Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien

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Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien’s research focuses on behavioral health, particularly concerning adolescents and young adults. She has investigated suicide planning, method choice, and substitution among adolescents hospitalized following a suicide attempt, as well as the feasibility of virtual patient simulations for suicide prevention training. Her work also examines racial and ethnic differences in the association of victimization and suicidal thoughts and behaviors with alcohol use among sexual minority youth.

Her research extends to athletic populations, including a case study on menstrual dysfunction and athletic performance in a transgender runner, and the efficacy of mental skills training for collegiate athletes. She has also studied the impact of COVID-delayed elective surgery on young sports medicine patients and general mental health concerns in athletes. O’Brien holds an h-index of 20 and has 1,066 total citations across 64 publications. She has been PI on federal grants totaling $2,595,960, including funding from the NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences for the Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research and from the NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases for research on osteocyte control of bone remodeling.

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• h-index: 20
• Publications: 64
• Citations: 1,066