Deborah Glasofer, Ph.D.
Instructor of Psychology

Clinical Researcher, Eating Disorders Research Unit,
New York State Psychiatric Institute


Dr. Glasofer is an Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and a Clinical Researcher with the Eating Disorders Research Unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Dr. Glasofer received her undergraduate degree from Duke University, and her doctoral degree from American University in Washington, D.C. During her doctoral training, Dr. Glasofer was a graduate student research trainee at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Unit on Growth and Obesity, working on a treatment study of severely overweight adolescents and an obesity prevention program for adolescent girls. She completed her pre-doctoral internship training in psychology at New York University-Bellevue Hospital Center. At the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dr. Glasofer has been involved in a variety of research studies for eating disorders in adults, including eating behavior and treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

Dr. Glasofer is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders and recipient of a 2008 Academy for Eating Disorders/National Institute of Mental Health Early Career Investigator Travel Fellowship. She is also a member of the Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies and the American Psychological Association.

Undergraduate:  Duke University, B.A., 1997-2001
Graduate:  American University, M.A., Ph.D., 2003-2008
Internship:  New York University-Bellevue Hospital Center, 2007-2008
• Eating Disorders
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute
Room 2216  Unit/Box:98
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY   10032

Phone: 212-543-6113
Fax: 212-543-5607
glasofe@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu


1. Attia E, Wolk S, Cooper T, Glasofer D, Walsh BT : Plasma tryptophan during weight restoration in patients with anorexia nervosa.  Biological Psychiatry  2005;57: 674-678

2. Glasofer DR, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Eddy KT, Yanovski SZ, Theim KR, Mirch MC, Ghorbani S, Ranzenhofer LM, Haaga D, Yanovski JA: Binge eating in overweight treatment-seeking adolescents.  Journal of Pediatric Psychology  2007;32: 95-105

3. Tanofsky-Kraff M, Theim KR, Yanovski SZ, Bassett AM, Burns NP, Ranzenhofer LM, Glasofer DR, Yanovski JA : Validation of the Emotional Eating Scale adapted for use in children and adolescents (EES-A).  International Journal of Eating Disorders   2007;40: 232-240

4. Mayer L, Roberto C, Glasofer DR, Etu SF, Gallagher D, Wang J, Heymsfield SB, Pierson RN, Attia E, Devlin MJ, Walsh BT: Does percent body fat predict outcome in anorexia nervosa? .  American Journal of Psychiatry  2007;164: 970-972

5. Tanofsky-Kraff M, Wilfley DE, Young JF, Mufson L, Yanovski SZ, Glasofer DR, Salaitia CG: Targeting binge eating for the prevention of excessive weight gain: Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents at high-risk for adult obesity.  Obesity  2007;15: 1345-1355

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