Lisa-Katrin Kaufmann is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Experimental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy group. Her research investigates the neurobiological mechanisms underlying eating and weight disorders and examines how metabolic states influence brain function. Using neuroimaging and psychophysiological methods, she studies interactions between body and brain in the context of stress and mental health. Her work is supported by a FAN Academic Excellence Fellowship.

Lisa-Katrin is an active member of the Open Science Initiative at the Department of Psychology. She holds a BSc from the University of Konstanz, an MSc from the University of Zurich, and a PhD from the University of Fribourg. Before joining the UZH, she held an SNSF Mobility Fellowship to conduct research at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in the Netherlands.

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Selected Publications

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Kaufmann, L.-K., Custers, E., Vreeken, D., Snabel, J., Morrison, M. C., Kleemann, R., Wiesmann, M., Hazebroek, E. J., Aarts, E., & Kiliaan, A. J. (2025). Surgery-induced reduction in inflammation relates to improved neural inhibitory control in obesity. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 129, 829–838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2025.07.012

Kaufmann, L.-K., Custers, E., Vreeken, D., Snabel, J., Morrison, M. C., Kleemann, R., Wiesmann, M., Hazebroek, E. J., Aarts, E., & Kiliaan, A. J. (2024). Additive effects of depression and obesity on neural correlates of inhibitory control. Journal of Affective Disorders, 362, 174–185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.093

Kaufmann, L.-K., Hänggi, J., Jäncke, L., Baur, V., Piccirelli, M., Kollias, S., Schnyder, U., Martin-Soelch, C., & Milos, G. (2023). Disrupted longitudinal restoration of brain connectivity during weight normalization in severe anorexia nervosa. Translational Psychiatry, 13(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02428-z

Walton, E., Bernardoni, F., Batury, V.-L., Bahnsen, K., Larivière, S., ... Kaufmann, L.-K., … Ehrlich, S. (2022). Brain Structure in Acutely Underweight and Partially Weight-Restored Individuals With Anorexia Nervosa: A Coordinated Analysis by the ENIGMA Eating Disorders Working Group. Biological Psychiatry, 92(9), 730–738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.04.022

Kaufmann, L.-K., Hänggi, J., Jäncke, L., Baur, V., Piccirelli, M., Kollias, S., Schnyder, U., Martin-Soelch, C., & Milos, G. (2020). Age influences structural brain restoration during weight gain therapy in anorexia nervosa. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-0809-7

Milos, G. F., Antel, J., Kaufmann, L.-K., Barth, N., Koller, A., Tan, S., Wiesing, U., Hinney, A., Libuda, L., Wabitsch, M., von Känel, R., & Hebebrand, J. (2020). Short-term metreleptin treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa: Rapid on-set of beneficial cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), 303. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-00977-1

Kaufmann, L.-K., Baur, V., Hänggi, J., Jäncke, L., Piccirelli, M., Kollias, S., Schnyder, U., Pasternak, O., Martin-Soelch, C., & Milos, G. (2017). Fornix Under Water? Ventricular Enlargement Biases Forniceal Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Indices in Anorexia Nervosa. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2(5), 430–437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.03.014