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Dr. Kristin M. von Ranson

Ph.D., R.Psych.
Pronouns: she/her/hers

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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Preferred method of communication

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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

Eating Disorders
Psychopathology
Activities

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.

Body Image

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

In the News

  • the Body Project. 660 News. (2018)