Sarah Fischer - University of Georgia

Sarah Fischer
Curriculum Vita
Psychology Building
University of Georgia
706-542-3017 Athens, GA 30602 fischer@uga.edu
Professional Positions
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology, University of Georgia
Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia
2007 – present
2008 – present
License Number:
PSY 003331 (State of Georgia)
Education & Training
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506-0044
o Ph.D., Clinical Psychology 2006
o M.S., Clinical Psychology 2002
o B.A., Magna Cum Laude 1999
University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
o Postdoctoral Training, Eating Disorders Program, 2006 – 2007
o Internship, 2005 – 2006
Honors
o Otis Singletary Fellowship 1999
o Quality Achievement Award 1999-2002
o Research Challenge Trust Fund Fellowship 2002, 2003
o Research Society on Alcoholism
Student Merit Travel Award 2002
o Pre-doctoral Research Award 2003
o Harris Dissertation Award 2003
o NIMH/AED Junior Investigator
Travel Fellowship 2007
o Supervision Award (UGA) 2008
o Outstanding Contribution to the
o Clinical Psychology Program (UGA) 2008
o Clinical Training Award (UGA) 2011
o Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Affiliations
o Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA)
o Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
o Eating Disorders Research Society (EDRS)
o Athens Area Psychological Association (AAPA)
o Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT)
Grants (Chronological)
Role: Principal Investigator.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 5 F31 AA014469-02,
“The Role of Trait Urgency and Expectancies in Problem Drinking and Binge Eating”, 2003-2005.
$60,176 direct costs
Role: Principal Investigator
University of Georgia Research Foundation Grant,
“Trait Urgency as a Longitudinal Predictor of Substance Abuse and Eating Disorder Symptoms in
College Women”, awarded 2007; funded 2008-2009.
$6,000
Role: Consultant
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (1 RO1 AA016166),
"Developmental Transitions and Risk for Alcohol Use ", 2008-2013.
$1,909,471 direct costs. Gregory Smith, Principal Investigator.
Role: Co-Investigator
University of Georgia Research Foundation Grant
"Testing the effects of computerized attention modification training in individuals with borderline
personality disorder symptoms"; awarded 2008; funded 2009-2010.
$8,000. Joshua Miller, Principal Investigator
Role: Principal Investigator
National Eating Disorders Association Laureate Young Investigator's Grant
"Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescent Bulimia Nervosa and Co-Occurring Deliberate Self Injury
and Depression"; awarded and funded 2009 -2010.
$10,000
Role: Principal Investigator
National Institute of Health Clinical Research Loan Repayment Grant
"Risk and Prevention for Alcohol Use and Abuse in Emerging Adult Women"
Awarded and funded 2009-2011;
Renewal awarded and funded 2011-2013.

Role: Principal Investigator
University of Georgia Research Foundation Grant; awarded 2009; funded 2010
"The Effects of Stress on the Reward System Response to Food Cues and Craving in Obesity"
$6,200
Grants Submitted
2009
Using fMRI to Understand Effects of Stress and Food Cues on Cue Reactivity in Obesity
1R01DK085538-01
Role: Principal Investigator; Co-Investigators L. Stephen Miller, James MacKillop, Suzanne Thomas
Scored: 60; unfunded
2010
Neuroimaging of Stress Effects & Limbic Response to Cues & Consumption in Obesity
1R01HL109380-01
Role: Principal Investigator; Co-Investigators L. Stephen Miller, James MacKillop
Scored: 33; unfunded
Grant Supported Positions
2006
Role: Study Therapist
Effectiveness of Family-Based Versus Individual Psychotherapy in Treating
Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa, R01, NIMH (NCT00149786).
PIs: Daniel le Grange, Ph.D. (The University of Chicago), James D. Lock, M.D., Ph.D. (Stanford
University)
2006
Role: Project Coordinator
Ecological Momentary Assessment of Anorexia Nervosa, 2 RO1 MH05967404
PIs: Stephen Wonderlich, Ph. D. (Neuropsychiatric Institute, Fargo, ND), Scott Crow, M. D. (University
of Minnesota), Daniel le Grange, Ph. D. (The University of Chicago)
Publications
Journals (n = 32) * indicates student/advisee co-author
1. Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Anderson, K. G. (2003). Clarifying the role of impulsivity in bulimia
nervosa. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 33, 406-411.

2. Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Anderson, K. G., & Flory, K. H. (2003). Expectancy influences the
operation of personality on behavior. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 17(2), 108-114.
3. Anderson, K. G., Smith, G. T., & Fischer, S. (2003). Women and acquired preparedness: Personality
and learning implications for alcohol use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64 (3), 384-392.
4. Smith, G.T., Fischer, S., & Fister, S. M. (2003). Incremental validity principles of test construction.
Psychological Assessment, 15(4), 467-477.
5. Fischer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2004). Deliberation affects risk taking beyond sensation seeking.
Personality and Individual Differences, 36(3), 527-537.
Reprinted in Clinician’s Research Digest, 22 (June 2004).
6. Fischer, S., Anderson, K. G., & Smith, G. T. (2004). Coping with distress by eating or drinking: The
role of trait urgency and expectancies. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18, 269-274.
7. Smith, G. T., Cyders, M., Fischer, S., & Simmons, J. (2004). Integrating dispositional and
psychosocial learning risk factors for bulimia nervosa. Revista de Psicologia Conductal:
Revista Internacional de Psicologia Clinica y de la Salud. (Journal of Behavioral Psychology:
International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology), 12, 463-489.
8. Anderson, K. G., Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. M., Fischer, S. M., Fister, S., Grodin, D., Boerner, L.
M., & Hill, K. K. (2005). Elementary school drinking: The role of temperament and learning.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 19, 21-27.
9. Baer, R., Fischer, S., & Huss, D. (2005). An Application of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy to
Binge Eating: A Case Study. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 12, 351-358.
10. Baer, R., Fischer, S., & Huss, D. (2005). Mindfulness and acceptance in the treatment of disordered
eating. Journal of Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 23, 281-300.
11. Bocchieri-Ricciardi, L., Chen, E. Y., Munoz, D., Fischer, S., Dymek-Valentine, M.,
Alverdy, J. C., & le Grange, D. (2006). Pre-surgery binge eating status: Effect on eating
behavior and weight outcome after gastric bypass. Obesity Surgery, 16, 1198-1204.
12. Annus, A., Smith. G. T., Fischer, S., Williams, S. M., & Hendricks, M. (2007). Associations among
family and peer food-related experiences, learning about eating and dieting, and the development
of eating disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40, 179-186.
13. Cyders, M. A., Smith, G. T., Spillane, N. S., Fischer, S., Annus, A. M., & Peterson, C.
(2007). Integration of impulsivity and positive mood to predict risky behavior: Development and
validation of a measure of positive urgency. Psychological Assessment, 19, 107-118.
14. Smith, G. T., Fischer, S., Cyders, M. A., Annus, A. M., Spillane, N. S., & McCarthy, D. M. (2007).
On the validity and utility of discriminating among impulsivity-like traits. Assessment, 14, (2),
155-170.

15. Fischer, S., Chen, E. Y., Katterman, S., Roehrig, M., Bocchieri-Ricciardi, L., Munoz, D.,
Alverdy, J. C., Dymek-Valentine, M., & le Grange, D. (2007). Emotional Eating in a Morbidly
Obese Bariatric Surgery Seeking Population. Obesity Surgery, 17 (6) 782-788.
16. Chen, E. Y., Bocchieri-Ricciardi, L., Munoz, D., Fischer, S., Katterman, S., Roerhig, M., Dymek-
Valentine, M., le Grange, D., & Alverdy, J. C. (2007). Depressed mood in class III obesity
predicted by weight related stigma. Obesity Surgery, 17, 673-675.
17. Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Annus, A. M., & Hendricks, M. (2007). The Relationship of
Neuroticism and Urgency to Negative Consequences of Alcohol Use in Women with Bulimic
Symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1199-1209.
18. Munoz, D., Lal, M., Chen, E., Mansour, M., Fischer, S., Roherig, M., Sanchez-Johnsen, L.,
Dymek-Valentine, M., Alverdy, J., & le Grange, D. (2007). Why Patients Seek Bariatric
Surgery: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis. Obesity Surgery, 17, 1487-1491.
19. Munoz, D., Chen, E., Fischer, S., Roerhig, M., Sanchez-Johnson, L., Alverdy, J.,
Dymek, M., & le Grange, D. (2007). Considerations for the Use of the Beck
Depression Inventory in Weight-Loss Surgery Seeking Patients. Obesity Surgery,
17, 1097-1011.
20. Fischer, S., & Le Grange, D. (2007). Co-morbidity and high risk behaviors in
treatment seeking adolescents with bulimia nervosa. International Journal
of Eating Disorders, 40, 751-753.
21. Fischer, S. & Smith, G. T. (2008). Binge Eating, Problem Drinking, and Pathological Gambling:
Linked by common pathways to impulsive behavior. Personality and Individual Differences,44,
789-800.
22. Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. A. (2008). Another look at impulsivity: A meta analytic
review of trait impulsivity and its association with bulimic symptoms. Clinical Psychology
Review, 28, 1413-1425.
23. Marino, J., Ertlet, T., Wonderlich, S., Crosby, R., Lancaster, K., Mitchell, J., Fischer, S. Doyle, P.,
le Grange, D., Peterson, C. & Crow, S. (2009). Caffeine, Artificial Sweetener, and Fluid Intake
in Anorexia Nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
*24. Fischer, S., Stojek, M., & Hartzell, E. (2010). Effects of multiple forms of childhood abuse and
adult sexual assault on current eating disorder symptoms. Eating Behaviors, 11,190-192.
25. Munoz, D. Chen, E. Y., Fischer, S., Sanchez-Johnson, L., Roherig, M., Dymek-Valentine, M.,
Alverdy, J. C., & le Grange, D. (2010). Changes in desired body shape after bariatric surgery.
Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 18, 347-354.
*26. Stojek, M., Fischer, S., & Collins, B. (2010). Thinness and Restricting Expectancies

Mediate the Relationship of Ethnic Identity and Bulimic Symptoms. Personality and Individual
Differences, 49, 102-106.
*27. Maples, J., Collins, B., Miller, J. D., Fischer, S., & Seibert, A. (2011). Differences Between
Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism and Eating Disorders in Young Women. Eating
Behaviors, 83-85.
*28. Fischer, S., Settles, R., Collins, B., Gunn, R., & Smith, G. T. (in press). The Role of
Negative Urgency and Expectancies in Problem Drinking and Disordered Eating: Testing a
Model of Co-Morbidity in Pathological and At-Risk Samples. Psychology of Addictive
Behaviors.
*29. Flowers, K., Levenesque, M., & Fischer, S. (in press). The Relationship between Eating
Disorder Symptoms and Racial Identity among African American Women in College. Journal
of Black Psychology.
30. Settles, R., Fischer, S., Cyders, M. A., Combs, J. L., Gunn, R. L., & Smith, G. T. (in press)
Urgency: A personality predictor of externalizing behavior characterized by neuroticism, low
conscientiousness, and disagreeableness. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
*31. Hartzell, E. E., & Fischer, S., Jackson, J., & Harding, H. (in press). Deficits in Emotion
Regulation Mediate the Relationship between Childhood Abuse and Later Eating Disorder
Symptoms. Child Abuse and Neglect.
*32. Mouilso, E., Fischer, S., & Calhoun, K. (in press). A Prospective Study of Alcohol Use and
Sexual Assault Among First-Year College Women. Violence and Victims.
Book Chapters (n = 5)
33. Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Spillane, N., & Cyders, M. A. (2005) Urgency: Individual
differences in reaction to mood and implications for addiction. In Clark, A. (Ed.) The
Psychology of Moods, pp 85-107. New York: Novascience Press.
34. Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. A. (2006). Integrating personality
and environmental risk factors for bulimia nervosa. In P. I. Swain (Ed.),
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: New Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers,
pp. 159-183.
35. Spillane, N. S., Smith, G. T., & Fischer, S. (2006). Advancing behavioral ecological
theories of problem drinking by considering reservation dwelling American
Indians. In Yoshido, R. (Ed.), Trends in Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Research.
New York: Nova Science Publishers.
36. Fischer, S., Celio-Doyle, A., & le Grange, D. (2009). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating
Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence. In McKay, D., & Storch, E. (Eds). Cognitive Behavior

Therapy for Refractory Cases in Children and Adolescents. Springer Publishing. NY: NY, pp.
259-291.
37. *Reed-Knight, B. E., & Fischer, S. (2011). Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Symptoms in a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Framework: A Discussion and Case Example.
Campbell, W. K., & Miller, J. D. (Eds.). Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic
Personality Disorder. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, pp. 467-475.
Manuscripts Under Review
*Fischer, S., Peterson, C. M., & McCarthy, D. M. A Prospective Test of the Influence of Negative
Urgency and Expectancies on Binge Eating and Purging.
*Peterson, C., & Fischer, S., A Prospective Study of the Influence of the UPPS Model of Impulsivity on
the Co-Occurrence of Bulimia Nervosa and Non-Suicidal Self -Injury.
*Stojek, M. M. & Fischer, S. Impulsivity and Motivations to Consume Alcohol: A Prospective Study of
Risk for Dependence in Young Adult Women.
*Collins, B., Fischer, S., & Stojek, M. Thought Suppression Moderates the Relationship between
Recent Sexual Assault and Increases in Eating Disorder Symptoms: A
Prospective Study.
*Taylor, J., Peterson, C. M., & Fischer, S. Similarities and Differences in Current and
Former Self-Injurers: Motivations for Self Injury, Affect, and Impulsivity.
Presentations at Scientific Meetings (n = 44)
Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Anderson, K. G. (2001, June). Personality Influences the
Operation of Expectancies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on
Alcoholism, Montreal, Canada.
Boerner, L., Anderson, K. G., Fischer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2001, August). Trait
Inhibition and Learning: Testing the Acquired Preparedness Model. Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Fischer, S., Anderson, K. G., Fister, S., & Smith, G. T. (2001, August). Clarifying the
Role of Impulsivity in Bulimia Nervosa. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Fischer, S. & Smith, G. T. (2002, June). Deliberation Affects Risk Taking Beyond
Sensation Seeking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on
Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA.
Fischer, S., Anderson, K. G., Smith, G. T. & Helton, E. (2002, November). Coping with

Distress by Eating or Drinking: The Role of Trait Urgency and Expectancies. Poster presented
at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Fischer, S., & Smith, G. T. (2003, June). The role of urgency in alcohol use and addictive behaviors.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale,
FL.
Huss, D., Fischer, S., & Baer, R. (2003, November) Mindfulness based cognitive therapy applied to
binge eating: A case study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.
Fischer, S., Baer, R., Huss, D., Fister, S., & Spillane, N. (2004, May) Mindfulness based cognitive
therapy for binge eating: An uncontrolled pilot study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
the Academy for Eating Disorders, Orlando, FL.
Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. (2004, June). Sensation seeking versus urgency as risk factors
for drinking and gambling. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on
Alcoholism, Vancouver, BC.
Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. (2004, November). Impulsivity: Construct validity of four
types and implications for co-morbidity of gambling, drinking, and binge eating. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
New Orleans, LA.
Cyders, M. A., Smith, G. T., Spillane, N. S., Fischer, S., & Annus, A. M. (2005, June). Development
and validation of a measure of positive urgency and its relation to drinking behaviors. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Cyders, M. A., Spillane, N. S., Annus, A. M., & Hendricks, M.
(2005, June). Integrating dispositional and learning risk factors for addictive
behaviors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on
Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
Fischer, S., Smith, G. T., Hendricks, M., & Annus, A. M. (June, 2006) The Role of Trait
Urgency and Expectancies in Problem Drinking and Binge Eating. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders,
Barcelona, Spain.
Bocchieri-Ricciardi, L., Chen, E. Y., Munoz, D., Fischer, S., Dymek-Valentine, M.,
Alverdy, J. C., & le Grange, D. (June, 2006) A prospective investigation of pre-surgical binge
eating status on eating behavior and weight outcome in gastric bypass patients. Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Barcelona, Spain.

Smith, G. T., Fischer, S., Cyders, M. A., Annus, A. M., & Spillane, N. S. (2007, July). Toward a
comprehensive model of multiple dispositions to rash action. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, IL.
Fischer, S. Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. (May 2007). Another look at impulsivity: A
meta-analytic review of impulsivity constructs and their relation to bulimic
symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating
Disorders, Baltimore, MD.
Fischer, S., Miller, J. D., Smith, G. T. (May 2008). Structural Models of Impulsivity and
their role in the co—occurrence of bulimic symptoms and substance abuse.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders,
Seattle, WA.
Munoz, D., Lal, M., Chen, E. Y., Mansour, M., Sanchez-Johnson, L., Fischer, S.,
Roherig, M., & le Grange, D. (May 2008). Reasons for seeking weight loss
surgery. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating
Disorders, Baltimore, MD.
Fischer, S., & McCarthy, D. M. (June 2008). The relationship of impulsivity, anger, and
borderline personality disorder on alcohol use and deliberate self harm over time. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Washington, D. C.
Fischer, S., Seibert, A., Kuruvilla, R., & Collins, B. (November, 2008). The relationship of deliberate
self harm and unwanted sexual experiences to alcohol abuse and bulimic symptoms. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy,
Orlando, FL.
Seibert, A., Fischer, S., Nezari, N., & Collins, B. (November, 2008). Personality and emotion
regulation: Examining relational aggression and behavioral sequelae. Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, Orlando, FL.
Stojek, M., Fischer, S. & Collins, B. (June, 2009). Impulsivity and Affect Regulation: Problem Drinking
and Associated Behaviors in Young Adult Women. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, CA.
Fried, R., Fischer, S., & Smith, G. T. (June, 2009) Trait Urgency Distinguishes Substance Dependent
Women from Depressed Women and Controls. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, CA.
Fischer, S., Stojek, M., & Collins, B. (September 2009) Trait Urgency Interacts with Incidences of
Sexual Assault to Prospectively Predict Increases in Bulimic Symptoms. Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Brooklyn, NY.

Smith, G. T., Fischer, S., & Combs, Jessica (September 2009) The Personality Contribution of
Impulsive Behavior to Bulimia Nervosa Symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
the Eating Disorders Research Society, Brooklyn, NY.
Fischer, S., Stojek, M., & Collins, B. (November 2009) Impulsivity and Drinking Motives in Young
Adult Women. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapy, NY, NY. Symposium: Impulsivity and Compulsivity in Addictive Disorders
Stojek, M. & Fischer, S. (November 2009) Thinness and Restricting Expectancies Mediate the
Relationship of Ethnic Identity and Bulimic Symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, NY, NY.
Mouilso, E. R., Calhoun, K. S., Thompson, C., Tidimane, F., Fischer, S., & Stojek, M. (2010, March).
Sexual assertiveness and victimization in college women: A longitudinal examination. Poster
session presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Chattanooga, TN.
Pascarella, L. & Fischer, S. (2010, April). The prospective effects of trait depression and binge drinking
on binge eating and purging. Poster presented at the annual Convention of the Behavioral
Sciences, Athens, GA.
Taylor, J., & Fischer, S. (2010, April). Self injury motives and impulsivity in individuals with current
and past self-harm. Poster presented at the annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences,
Athens, GA.
Peterson, C. M., & Fischer, S. (2010, June). Eating disorder symptoms in women
engaging in deliberate self harm behaviors. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Salzburg, Austria.
Peterson, C. M., Fischer, S., Stojek, M., & Collins, B. (2010, June). Thinness and
restricting expectancies and trait urgency prospectively predict increases in
restriction and purging over the first semester of college. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Salzburg, Austria.
Collins, B., Fischer, S., Stojek, M., & Peterson, C. M. (2010, June). Thought suppression
mediates the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and symptoms of bulimia nervosa.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Salzburg, Austria.
Collins, B., Fischer, S., Stojek, M., & Peterson, C. M. (2010, June). The interaction of
thought suppression and sexual assault prospectively predicts increases in eating
disorder symptoms across the first semester of college. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Salzburg, Austria.
Stojek, M., Fischer, S., Collins, B., & Peterson, C. M. (2010, June). Ethnic identity
moderates the influence of trait anxiety on bulimic symptoms. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Salzburg, Austria.

Stojek, M., Fischer, S., Collins, B., & Peterson, C. M. (2010, June). A meta-analysis of
personality trait differences in anorexia nervosa, anorexia nervosa binge purge
subtype, and bulimia nervosa. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating
Disorders, Salzburg, Austria.
Fischer, S., Reed-Knight, B. E., Hartzell, E., & Seibert, L. A. (2010, June). Treating eating disorders in
conjunction with substance abuse, PTSD, and Borderline PD using Dialectical Behavior
Therapy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Salzburg,
Austria.
Fischer, S., Stojek, M., & Collins, B. (2010, June). Trait urgency and sexual assault
interact to prospectively predict increases in bulimic symptoms over one year.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders,
Salzburg, Austria.
Fischer, S., Collins, B., Stojek, M., & Peterson, C. (2010, October). Comparison of women with DSM-
V BN and Purging Disorder in a Community Sample: Eating pathology, Axis I and II pathology,
and associated correlates. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eating Disorders
Research Society, Cambridge, MA.
Peterson, C., & Fischer, S. (2010, October). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adolescent girls with
binge eating, purging, and self-harm: A pilot study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Eating Disorders Research Society, Cambridge, MA.
Collins, B., & Fischer, S. (2010, October). Food cue reactivity: A meta-analytic review. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Cambridge, MA.
Stojek, M. M., & Fischer, S. (2010, October). Development and initial validation of a purging motives
scale. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society,
Cambridge, MA.
Editorial Experience
Ad hoc reviewer: Addiction, Addiction Research and Theory, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental
Research, Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Eating Behaviors, European Journal of
Psychological Assessment, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, Journal of Personality, Journal of Research on Personality, Journal of Traumatic Stress,
Multivariate Behavioral Research, Personality and Individual Differences, Psychopathology,
Psychological Assessment, Spanish Journal of Psychology
Clinical Experience
2000

Therapist, Comprehensive Care Center, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Part time summer position in R. I. S. E. program for children.
Duties: Planning and conducting group behavior therapy for children ages 5-7 with ADHD and learning
disabilities in a community mental health setting.
2000-2001
Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky
Duties: Personality and intellectual assessment and milieu therapy with
individuals with chronic mental illness.
2001-2002
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduate Clinic,
University of Kentucky Medical Center,
Lexington, Kentucky
Duties: Assessment of cognitive development of premature infants and toddlers; providing feedback to
parents about their child’s cognitive development.
2002-2003; 2004
Therapist, University of Kentucky Counseling and Testing Center,
Lexington, Kentucky
Duties: Individual and interpersonal process group therapy with college students.
2000-2005
Therapist, Harris Psychological Services Center
Lexington, Kentucky
Duties: Individual therapy with a focus on manualized empirically validated treatments. Group therapy
experiences include Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
(MBCT), and Social skills training for children with ADHD and autism. Additional duties included
crisis response and management with an on-call pager system.
2005-2006
Intern, University of Chicago Medical Center,
Chicago, Illinois
Duties: Assessment of eating disorders, individual therapy for eating disorders, psychiatric evaluations
for readiness for weight loss surgery, general outpatient psychotherapy, group and individual DBT,
smoking cessation therapy.
2006-2007
University of Chicago Medical Center,
Chicago, Illinois
Duties: Individual therapy for adults with Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa; Individual and
group DBT; Therapist for RCT of family vs. individual treatment for adolescents with Anorexia
Nervosa.
Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant: University of Kentucky
Undergraduate Level: Methodology; Introduction to Psychology
Graduate Level: Intellectual Assessment; Personality Assessment; Introduction to Clinical Interviewing
Seminar Instructor: University of Chicago Medical Center
Mindfulness in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
(MBCT); co –taught with Eunice Chen, Ph. D.
Course Instructor: Illinois School of Professional Psychology – Argosy University, Chicago
Graduate Level: Research Methods
Courses Taught Regularly at the University of Georgia
Undergraduate Level: Psychopathology; Abnormal Psychology, Seminar on Eating Disorders and
Obesity
Graduate Level: Practicum; Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Eating Disorders and
Obesity; Personality and Personality Disorders; History of Psychology
Continuing Education Presentations
Evidence Based Treatment of Co-Occurring Borderline Personality Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, and
Substance Use Disorders
Presented 10/03/2008 Athens Area Psychological Association