Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Psych. Ilka Böhm
POSTDoctoral researcher VCF
Contact information
Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences
Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus
Technische Universität Dresden
Fetscherstr. 74, 0,1307 Dresden
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Research Statement
Anorexia nervosa
Cognitive Control
Reward Processing
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Resting state
Scientific Education
| 2016 | PhD (summa cum laude) Technische Universität Dresden Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. S. Ehrlich, Prof. Dr. A. Strobel |
| 2012 | Diploma in Psychology Technische Universität Dresden (Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. U. Schmidt, Prof. Dr. C. Jacobi)* * Thesis studies conducted at the Section of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London |
Professional Experience
| since 01/2017 | Research associate and postdoctoral fellow Devision of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden (Head: Prof. Dr. S. Ehrlich) |
| 11/2012 – 12/2016 | Research associate and doctoral fellow Eating Dorsder Services and Research Center, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden (Head: Prof. Dr. S. Ehrlich) |
| 10/2011 – 10/2012 | Research fellow Section of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (Head: Prof. U. Schmidt) |
| 01/2011 – 06/2011 | Student research assistant Research group for eating disorders, Department for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden (Head: Prof. Dr. C. Jacobi) |
| 10/2009 – 07/2010 | Student research assistant Department for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden (Head: Prof. Dr. U. Wittchen) |
Other Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards
| 2017 | Dissertation Award Carl Gustav Carus |
| since 2016 | Ad hoc reviewer for International Journal of Eating Disorders, Human Brain Mapping, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Behavior Research and Therapy, Developmental Science |
| 2014 | DAAD travel award International Conference on Eating Dirsoders in New York City, NY, USA |
| 2013 | Travel award Lutz-Adolf Stiftung International Conference on Eating Disorders in Montreal, Canada |
Selected Publications
- Boehm, I., Walton, E., Alexander, N., Batury, V.-L., Daniel, G., Maria, S., … Ehrlich, S. (in press). Peripheral serotonin transporter DNA methylation is linked to increased salience network connectivity in females with anorexia nervosa. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience : JPN.
- Ehrlich, Stefan, King, J., & Boehm, I. (2019). To eat or not to eat: Advancing the neuroscience of hedonic versus controlled eating across weight and eating disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Ehrlich, S., King, J. A., & Boehm, I. (2019). Editorial: To Eat or Not to Eat: Advancing the Neuroscience of Hedonic Versus Controlled Eating Across Weight and Eating Disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(2), 151–153.
- Boehm, I., Flohr, L., Steding, J., Holzapfel, L., Seitz, J., Roessner, V., & Ehrlich, S. (2018). The trajectory of anhedonic and depressive symptoms in anorexia nervosa: A longitudinal and cross-sectional approach. European Eating Disorders Review, 26(1), 69–74.
- Boehm, I., King, J., Bernardoni, F., Geisler, D., Seidel, M., Ritschel, F., … Ehrlich, S. (2017). Subliminal and supraliminal processing of reward-related stimuli in anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine, 1–11.
- Boehm, I., Geisler, D., Tam, F., King, J., Ritschel, F., Seidel, M., … Ehrlich, S. (2016). Partially restored resting-state functional connectivity in women recovered from anorexia nervosa. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience : JPN, 41(6), 377–385.
- Boehm, I., Finke, B., Tam, F., Fittig, E., Scholz, M., Gantchev, K., … Ehrlich, S. (2016). Effects of perceptual body image distortion and early weight gain on long-term outcome of adolescent anorexia nervosa. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 25(12), 1319–1326.
- Boehm, I., Geisler, D., King, J., Ritschel, F., Seidel, M., Deza Araujo, Y., … Ehrlich, S. (2014). Increased resting state functional connectivity in the fronto-parietal and default mode network in anorexia nervosa. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8, 346.
- Schober, I., Renwick, B., Jong, H., Kenyon, M., Sharpe, H., Jacobi, C., & Schmidt, U. (2014). Threat‐related attentional bias in anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47(2), 168–173.
- Schober, I., Sharpe, H., & Schmidt, U. (2013). The Reporting of Fidelity Measures in Primary Prevention Programmes for Eating Disorders in Schools. European Eating Disorders Review, 21(5), 374–381. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2243