Kathleen Kolberg, Ph.D.

Dr. Kathleen Kolberg is responsible for advising preprofessional students in the Center for Health Sciences Advising. She not only advises them regarding preparations to apply for health profession schools, but also assists students experiencing medical, emotional or academic crises. Additionally, she teaches courses concurrently in the Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Psychology.

Kathleen earned her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Albion College in Albion, Michigan, and her doctorate from Notre Dame. Her professional interests include studying the impact of environmental stressors on prenatal and early postnatal development. She also studies the effects of stressors on function and medical conditions, and how these stressors affect adults being treated in medical facilities. Kathleen is a member of Consensus Committees for Recommended Standards, Competencies and Best Practices for Infant and Family Developmental Care in Intensive Care and Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design.

• NICU Design Standards
• Developmental Care Standards for Infants in Intensive Care

Recent publications include:

• Committee to Establish Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design. (2023). Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design: Report of the Tenth Consensus Conference on Newborn ICU Design. Journal of Perinatology 43 (Suppl 1). 2-16.
• Browne J & Kolberg KJS. (2021). Gravens By Design: Infant and Family-Centered Developmental Care Standards, Competencies and Best Practices—What is the Evidence? Neonatology Today 16(12), 38-42.

Professional Organizations

• Consensus Committee to Establish Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design, Consensus Committee for Developmental Care Recommended Standards. 2001-present
• Board Member Physical and Developmental Environment of the High-Risk Infant: Evidence-Based Science for Establishing an Appropriate NICU Environment
• Board Member at Large CAAHP 2019-2022
• Advisory Council Member Wilson Institute for Medicine Albion College 2016-2022
• Moderator for several sessions at the CAAHP and NAAHP conferences 2017-present
• Indiana State Neonatal Developmental Care Committee of the Indiana Perinatal Association, Consensus Committee on Developmental Care Standards for the State of Indiana 1995-2006
• National Liaison to Schools of Podiatric Medicine, National Association of Advisors to the Health Professions 2011-2017