Cassie Sutton

Cassie Sutton
  • Graduate Student
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Contact Info

Education —

B.S. in Psychology, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2014
M.A. in Psychology, Eastern Illinois University, 2017

Research —

Advisor: Tera Fazzino, PhD

Research Lab: Health, Behavior, and Technology Lab

For my research, I am interested in the reward processes related to substance use and eating behavior. For my dissertation, I am conducting an alcohol administration study aimed at examining the effects of acute alcohol intoxication on the relative reinforcing value of hyper-palatable food.

Selected Publications —

Sutton, C. A., Stratton, M., L’Insalata, A. M., & Fazzino, T. L. (2023). Ultra-processed, hyper-palatable, and high energy density foods: Prevalence and distinctness over 30 years in the US food system. Obesity, Silver Spring, 1-10. https://doi.org/oby.23897

Sutton, C. A., Grandfield, E., Yi, R., & Fazzino, T. L. (2023). Engagement in types of activities and frequency of alcohol use in a national sample of US adolescents. PLOS ONE, 18(9), e0291257. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291257

Exum, A. C.*, Sutton, C. A.*, Bellitti, J. S., & Fazzino, T. L. (2023). Delay discounting and substance use treatment outcomes: A systematic review focused on treatment outcomes and discounting methodology. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 149(209037), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209037  *authors contributed equally to this work

Demeke, S., Rohde, K., Chollet Hinton, L. S., Sutton, C. A., Kong, K. L., & Fazzino, T. L. (2022). Change in hyper-palatable food availability in the US food system from 1988 to 2018. Public Health Nutrition, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022001227

Sutton, C. A., L’Insalata, A. M., & Fazzino, T. L. (2022). Reward sensitivity, eating behavior, and obesity-related outcomes: A systematic review. Physiology and Behavior, 252(113843), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113843

Awards & Honors —

Graduate Summer Research Scholarship, University of Kansas (2024)

Lori Irving/Mitch Handelsman Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Kansas (2023)

Don Hutchings Memorial Award, University of Kansas (2023)

Clinical Psychological Science Award, University of Kansas (2022)