Katherine Kelton, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Katherine Kelton (she/her/ella) is a staff psychologist in the Brockton PTSD clinic at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Kelton has expertise in utilizing evidence-based practices and measurement-based care to treat people with complex clinical presentations, with specialization in trauma-related and substance use disorders.

Dr. Kelton also strives to cultivate a broader lens for promoting high-quality, interdisciplinary science driven by cultural humility. This value is reflected in her research, which encompasses how socio-structural, systemic inequities impact mental health. These topics have spanned incarceration, homelessness, sex work, trauma, and substance use. Although primarily serving in a clinical capacity, Dr. Kelton continues an active research program.

Dr. Kelton began her academic journey at Central New Mexico Community College where she received her Associate of Arts in teacher education. Dr. Kelton received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Mexico with a double major in psychology and English. Dr. Kelton received her Masters of Science in Public Health and her PhD in Clinical Psychology with a Secondary Concentration in Quantitative Methods from St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. She completed her clinical internship at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina and two-year research post-doctoral fellowship at the National Center on Homelessness among Veterans in San Antonio, Texas. She Dr. Kelton is licensed by the Board of Psychology in the state of Texas and her license number is: #39291

Overall, Dr. Kelton aims to leverage her role as a psychologist to extend space and divert power to people with marginalized identities and to systematically silenced communities.

Publications

  • Published 7/2/2024

    Drazdowski TK, Kelton K, Hibbard PF, McCart MR, Chapman JE, Castedo de Martell S, Sheidow AJ. Implementation outcomes from a pilot study of training probation officers to deliver contingency management for emerging adults with substance use disorders. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Nov; 166:209450. PMID: 38960144.

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  • Published 3/28/2024

    Wells SY, Patel TA, Halverson TF, LoSavio ST, Morland L, Wachsman T, Ponzini GT, Kelton K, Mackintosh MA, Powell A, Kaplan S, Dillon KH. The impact of trauma-focused psychotherapies on anger: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychol Trauma. 2024 Mar 28. PMID: 38546592.

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  • Published 2/27/2024

    Tsai J, Kelton K, Blonigen DM, Keith Mcinnes D, Sean Clark, Blue-Howells J, Hooshyar D. A Research Agenda for Criminal Justice Involvement Among U.S. Veterans. Mil Med. 2024 Feb 27; 189(3-4):e481-e485. PMID: 37283229.

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  • Published 12/1/2023

    Ishaq J, Eyman K, Goncy E, Williams L, Kelton K, Knickerbocker N. A Pilot Study of Yoga with Incarcerated Youth Using the Prison Yoga Project Approach. Int J Yoga Therap. 2023 Dec 01; 33(2023). PMID: 38155602.

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  • Published 6/29/2023

    Van Voorhees EE, Dillon KH, Crombach A, Beaver T, Kelton K, Wortmann JH, Visn-Mid-Atlantic Mirecc Workgroup, Nieuwsma J. Enjoying the violence of war: Association with posttraumatic symptomatology in U.S. combat veterans. Psychol Trauma. 2024 May; 16(4):618-625. PMID: 37384480.

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Education

  • Saint Louis University, PhD
  • Saint Louis University, MSPH
  • Saint Louis University, MS
  • University of New Mexico, BA
  • Central New Mexico Community College, AA

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