Rate My Professor Isabel Krug

Isabel Krug is an Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology at the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of the Melbourne. She leads the MSPS Eating Disorder Lab, where her research centers on eating disorders, body image, and eating pathology. Her work investigates genetic, environmental, and psychological risk factors for eating pathology, alongside the efficacy of innovative treatment modalities such as mindfulness, oxytocin, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), virtual reality, and telemedicine. Recently, she and her team employ Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to explore influences like social media, wearable fitness trackers, and cultural practices such as fasting during Ramadan on body image and eating behaviors. The lab emphasizes transdiagnostic factors shared across eating disorders (EDs) and other conditions like anxiety, depression, and autism spectrum disorders, utilizing advanced methods including machine learning and network analyses to enhance ED classification, etiology understanding, and treatment outcomes. Particular attention is given to Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED) and Unspecified Feeding or Eating Disorder (UFED), assessing their severity, risk profiles, and interventions.