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Kara Pacella

Assistant Professor · Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

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History

Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
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Research

Prospectively predicting naturalistic exposure to fitspiration and thinspiration in young women with disordered eating by leveraging an ecological momentary assessment design
Eating Behaviors · 2023 · First of 5 authors · Corresponding · 12 citations
Integrating "Lumpers" versus "Splitters" Perspectives: Toward a Hierarchical Dimensional Taxonomy of Eating Disorders from Clinician Ratings
Clinical Psychological Science · 2024 · 12 citations
The Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University Students Mobile App to Treat Eating Disorders: User-Centered Research Design and Feasibility Study
JMIR Formative Research · 2023 · 11 citations

Grants

Testing a Dual-Process Mechanistic Model Linking Food Insecurity and Loss-of-Control Eating
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · R16
Contact PI · $440.5K · University of Nevada Las Vegas
2024–2028
Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University Students (BEST-U): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an mHealth Intervention for Binge-Spectrum Disorders
National Institute of Mental Health · R34
PI · $485.8K · University of Kansas Lawrence
2025–2027