Publications and Presentations

Refereed Articles

*data-based research; +student/mentee co-author

Kells, M., Realbuto, A., Wensley, H., Kreipe, R. (2025).  Living the legacy: Ford’s Unification Model of Nursing in action.  Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 21(8). 

       https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2025.105437

*+Davis, H. A., Patarinski, A. G. G., Kosmas, J.A., Roske, C., Kells, M. (in press). Does Watching Short-Form #WhatIEatInADay Videos Impact Eating Disorder 

Cognitions and Urges to Engage in Eating Disorder Behaviors? An Experimental Investigation of TikTok. Appetite.

*+Kosmas, J., Garza, M., Kells, M., Hahn, S., Davis, H. (2025).  Food insecurity predicts excessive exercise, dietary restriction, cognitive restraint, and purging but 

not binge eating among college students across 3 months.  International Journal of Eating Disorders.  https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24401

*+Kells, M.R., Davis, H.A., Roske, C., Holzman, S., Wildes, J.E. (2024).  The experience of treatment for eating disorders as told by content creators on TikTok.  

Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. 1–19. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2024.2401669

*+Kells, M., Davis, H.A., Patarinski, A.G., Wildes, J.E. (2024).  Trauma exposure proximity associated with eating disorder diagnosis in women with food insecurity. 

Appetite, 203, 107653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107653

*Richmond, T. K., Farbman Kadish, E., Santoso, M., Milliren, C. E., Kells, M., Woolverton, G. A., Woods, E. R., & Forman, S. F. (2024). Building RECOVERY: 

development of the registry of eating disorders and their co-morbidities OVER time in youth. Journal of eating disorders, 12(1), 147. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-024-01097-7

*+Moufawad, M., Hoque, A., Kells, M., Sonneville, K. R., & Hahn, S. L. (2024). Social media use and weight bias internalization: association moderated by age and 

weight perception. Journal of eating disorders, 12(1), 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-024-01043-7

*+Davis, H.A., Kells, M.R., Patarinski, A.G., Wildes, J.E. (2024).  Preliminary associations of body weight, weight bias, and dietary restriction with eating disorder 

diagnosis in women experiencing food insecurity.  Eating Disorders: Journal of Treatment and Prevention.

*+Kells, M. R., Roske, C., Watters, A., Puckett, L., Wildes, J. E., Crow, S. J., & Mehler, P. S. (2023). Vitamin D and hypophosphatemia in patients with anorexia nervosa and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: a case control study. Journal of eating disorders, 11(1), 195. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-

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*+ Davis, H. A., Kells, M. R., Roske, C., Holzman, S., & Wildes, J. E. (2023). A reflexive thematicanalysis of #WhatIEatInADay on TikTok. Eating behaviors, 50, 101759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101759

* Kells, M., Davis, H.A., Todorov, S., & Wildes, J.E. (2023). Health literacy and eating disorder pathology in women with food insecurity: A preliminary 

cross-sectional study.  Eating Behaviors. http://dx.doi.org.10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101727.

* Davis, H.A., Kells, M., Todorov, S., Kosmas, J., Wildes, J.E. (2023). Comorbid psychopathology among women with food insecurity is associated with elevated shame.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.23913

* Kells, M. & Jennings, K. (2022).   Influence of COVID-19 on the next generation of nurses in the United States.  Journal of Clinical Nursing. http://dx.doi.org/10.111/jocn.16202

* Kells, M., Gregas, M., Wolfe, B.E., Garber, A., & Kelly-Weeder, S. (2021). Factors associated with refeeding hypophosphatemia in adolescents and young adults hospitalized with anorexia nervosa.  Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 00, 1-9.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ncp.10772

* Lin, J.A., Hartman-Munick, S.M., Kells, M.R., Milliren, C.E., Forman, S.F., Slater, W.A., Woods,E.R., Richmond, T.K. (2021). The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of adolescents/young adults seeking eating disorder-related care. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(4), 660–663. https://dx.doid.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.05.019

Wildes, J., Bedell, A., Graham, A., & Kells, M. (2021). Brain-gut therapies: A promising toolkit to enhance eating disorder treatments. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54(6), 1063–1067. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.23555

* Kells, M. & Kelly-Weeder, S. (2019). Binge eating behavior among a cohort of normal weight college women. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 31, 741-746.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000000317

* Kells, M., Burke, P.J., Parker, S., Jonestrask, C., & Shrier, L.A. (2019). Engaging youth (adolescents and young adults) to change frequent marijuana use: Motivational Enhancement Therapy in primary care. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 49, 24-30. http://dx.doi.org/0.1016/j.pedn.2019.08.011

* Shrier, L.A., Burke, P.J., Kells, M., Scherer, E.A., Sarda, V., Jonestrask, C., Xuan, Z. Harris, S.K. (2018). Pilot randomized trial of MOMENT: A motivational counseling-plus-ecological momentary intervention to reduce marijuana use in youth.  mHealth, 30, 29.  http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/mhealth.2018.07.04. eCollection 2018.

*Kelly-Weeder, S., Kells, M., Jennings, K., Dunne, J., Wolfe, B. (2018).  Procedures and protocols for weight assessment during acute illness in individuals with anorexia nervosa: A national survey.  Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078390317717790

*Kells, M., Kelly-Weeder, S. (2016).  Nasogastric tube feeding for individuals with anorexia nervosa: An integrative review.  Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 22 (6),449-468. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078390316657872

*Kells, M., Schubert-Bob, P., Nagle, K., Hitchko, L., O’Neil, K., Forbes, P., McCabe, M.  (2016). Meal supervision during medical hospitalization for eating disorders.  Clinical Nursing Research, 26, 525-537.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054773816637598

Wolfe, B.E., Dunne, J.P., Kells, M.R. (2016). Nursing care considerations for the hospitalized patient with an eating disorder.  Nursing Clinics of North America, 51, 213-235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2016.01.006

Kells, M., Dunn, K., Melchiono, M., Burke, P. (2015).  Advance practice nurse fellowships: Creating awareness, creating opportunities.  Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 29, 297-301.  http://dx.doi.org/10.106/j.pedhc.2014.10.003

* Kells, M., Davidson, K., Hitchko, L., ONeil, K., Schubert-Bob, P., McCabe, M.(2013). Examining supervised meals in patients with restrictive eating disorders.  Applied Nursing Research, 26 (2), 76-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2012.06.003 

Kells, M., Rogers, J.; Oppenheimer, S.; Blaine, K., McCabe, M., McGrath, E.: Woodring, B., Geller, A. (2013). The teachable moment captured:  A framework for nurse-led smoking cessation interventions for parents of hospitalized children. Journal of Public Health Nursing, 5, 468-473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phn.12046

Book Chapters

Davis, H.A., Kells, M., & Wildes, J. (2023).  Assessment of Anorexia Nervosa.  In Meule, A. (Ed).

           Assessment of Eating Behavior.  Hogrefe: Newburyport, MA.

Kells, M. & Wildes, J. (2023).  Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa.  In. Caballero, B. (Ed.) Encyclopedia

          of Human Nutrition, 4th Edition.  Academic Press: Cambridge, MA.

Jennings Mathis, K. & Kells, M. (2022).  Other psychiatric disorders: Feeding and eating disorders.

In Dunphy, D.J., Winland-Brown, J.E., Porter, B., Thomas, O. (Eds.) Primary Care: The Art and Science of Advanced Practice Nursing-An Interprofessional Approach, 6th Ed. FA Davis: Philadelphia, PA

Kells, M.& Shrier, L. (2015).  Reducing cannabis use with a real-time intervention using mobile

technology. In V.R. Preedy (Ed.), Handbook of Cannabis and Related Pathologies.  Cambridge, MA: Elsevier.

Multimedia

Professional Webinars

2022 Kells, M. (Panelist), Gordon, A. (Panelist), Lloyd, C. (Panelist), Raffoul, A. (Panelist), Borton, K. (Panelist).  Virtual Webinar-Careers in Eating Disorders: Exploring Options Beyond Psychology.  Academy for Eating Disorders.

2018, 2020 Kells, M.R., Forman, S., Gooding, H. Screening, Symptom Recognition, and Referral to Treatment for Eating Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care Settings.  Product of the Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED) at Harvard School of Public Health

2024 O’Brien, S.A. Her ‘Skinny’ Videos Divided TikTok.  She Says They’re ‘What the Viewers Want’.  The Wall Street Journal.  https://www.wsj.com/health/liv-         schmidt-skinny-tiktok-videos-e705c954  Citation of: Davis et al., (2023).  A reflexive thematic analysis of #WhatIEatInADay on TikTok. Eating Behaviors, 50, 101759.

2024  Covey, E. Eating Disorders, Vitamin D Levels and Hypophosphatemia Present Management Challenge.  Pharmacy Practice News. https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/Online-First/Article/03-24/Eating-Disorders-Vitamin-D-Levels-and-Hypophosphatemia-Present-a-

Management-Challenge/73307

2022       Firth, S. Next Gen Nursing Students Committed to Career Path Despite Pandemic. MedPage Today.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nursing/96964