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Professor Ulrike Schmidt is a Professor of Eating Disorders in the Department of Psychological Medicine at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. She serves as a key researcher at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), leading multiple major research initiatives focused on eating disorders. With over 495 research outputs and involvement in 83 projects, her work spans clinical research, service development, and innovative treatment approaches for eating disorders.
Her primary research interests include eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, with specific focus on suicide prevention, personality disorders, deliberate self-harm, and the application of new technologies in treatment. She has pioneered research on brief psychological treatments and health services research related to eating disorders. Her work significantly contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and well-being.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on digital interventions for eating disorders, neurobiological mechanisms underlying eating disorders, early intervention strategies, and the application of machine learning in diagnosis and risk prediction. Her research consistently bridges clinical practice with scientific investigation, with particular attention to patient-centered outcomes and service implementation.
Professor Schmidt leads several major funded projects including a brief online emotion-based intervention for binge eating disorders (2024-2026), the Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network (EDCRN), and EDIFY (Eating Disorders: Delineating illness and recovery trajectories). She serves as Principal Investigator on multiple projects funded by NIHR, MRC, and MQ: Transforming Mental Health.
Her research program includes both clinical trials and implementation research, with particular focus on the Eating Disorders: First Episode Rapid Early Intervention in Community Services (FREED) model, which has transformed early intervention services for eating disorders in England. She has supervised numerous doctoral students and early career researchers in the field of eating disorders.
