Caroline Davis, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Grazing and food addiction: Associations between varied patterns of overconsumption and addictive-like eating
Appetite · 2025 · senior author
Social and emotional well-being intervention to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression among Ukrainian refugees resettled in Massachusetts
International Journal of Social Psychiatry · 2024
Sex Differences in the Risk for Substance Use Disorders and Compulsive Overeating
2024 · first author

All 185 publications

Latest funding

An Early Developmental Model of Overeating, Obesity and Executive Dysfunction
CIHR · 2010 · Co-investigator
$763,126
A Longitudinal Study of Food Reward and Obesity in Young Children: The Role of Gene-Environment Interaction
CIHR · 2008 · Co-investigator
$780,390
The CIHR Team on the Development of Appetite Regulation and Obesity
CIHR · 2008 · Co-investigator
$5,000

All 3 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 185 publications.

01

Grazing and food addiction: Associations between varied patterns of overconsumption and addictive-like eating

Bonder R, Kuk JL, Ardern CI, Wharton S, Kamran E, Davis C

Appetite20255 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107768

02

Social and emotional well-being intervention to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression among Ukrainian refugees resettled in Massachusetts

Kalpana Poudel‐Tandukar, Caroline A. Davis, Yuliya Mosijchuk, Krishna Chandra Poudel

International Journal of Social Psychiatry202411 citations

DOI: 10.1177/00207640241270870 PMID: 39257045

03

Sex Differences in the Risk for Substance Use Disorders and Compulsive Overeating

Caroline A. Davis, Revi Bonder

2024First author

DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190671051.003.0004

04

Associations Between Food Addiction and Substance-Use Disorders: A Critical Overview of their Overlapping Patterns of Consumption

Revi Bonder, Caroline A. Davis

Current Addiction Reports202219 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s40429-022-00443-6 PMID: 36277991

05

Exploring women's experiences of treatment for binge eating disorder: Methylphenidate vs. cognitive behavioural therapy.

Moghimi E, Davis C, Bonder R, Knyahnytska Y, Quilty L

Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry202212 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2021.110492 PMID: 34863926

06

The Efficacy of eHealth Interventions for the Treatment of Adults Diagnosed With Full or Subthreshold Binge Eating Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Moghimi E, Davis C, Rotondi M

Journal of medical Internet research202138 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.2196/17874 PMID: 34283028

07

The Role of School Connectedness in Supporting the Health and Well-Being of Youth: Recommendations for School Nurses

Ellen M. McCabe, Caroline A. Davis, Lauryn Mandy, Cindy Wong

NASN School Nurse202137 citations

DOI: 10.1177/1942602x211048481 PMID: 34836466

08

Introduction

Caroline A. Davis, Archie Leonard Dick, Elizabeth le Roux

2021First author

DOI: 10.4324/9781003109846-1

09

A Question of Power: Bessie Head and her Publishers

Caroline A. Davis

2021First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.4324/9781003109846-6

10

The feasibility of a personality targeted intervention for addictive overeating: FoodFix

Tracy L. Burrows, Rebecca A. Collins, Megan E. Rollo, Mark Leary, Leanne M. Hides, Caroline A. Davis

Appetite202029 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104974 PMID: 32991946

An Early Developmental Model of Overeating, Obesity and Executive Dysfunction

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Levitan, Robert D

Keywords: Attention Deficit; Dopamine; Executive Function; Fetal Adversity; Food Reward; Genes; Impulsivity; Obesity

$763,126

A Longitudinal Study of Food Reward and Obesity in Young Children: The Role of Gene-Environment Interaction

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Levitan, Robert D

Keywords: Addiction; Dopamine; Food Reward; Genetics; Obesity; Overeating

$780,390

The CIHR Team on the Development of Appetite Regulation and Obesity

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Emerging Team Grant: Co-morbidity of brain disorders & other health problems-LOI

Principal investigators: Meaney, Michael J

Keywords: Affect Regulation; Appetite; Attention; Dopamine; Feeding Behaviour

$5,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Patricia Silveira and Patricia Pelufo Silveira: 395 shared papers
James Kennedy and Clement Zai: 277 shared papers
Sidney Kennedy and Raymond Lam: 203 shared papers
Daniel Mueller and James Kennedy: 143 shared papers
Allan Kaplan and Blake Woodside: 124 shared papers
Michael Meaney and Patricia Silveira: 105 shared papers
Michael Meaney and Patricia Pelufo Silveira: 105 shared papers
Sidney Kennedy and Daniel Mueller: 95 shared papers
Daniel Mueller and Raymond Lam: 83 shared papers
Daniel Mueller and Clement Zai: 76 shared papers
Robert Levitan and James Kennedy: 62 shared papers
Sidney Kennedy and Arun Ravindran: 57 shared papers
Arun Ravindran and Raymond Lam: 53 shared papers
Sidney Kennedy and Claudio Soares: 51 shared papers
James Kennedy and Allan Kaplan: 50 shared papers
Michael Meaney and Robert Levitan: 47 shared papers
Raymond Lam and Claudio Soares: 45 shared papers
James MacKillop and Iris Balodis: 42 shared papers
Sidney Kennedy and Lena Quilty: 40 shared papers
Mario Masellis and James Kennedy: 40 shared papers
Daniel Mueller and Claudio Soares: 39 shared papers
Robert Levitan and Patricia Silveira: 37 shared papers
Robert Levitan and Patricia Pelufo Silveira: 37 shared papers
Robert Levitan and Allan Kaplan: 32 shared papers
Robert Levitan and Caroline Davis: 28 shared papers
Michael Meaney and Ashley Wazana: 26 shared papers
James Kennedy and Caroline Davis: 26 shared papers
Allan Kaplan and Caroline Davis: 25 shared papers
Raymond Lam and Lena Quilty: 24 shared papers
Robert Levitan and Ashley Wazana: 23 shared papers
James Kennedy and Blake Woodside: 22 shared papers
Laurette Dubé and Patricia Silveira: 21 shared papers
Laurette Dubé and Patricia Pelufo Silveira: 21 shared papers
Mario Masellis and Robert Levitan: 19 shared papers
Daniel Mueller and Lena Quilty: 19 shared papers
Ashley Wazana and James Kennedy: 17 shared papers
Sidney Kennedy and Blake Woodside: 16 shared papers
Robert Levitan and Laurette Dubé: 15 shared papers
Karen Patte and Caroline Davis: 15 shared papers
Mario Masellis and Raymond Lam: 11 shared papers
Clement Zai and Allan Kaplan: 11 shared papers
Robert Levitan and Arun Ravindran: 9 shared papers
Robert Levitan and Karen Patte: 7 shared papers
Karen Patte and James Kennedy: 7 shared papers
James MacKillop and Karen Patte: 5 shared papers
Claudio Soares and Elnaz Moghimi: 5 shared papers
Caroline Davis and Elnaz Moghimi: 5 shared papers
Clement Zai and Caroline Davis: 4 shared papers
Blake Woodside and Caroline Davis: 4 shared papers
Sidney Kennedy and Caroline Davis: 3 shared papers
Michael Rotondi and Caroline Davis: 3 shared papers
Michael Rotondi and Elnaz Moghimi: 3 shared papers
Raymond Lam and Caroline Davis: 3 shared papers
Lena Quilty and Caroline Davis: 3 shared papers
James MacKillop and Sidney Kennedy: 2 shared papers
Michael Meaney and Jill Hamilton: 2 shared papers
Michael Meaney and Caroline Davis: 2 shared papers
Jill Hamilton and Robert Levitan: 2 shared papers
Jill Hamilton and Patricia Silveira: 2 shared papers
Mario Masellis and Caroline Davis: 2 shared papers
Laurette Dubé and Caroline Davis: 2 shared papers
Patricia Silveira and Caroline Davis: 2 shared papers
Shaelyn Strachan and Caroline Davis: 2 shared papers
Patricia Pelufo Silveira and Caroline Davis: 2 shared papers
James MacKillop and Caroline Davis: 1 shared paper
Iris Balodis and Caroline Davis: 1 shared paper
Jill Hamilton and Shaelyn Strachan: 1 shared paper
Jill Hamilton and Caroline Davis: 1 shared paper
Daniel Mueller and Caroline Davis: 1 shared paper
Ashley Wazana and Caroline Davis: 1 shared paper
Arun Ravindran and Caroline Davis: 1 shared paper
Claudio Soares and Caroline Davis: 1 shared paper

Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Health Sciences
Epidemiology Division
Kinesiology and Health Sciences
McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics
Department of Medicine
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Iris Balodis

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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