Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Rodgers, R.F., Nowicki. G.P., Wertheim, E., Paxton, S. (2025). Perceived effects of body positive social media content and correlations with trait body image. Eating Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.101987  

  2. Kuhn, M., Palermo, E.H., Pagnier, G., Blank, J.M., Steinberger, D.C., Long, Y., Nowicki, G.P., Cooper, J., Treadway, M.T., Frank. M.J., Pizzagalli, D.A. (2025). Computational phenotyping of effort-based decision making in unmedicated adults with remitted depression. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.02.006 

  3. Linton, S.R.*, Lees, T.*, Iturra-Mena, A., Kangas, B.D., Nowicki, G., Lobien, R., Vitaliano, G., Bergman, J., Carlezon, W.A., Pizzagalli, D.A. (2024). Behavioral and neurophysiological signatures of cognitive control in humans and rats. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyae050 [*Equal contributions] 

  4. Rodgers, R.F. & Nowicki, G.P. (2024). #Thisis40: Body image among adult women who post selfies. Journal of Women & Aging. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2024.2347712  

  5. Rodgers, R.F., Hewett, R. & Nowicki, G.P. (2024). A sociocultural model of the relationships between social media use and body image in midlife women. Eating Behaviors, 53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101867 

  6. Nowicki, G.P. & Rodgers, R.F. (2024). Pressures to be “Shedding for the Wedding”: An evaluation of the tripartite influence model of disordered eating among engaged women. Eating Behaviors, 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101849 

  7. Rodgers, R.F. & Nowicki, G.P. (2024). #mybestmidlife: Profiles of photo-based social media use and body image among midlife women. Body Image, 48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101646 

  8. Nowicki, G. P., Marchwinski, B., O’Flynn, J., Griffiths, S., Rodgers, R.F. (2022). Body image and associated factors among sexual minority men: A systematic review. Body Image, 43, 154–169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.08.006   

  9. O’Flynn, J., Nowicki, G.P., Laveway, K., Gordon, A., Rodgers, R.F. (2022) Towards inclusivity: A systematic review of the conceptualization of sexual minority status and associated eating disorder outcomes. International Journal of Eating Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23830 

  10. Folorunso, O.O., Burns White, K., Alonso-Caraballo, Y., Nowicki, G.P., Olson, E.A., Pizzagalli, D.A., Carlezon, W.A., Ressler, K.J., Chartoff, E.H. (2022). Building an intentional and impactful summer research experience to increase diversity in mental health research. Neuropsychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01461-8  

Selected Conference Presentations

  1. Nowicki, G.P. (2025, June). Developing a single-session intuitive eating intervention [symposium presentation]. In One Session, Many Possibilities: The Case for Single-Session Interventions in Eating Disorders Treatment (A.C. Smith, Chair), presented at the 5th International Single-Session Therapies Conference in Chicago, Il, USA.  

  2. Nowicki, G.P., Haggerty, M., Nett, S., Smith, Arielle C., Schleider, J.L., Rodgers, R.F. (2025, May). Piloting a Digital Single-Session Intuitive Eating Intervention: Preliminary Results and Future Directions. [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED) 2025, San Antonio, TX, USA.  

  3. Nowicki, G.P., Haggerty, M., Nett, S., Rodgers, R.F. (2025, April). Targeting Co-morbid Anxiety and Depression in an Online Single-session Intervention Promoting Intuitive Eating Among Young Adults. [Poster presentation]. Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) 2025 Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA.  

  4. Nowicki, G.P., Laveway, K., Cox, M., Cunha, I., Rodgers, R.F. (2024, November). If You Built It, They Will Come: Creating Digital Tools to Prevent and Treat Eating Disorders and Body Image Concerns. [Oral presentation session]. Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA) Annual Meeting, Norwood, MA, USA.  

  5. Ramirez, T.R., Braga, M. Nowicki, G.P., Chavies, N.R., Carr, S.J., Scheman, N., Crossing, A.E. (2024, November). ROADMAP: A Summer Mentored Research Program for Underrepresented Undergraduate Scholars in Psychology. [Poster presentation]. Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA) Annual Meeting, Norwood, MA, USA.  

  6. Palermo, E. H., Fisher, H., Blank, J. M., Anderson, C. Bogdanov, M., Steinberger, D., Long, Y., Nowicki, G. P., Smith, G. W., Webb, C. A., Kuhn, M. K., & Pizzagalli, D.A. (2024, November). Characterizing Emotional Dynamics in Remitted Depression: A network Approach Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. [Poster presentation]. Special Interest Group Expo, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 58th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, USA.  

  7. Lees, T., Der-Avakian, A., Barnes, S.A., Linton, S.R., Iturra-Mena, A., Kangas, B.D., Nowicki, G.P., Lobien, R., Vitaliano, G., Bergman, J., Carlezon, W.A., Pizzagalli, D.A. Neurophysiological and behavioral signatures of reward learning and responsiveness are conserved across humans and rats. [Poster presentation]. 63rd Annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Prague, Czech Republic. 

  8. Nowicki, G.P. & Rodgers, R.F. (2024, June). The impact of body image coping skills on wedding-related disordered eating over time among women: the moderating role of sexual orientation. [Poster presentation]. Appearance Matters 10 Conference, Bristol, United Kingdom.  

  9. Palermo, E., Kuhn, M., Blank, J., Long, Y., Nowicki, G.P., Webb, C.A., Pizzagalli, D.A. (2024, April). The association between emotional reactivity to an in-laboratory stressor and emotional variability in daily life varies based on depression history.[Poster Presentation]. Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2024 Conference, Boston, MA, USA.  

  10. Nowicki, G.P., & Rodgers, R.F. (2024, March). Disordered eating among brides: Investigating pre- and post-wedding eating pathology and body image. [Poster presentation]. International Conference on Eating Disorders 2024, New York, USA.  

  11. Turner, E. Nowicki, G.P., Paltin, D., Wan Isa, I. McDaniel, M., Ayegba, E., Treichler, E. (2023, November). Mental illness stigma among psychology trainees with lived experience. [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) 2023 Conference, Seattle, WA, USA.  

  12. Nowicki, G.P., Navarrete, C., Rodgers, R.F. (2023, September). "Shedding for the wedding" for whom? An evaluation of the tripartite influence model of disordered eating among women planning a wedding. [Poster presentation]. Eating Disorders Research Society (EDRS) 2023 Meeting, Boston, MA, USA.   

  13. Nowicki, G.P., Navarrete, C., Rodgers, R.F. (2023, June). Wedding-related body image through the lens of the tripartite influence model. [Oral presentation]. International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED) 2023, Body Image Special Interest Group Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA.  

  14. Nowicki, G.P., Cornell-Rath, K., Rodgers, R.F. (2022, December 3). Social media literacy, body image, and appearance comparison among college women [Poster presentation]. Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA) Annual Meeting, Norwood, MA, USA.  

  15. Nowicki, G.P., Schroder, H.S., Lamontagne, S.J., Lobien, R., Linton, S.R., Breiger, M., Pizzagalli, D.A. (2021, April 21) RDoC in action: The role of dopamine on cognitive control performance across multiple units of analysis [Poster presentation]. Harvard Psychiatry Research Day 2021, Virtual.