Education & Training
- Ph.D.: Uppsala University, 2023
- M.D.: Drexel University, 2007
Major Awards
- The Eleanor S. Rubinow Service Award for Outstanding Dedication to The Care of Children or Women with Mental Illness, UNC Department of Psychiatry, 2018
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Invited presenter at their annual symposium, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, 2016
Areas of Clinical Interest
Prior to joining Washington University, she was faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During her ten years at UNC, she was medical director for a psychiatric inpatient unit for pregnant and postpartum individuals, helped found and was medical director of a statewide perinatal mental health consultation service, and had an outpatient psychiatry practice specialized in working with individuals with high-risk pregnancies. She also has expertise in perinatal OCD and in mood disorders related to reproductive hormonal changes.
Research Interests
Dr. Kimmel’s research focuses on identifying biomarkers that can be utilized to direct treatments and in testing novel treatments that emerge from knowledge gained from research of the microbiome, the gut-brain axis, and reproductive psychiatry.
Recent Publications
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Subjective sleep disruption, coping, and anxiety and related symptoms in the perinatal period: findings from a longitudinal study
Cox, R. C., Hoyniak, C. P., Samuels, J., Abramowitz, J. S., Nestadt, G., Storch, E. A., Musci, R., Nestadt, P., Osborne, L. M. & Kimmel, M., Jul 2026, In: Sleep. 49, 7, zsag089.
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Perinatal obsessive–compulsive symptoms and maternal-infant bonding: A longitudinal examination of depression and relationship quality
Njoh, J., Abramowitz, J. S., Musci, R., Kimmel, M. C., Osborne, L. M., Samuels, J., Nestadt, P., Nestadt, G. & Storch, E. A., Apr 2026, In: Archives of Women’s Mental Health. 29, 2, 56.
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Prescribing Trends in Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Medications Among Pregnant and Postpartum Persons
Lessard, C., Cary, C., In, A., Steinle, J., Lin, B. Y., Kablinger, A. S., Grucza, R. A., Bello, J. K., Galati, B. M., Kimmel, M., Bruno, A. M., Kelly, J. C. & Xu, K. Y., Mar 2026, In: Obstetrics and gynecology. 147, 3, p. 290-292 3 p.
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Onset and exacerbation of obsessive–compulsive disorder in the perinatal period
Samuels, J., Kimmel, M., Krasnow, J., Musci, R., Nestadt, P. S., Osborne, L. M., Storch, E. A., Abramowitz, J. S. & Nestadt, G., Feb 2026, In: Archives of Women’s Mental Health. 29, 1, 19.
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Birth Trauma and Postpartum Childbirth-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Narrative Review of Pathology, Risk Factors, and Practice Recommendations
Rauh Garrido, C., Okunbor, J., Boettcher, L. B., Kuller, J. A., Dotters-Katz, S. & Kimmel, M. C., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. p. 177-185 9 p.