Kimberly Barnett, PhD
- Clinical Psychologist, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
- Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
About
Biography
I am a clinical psychologist in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology (BMCP), specializing in the assessment and treatment of pediatric chronic pain conditions and functional neurological symptom disorders. I serve as an interventionist for the Fibromyalgia Integrative Training Program for Teens (FIT Teens), an NIH-funded clinical trial investigating exercise and behavioral interventions for adolescents with fibromyalgia.
My research interests are focused on intervention development for pediatric chronic medical conditions with a specific focus on pediatric chronic pain, examining brain-behavior associations in adolescents with chronic pain, and identifying psychological and behavioral factors to promote functional improvement in patients with chronic pain.
I completed my graduate training at Brigham Young University and internship at the University of Florida before returning to Cincinnati Children's for postdoctoral fellowship, where I worked prior to graduate school as a clinical research coordinator in Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology.
PhD: Brigham Young University, Provo, UT,
Residency: Pediatric Psychology, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL,
Pediatric Psychology Internship: Health Psychology Specialties, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL,
Fellowship: Pediatric Pain Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH,
Services and Specialties
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Publications
A Randomized Pilot Trial of a Text Messaging Intervention for Sleep Improvement and Weight Control in Emerging Adults. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology. 2024; 12(1):59-71.
FIT Teens RCT for juvenile fibromyalgia: Protocol adaptations in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2022; 30:101039.
Neural mechanisms that promote food consumption following sleep loss and social stress: an fMRI study in adolescent girls with overweight/obesity. Sleep. 2022; 45(3).
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the PROMIS Pediatric Pain Intensity Measure in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Pain. Journal of Pain. 2021; 22(1):48-56.
White matter integrity disparities between normal-weight and overweight/obese adolescents: an automated fiber quantification tractography study. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 2020; 14(1):308-319.
Sleep duration differentially affects brain activation in response to food images in adolescents with overweight/obesity compared to adolescents with normal weight. Sleep. 2019; 42(4).
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of an Adaptive Text Messaging Intervention for Adolescent Weight Control in Primary Care. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology. 2019; 7(1):57-67.
The utility of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire: Associations between parental report and an objective measure of sleep behavior. Children's Health Care. 2018; 47(2):119-135.
Pressure Pain Threshold and Anxiety in Adolescent Females With and Without Juvenile Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Study. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2017; 33(7):620-626.
Motivational Impact of Palatable Food Correlates With Functional Brain Responses to Food Images in Adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2017; 42(5):578-587.
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