Lauretta Grau, PhD
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Biography
Dr. Grau is a clinical psychologist with training in health psychology and expertise in identifying the cognitive and emotional correlates of risk and preventive health behaviors. She has been involved in the fields of HIV and hepatitis prevention research for over two decades during which time she has worked with syringe services programs (SSPs) and community-based organizations in the U.S., Russia, Vietnam, and Ecuador. Dr. Grau has been involved in multisite, longitudinal evaluations of SSPs and public health interventions implemented through SSPs and emergency departments. She has experience working with sexually active adolescents, minority and substance-using populations, and people who inject drugs and their families. More recently, her research interests have included qualitative and mixed methods studies of the HIV Care Continuum, technology-based interventions to assist in smoking cessation and substance abuse treatment, and the epidemiology of opioid-involved fatalities. She has also led qualitative studies on such topics as the quality of healthcare delivery, repeat medical hospitalizations, and access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.
Education & Training
- PhDGeorge Mason University (1996)
Activities
- Developing a Comprehensive Model of the HIV Care Continuum in Nine Small Cities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode IslandSturbridge, MA, United States 2015New England HIV Implementation Science Network
- Opioid-Involved Fatalities among Connecticut Residents: 2009 - 2014New Haven, CT, United States 2015Syringe Services Program (SSP) Monthly Meeting
- The SHERPA Project: Findings on Injection Drug Use in the Suburbs of Southwestern ConnecticutEl Paso, TX, United States 2012The SHERPA Project: Findings on Injection Drug Use in the Suburbs of Southwestern Connecticut
- Narrative Data Mining Workshop: Applying a Transdisciplinary FrameworkNew Orleans, Serbia 20102010 Conference of the National Hispanic Scientist Network on Drug Abuse
- Qualitative Interviewing Skills and Public Health ResearchCapitol Hill, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 2009Qualitative Interviewing Skills and Public Health Research
- Instrument Development for Public Health Research ProjectsCapitol Hill, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 2009Instrument Development for Public Health Research Projects
- Evaluation of Psychometric Properties and Instrument ValidationCapitol Hill, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 2009Evaluation of Psychometric Properties and Instrument Validation
- Opioid Overdose Surveillance in ConnecticutNew Brunswick, NJ, Serbia 2008New Jersey Opioid Overdose Prevention Summit