Kim Kopenhaver Haidet
PhD, RNC, CRNP
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
600 Centerview Drive
1300 ASB/A110
Hershey, PA 17033-0855
Phone: (717) 531-1332
Fax: (717) 531-4211
Education
- PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, 2005
- Biobehavioral Health
- University Park, PA
- MSN, University of Pennsylvania, 1989
- Perinatal Nursing, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
- Philadelphia, PA
- BS, The Pennsylvania State University, 1986
- Nursing, With Distinction
- University Park, PA
Honors
- 2008
- Semifinalist, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Nurse Faculty Scholars
- 2005
- Finalist, Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing Research, Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania
- 2005
- Penn State Nursing Achievement Award for Nursing Research, Nurses Week Recognition, Penn State Hershey Medical Center (PSHMC) Nursing Leadership
- 1998-2000
- Research & Teaching Assistantships, Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University , College of Health & Human Development
- 1995
- Nurse Practitioner Faculty Advocate, American Association of Colleges of Nursing/National Health Service Corps
- 1989
- Sigma Theta Tau International Inductee: Xi Chapter, University of Pennsylvania
- 1989
- University of Pennsylvania: MSN, with Highest Distinction
- 1988-1989
- University of Pennsylvania-Professional Nurse Traineeship
Publications
Salavitabar, A., & Haidet, K. K. (in press). Preterm infants' sympathetic arousal and associated behavioral responses to sound stimuli in the neonatal intensive care unit. Advances in Neonatal Care.
Haidet, K. K., Tate, J., Divirgilio-Thomas, D., Kolanowski, A., & Happ, M. B. (2009). Methods to improve reliability of video-recorded behavioral data. Research in Nursing and Health, 32(4), 465-474.
Loeb, S. J., Penrod, J., Kolanowski, A., Hupcey, J. E., Haidet, K. K., Fick, D. M., et al. (2008). Creating cross-disciplinary research alliances to advance nursing science. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 40(2), 195-201.
Haidet, K. K., Susman, E. J., & Palmer, C. (2008). Autonomic & behavioral stress responses in LBW preterm infants. The Penn State College of Health and Human Development and Johnson and Johnson Consumer and Personal Products Worldwide Health Behaviors and the Quality of Life Results from 2006-2007 Research Projects [Grant Report].
Salavitabar A., Haidet, K. K., Adkins, C., & Storm, H. (2008). Preterm infants' physiological and behavioral responses to sound stimuli in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatric Academic societies and Asian Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research, E-PAS 2008, 4458.
Haidet, K. K. (2007). Gene variants and behavioral determinants of stress as predictors of health outcome in preterm infants. Abstract Proceedings, 21st Scientific Sessions of the Eastern Nursing Research Society.
Haidet, K. K., Hupcey, J, & Susman, E. J. (2006). Research Abstract. Perceptions of Parenting Competency in Mothers of Preterm Infants. PAS 2006.
Haidet, K. K., Susman, E. J., West, S. G., & Marks, K. H. (2006). Research Abstract. Stress Vulnerability in VLBW Preterm Infants. Abstract Proceedings.
Haidet, K. K. (2005). Biobehavioral responses to caregiving in very low birth weight preterm infants. Dissertation Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Health and Human Development, Department of Biobehavioral Health. May 2005.
Haidet, K. K., Susman, E. J., & Schiefelbein, V. L. (Under Review). Cortisol responsivity, family environment, and positive self-perceptions in pregnant and non-pregnant adolescents.
Haidet, K. K., Susman, E. J., West, S. G., & Marks, K. H. (2005). Research Abstract. Preterm infants’ biobehavioral responses to handling. PAS 2005, 57, 3219.
Haidet, K. K., Susman, E. J., West, S. G., & Marks, K. H. (2005). Biobehavioral responses to handling in preterm infants. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 20(2), 128.
Haidet, K. K., Susman, E. J., & Schiefelbein, V. L. (2005). Research Abstract. Cortisol responsivity, family environment, and positive self-perceptions in pregnant and non-pregnant adolescents. SRCD Abstract Proceedings.
Haidet, K. K., Susman, E. J., & Schiefelbein, V. L. (2004). Cortisol reactivity and positive self-perceptions in pregnant adolescents. Research Abstract. The Pennsylvania State University.
Passero, V. A., Haidet, K. K., & Banta, C. S. (1998). Parental effects of a developmental care program for NICU staff. Research Abstract. The Pennsylvania State University.
Passero, V. A., Haidet, K. K., & Banta, C. (1998). The effect of an education program on nurses’ use of developmental care. Neonatal Research Makes Sense: A compendium of research abstracts in support of evidence-based neonatal nursing practice. Petaluma, CA: NANN.
Haidet, K. K., Passero, V. A. (1996). The effect of developmental care on parental stress, relationships and competence. Research Abstract. The Pennsylvania State University.
Haidet, K. K. (1996). [Book Review: Contemporary Professional Nursing]. Doody’s Nursing Book Review Home Page, August (http://www.nursing.doody.com).
Haidet, K. K. (1995). Epsilon-Aminocaproic Acid. Neonatal Network, 14(6), 75-77.
Research
Foci
- developmental psychobiology
- perinatal/neonatal care
- infants’ biobehavioral responses and health outcomes
- parent-infant interactions and family dynamics
- women’s health issues
Funded Projects
Co-Investigator. Stress and the Low Birth Weight Infant: Mechanisms, Implications, and Interventions, funded by Penn State University, Children Youth and Families Consortium, Level II. 2007-2009. PI: D. Teti.
Co-Investigator. Cue-Directed Tactile Stimulation (An Interventional Strategy to Decrease Stress Reactivity and Increase Immune Function and Survival in Premature Low-Birth Weight Infants), funded by the Children's Miracle Network. 2009-2011. PI: R. Bonneau.
Co-Investigator & coordinator of the genomics aspects of this study. Cue-Directed Tactile Stimulation and the Premature, Low Birth Weight, funded by the Clinical & Translational Science Award, Penn State College of Medicine. 2009-2011. PI: D. Teti.
Completed Funded Projects
Principal Investigator. Stress Response & Recovery to Neonatal Care, funded by the Children's Miracle Network. 2006-2007.
Principal Investigator. Autonomic and Behavioral Stress Responses in LBW Infants, funded by the Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Products Worldwide & The Pennsylvania State University, Health Behaviors and Quality of Life, Research Innovation Grant. 2006-2007.
Prinicpal Investigator. Biobehavioral Patterns of Responsiveness in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants, funded by the Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society. 2004-2005.
Principal Investigator. Biobehavioral Patterns of Responsiveness in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants, funded by the General Clinical Research Center. 2003-2005.
Research Assistant. Psychobiology of Emotionality in Mothers and Children, funded by the W.T. Grant Foundation. 1999-2000.
Co-Investigator. The Effect of a NIDCAP- Based Care Plan on Parental Stress, Relationships, and Competence, funded by the Children's Miracle Network. 1997-1998.
Co-Investigator. The Current Status of NICU Developmental Care Activities and Their Relationship to Parental Competence and Stress, funded by the Foundation for Neonatal Research & Education. 1996-1997.

