Abigail Batchelder, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
Abigail Batchelder, PhD, MPH is a clinical health psychologist with a background in public health. She has recently transitioned to Boston University Medical School where she directs a new Behavioral Health Equity Program and serves as the Associate Vice Chair of Psychology. Across her time in Boston, Dr. Batchelder has been an Affiliated Investigator at Fenway Health Community Health Center. Dr. Batchelder has over 80 publications and her research has been funded by the NIH, SAMHSA, Harvard, UCSF, private foundations, and industry; she has been awarded 14 unique grants as principal investigator, including an active NIDA funded R01 and R34. Dr. Batchelder’s research aims to collaboratively identify, adapt, and implement evidence-based interventions with and for underserved people with unmet psycho-behavioral health needs, including people with and vulnerable to HIV, people who use drugs, and sexual and gender minority people with a goal of increasing behavioral health equity.
Other Positions
- Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
Websites
Education
- Yeshiva University, PhD
- Yeshiva University, MA
- Columbia University, MPH
- Barnard College, BA
Publications
- Published on 3/3/2025
Shaw TJ, Cascalheira CJ, Helminen EC, Brisbin CD, Jackson SD, Simone M, Sullivan TP, Batchelder AW, Scheer JR. Yes stormtrooper, these are the droids you are looking for: Identifying and preliminarily evaluating bot and fraud detection strategies in online psychological research. Psychol Methods. 2025 Mar 03. PMID: 40029298.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/10/2025
Scheer JR, Jackson SD, Cascalheira CJ, Behari K, Helminen EC, Batchelder AW, Sullivan TP. Daily minority stressors, threat appraisal, and identity concealment among trauma-exposed sexual minority women and transgender and gender-diverse people. J Couns Psychol. 2025 Feb 10. PMID: 39928459.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/3/2025
Foley JD, Davis M, Schiavo S, Bernier L, Mukerji SS, Batchelder AW. Pilot Trial of a Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-Based Group Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress, Facilitate Positive Behavior Change, and Mitigate Inflammation in Older People with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb 03. PMID: 39899231.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/30/2024
Stanton AM, Chiu C, Dolotina B, Kirakosian N, King DS, Grasso C, Potter J, Mayer KH, O'Cleirigh C, Batchelder AW. Disparities in depression and anxiety at the intersection of race and gender identity in a large community health sample. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Jan; 365:117582. PMID: 39631299.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/16/2024
Scheer JR, Mereish EH, Gilmore AK, Cascalheira CJ, Helminen EC, Dobani F, Behari K, Pirog S, Jackson SD, Sullivan TP, Batchelder AW. Examining Daily Self-Efficacy, Minority Stressors, and Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Trauma-Exposed Sexual Minority Women and Transgender and Gender-Diverse People. Ann Behav Med. 2024 Nov 16; 58(12):832-844. PMID: 39402938.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2024
Pericot-Valverde I, Heo M, Nahvi S, Barron J, Voss S, Ortiz EG, Gaalema D, Thrasher JF, Batchelder AW, Byrne KA, Kunkel D, Litwin AH. Effects of E-Cigarettes on Combustible Cigarette Smoking Among Adults with Opioid Use Disorder on Buprenorphine: Single Arm ERASER Pilot Trial. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Nov 01. PMID: 39484988.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/30/2024
McDowell MJ, Miller AS, King DS, Gitin S, Allen AE, Yeo EJ, Batchelder AW, Busch AB, Greenfield SF, Huskamp HA, Keuroghlian AS. Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Sexually and Gender Diverse Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2024 Oct 30; 85(4). PMID: 39480148.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/14/2024
Foley JD, Bernier L, O'Cleirigh C, Mayer KH, Moskowitz JT, Batchelder AW. Adaptive coping, emotions, and antiretroviral therapy adherence among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) with HIV. J Health Psychol. 2024 Oct 14; 13591053241287618. PMID: 39400065.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/24/2024
Foley J, Batchelder AW, Bernier L, Glynn T, Moskowitz J, Carrico A. Facets of mindfulness are associated with inflammation biomarkers in a sample of sexual minority men with HIV. Psychol Health Med. 2025 Feb; 30(2):368-383. PMID: 39315986.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/29/2024
Sharma A, Mita C, Kumar S, Mayer K, O'Cleirigh C, Solomon SS, Bagley S, Batchelder A, Sullivan MC, Hassan A, Ganapathi L. Family-centred interventions for people with substance use disorders in low-income and middle-income country settings: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2024 Aug 29; 14(8):e087560. PMID: 39209780.
Read at: PubMed
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