SUSAN CARNELL, Ph.D.

Education

2005Doctor of Philosophy, Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
2000Bachelor of Arts, Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Professional Experience

Current Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY Project: Appetite hormones in Binge Eating Disorder Supervisor: Allan Geliebter, Ph.D.
2005 - 07 ESRC/MRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University College London, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, London, UK
Project: Genes, environment and behaviour: A multi-disciplinary approach to childhood obesity
Supervisors: Jane Wardle, Ph.D. & Robert Plomin, Ph.D.
2004 - 05 Research Fellow, University College London, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, London, UK
Project: Biobehavioural mechanisms in weight regulation: an analysis of genetic and environmental influences on weight gain in children
Supervisor: Jane Wardle, Ph.D.
2000 - 01 Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford, UK
Project: Musculo-skeletal disorders, mental health and the work environment
Supervisor: Kathy Parkes, Ph.D.

Publications

  1. Carnell S & Wardle J (2008) Appetitive traits and child obesity: measurement, origins and implications for intervention. Proceedings of Nutrition Society, 67, 343-355.
  2. Carnell S, Haworth CMA, Plomin R & Wardle J (2008) Genetic influence on appetite in children. International Journal of Obesity, 32, 1468-1473.
  3. Carnell S & Wardle J (2008) Appetite and adiposity: a behavioral susceptibility model of obesity. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 88, 22-29.
  4. Wardle J, Carnell S, Haworth CMA, Farooqi IS, O'Rahilly S & Plomin R (2008) Obesity-associated genetic variation in FTO is associated with diminished satiety. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 93, 3640-3643.
  5. Wardle J, Carnell S, Haworth CMA & Plomin R (2008) Evidence for strong genetic influence on childhood adiposity despite the force of the obesogenic environment. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 87, 398-404.
  6. Haworth CMA, Carnell S, Meaburn EL, Davis OSP, Plomin R & Wardle J (2008). Increasing Heritability of BMI and Stronger Associations with the FTO Gene over Childhood. Obesity, doi:10.1038/oby.2008.434.
  7. Grimmett C, Croker H, Carnell S & Wardle J (2008) Telling parents their child's weight status: psychological impact of a weight screening programme. Pediatrics, 122(3):e682-8.
  8. Hill C, Llewellyn CH, Saxton J, Webber L, Semmler C, Carnell S, Van Jaarsveld CHM, Boniface D & Wardle J (2008) Eating in the absence of hunger and adiposity. International Journal of Obesity, 32:1499-1505.
  9. Saxton J, van Jaarsveld CHM, Carnell S & Wardle J (2008) Socioeconomic disparities in parental feeding style (in press, JADA)
  10. Llewellyn CH, van Jaarsveld CHM, Boniface D, Carnell S & Wardle J (2008) Eating rate is a heritable phenotype related to weight in children (in press, AJCN)
  11. Semmler C, Ashcroft J, Van Jaarsveld C, Carnell S & Wardle J (2008) Development of overweight in children in relation to parental weight and socioeconomic status (in press, Obesity)
  12. Carnell S & Wardle J (2007) Associations between multiple measures of parental feeding and children's adiposity in United Kingdom preschoolers. Obesity, 15, 137-144.
  13. Carnell S & Wardle J (2007) Measuring behavioural susceptibility to obesity: validation of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire. Appetite, 48, 104-113.
  14. Wardle J & Carnell S (2007) Parental feeding practices and children's weight. Acta Pediatrica, 96, 5-11.
  15. Haworth CMA, Plomin R, Carnell S & Wardle J (2007) Childhood Obesity: Genetic and Environmental Overlap with Normal-Range BMI, Obesity, 16, 1586-1590.
  16. Ashcroft J, Semmler C, Carnell S, Van Jaarsveld C & Wardle J (2007) Continuity and stability of eating behaviour traits, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 62(8):985-990.
  17. Cooke L, Carnell S & Wardle J (2006) The relationship between food neophobia and food consumption in 4-5 year olds. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 3:14.
  18. Carnell S, Edwards C, Croker H, Boniface D & Wardle J (2005) Parental perceptions of overweight in UK 3-5 year olds. International Journal of Obesity, 29, 353-355.
  19. Wardle J, Carnell S & Cooke L (2005) Parental control over feeding and fruit and vegetable consumption: how are they related? Journal of American Dietetic Association, 105, 227-232.
  20. Parkes K, Carnell S & Farmer E (2004) "Living two lives" Perceptions, attitudes, and experiences of spouses of UK offshore workers. Community, Work & Family, 8(4), 413-437.

Conference presentations (oral)

  1. Carnell S, Gluck ME & Geliebter A (2008) Cortisol and ghrelin following a laboratory stressor in obese night eaters, The Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting, October 2008
  2. Carnell S, Gluck ME & Geliebter A (2008) Cortisol and ghrelin following a laboratory stressor in obese night eaters, Society for Study of Ingestive Behaviour Annual Meeting, July 2008
  3. Carnell S & Wardle J (2008) Appetitive traits and child obesity: measurement, origins and implications for intervention (invited talk), Nutrition Society Meeting, 'Behavioural Nutrition and Energy Balance in the Young, March 2008
  4. Semmler C, Carnell S, Van Jaarsveld C, Ashcroft J & Wardle J Tracking and growth in adiposity from age 5-11 in children of lean and obese parents, European Congress on Obesity, April 2007
  5. Carnell S & Wardle J (2006) Parental feeding style and child adiposity: associations in a preschool sample. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity annual meeting (part of convened symposium), July 2006.
  6. Carnell S & Wardle J (2006) Associations between child eating behaviour and adiposity in 3-5 year olds. British Feeding and Drinking Group annual meeting (part of invited symposium), April 2006.
  7. Carnell S (2005) Should we blame the parents? Exploring the link between parental feeding style and childhood obesity (invited talk). Association for the Study of Obesity meeting, July 2005.
  8. Carnell S & Wardle J (2005) Psychometric measures of children's eating behaviour. Eating behaviours and Obesity meeting, University College London, July 2005.

Conference presentations (posters)

  1. Carnell S, Haworth C, Semmler C & Wardle J (2007) Heritability of obesogenic eating styles in 9-11 year olds. European Congress on Obesity, June 2007.
  2. Semmler C, Carnell S & Wardle J (2007) Tracking of adiposity from ages 4-5 to 10-11 years in children of normal-weight and obese parents. International Congress on Obesity, June 2007.
  3. Carnell S & Wardle J (2005) Associations between parental feeding style and children's eating and weight. International Congress on Obesity, September 2005.
  4. Carnell S, Edwards C, Croker H, Boniface D & Wardle J (2005) Parental perceptions of overweight in 3-5 year olds. Society of Behavioural Medicine annual meeting, April 2005.
  5. Carnell S & Wardle J (2004) Parental feeding style and child BMI: Associations in a UK sample. British Feeding and Drinking Group Annual Meeting, March 2004.
  6. Carnell S & Wardle J (2003) Validation of modified Child Feeding Questionnaire in British parents. European Congress on Obesity, May 2003.
  7. Carnell S & Wardle J (2003) Parental perceptions of overweight in 3-5 year olds: relationships with actual child weight and feeding style. European Congress on Obesity, May 2003.
  8. Cooke L, Carnell S & Wardle J (2003) Parental control over feeding and fruit and vegetable consumption: how are they related? European Congress on Obesity, May 2003.

Honors

2005 Association for the Study of Obesity Student Researcher Award

Specialist training

2006
  • Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Behaviour Genetics Summer School (5 days): basic training in principles of behaviour genetics and quantitative genetic analyses
  • UCL Press Office (6 weeks): training in media relations and communicating science to the public

Activities

Ongoing
  • Newsletter Editor for UK obesity charity (Weight Concern)
  • Science writing: Have written articles on obesity for several non-academic publications including The Times and The Persuader (UK current affairs magazine)

References

Allan Geliebter, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
NY Obesity Research Center
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Babcock 10A-1030
New York, New York 10025
Tel: +1 212-523-4180, +1 212-523-4574
Fax: +1 212-523-2878
Email: ag58@columbia.edu

Jane Wardle, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Director, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre
Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
University College London
2-16 Torrington Place
London WC1E 6BT, UK
Tel: +44(0)20 7679 6642
Fax: +44(0)20 7813 2848
E-mail: j.wardle@ucl.ac.uk

OBESITY RESEARCH CENTER