Biography
Dr. Ametrano is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and serves as a Health Behavior Coordinator at VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS) working with the Primary Care and Behavioral Medicine clinics. She earned her doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and completed her pre-doctoral internship (General Mental Health & Neuropsychology) and postdoctoral fellowship (General Mental Health) training at VABHS. Dr. Ametrano works collaboratively with medical center staff to increase the use of patient-centered interventions, such as motivational interviewing, to help facilitate health behavior change in patients (e.g., weight management, smoking cessation, improved sleep). Dr. Ametrano also has a strong commitment to education and mentorship, and she provides supervision to clinical psychology trainees in Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Ametrano’s research has focused primarily on common factors in psychotherapy, such as patient expectations and the therapeutic alliance. She has particular interest in how these factors influence behavior change in integrated medical settings.