negi, S., Benau, E., Strowger, M., Grammer, A.C., Timko, C.A. : Internalization of appearance ideals and not religiosity indirectly impacts the relationship between acculturation and disordered eating risk in South and South-East Asian women living in the United States. Frontiers in Psychology 13: 843717, July 2022 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.843717.

Susanin, A., Cooper, M., Makara, A., Kuschner, E.S., Timko, C.A.: Autistic Characteristics in Youth with Anorexia Nervosa Before and After Treatment. European Eating Disorder Review 30(5): 664-670, September 2022 Notes: doi:10.1002/erv.2937 Epub 2022 Jul 3.

Akers, A.Y., Skolnik, A., DiFiore, G., Harding, J., Timko, C.A.: Feasibility study of a health coaching intervention to improve contraceptive continuation in adolescent and young adult women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 53(3-4): 27-43, September 2021 Notes: doi.org/10.1363/psrh.12188 Epub 2022 Mar 24.

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