Karen (Kim) E. Innes
Karen (Kim) E. Innes, PhD, MSPH, is
currently a Clinical Associate Professor in the University of Virginia
School of Nursing and Associate Professor in the Department of
Community Medicine at West Virginia University School of
Medicine. Dr. Innes earned her doctoral degree in Psychology and
Behavioral Biology at Cornell University in 1992. Following the
completion of a Master's in Public Health at the University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) in 1997, she joined the epidemiology
faculty of the UCHSC Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics,
where she maintains an active appointment. She joined the Nursing
School clinical faculty at the University of Virginia in 2001, and
completed a two-year post-doctoral NIMH fellowship with the Virginia
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse
Services, and the Rural Mental Health Research Center at the University
of Virginia in 2003.
Dr. Innes' current clinical research interests lie in holistic,
non-invasive interventions that address the dynamic links between
mental and physical health, specifically with regard to chronic and
pregnancy-related insulin resistance conditions in women. During her
CAM fellowship, she conducted a pilot study of the psychological and
physiological effects of yoga in a population of non-pregnant,
reproductive-aged women. Her long-term goal is to develop a
successful research program on mind-body interactions underlying
specific pregnancy complications and related chronic insulin resistance
conditions in women, and on the effects of yoga therapies on the
physical, biological, and psychological indices of these disorders. Dr.
Innes has traveled to Southeast Asia on numerous occasions to
present research findings related to yogic interventions in clinical
research.
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