Dr. Kristin M. von Ranson
Positions
Professor
Affiliations
Full Member
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Full Member
Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education
Member
O'Brien Institute for Public Health
Child Health & Wellness Researcher
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Contact information
Phone number
Office: +1 (403) 220-7085
Location
Office: AD272
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Research partners
I will not accept a clinical psychology graduate supervisee this year, i.e., for the 2025-2026 academic year.
I will accept a psychology honours supervisee for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Background
Educational Background
A.B. (honors) Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, 1988
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology/Clinical Science, University of Minnesota, 1998
Postdoctoral fellowship Pediatric Psychology/Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2000
Research
Areas of Research
My expertise lies in eating disorders and body image across the lifespan. In the Eating Behaviours Laboratory, we use various methods to reduce the burden of eating pathology on individuals and society. We study a range of eating pathology symptoms in children, adolescents, and adults.
Our lab's research focuses on three main areas: bridging the gap between researchers' recommendations and practitioners' psychotherapy choices, investigating whether eating disorders or symptoms (e.g., binge eating) are forms of addiction, and examining theorized risk and maintenance factors for eating disorders, including comorbid psychopathology (substance misuse, anxiety, depression, childhood externalizing disorders), emotion dysregulation, personality, and attentional biases.
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC 501.23 SEC 01 S01 | Eating Disorders Honours Seminar | Winter 2024 |
| PSYC 750.11 | Eating Disorders | Winter 2023 |
Awards
- Faculty of Graduate Studies My SupervisorSkills GREAT Supervisor Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary. 2016
- Feminist Mentoring Award, Section of Women and Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association. 2016
- Nominee, Supervisory Excellence Award, Graduate Students’ Association, University of Calgary. 2016
- Fellow, Academy for Eating Disorders. 2005
- Huffman-Capraro Award (best abstract), North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2000
- Conference Trainee Travel Award (best abstract), Eating Disorder Research Society. 1997
Publications
- Shifting goalposts: Widening discrepancies between girls’ actual and ideal bodies predict disordered eating from preadolescence to adulthood. Magel, C. A., Lacroix, E., Wilson, S., Iacono, W. G., & von Ranson, K. M. . Development and Psychopathology. Online First. (2024)
- Child and adolescent health service utilisation for eating disorders before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A meta-analysis. Madigan, S., Vaillancourt, T., Dimitropoulos, G., Premji, S., Kahlert, S., Zumwalt, K., Korczak, D., von Ranson, K. M., Pador, P., Ganshorn, H., & Neville, R.. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Online First. (2024)
- Trajectories and personality predictors of eating pathology development in girls from preadolescence to adulthood. Lacroix, E., Wilson, S., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., & von Ranson, K. M.. Clinical Psychological Science. Online First. (2023)
- Binge-spectrum symptoms in their association with higher gestational weight gain. Bajaj, D., Markova, V., MacKinnon, A., Bell, R. C., von Ranson, K. M., Letourneau, N., Giesbrecht, G. F., & Tomfohr-Madsen, L.. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 1378-1390. (2023)
- Normative body image development: A longitudinal meta-analysis of mean-level change. Lacroix, E., Smith, A. J., Husain, I. A., Orth, U., & von Ranson, K. M. . Body Image. 238-264. (2023)
- Effects of the HEARTY randomized controlled trial on disordered eating behaviours in adolescents with obesity. Alberga, A. S., Edache, I. Y., Sigal, R. J., von Ranson, K. M., Russell-Mayhew, S., Kenny, G. P., Doucette, S., Prud’homme, D., Hadjiyannakis, S., Cameron, J., & Goldfield, G. S. . Obesity Science & Practice. 158-171. (2022)
- Two eating disorder preventive interventions reduce attentional biases in body-dissatisfied university women: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Tobin, L. N., Sears, C. R., & von Ranson, K. M.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 911–924. (2022)
- A systematic review of addiction substitution in recovery: Clinical lore or empirically-based? . Kim, H. S., Hodgins, D. C., Garcia, X., Ritchie, E. V., Musani, I., McGrath, D. S., & von Ranson, K. M.. Clinical Psychology Review. 102083. (2021)
In the News
- the Body Project. 660 News. (2018)
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