Lucy F. Faulconbridge, PhD
Lucy F. Faulconbridge, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders. She received her B.A. from the University of St Andrews in Scotland in 2000, and her M.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Weill Cornell Medical College-NY Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY, and received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007.
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 loss, 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. In collaboration with a team from Drexel University, she is working on a study examining the effects of different weight loss treatments on weight loss maintenance, and she serves as an interventionist on the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes). In her clinical work, Dr. Faulconbridge uses behavioral weight management to treat obese individuals seeking weight loss, and cognitive-behavioral therapy to treat patients with eating disorders. Additionally she delivers treatments for depressed individuals in a group setting, with and without comorbid obesity.
Dr. Faulconbridge can be contacted at: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market St., Suite 3021, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309, 215-898-7314. Her e-mail address is lucyhf@mail.med.upenn.edu
Recent publications include:
Faulconbridge, LF, Wadden, TA, Berkowitz, RI, Pulcini, ME, Treadwell, T. (submitted) Treatment of Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder and Obesity: a Prospective Pilot Study for their Combined Treatment.
Faulconbridge, LF, Wadden, TA, Berkowitz, RI, Sarwer, DB, Womble, LG, Hesson, LA, Stunkard, AJ, Fabricatore, AN. (2009) Changes in Symptoms of Depression with Weight Loss: Results of a Randomized Trial. Obesity. 17(5):1009-16.
Faulconbridge, LF, Grill, HJ, Kaplan, JM, Daniels, D. (2008) 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: 151-57.
Faulconbridge, L., Grill, H & Kaplan, J. (2005). Reversal of ghrelin hyperphagia with NPY Y1 and NPY Y5 receptor antagonists: differential effects in the forebrain and brainstem. Diabetes 54(7):1985-93.
Faulconbridge, L., Cummings, E., Kaplan, J., & Grill, H. (2003) Hyperphagic effects of brainstem ghrelin administration Diabetes, 52(9):2260-5.
