Name: Zoe Warwick, Ph.D.

Education:
1992 Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Duke University
1985 B.S., Psychology, Duke University
1983 - 1984 Visiting Student, University of Warwick (England)

Area: Eating behavior

Office: MP316 x 410-455-2360
Lab: SS503B x 410-455-2360
Email:warwick@umbc.edu

Research Interests

My students and I investigate the biobehavioral mechanisms by which high-fat foods promote overeating and weight gain. We study the contribution of oral, gastric and postgastric signals; the role of learning and experience; and the integration of the signals in the control of meal size and satiety. Recent findings include:
The dose-response relationship between dietary fat content and spontaneous caloric intake in rat (Warwick, 2003)
High-fat foods promote overeating via mechanisms that are independent of palatability (Warwick et al., 2002)
The behavioral expression of high-fat diet overeating includes both larger meals and reduced satiety (Warwick et al., 2000; Warwick et al., in press).
Fat calories are less effective than carbohydrate calories in entraining anticipated satiety (Warwick et al., 1997)

Selected Publications

Warwick, Z.S., Synowski, S.J., Rice, K.D., Smart, A.B. (in press). Independent effects of diet palatability and fat content on bout size and daily intake in rats. Physiology and Behavior.

Warwick, Z.S. (2003). Dietary fat dose-dependently increases spontaneous caloric intake in rat. Obesity Research, 11, 859-864.

Warwick, Z.S., Synowski, S.J., Bell, K.R. (2002). Dietary fat content affects energy intake and weight gain independent of diet caloric density in rats. Physiology and Behavior., 77, 85-90.

Warwick, Z.S., McGuire, C.M.,Bowen, K.J.; Synowski, S.J. (2000). Behavioral expression of high-fat diet hyperphagia: meal size, satiety, and adjustment of intake. American Journal of Physiology, 278, R196-R200.

Warwick, Z.S.; Synowski, S.J. (1999). Effect of food deprivation and maintenance diet composition on fat preference and acceptance in rat. Physiology and Behavior, 68, 235-239.

Student Research

THE LAB TEAM

Graduate students
Kimberly R. Bell
Steve J. Synowski

Undergraduates
Undergraduate students play an important role in all aspects of lab work, including data collection, equipment modification, data entry and analysis, and preparation of findings for presentation and publication. Many students have had their contributions recognized by authorship on peer-reviewed publications. Interested students should contact Dr. Warwick by e-mail (warwick@umbc.edu) to discuss available opportunities in the lab.

Teaching

Undergraduate:
PSYC 331 - Experimental Psychology: Design and Analysis I
PSYC 335 - Physiological Psychology
PSYC 363 - Eating: Normal and Abnormal

Graduate:
PSYC 696 - Seminar in Graduate Teaching of Psychology
PSYC 696c - Human Services Psychology Seminar in Eating Behavior

To learn more about Dr. Warwick, please see her curriculum vitae.