## About

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.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Psychiatry](/departments/psychiatry)
- ### Specialties
    
    behavioral medicine, HIV, substance use disorders, transdiagnostic treatment
- ### Pronouns
    
    She/Her
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.5470](tel:617.414.5470)
- ### Primary Location
    
     [850 Harrison Avenue   
     Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=850+Harrison+Avenue+%3Cbr%2F%3E+Boston%2C+MA+02118)
Social Links

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    - [ on linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abatchelder/)


 

 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Vice Chair and Chief of Psychology, Director of Behavioral Health Equity Program, and Associate Professor
- ### Residency
    
    University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
- ### Fellowship
    
    UCSF and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
- ### Research Interests
    
    HIV, substance use disorders, behavioral health equity
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva University, 2014
 
 

 

 ## Affiliations

  ###  ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) 

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  ###  ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) 

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  ## Affiliations

  ###  ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) 

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  ###  ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) 

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