DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
Lucy F. Faulconbridge, Ph.D.
Lucy F. Faulconbridge, Ph.D is a Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the Center for Weight & Eating Disorders. She received her B.A. from the University of St Andrews in Scotland in 2000 and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 and 2007, respectively.
Dr. Faulconbridge’s research interests include the endocrine and psychological outcomes following bariatric surgery and non-surgical weight loss, particularly diabetes amelioration following surgery and possible hormonal correlates for this. She is also interested in the psychological, neural and gastro-intestinal mechanisms associated with weight gain/loss induced by pharmacological agents.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 her clinical work, Dr. Faulconbridge uses cognitive-behavioral therapy to treat patients with eating disorders and obese patients seeking weight loss.
Dr. Faulconbridge can be contacted at: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 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:
Wadden, T., Butryn, M.., Sarwer, D., Fabricatore, A., Crerand, C., Keuhnel, R., Faulconbridge, L & Williams, N. (2006) A Comparison of Psychosocial Status in Women with Class III versus Class I-II Obesity. Obesity Research 14 Suppl 2:90S-98S.
Daniels, D., Yee, D.K., Faulconbridge, L., Suzuki, A., Luo, L., Fluharty, SJ. (2005) Divergent behavioral roles of Angiotensin II intracellular signaling pathways. Endocrinology 146(12):5552-60.
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.
Alderson, H., Faulconbridge, L., Gregory, L., Latimer, M & Winn, P. (2003) Behavioral Sensitization to repeated d-amphetamine: effects of excitotoxic lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus. Neuroscience 118: 311-325.