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Kimberly Hart, PhD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Current Positions

  • Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Education

  • BS in Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • MA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Internship, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
  • Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Licenses & Certifications

  • Health Service Provider, Iowa Bureau of Professional Licensure
  • Psychologist, Iowa Bureau of Professional Licensure

Selected Publications

  • Lawrence, M. E., Carr, L., Hart, K., & Whitaker K. M. (2022) Perceived stress and support preferences during bed rest in twin pregnancies: A cross-sectional online survey. Midwifery. 10. DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2021.103189
  • Miller, M.L., Williams, B.M., McCabe, J.E., Williamson, J.A., King, S., Laplante, D.P., Hart, K.J, & O'Hara, M.W. (2021) Perinatal anxiety and depressive symptoms and perception of child behavior and temperament in early motherhood. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 12 (3) 513-522. doi:10.1017/S2040174420000781
  • Laplante, D. P., Hart, K. J., O'Hara, M. W., Brunet, A. & King, S. (2017). Prenatal maternal stress is associated with toddler cognitive functioning: The Iowa Flood Study. Early human development 116 84-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.11.012. PMID: 29253828.
  • Kroska, E. B., O'Hara, M. W., Elgbeili, G., Hart, K. J., Laplante, D. P., Dancause, K. N. & King, S. (2017). The impact of maternal flood-related stress and social support on offspring weight in early childhood. Archives of women's mental health. DOI: 10.1007/s00737-017-0786-x. PMID: 29080991.
  • Brock, R. L., O’Hara, M. W., Hart, K. J., McCabe-Beane, J. E., Williamson, J. E., Brunet, A., Laplante, D. P., Yu, C. & King, S. (2015). Peritraumatic distress mediates the effect of severity of disaster exposure on perinatal depression: The Iowa Flood Study. Journal of Traumatic Stress 28 (6) 515-522.
  • Williamson, J. A., O'Hara, M. W., Stuart, S., Hart, K. J. & Watson, D. (2015). Assessment of postpartum depressive symptoms: the importance of somatic symptoms and irritability. Assessment 22 (3) 309-18. DOI: 10.1177/1073191114544357. PMID: 25059681.
  • Dancause, K. N., Laplante, D. P., Hart, K. J., O'Hara, M. W., Elgbeili, G., Brunet, A. & King, S. (2015). Prenatal stress due to a natural disaster predicts adiposity in childhood: the Iowa Flood Study. Journal of obesity 2015 570541. DOI: 10.1155/2015/570541. PMID: 25874124.
  • Brock, R. L., O'Hara, M. W., Hart, K. J., McCabe, J. E., Williamson, J. A., Laplante, D. P., Yu, C. & King, S. (2014). Partner support and maternal depression in the context of the Iowa floods. Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) 28 (6) 832-43. DOI: 10.1037/fam0000027. PMID: 25243576.
  • Williamson, J. A., McCabe, J. E., O'Hara, M. W., Hart, K. J., Laplante, D. P. & King, S. (2013). Parenting stress in early motherhood: Stress spillover and social support. Comprehensive Psychology 2 (11).
  • Nylen, K. J., Williamson, J. A., O'Hara, M. W., Watson, D. & Engeldinger, J. (2013). Validity of somatic symptoms as indicators of depression in pregnancy. Archives of Women's Mental Health (16) 203-10.