Kristen Regenauer is a doctoral student in the University of Maryland Clinical Psychology Program, working with Dr. Jessica Magidson in the Global Mental Health and Addiction lab. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Middlebury College in 2017. After graduating from college, Kristen spent two years working as a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Behavioral Medicine Program at Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School. Here, she worked on several behavioral intervention studies around HIV prevention and care in South Africa, India, and Zimbabwe, and was a research assistant for the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research BioBehavioral and Community Science Core. Since joining the University of Maryland, most of Kristen's research has occurred in resource-limited areas in the Western Cape, South Africa. She has been heavily involved in running a peer-delivered behavioral intervention study to increase adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and decrease substance use among people living with HIV and substance use; a study training community health workers to decrease stigma towards patients living with HIV and depression or substance use; and a study integrating a peer recovery coach into HIV care to help re-engage patients living with HIV back into care. Kristen's research interests include adapting behavioral interventions for stigmatized populations (e.g., people who use substances, people living with HIV) in resource-limited settings, substance use stigma, and studying how people with lived substance use experience (i.e., peers) may help reduce substance use stigma.
Areas of Interest
- Stigma
- Substance Use
- HIV
- Global Mental Health
- Resource Limited Settings
- Peer Recovery Coaches
- Implementation Science
- Clinical Psychology
Degrees
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BAPsychology, Middlebury College
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MSClinical Psychology, University of Maryland
Awards
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2022-06-01Dean's Research Initiative | College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland
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2022-04-01George M. Philips Public Service Initiative Award | 2022 - 2023 Academic Year | University of Maryland
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2022-03-01Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant | 2021 - 2022 | Graduate School, University of Maryland
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2020-04-01Honorable Mention | National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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2019-12-01Advanced Training in Methodology and Statistics Award | Department of Psychology, University of Maryland
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2019-04-01Honorable Mention | National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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