Alexandria Miller, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Alexandria Miller is a clinical psychologist who focuses on increasing access to care for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and oppression-based stress (OBS) for intersectionally minoritized individuals, including the development, adaptation and implementation of acceptable and efficacious evidence-based treatments. Dr. Miller has published her research in multiple peer-reviewed journals, presented at nationwide conferences, and has been honored at the BU Emerging Scholars Symposium.

Dr. Miller has clinical expertise in the evidence-based treatment of Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), oppression-based stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and anxiety disorders.

Dr. Miller is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Boston University Medical Center, the Program Manager of the Behavioral Health Equity Program, the Project Director of an NIH-funded R01, and is an affiliate researcher at Fenway Health.

Dr. Miller received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Suffolk University, completed her predoctoral internship in the Women's Trauma Recovery Team at the Boston VA Healthcare System, and her postdoctoral research fellowship in the Women's Health Sciences Division at the National Center for PTSD. She serves as the chair of the Collective Liberation and Intersectionality SIG at ABCT and is a previous ABCT CHANGE Leader (2023-2025).

Publications

  • Published 2/3/2025

    Rossi FS, Nillni YI, Miller AN, Fox AB, Eliacin J, Schnurr PP, Duke CC, Gradus JL, Galovski TE. Gender and ethnoracial disparities in Veterans' trauma exposure prevalence across differing life phases. Inj Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 03; 12(1):8. PMID: 39901188.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/23/2025

    Kumar SA, Vogt D, Miller AN, Mitchell KS, Brock RL, DiLillo D. Posttraumatic resilience and growth: A network analysis of character strengths among sexual assault survivors. Psychol Trauma. 2025 Jan 23. PMID: 39847016.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 7/10/2024

    Miller AN, Graham-LoPresti J, Liverant G, Roemer L, Orsillo SM. Exploring the Effectiveness and Acceptability of a Self-Help Acceptance-Based Behavior Intervention for Anxiety in Black Adults: An Uncontrolled Pilot Study. Behav Ther. 2025 Mar; 56(2):381-394. PMID: 40010907.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/1/2024

    Miller AN, Wachen J. In R. T. (Ed), Facilitating engagement with homework in CBT with complex cases. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. 2024.

  • Published 1/1/2024

    Miller, A. N., LoPresti, J., Liverant, G., Roemer, L., Orsillo, S. M. . Exploring the effectiveness and acceptability of a self-help acceptance-based behavior intervention for anxiety in Black adults: An uncontrolled pilot study. Behavior Therapy. 2024.

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Education

  • Suffolk University, PhD
  • Suffolk University, MS
  • University of Iowa, BA
  • University of Iowa, BS