Kimberly Werner, PhD

Dr. Kim Werner has interdisciplinary training in behavioral neuroscience psychology and addiction epidemiology with a focus on trauma-related etiology and the physiological and psychopathological sequelae following traumatic and chronic stress. She earned her doctoral degree in Behavioral Neuroscience Psychology from UMSL and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in transdisciplinary addiction research at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis working with the School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Werner’s research examines biopsychosocial alterations associated with intimate partner violence, posttraumatic stress disorder, and trauma-related psychopathology as well as the trauma and stress-related etiology of substance use disorder and other risky and addictive behaviors, with particular attention to differential etiology across gender and race. She is also active in gender-based violence prevention and education programming for the UMSL Community through her grant Tritons United: Against Gender-based Violence. She has received funding from state and federal agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Justice, Office on Violence against Women. She is actively engaged in research and programming to address gender-based violence on UMSL campus. Dr. Werner has published over 30 manuscripts and has presented her research and programming locally and nationally.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2017) George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
PhD (2013) Behavioral Neuroscience Psychology, University of Missouri – St. Louis
MA (2009) Experimental Psychology, University of Missouri – St. Louis
BA (2006) Psychology, Saint Louis University

Selected Grants

Principal Investigator - Office of Violence on Against Women Campus Programming Grant (O-OVW-2022-171028); Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence against Women; 10/1/2022-9/30/2025; $299,981 (Total)

Principal Investigator/Project Director - Office of Violence on Against Women Campus Programming Grant (2019-WA-AX-0037); Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence against Women; 10/1/2019-9/30/2022; $300,000 (Total)

Evaluator - Emergency Room Enhancement (ERE) Evaluation; Funded by Missouri Department of Mental Health; Missouri Behavioral Health Council 5/1/2017-12/31/2023; Annual Evaluation Budget $265,000 (FY2021); $1,665,000 Total since July 2017

Site Principal Investigator - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury in Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence; Grant PI: Dr. Tara Galovski. PhD (Director, Women's Health Sciences Division NCPTSD); Funded by the Veterans Administration - National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; 8/1/2018-7/31/2021; $1,887,224.24 (Total)

Selected Publications

Full list of my publications can be accessed through this Bibliography

Selected Presentations

Werner K.B., Iverson, K.M., Fortier, C.B., McGlinchey, R.E., & Galovski, T.E. (2022, January) The Contribution of Traumatic Stress and Brain Injury to Predicting Global Functioning in Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. [Podium presentation]. American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Doctoral Education Conference, Naples, FL.

Werner K.B., Iverson, K.M., Galovski, T.E. (2021, March). Massed Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. [Paper presentation]. The 45th Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Research Conference.

Arditte Hall, K. A., Werner, K. B., Griffin, M. G., & Galovski, T. E. (2021, March). Clinical predictors of sleep state misperception in women with posttraumatic stress disorder. In K. A. Arditte Hall (Chair), The Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of Sleep Dysregulation in Individuals with Emotional Disorders. [Symposium]. The 41st annual convention of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Virtual Convention.

Werner K.B., Iverson, K.M., Galovski, T.E. (2020, November 4-14). Massed Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. In K.B. Werner (Chair) Personalized Approaches to Treating PTSD: Can We Improve Clinical Outcomes of Our Evidence-based Practices? [Symposium]. International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies 36th Annual Conference.

University of Missouri – St. Louis, Office of Research Administration, Covid-19 Research Conversations, Incidence of Domestic Violence During COVID-19: Challenges and Research Directions, May 2020

Washington University, Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Clinical Science Seminar, The Impact of Traumatic Experiences on Risky Sexual Behavior and Substance Involvement in African American and White Women, November 2019

University of Indianapolis Annual Conference on the Impact of Trauma Health and Academic Achievement, Entitled: Neighborhood Disadvantage, Trauma Exposure, and Alcohol Involvement in African American and White Women, May 2018

Other Scholarly Activites

Honors and Awards

2019 STARS Award for Excellence in Research (Mentor) Student recipient Hannah Abraham; science entitled: “Lifetime Trauma History and Sleep Impairment in Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.”

2017 Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award for Psychosocial Research at the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Scientific meeting

2017 NIAAA Junior Investigator Award for the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Scientific meeting

2016 NIAAA Junior Investigator Award for the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Scientific meeting

Memberships

ENIGMA – Intimate Partner Violence Working Group
College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies
Research Society on Alcoholism