Alicia Heapy, PhD
Associate Professor of PsychiatryCards
About
Titles
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Appointments
Psychiatry
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Pain Research, Informatics, Multimorbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center
- Psychiatry
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- PhD
- Purdue University (2003)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System (2003)
- Intern
- Ann Arbor VA Medical Center (2001)
- MS
- Purdue University, Clinical Psychology (1998)
- BA
- Wright State University, Psychology (1995)
- BS
- Wright State University, Accounting (1989)
Research
Publications
2026
Brief cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain rapidly improves pain interference: a randomized controlled trial.
Beehler G, King P, Funderburk J, Wade M, Goldstein W, Wilding G, Murphy J, Heapy A, Dollar K. Brief cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain rapidly improves pain interference: a randomized controlled trial. Pain 2026 PMID: 42263268, DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000004028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRelational demand in the chronic pain experience of women veterans: a mixed methods analysis
Driscoll M, Adamowicz J, Donahue M, Buta E, Selander K, Hadlandsmyth K, Kerns R, Haskell S, Heapy A. Relational demand in the chronic pain experience of women veterans: a mixed methods analysis. Journal Of Behavioral Medicine 2026, 1-15. PMID: 42050099, DOI: 10.1007/s10865-026-00669-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFeasibility Outcomes from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain Among Military Veterans
Beehler G, Funderburk J, King P, Wade M, Goldstein W, Murphy J, Heapy A, Dollar K. Feasibility Outcomes from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain Among Military Veterans. Journal Of Clinical Psychology In Medical Settings 2026, 33: 259-269. PMID: 41942795, DOI: 10.1007/s10880-026-10148-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChiropractor perspectives on the use of patient reported outcome measures: a survey of Veterans Health Administration chiropractors
Coleman B, Brandt C, Melnick E, Kawecki T, Heapy A, Lisi A. Chiropractor perspectives on the use of patient reported outcome measures: a survey of Veterans Health Administration chiropractors. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2026, 34: 16. PMID: 41851793, PMCID: PMC13112770, DOI: 10.1186/s12998-026-00631-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUse of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies and Chiropractic Care Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Opioid Therapy in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Black A, Zeliadt S, Kerns R, Douglas J, Abel E, Rajeevan H, Heapy A, Kazemitabar M, Taylor S, Becker W. Use of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies and Chiropractic Care Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Opioid Therapy in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Journal Of Alternative And Complementary Medicine 2026, 32: 385-392. PMID: 41269081, DOI: 10.1177/27683605251396445.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Assessment of Two Online Interventions for Veterans With Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial
Reilly E, Grigorian H, Heapy A, Etingen B, Kelly M, Wolkowicz N, Girouard C, Hogan T, Bernice K, Bickmore T. Assessment of Two Online Interventions for Veterans With Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2025, 14: e70601. PMID: 40802968, PMCID: PMC12391840, DOI: 10.2196/70601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive bias modification for individuals with opioid use disorder and chronic pain did not predict changes in clinical outcomes
Wolkowicz N, Pittman B, Schrader S, Wesolowicz D, Sofuoglu M, Heapy A, MacLean R. Cognitive bias modification for individuals with opioid use disorder and chronic pain did not predict changes in clinical outcomes. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs 2025, 87: 307-313. PMID: 40536409, PMCID: PMC12569794, DOI: 10.15288/jsad.25-00057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaintenance of treatment gains from psychological treatments for chronic pain: what (little) we know, and the urgent need to extend it
Dorfman C, Heapy A, de C Williams A, Keefe F. Maintenance of treatment gains from psychological treatments for chronic pain: what (little) we know, and the urgent need to extend it. Pain 2025, 166: 1969-1973. PMID: 40085755, PMCID: PMC12225740, DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain Coping Skills Training for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis
Dember L, Hsu J, Mehrotra R, Cavanaugh K, Kalim S, Charytan D, Fischer M, Jhamb M, Johansen K, Becker W, Pellegrino B, Eneanya N, Schrauben S, Pun P, Unruh M, Morasco B, Mehta M, Miyawaki N, Penfield J, Bernardo L, Brintz C, Cheatle M, Doorenbos A, Heapy A, Keefe F, Krebs E, Kuzla N, Nigwekar S, Schmidt R, Steel J, Wetmore J, White D, Kimmel P, Cukor D, Adams M, Almonte-Then S, Amonu C, Anderson L, Argega Leon A, Argyropoulos C, Ashley E, Bajana Meza M, Bansal N, Barbosa M, Barrell T, Bart G, Barton A, Beach S, Beeks L, Belcher J, Berman N, Berry D, Bhatraju E, Bishop N, Blazes C, Busch A, Cameron S, Cardona M, Casilli V, Cazes M, Chacon Palma G, Chalamidas K, Chaudry S, Chen N, Chicos I, Clark C, Collins D, Connelly L, Contreras B, Cosmin A, Crowley S, Dalton C, Dirks J, Donahue S, Dutka P, Dyer V, Edeh O, Edwards D, Edwards D, Ekor K, Esserman D, Falker C, Farkas L, Farrar J, Felson S, Flores Y, Fraticelli Ortiz D, Garcia G, Gear L, Geibel A, Gilmartin C, Goldfarb D, Goldfeld K, Goldstein A, Gong A, Grant C, Grindstaff R, Guajardo E, Guy C, Hamm M, Hammond J, Harris K, Hoffman S, Holden C, Howell H, Ikizler T, Joffe S, Joffe J, Johnson S, Kalam E, Kampman K, Keane C, Kimura G, Kirsch O, Kourany W, Krishnamurthy P, Kubrick P, Lacey P, Landis J, Lash J, Lazlo K, Lee J, Lefler J, Leon Cupe A, Lerner S, Liebschutz J, Lietz P, Linke L, Lockwood M, Luo H, Macina A, McCarthy A, McDaniels K, McLaren S, McNeil D, Meinel M, Mejia V, Mengesha B, Merriman D, Michael W, Mims R, Mishra P, Modersitzki F, Moss A, Mullins C, Munet U, O'Connell K, Okereke U, Olejniczak D, Opeke S, Pacheco-Hernandez M, Pankratz S, Park D, Payne K, Pegues H, Percy S, Pleasant S, Purdy T, Quinn D, Quintana N, Rice K, Robinson G, Roche C, Rodriguez Sosa G, Rudow G, Rudy Q, Rutledge J, Sanchez S, Sands B, Scherer J, Schopp M, Self B, Shallcross A, Silva K, Stallings T, Stauffer C, Steffen A, Stewart T, Stringfellow S, Sullivan L, Torres R, Torres J, Trejo G, Varela D, Vassilieva S, Vilchis H, Villareal D, Walsh J, Ways J, Weidner T, Weimer M, Weiner D, Weisbord S, Wilkie C, Wilkinson M, Williams S, Williams J, Wilson O, Wood V, Yabes J, Zamora G, Zaniga S. Pain Coping Skills Training for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis. JAMA Internal Medicine 2025, 185: 197-207. PMID: 39786400, PMCID: PMC11791705, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.7140.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Adapting a pain coping skills training intervention for people with chronic pain receiving maintenance hemodialysis for end stage Kidney disease
Steel J, Brintz C, Heapy A, Keefe F, Cheatle M, Jhamb M, McNeil D, Shallcross A, Kimmel P, Dember L, White D, Williams J, Cukor D. Adapting a pain coping skills training intervention for people with chronic pain receiving maintenance hemodialysis for end stage Kidney disease. Journal Of Behavioral Medicine 2024, 48: 298-307. PMID: 39627496, PMCID: PMC12512601, DOI: 10.1007/s10865-024-00534-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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