THE EATING BEHAVIORS RESEARCH LABORATORY
Personnel
 Eating Behaviors Lab |  Graduate students |  |
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Director
Kyle De Young Ph.D.
EBRL Director | Principal Investigator
I have a variety of research interests that try to take advantage of available resources and the interests of the current graduate students in my lab. Left to my own devices, I gravitate towards examining the bidirectional relation between biobehavioral circadian regulation and binge eating. I'm also fascinated by state-level moderators of the restraint-restriction link and how those moderators can be understood to facilitate healthy eating behavior and how they may also be the tools of restrictive eating disorders. Finally, I've had long-standing interests in characterizing the course of eating disorders, psychometrics, and latent variable modeling, particularly with intensive, longitudinal data.
Graduate Student Researchers
Samantha 'Sam' Bedard, M.S. (she/they)
PhD Candidate | Clinical Psychology
I am a sixth-year graduate student from Central NY. I received my B.S. in Psychology & Human Development at the University at Albany. I then moved to Louisville, KY to work as a Study Coordinator at the EAT Lab and Louisville Center for Eating Disorders. My research program in graduate school is broadly focused on biopsychosocial factors that might explain the occurrence of eating disorder psychopathology in the context of structural and social disparity. I am also developing a self-report measure of eating pattern regularity using a circadian framework to characterize "regularity." My NSF GRFP project is testing a chronobiological model of food insecurity and executive dysfunction among undergraduates. In my free time, I enjoy hiking in the Rockies, caring for my cat and two free-roaming rabbits, reading fiction, and rock climbing.
*Sam is currently completing her predoctoral internship in Pennsylvania!
Lindsay Gillikin, M.S. (she/her)
PhD Candidate | Clinical Psychology
I am a fifth-year Clinical Psychology graduate student. I received my B.A. in Psychology and Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies from Ohio State University. Following graduation, I worked as a Research Coordinator at Drexel University’s WELL Center for three years. My research interests focus on understanding mechanisms that maintain eating disorders among marginalized populations, particularly among the LGBTQ+ community. My NSF GRFP project aims to use an experimental paradigm to investigate whether minority stress processes cause binge-like eating behavior among sexual and gender minority young adults. In my free time I enjoy practicing yoga, figure skating, knitting, and being outside.
Lucy Wetherall, M.S. (she/her)
Clinical Graduate Student
I am a third-year graduate student from Northern CA. I received my B.S. from Saint Mary’s College of California, where I majored in Psychology and minored in Women’s and Gender Studies. After graduation, I attended Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, where I received my M.S. in psychology and worked as a research coordinator. Currently, my research interests focus on how internal (i.e. interoceptive) factors are related to eating psychopathology. My thesis is on gastric interoception and perceived fullness. In my free time, I love to be creative with activities like ceramics and sewing. I also love sitting down with a cup of tea and a good fiction book!
Finn Livingston, B.S. (they/them)
Clinical Graduate Student
I am a second year graduate student, a yinzer originally from Pittsburgh, PA. I received my B.S. in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and went on to work in admissions at an eating disorder treatment center, then working as a Professional Research Assistant in the Sleep and Chronobiology Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. I am enthusiastic about the biological (i.e., circadian) rhythms relevant to the development and treatment of eating pathology. My research interests primarily involve leveraging timing of internal rhythms to improve intervention. Currently, I’m specifically testing the timing of disgust counterconditioning for food avoidance. Outside the lab I enjoy wandering outdoors, exploring downtown with friends, listening to unlikeable music, and watching anything from horror and sci-fi to comedy and documentaries with my partner and two orange goofs (cats; Leon and Linux).
Jana Von Dielingen, M.S. (she/her)
Clinical Graduate Student
I am a first-year graduate student from Germany and my bio is coming soon!
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Katie Shields
Research Assistant
**bio coming soon!
Sian Realing
Research Assistant
**bio coming soon!
Gracie Ison
Research Assistant
Gracie Ison is a 3rd year psychology major with a biology minor. She intends to go to physician assistant schooling postgraduation. She joined the EBRL in Fall 2026!
Ava Newton
Research Assistant
**bio coming soon!
Lab Alumni
Mary Zander, Ph.D.
Terra Towne, Ph.D.
Erin Mertha-Berg, Ph.D.
Ali Thiel, Ph.D.
Nicole Della Longa, Ph.D.
Angeline Bottera, Ph.D.
Evelyna Kambanis, Ph.D.
Christopher Mancuso, Ph.D.
Taylor Perry, Ph.D.
Nicole Johnson, Ph.D.
Krystal Badillo, Ph.D.
Lindsey Hovrud, Ph.D.
Sean Batenhorst
Elianna Paninos
Jackie Ralph
Zoe Stone
Piper Thompson
Chloe Nelson
Mikayla Rodrigues
Ashlee Jensen
Alyssa Jordan
Emma Gulkin
Torin Rueter
Elena Harmon
Hannah Linford
Sheldon Parker
Rebecca Lockhart
Abbie Krolikowski
Jaisley Mathes
Carter Worcester
Lizzy Miller