Kianna Zucker, BA

Clinical Research Coordinator

Kianna Zucker (she/her/hers) graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, MO in 2023 with a B.A. in Cognitive Neuroscience. As an undergraduate, Kianna served as a research assistant with the Center for Healthy Weight and Wellness at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. She researched the effectiveness of a mobile intervention in improving clinical outcomes for patients with anorexia. With the UCSF Eating Disorders Program, Kianna will be assisting with an NIMH-funded K23-awarded project on understanding the neural correlates of reinforcement learning for individuals with the compulsive exercise subtype of anorexia, and another NIMH-funded K23-awarded project exploring how reinforcement learning predicts response to family-based treatment. She will also be assisting as a study coordinator for an R34-funded study examining the feasibility of a web-based training for private practice clinicians. Kianna hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and continue her interests in eating disorder research and using novel interventions to promote equitable eating disorder treatment.