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Laura Kudlek completed her undergraduate education in Psychology at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. She then completed an MSc in Health Psychology at University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom (UK), where she was included in the dean’s list for outstanding students in 2019/20. Laura Kudlek further holds a PhD degree from the University of Cambridge, where she received a stipend from the Medical Research Council to pursue her research. In January 2025, Laura Kudlek joined the Department of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health.
Laura Kudlek is interested in research on the development of scalable and cost-effective solutions to support the treatment and prevention of obesity. During her PhD, she explored the role of eating behaviour traits in behavioural weight management programs for the treatment of obesity from a precision medicine perspective.
Research Interests
- Precision medicine
- Overweight and obesity
- Mental health
- Eating behaviour traits
Selected Publications
Kudlek, L., Jones, R. A., Hughes, C., Duschinsky, R., Hill, A., Richards, R., Thompson, M., Vincent, A., Griffin, S. J., & Ahern, A. L. (2023). Experiences of Emotional Eating in an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Based Weight Management Intervention (SWiM): A Qualitative Study. Appetite
Kudlek, L., Mueller, J., Eustachio Colombo, P., Sharp, S. J., Griffin, S. J., & Ahern, A. L. (2023). The Moderating and Mediating Role of Eating Behaviour Traits in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based Weight Management Interventions: Protocol for an Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. BMJ Open
Kudlek, L., Eustachio Colombo, P., Tait, S., Reid, N., Wickramarachchi, M., Lakshmi, A., Spreckley, M., Sharp, S. J., Mueller, J., Griffin, S. J., Ahern, A. L., & Jones, R. A. (2024). The impact of behavioural weight management interventions on eating behaviour traits in adults with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews
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