JENNIFER R.

SADLER (Gilbert)

Education
2020 Ph.D. Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
(anticipated) Neuropsychology of Ingestive Behavior Laboratory
Thesis: “Functional connectivity and behavior associated with appetitive
reinforcement learning”
Advisor: Kyle S. Burger, PhD, MPH, RD

2013 B.A. Biological Basis of Behavior, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Thesis: “Endogenous leptin in the nucleus tractus solitarius reduces motivation
of reward seeking behavior”
Advisor: Harvey Grill, PhD

Professional Experience
2015 – 2020 Graduate Research Assistant, Neuropsychology of Ingestive Behavior Lab,
University of North Carolina, Mentor: Kyle S. Burger, PhD, MPH, RD
2013 – 2015 Research Coordinator, Program in Eating Disorders and Obesity Research,
Drexel University, Mentor: Michael R. Lowe, PhD
2010 – 2013 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Regulatory Systems Neuroscience,
University of Pennsylvania, Mentor: Harvey J. Grill, PhD
2010 – 2013 Research Assistant, Center for Studies of Addiction, University of Pennsylvania,
Mentor: Henry Kranzler, MD
2010 – 2011 Summer Student Researcher, Section on Neural Gene Expression, National
Institute of Mental Health, Mentor: W. Scott Young, MD, PhD

Funding, Awards, and Honors

2019 Gerard P. Smith Award for Best Short Oral Presentation, Track 2, Society for the
Study of Ingestive Behavior
2019 New Investigator Travel Award, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
2019 Travel Award, NIH Neuroimaging and Modulation in Obesity and Diabetes
Research 10th Anniversary Meeting
2018 Visionary Grant, American Psychological Foundation
$19,775 “Understanding obesity through brain response to positive and negative
food reinforcement
2018 Biobehavioral Section Poster Award, Obesity Week
“Alterations to orbitofrontal cortex connectivity associated with prediabetes”
2018 Preregistration Challenge Award, Open Science Foundation
$1,000 “Weight discordancy-dependent brain networks between twins: a human
connectome project analysis”
2017 Department of Nutrition Training (T32) Grant Trainee, UNC-Chapel Hill
2017 Honorable Mention, Graduate Research Fellowship Program, National Science
Foundation
2015 – 2020 Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1. Sadler, J. R., Shearrer, G.E., & Burger K.S. (in press) Alterations in ventral attention
network connectivity in individuals with prediabetes, Nutritional Neuroscience.
2. Shearrer, G. E., Nansel, T. R., Lipsky, L. M., Sadler, J. R., & Burger, K. S. (in press).
The impact of elevated body mass on brain responses during appetitive prediction error
in postpartum women. Physiology & behavior.
3. Sadler, J. R., Stice, E., Shearrer, G.E. & Burger, K. S. (2019) Preference against energy
dense foods predicts lower body mass change during adolescence. Appetite. 133, 184-
190.
4. Sadler, J. R., Shearrer, G.E., & Burger K.S. (2018). Body mass variability is represented
by distinct functional connectivity patterns. Neuroimage. 181, 55-63.
5. Gilbert, J. R., Stice, E., & Burger, K. S. (2017). Elevated Thalamic Response to High-
Sugar Milkshake in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health
Disparities, 1-8.
6. Gilbert, J. R., & Burger, K. S. (2016). Neuroadaptive processes associated with
palatable food intake: present data and future directions. Current Opinion in Behavioral
Sciences, 9, 91-96.
7. Burger, K. S., Sanders, A. J., & Gilbert, J. R. (2016). Hedonic hunger Is related to
Increased Neural and Perceptual Responses to Cues of Palatable Food and Motivation
to Consume: Evidence from 3 Independent Investigations. The Journal of nutrition,
146(9), 1807-1812.
8. Lowe, M. R., Arigo, D., Butryn, M. L., Gilbert, J. R., Sarwer, D., & Stice, E. (2016).
Hedonic hunger prospectively predicts onset and maintenance of loss of control eating
among college women. Health Psychology, 35(3), 238.
9. Gilbert, J.R., Schnoll, R., Morrison, M. F., Srinivas, S. K., Pond, T., Curtis, B., ... &
Kranzler, H. R. (2015). Smoking and Cellular Telephone Use Among Pregnant Women
Seeking Prenatal Care: Opportunities for Intervention. Addictive disorders & their
treatment, 14(4), 203-210.
10. Arigo, D., Heron, K. E., & Gilbert, J. R. (2014). A prospective study of social
engagement and health behaviors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 47, 133.
11. Kanoski, S. E., Alhadeff, A. L., Fortin, S. M., Gilbert, J. R., & Grill, H. J. (2014). Leptin
signaling in the medial nucleus tractus solitarius reduces food seeking and willingness to
work for food. Neuropsychopharmacology, 39(3), 605-613.
12. Kanoski, S. E., Hayes, M. R., Greenwald, H. S., Fortin, S. M., Gianessi, C. A., Gilbert, J.
R., & Grill, H. J. (2011). Hippocampal leptin signaling reduces food intake and modulates
food-related memory processing. Neuropsychopharmacology, 36(9), 1859-1870.

Books and Chapters

1. Burger KS, Shearrer GE, Sadler JR (2017). Brain, Environment, Hormone-based in of
Appetite, Ingestive Behavior, and Body Weight in Textbook of Energy Balance,
Neuropeptide Hormones, and Neuroendocrine Function Springer. 15,400 words, 48
manuscript pages.

Refereed Presentations and Published Abstracts

1. Sadler JR, Shearrer GE, Acosta NT, Burger KS (July 2019) High dietary restraint is
associated with increased performance on a food motivated probabilistic selection task
 and visual cortex response to punishment via taste. The Society for the Study of
Ingestive Behavior 2019 Meeting, Utrecht, Netherlands (oral).
2. Sadler JR, Shearrer GE, Acosta NT, Burger KS (June 2019) Neural representation of
positive and negative outcome learning via taste. Organization for Human Brain Mapping
2019 Meeting, Rome, Italy (poster).
3. Sadler JR, Shearrer GE, Acosta NT, Burger KS (April 2019) Behavioral sensitivity to
punishment is associated with brain response during positive and negative outcome
learning via taste. Neuroimaging and Modulation in Obesity and Diabetes Research 10th
Anniversary Meeting, Bethesda, Washington DC (poster).
4. Sadler JR, Shearrer GE, Burger KS (November 2018) Alterations to orbitofrontal cortex
connectivity associated with prediabetes. Obesity Week, The Obesity Society 2018
Meeting, Nashville TN (oral).
5. Sadler JR, Shearrer GE, Burger KS (July 2018) Preference against energy dense foods
predicts lower body mass change during adolescence. The Society for the Study of
Ingestive Behavior 2018 Meeting, Bonita Springs, FL (oral).
6. Sadler JR, Shearrer GE, Burger KS (November 2017) Body mass dependent
differences in functional connectivity. Obesity Week, The Obesity Society 2017 Meeting,
Washington DC (oral).
7. Shearrer GE, Sadler JR, E Stice, KS Burger (November 2017) Obesity Risk Moderates
Healthy Weight Adolescents’ Bold Response to Sugar and Fat. Obesity Week, The
Obesity Society 2017 Meeting, Washington DC (oral).
8. Gilbert JR, Shearrer GE, Stice E, Burger KS (July 2017) Oral somatosensory brain
response to appetizing food images predicts three-year weight gain in adolescents. The
Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 2017 Meeting, Montreal, Canada (oral).
9. Gilbert JR, Shearrer GE, Burger KS (July 2017) No Free Lunch: Decoding the hedonic
value of food from human neuroimaging data. The Society for the Study of Ingestive
Behavior 2017 Meeting, Montreal, Canada (poster)
10. Shearrer GE, Cohen JR, Gilbert JR, Jones LJ, Burger KS (July 2017) That’s Rich:
Weight-Related Differences In Rich Club Organization In The Brain. The Society for the
Study of Ingestive Behavior 2017 Meeting, Montreal, Canada (poster)
11. Shearrer GE, Cohen JR, Gilbert JR, Jones LJ, Burger KS (July 2017) Efficient And
Small World Brain Networks Across The Weight Spectrum. The Society for the Study of
Ingestive Behavior 2017 Meeting, Montreal, Canada (poster)
12. Burger KS, Gilbert JR, Shearrer GE (July 2017) Predicting Flavor And Beverage Type
From Brain Imaging Data. The Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 2017 Meeting,
Montreal, Canada (poster)
13. Gilbert JR, Burger KS (November 2016) Obesity associated with aberrant resting state
brain connectivity in response to a high sugar meal. Obesity Week, The Obesity Society
2016 Meeting, New Orleans, LA (oral).
14. Gilbert JR, Kantak PA, Burger KS (July 2016) Alterations in context-dependent
functional connectivity following daily consumption of sugar sweetened beverage. The
Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 2016 Meeting, Porto, Portugal (oral).
15. Gilbert JR, Stice E, Burger KS (July 2016) Elevated somatosensory and gustatory
response to high-sugar milkshake associated with minority groups. The Society for the
Study of Ingestive Behavior 2016 Meeting, Porto, Portugal (poster).
16. Kantak PA, Gilbert JR, Burger KS (July 2016) Data-driven examination of resting state
brain networks in obesity. The Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 2016 Meeting,
Porto, Portugal (poster).
 17. Gilbert JR, Kantak PA, Burger KS (April 2016) Daily consumption of sugar-sweetened
beverage is associated with changes in brain functional connectivity. UNC Gillings
School of Global Public Health Spotlight on Student Research Day. Chapel Hill, NC
(poster).
18. Gilbert JR, Kantak PA, Burger KS (March 2016) Alterations in context-dependent
functional connectivity following daily consumption of sugar sweetened beverage.
Triangle Imaging Symposium. Chapel Hill, NC (poster).
19. Gilbert JR (April, 2013) Endogenous Leptin in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Reduces
Motivation of Reward Seeking Behavior. Paper presented at the Biological Basis of
Behavior Student Research Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. (Oral)
20. Gilbert JR (August, 2011.) Extinction of Delay Fear Conditioning in Oxytocin Knockout
Mice. National Institutes of Health Summer Research Program Poster Day. Bethesda,
MD. (poster)

Teaching and Mentorship

2019 Second Reader, Lia Bauert, Nutrition Undergraduate Honors Thesis
2018 Lecturer, “Neuronal Control of Food Intake” Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2018 Lecturer, “How to navigate a Nutrition PhD” Doctoral Seminar, Department of Nutrition,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2017 Lecturer, “Hormones and Body Weight Regulation” Nutritional Biochemistry and
Metabolism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2016 Lecturer, “Influence of Neural Signaling on Weight Regulation” Nutritional Biochemistry
and Metabolism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2016 Teaching Assistant, Nutrition 600: Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2016 Second Reader, Andrew Thompson, Nutrition Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Trainings & Certifications

December 2017 NIBL Functional Neuroimaging Analysis Workshop
Week long workshop on functional MRI analysis data analysis methods and open science tools

December 2018 UNC Haven Certification

Sensitivity training for interacting with victims of domestic and sexual violence

March 2019 Effective Mentorship Workshop

Training on mentorship, communication, and conflict resolution for graduate students

Professional Service
National Service
2017-2019 New Investigator Representative, Board of the Society for the Study of Ingestive
Behavior
2017 Member, New Investigator Advisory Board, Society for the Study of Ingestive
Behavior
2017 Open Science Ambassador, Open Science Initiative

University Service
2018 Ambassador, Experience Gillings Admitted Student Day
2017 Organizer, Open Science Workshop, Training Initiatives in Biomedical & Biological
Sciences
2016-2017 Student Chair, Nutrition Department Retreat
2015 Mentor. Royster Advanced Mentoring Program
2015 Committee Member, Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Event

Professional Membership
2016-present Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
2016-present The Obesity Society
2018-present Organization for Human Brain Mapping