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Research interests
Dr. Kim Kopenhaver Doheny serves as director of clinical research for the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Her research interests include clinical and translational approaches for integrating biomarkers and clinical data on stress regulatory systems.
Dr. Doheny also is director of the Newborn Biobehavioral Laboratory, which employs a staff of research technologists trained in techniques of biological and behavioral stress measures, including salivary hormone and buccal DNA sampling, heart rate variability, skin conductance, stress/pain behaviors, the modified Trier Social Stress Test, narrative interviews and health/psychological inventories. Through this, researchers and clinicians from within Penn State, from collaborating academic centers and from industry work together to focus on the genetic, neurological, immunological, gastrointestinal, developmental and psychological perspectives impacting neonatal outcomes during hospitalization and beyond discharge. Research in this laboratory aims to investigate approaches for determining disease risk and targeting prevention strategies to improve the health of infants, including improving interactions with parents and reducing adverse stress in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
In conjunction with collaborating investigators, each with their unique perspectives and areas of expertise, research teams evaluate novel interventions to achieve these aims.
Teaching and educational interests
In addition to her research interests, Dr. Kim Kopenhaver Doheny is a member of the graduate faculty in neuroscience for Penn State College of Medicine. She also teaches the applied biostatistics seminar series in the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship and co-facilitates the Writing Academy for the Department of Nursing.
Professional information
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner - Neonatal, Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing, 1989 to present
Board-certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, National Certification Corp., 1989 to present
Education/Academic qualification
Molecular Genetics, Intramural Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
… → Jul 2006
Biobehavioral Health, PhD, Penn State University Park
… → May 2005
MSN, University of Pennsylvania
… → Aug 1989
Nursing, BS with Distinction, Penn State University Park
… → May 1986
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Vagal Dysregulation in Neonatal Gastrointestinal Pathology
7/10/14 → 6/30/19
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Necrotizing enterocolitis: It’s not all in the gut
Meister, A. L., Doheny, K. K. & Travagli, R. A., Jan 1 2020, In: Experimental Biology and Medicine. 245, 2, p. 85-95 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Parents' Spiritual Struggles and Stress: Associations With Mental Health and Cognitive Well-Being Following a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Experience
Brelsford, G. M. & Doheny, K. K., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Parents’ post-traumatic growth and spirituality post-neonatal intensive care unit discharge
Brelsford, G. M., Doheny, K. K. & Nestler, L., Mar 1 2020, In: Journal of Psychology and Theology. 48, 1, p. 34-43 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prenatal opioid exposure heightens sympathetic arousal and facial expressions of pain/distress in term neonates at 24–48 hours post birth
Oji-Mmuo, C. N., Speer, R. R., Gardner, F. C., Marvin, M. M., Hozella, A. C. & Doheny, K. K., Dec 1 2020, In: Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 33, 23, p. 3879-3886 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correlation between the motility of the proximal antrum and the high-frequency power of heart rate variability in freely moving rats
Meister, A. L., Jiang, Y., Doheny, K. K. & Travagli, R. A., Aug 2019, In: Neurogastroenterology and Motility. 31, 8, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations