Ilka Böhm

Ilka Böhm is a Researcher at the Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technical University of Dresden. Her research focuses on anorexia nervosa, cognitive control mechanisms, reward processing, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). She completed her PhD (summa cum laude) in 2016 at TU Dresden under Prof. S. Ehrlich and Prof. A. Strobel, with thesis work at King's College London.

Professional experience includes roles as a postdoctoral fellow (2017–present), doctoral fellow (2012–2016), and research positions at King's College London (2011–2012). Her work integrates neuroimaging techniques to study brain connectivity and genetic factors in eating disorders.

Her research interests emphasize resting-state neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience of eating behaviors, and translational approaches to anorexia nervosa. Recent studies explore DNA methylation's role in salience network connectivity and hedonic vs. controlled eating mechanisms.

• Awards: 2017 Dissertation Award, DAAD Travel Award (2014), Lutz-Adolf Stiftung Travel Award (2013)
• Advising/Grants: No formal advisees listed; active as a reviewer for International Journal of Eating Disorders, Human Brain Mapping, and others.
• Labs/Teams: Part of the Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and prior work in Eating Disorders Services and Research Center, TU Dresden.