Kevin Hallgren, PhD

Personal Statement

I am a clinical psychologist with research interests in the treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. My research focuses on understanding how to improve access to evidence-based treatments and understanding why and how patients benefit from treatment. I am particularly interested in research measurement-based care — i.e., the use of standardized measures to monitor treatment progress and inform clinical decision-making. Broad areas of interest include:
  • Alcohol and drug use disorder treatment, including the effectiveness of digital and behavioral interventions, mechanisms of behavioral change, and social and environmental determinants of change.
  • Technology to support behavioral change, including patient- and clinician-facing tools that support clinical decision-making, treatment adherence, and treatment progress monitoring.
  • Applied statistical analysis, including methods for analyzing longitudinal data, clinical trials data, multilevel data, missing data, psychometric analysis, and data visualization.

Education

PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of New Mexico, 2010-2014
Pre-Doctoral Psychology Internship, Southwest Consortium of Clinical Psychology Internships, 2013-2014
MS, Psychology, University of New Mexico, 2008-2010
BA, Psychology, University of Missouri, 2003-2007

Department Affiliations

Other Affiliations

Medical Student Addiction Research Program (MedStAR)

Recent Publications

Associations between clinical AUDIT-C screens and HDL cholesterol are observed across primary care patient subgroups.
(2025 May)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 49(5): 1106-1116
Berger D, Matson TE, Oliver M, Jack HE, Bobb JF, Bradley KA, Hallgren KA

Variations in documentation of alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnoses across race, ethnicity, and sex in a health system that assesses AUD symptoms as part of routine primary care.
(2025 May)
J Subst Use Addict Treat 172(): 209654
Ellis RL, Hallgren KA, Williams EC, Glass JE, Rhew IC, Oliver M, Bradley KA

Using digitally delivered measurement-based care in substance use disorder treatment: qualitative analysis of patients' perspectives.
(2025 Feb 24)
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
Frohe T, Cohn EB, Frost MC, Johnson TR, Hallgren KA

mHealth Incentivized Adherence Plus Patient Navigation (MIAPP): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial to improve linkage and retention on buprenorphine for hospitalized patients with methamphetamine use and opioid use disorder.
(2025 Jan 29)
Addict Sci Clin Pract 20(1): 6
Bhatraju EP, Kennedy DN, Gojic AJ, Iles-Shih M, Merrill JO, Samet JH, Hallgren KA, Tsui JI

Association between change in alcohol use reported during routine healthcare screening and change in subsequent hospitalization: A retrospective cohort study.
(2025 May)
Addiction 120(5): 884-894
Jack HE, Berger DB, Bobb JF, Oliver MM, Bradley KA, Hallgren KA

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