Faculty
Kimberly A Driscoll Ph.D.
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GAINESVILLE FL 326100165
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PO Box 100165
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Dr. Driscoll is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and an Adjoint Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in Florida and Colorado. Her expertise is in the psychological aspects of type 1 diabetes, its management, and technologies. She provides direct clinical care to individuals with type 1 diabetes of all ages and members of their support system. Dr. Driscoll has several active NIH grants focused on providing intervention to individuals with type 1 diabetes in an effort to improve self-management behaviors and glycemic control. She also holds an appointment as an Associate Professor at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at the University of Colorado.
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Crystal Award for Diabetes Journey2022 · Association for Educational Communications Technology, Division of Distance Learning
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Recognized Student Organization of the Year Award2014-2015 · Florida State University
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Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award2011-2012 · Florida State University – College of Medicine
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First Year Assistant Professor Research Award (2nd place)2011 · Florida State University
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Depression
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
- Type 1 Diabetes
Dr. Driscoll’s clinical research addresses adherence to medical treatment regimens, with a focus on using technology and diabetes device downloads to assess and optimize adherence and health outcomes in type 1 diabetes. She was awarded an NIDDK K23 Career Development Award focused on improving adolescents’ type 1 diabetes self-management behaviors via tailored feedback using insulin pump downloads and problem-solving interventions. She then extended her research program through an NIDDK R03 by providing intervention to reduce clinically elevated levels of fear of hypoglycemia, which was assessed as part of a patient-reported outcomes initiative in the clinic in mothers of adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Dr. Driscoll was awarded an NIDDK DP3 implementing integrated medical and psychological care to improve type 1 diabetes self-management behaviors and health outcomes via combined in-person and telemedicine visits. Her overarching research goals are to develop and implement behavioral interventions to improve adherence during routine type 1 diabetes clinical care.
- Adherence
- Clinical Trial Interventions
- Diabetes Technology
- Patient-Provider Communication
- Psychosocial Aspects of T1D Management
- Type 1 Diabetes
- 2025 Children
- 2025 Endocrine Practice
- 2025 Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
- 2025 Contemporary clinical trials
- 2025 Contemporary clinical trials
- 2024 Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- 2024 BMC medicine
- 2024 Diabetes care
- 2024 Diabetologia
- 2024 Diabetes Care
- 2024 Diabetologia
- 2024 Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
- 2024 Current Diabetes Reports
- 2023 Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- 2023 Discover mental health
- 2023 Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- 2023 Contemporary clinical trials
- 2022 Pediatric Diabetes
- 2022 Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- 2022 Diabetes technology & therapeutics
- 2022 Journal of pediatric nursing
- 2022 Educational technology research and development : ETR & D
- 2022 Pediatric Diabetes
- 2022 Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association
- 2022 Contemporary clinical trials
- 2021 Current diabetes reports
- 2021 Diabetes technology & therapeutics
- 2021 Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
- 2021 Contemporary clinical trials
- 2021 Pediatric Diabetes
- 2021 Pediatric Diabetes
- 2020 Diabetic Medicine
- 2020 Diabetes Care
- 2020 Pediatric diabetes
- 2020 JMIR Research Protocols
- 2020 Pediatric diabetes
- 2020 Current diabetes reports
- 2020 Diabetes technology & therapeutics
- 2019 Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress
- 2019 Pediatric diabetes
- 2019 Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
- 2019 Contemporary clinical trials
- 2019 Pediatric diabetes
- 2019 Pediatric diabetes
- 2019 Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
- 2019 Journal of diabetes science and technology
- 2019 Journal of pediatric psychology
- 2019 JAMA network open
- 2018 Obesity medicine
- 2018 Contemporary clinical trials communications
- 2018 Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
- 2018 Contemporary clinical trials
- 2018 Diabetes care
- 2018 Endocrine reviews
- 2018 The Lancet. Child & adolescent health
- 2018 Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
- 2018 Pediatric diabetes
- 2018 Current diabetes reports
- 2018 Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
- 2017 Journal of diabetes science and technology
- 2017 Current diabetes reports
- 2017 Journal of diabetes science and technology
- 2016 Journal of diabetes science and technology
- 2016 Current diabetes reports
- 2016 Diabetes technology & therapeutics
- 2016 Diabetes technology & therapeutics
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2015
Quality of life in children with CF: Psychometrics and relations with stress and mealtime behaviors.Pediatric pulmonology
- 2015 Journal of Adolescent Health
- 2015 The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
- 2015 JAMA pediatrics
- 2015 Pediatric diabetes
- 2015 Current diabetes reports
- 2014 Current diabetes reports
- 2013 Journal of diabetes science and technology
- 2013 Journal of diabetes science and technology
- 2012 Child: care, health and development
- 2012 International journal of cognitive therapy
- 2012 Journal of pediatric psychology
- 2011 Contemporary clinical trials
- 2011 Pediatric pulmonology
- 2011 Diabetes care
- 2010 Journal of pediatric psychology
- 2010 The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
- 2010 The Journal of pediatrics
- 2010 Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP
- 2010 Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings
- 2009 Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
- 2009 Pediatric pulmonology
- 2009 Contemporary clinical trials
- 2009 Academic pediatrics
- 2009 Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
- 2008 Childrens Health Care
- 2006 Psychiatry research
- 2005 Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
- 2004 Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
- 2003
- 2003 Reading Research Quarterly
- 2003 Journal of Early Intervention
- 2002 Journal of experimental child psychology
- 2002 Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
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Aug 2024
ACTIVE
Diabetes Brain and Cognitive Development Type 1 (DBCD-T1)NATL INST OF HLTH NIDDK · Principal Investigator
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Jun 2023
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UFR CTSI Instituitonal SupportUF DIV OF SPONSORED RES MATCHING FUNDS · Project Manager
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Jan 2020
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Sep 2021
DP3 – Home Telemedicine to Optimize Health Outcomes in High-Risk Youth with Type 1 DiabetesNATL INST OF HLTH NIDDK · Principal Investigator
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Aug 2019
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Mar 2025
Home Video-Based Telemedicine to Reduce Hypoglycemia Fear in Parents of Young Children (RedCHip)NEMOURS CHILDRENS CLINIC · Principal Investigator
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Jul 2019
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Jun 2020
JDRF National Diabetes Psychology Fellowship Program – Kimberly BarnettBREAKTHROUGH T1D – formerly JDRF Intl · Other
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Jul 2019
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Jun 2020
JDRF National Diabetes Psychology Fellowship Program – Dianna BooneBREAKTHROUGH T1D – formerly JDRF Intl · Other
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Jul 2019
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Jun 2024
OoR Matching Support for CTSIUF DIV OF SPONSORED RES MATCHING FUNDS · Project Manager
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Jun 2019
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Aug 2020
Hybrid closed-loop insulin therapy in pregnancies complicated by T1DUNIV OF COLORADO DENVER & ANSCHUTZ MED · Principal Investigator
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Jun 2019
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Mar 2024
Diabetes Journey: From systematic screening to interventionCINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MED CTR · Principal Investigator
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2005-2007
Child Behavior and Nutrition FellowshipCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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2004-2005
Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology ResidencyChildren's Minnesota
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1999-2005
Clinical Psychology PhDFlorida State University
Current Graduate Students
- Shar Aghabeigi, M.S., Doctoral Candidate
- Marco Funez-Ponce, M.S.
- Hannah Manis, M.A., Doctoral Candidate
- Alicia Pardon, M.S., Doctoral Candidate, Currently Completing Internship at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
- Cheyenne Reynolds, M.S., Doctoral Candidate
- Charlayne Scarlett, M.S., MPH, Doctoral Candidate, Currently Completing Internship at University of Florida Health Sciences Center
- Sara Wetter, M.S., Doctoral Candidate, Currently Completing Internship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Former Post-Doctoral Fellows
- Holly O’Donnell, Ph.D., is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado’s Barbara Davis Center
- Paige J. Trojanowski, Ph.D., is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Children’s National
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