Lisa-Katrin Kaufmann is an SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow in the Experimental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy group. Her research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying eating and weight disordersand examines how metabolic states influence our stress responses using neuroimaging.

Lisa-Katrin Kaufmann holds a BSc from the University of Konstanz and a MSc from the University of Zurich. She earned her PhD from the University of Fribourg, where she investigated structural and functional brain alterations in anorexia nervosa. After a SNSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Donders Institute in the Netherlands, where she studied obesity, she joined the Experimental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy group to explore the impact of eating behaviour on stress responsivity.

Selected Publications

Kaufmann, L.-K., Custers, E., Vreeken, D., Snabel, J., Morrison, M. C., Kleemann, R., Wiesmann, M., Hazebroek, E. J., Aarts, E., & Kiliaan, A. J. (2024). Additive effects of depression and obesity on neural correlates of inhibitory control. Journal of Affective Disorders, 362, 174–185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.093

Kaufmann, L.-K., Hänggi, J., Jäncke, L., Baur, V., Piccirelli, M., Kollias, S., Schnyder, U., Martin-Soelch, C., & Milos, G. (2023). Disrupted longitudinal restoration of brain connectivity during weight normalization in severe anorexia nervosa. Translational Psychiatry, 13(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02428-z

Walton, E., Bernardoni, F., Batury, V.-L., Bahnsen, K., Larivière, S., ... Kaufmann, L.-K., … Ehrlich, S. (2022). Brain Structure in Acutely Underweight and Partially Weight-Restored Individuals With Anorexia Nervosa: A Coordinated Analysis by the ENIGMA Eating Disorders Working Group. Biological Psychiatry, 92(9), 730–738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.04.022

Kaufmann, L.-K., Hänggi, J., Jäncke, L., Baur, V., Piccirelli, M., Kollias, S., Schnyder, U., Martin-Soelch, C., & Milos, G. (2020). Age influences structural brain restoration during weight gain therapy in anorexia nervosa. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-0809-7

Milos, G. F., Antel, J., Kaufmann, L.-K., Barth, N., Koller, A., Tan, S., Wiesing, U., Hinney, A., Libuda, L., Wabitsch, M., von Känel, R., & Hebebrand, J. (2020). Short-term metreleptin treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa: Rapid on-set of beneficial cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), 303. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-00977-1

Kaufmann, L.-K., Baur, V., Hänggi, J., Jäncke, L., Piccirelli, M., Kollias, S., Schnyder, U., Pasternak, O., Martin-Soelch, C., & Milos, G. (2017). Fornix Under Water? Ventricular Enlargement Biases Forniceal Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Indices in Anorexia Nervosa. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2(5), 430–437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.03.014