Kimberly Osborn, MSW

Kimberly Osborn

Undergraduate School
Oklahoma Baptist University

Graduate School
Oklahoma State University

 

 

Interests & Career Goals

I hope to continue growing as an eating disorder clinician and researcher and would eventually like to work in an academic medical specializing in eating disorder treatment and research with disenfranchised communities.

Favorite Pastimes

I like hiking, camping, and watching scary movies with my partner and our mischievous pup, Juju!

Why I Chose Duke

I chose Duke because I left every interaction feeling like the faculty and staff cared about me as a person. I was also impressed by their commitment to high quality research as well as their dedication to patient centered care.

Research Interests

My primary research interests include evaluating maladaptive interpersonal processes among patients at higher levels of care, with a particular focus on comparison and competitiveness. My second line of research involves foster care and trauma recovery.

Publications

  • Sharma, J. Lawson, G., & Osborn, K. D. (2024). Sociocultural contexts affecting trauma recovery and posttraumatic growth for women survivors of intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00689-w
  • Fitterman-Harris, H. F., Han, Y., Osborn, K. D., Faulkner, L. M., Williams, B. M., Pennesi, J.-L., & Levinson, C. A. (2024). Comparisons between atypical anorexia nervosa and anorexia nervosa: Psychological and comorbidity patterns. International Journal of Eating Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24147
  • Ralph‐Nearman, C., Osborn, K. D., Chang, S. R., Barber, K. (in press). Momentary physiological indices related to eating disorders: A systematic and methodological review. European Eating Disorder Review. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3062
  • Levinson, C. A., Osborn, K., Hooper, M., Vanzhula, I., & Ralph-Nearman, C. (2024). Evidence-based assessments for transdiagnostic eating disorder symptoms: Guidelines for current use and future directions. Assessment, 31(1), 145-167. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911231201150
  • Osborn, K. D. (2023). Competing for perfection: A scoping review evaluating relationships between competitiveness and eating disorders or disordered eating behaviors. European Eating Disorder Review, 31(5), 549–576. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2978
  • Sharma, J., Brodt, M., Osborn, K. D., Nelson, L. J., Copeland, G. J., & Hammer, T. R. (2023). Exploring sociocultural influences affecting body image in survivors of childhood sexual assault. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 16(3). 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-023-00551-z

Poster Presentations

  • Urban, B.E. Osborn, K. D., Nelson, L. (2024). Appropriateness of eating disorder measures with transgender and nonbinary individuals: A review. [Poster presentation]. Southwestern Psychological Association Conference, San Antonio, TX.
  • Osborn, K. D., & Urban, B. (2023). The association between insurance coverage and treatment seeking behaviors among individuals at high risk for eating disorders [Poster]. International Conference on Eating Disorders, Washington D.C.
  • Osborn, K. D., Urban, R. E., & Nelson, L. (2023). Exploring the relationship between eating disorder symptom severity and episodes of driven or compulsive exercise in a large national sample of university students [Poster]. Oklahoma University Counseling Conference, Stillwater, OK.
  • Sharma, J. Jenkins, J., & Osborn, K. D. (2023). Humanistic practices in trauma counseling: Going back to the basics [Poster]. Association for Humanistic Counseling Conference, Denver, CO.

Other Presentations & Invited Talks

  • Counterman, B., Osborn, K. D., Rieken, E. & Schafer, E. (2024). Convergence of body image and gender [Oral presentation]. Lela O’Toole International Speaker Series, Stillwater, OK.
  • Urban, B.E. & Osborn, K. D. (2023). Incorporating social justice into eating disorder treatment through advocacy-based psychoeducation and support groups for underserved Oklahomans. [Oral presentation]. Oklahoma Eating Disorders Association Fall Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK.
  • Urban, R. E., & Osborn, K. D. (2023). Differential diagnosis between anorexia binge-purge subtype and bulimia: A Systematic review [Oral presentation]. Southwestern Psychological Association Conference, Frisco, TX.
  • Stevens, B., Hartley, S., Osborn, K. D., Grinnell-Davis, C., & Hartley, S. C. (2023). Centering the expert in lived expertise-driven community research: Becoming “L.E.A.R.N.” [Oral Presentation]. Conference for Society for Social Work & Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C.
  • Urban, R. E., Graham, R., McIntyre, C., Nelson, L. J., Osborn, K. D., Santiago, J., Ward, M., & Hammer, T. (2022). What are we weighting for? Weight stigma, impacts, and calls for change [Symposium]. Southwestern Psychological Association Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Copeland, G. J., Osborn, K. D., & Sharma, J. (2022). The generational impacts of emotional abuse [Oral presentation]. Zarrow Mental Health Symposium, Tulsa, OK.
  • Sharma, J., Copeland, G. J., & Osborn, K. D. (2022). Current status of crisis, disaster, and trauma education in CACREP accredited programs [Roundtable discussion]. North Central Association of Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Omaha, NE.