Abigail Batchelder, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Abigail (Abby) Batchelder (she/her), PhD, MPH is a clinical psychologist with a background in public health. Dr. Batchelder’s research has been funded by the NIH, SAMHSA, Harvard, UCSF, private foundations, and industry; she has been awarded 15 unique grants as principal investigator. 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.

Publications

  • Published 5/5/2026

    Clement DN, Bernier LB, Gulbicki L, Kelly JF, Hoeppner BB, Scheer JR, Batchelder AW. Facilitators, barriers, and strategies for optimizing engagement in recovery community centers among sexual minority people in the U.S. Northeast. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2026 Jun; 19:100442. PMID: 42180180.

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  • Published 5/5/2026

    Sharma A, Mita C, Dozier K, Singh R, Chukka A, Ramadas R, Taneja S, Batchelder A, Bagley SM, Thakur A, Sullivan MC, Sk SK, Solomon SS, Mayer KH, O'Cleirigh C, Hassan A, Ganapathi L. Family-centered interventions for people with substance use disorders in low-and middle-income country settings: a scoping review. Int J Drug Policy. 2026 May 05; 153:105298. PMID: 42091009.

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  • Published 3/5/2026

    Socrates B, LeClair AM, Jaffe K, Evans L, Batchelder AW, Moner E, Daudelin D, Irie W, Ngassa Y, Morales Y, Levison J, Evans EA, Wurcel AG. Barriers and facilitators to implementing status-neutral HIV care in an urban jail system. Health Justice. 2026 Mar 05; 14(1). PMID: 41784754.

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  • Published 2/16/2026

    Zaso MJ, Scheer JR, Cascalheira CJ, Jackson SD, Batchelder AW, Sullivan TP. Discrimination and Posttraumatic Symptomatology Among Trauma-exposed Sexual Minority Women and Transgender and Gender-Diverse People. J Interpers Violence. 2026 Feb 16; 8862605251414446. PMID: 41693608.

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  • Published 1/1/2026

    Bondarchuk C, Cronin A, Kwetana S, Kumar P, Auger C, Batchelder A, Mayer KH. Correction: Barriers to and Facilitators of Heterosexual Men's Engagement with the PrEP Care Continuum in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. AIDS Behav. 2026 Jan; 30(1):81. PMID: 41148412.

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Other Positions

  • Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences
    Boston University School of Public Health

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Education

  • Yeshiva University, PhD
  • Yeshiva University, MA
  • Columbia University, MPH
  • Barnard College, BA

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