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 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. 2024 Nov 30; 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 - Published on 8/28/2024
Crawford TN, Neilands TB, Drumright LN, Fredericksen RJ, Johnson MO, Mayer KH, Bamford L, Batchelder AW, Crane HM, Elopre L, Moore RD, Rosengren AL, Christopoulos KA. Internalized HIV stigma and viral suppression: examining the mediating and moderating roles of substance use and social support. AIDS. 2024 Dec 01; 38(15):2064-2072. PMID: 39206880.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/1/2024
Foley JD, Bernier LB, Ngo L, Batchelder AW, O'Cleirigh C, Lydston M, Yeh G. Evaluating the Efficacy of Psycho-Behavioral Interventions for Cardiovascular Risk among People Living with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Randomized Controlled Trials. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Aug; 96(4):399-409. PMID: 39175844.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/23/2024
Rice WS, Ellison CK, Bruno B, Hussen SA, Chavez M, Nápoles TM, Walcott M, Batchelder AW, Turan B, Kempf MC, Wingood GM, Konkle-Parker DJ, Wilson TE, Johnson MO, Weiser SD, Logie CH, Turan JM, Piper K. Exploring the role of motherhood in healthcare engagement for women living with HIV in the USA. Cult Health Sex. 2024 Jul 23; 1-15. PMID: 39041302.
Read at: PubMed
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