
Kevin Hallgren, PhD
Personal Statement
I am a clinical psychologist with research interests in the treatment of problematic alcohol use, drug use, and co-occurring mental health conditions. Most of my research is conducted at the BRiTE Center within the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.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
Centers/Programs
Other Affiliations
Scholarly Expertise
- Access to health care
- Addiction
- Addiction psychiatry/psychology
- Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
- Biostatistics
- Collaborative Care / Integrated Care
- Depression
- Evidence-based practice
- Harm reduction
- Health behaviors
- Health services and health policy
- Human-centered design
- Implementation science
- Measurement-based care
- Medical records
- Mobile mental health
- Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
- Patient-centered outcomes
- Pragmatic clinical trials
- Primary care
- Psychosocial outcomes
- Psychotherapies
- Randomized controlled trial
- Research methods
- Telemedicine
- Telepsychiatry/telepsychology
- eHaRT-A: adapting an in-person harm reduction for alcohol intervention into a telehealth platform
- eHaRT-A
- Impact of the Preventing Addiction-Related Suicide (PARS) Intervention on patients who receive community-based addiction treatment
- Using routine alcohol screening measures to identify 1-year risk of suicidal ideation, intent, and planning within a large primary care system in Washington
- Understanding practical alcohol measures in primary care to prepare for measurement-based care
- Improving opioid use disorder treatment using contingency management via mHealth
- Developing measurement-based care tools for addiction treatment clinics
- Bolster: Development and testing of a caregiver-facing mobile health intervention to reduce duration of untreated psychosis
- Feasibility of mHealth technology-enabled service for remote observed therapy of methadone and COVID-19 screening for patients in an opioid treatment program
- The UW Medical Student Addiction Research (MedStAR) program to address substance use disorders in urban and rural communities in five western states
- Patient-centered team-based primary care to treat opioid use disorder, depression, and other conditions (PC2Too)
- Changing our paths: well-being and recovery among Native Americans with opioid use disorder
- Alcohol and addiction Research Domain Criteria (AARDoC) and alcohol use disorder recovery
- Validating a DSM-5 Substance Use Disorder (SUD) symptom checklist
Recent Publications
Addictions treatment mechanisms of change science and implementation science: A critical review.
(2023 Mar 13)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res
Magill M, Maisto S, Borsari B, Glass JE, Hallgren K, Houck J, Kiluk B, Kuerbis A
(2023 Mar 13)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res
Magill M, Maisto S, Borsari B, Glass JE, Hallgren K, Houck J, Kiluk B, Kuerbis A
Community Member Perspectives on Adapting the Cascade of Care for Opioid Use Disorder for a Tribal Nation in the United States.
(2023 Mar 11)
Addiction
Johnson F Jr, RedCloud A, Mootz J, Hallgren KA, Elliott K, Alexander C, Anji'bide Community Action Board, Greenfield B
(2023 Mar 11)
Addiction
Johnson F Jr, RedCloud A, Mootz J, Hallgren KA, Elliott K, Alexander C, Anji'bide Community Action Board, Greenfield B
Treatment retention and reductions in blood alcohol concentration (BAC) during the first 90 days of a telehealth program for alcohol use disorder.
(2023 Mar 7)
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
Hallgren KA, Galloway GP, Witkiewitz K, Linde P, Nix B, Mendelson JE
(2023 Mar 7)
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
Hallgren KA, Galloway GP, Witkiewitz K, Linde P, Nix B, Mendelson JE
Association between clinical measures of unhealthy alcohol use and subsequent year hospital admissions in a primary care population.
(2023 Apr 1)
Drug Alcohol Depend 245(): 109821
Jack HE, Oliver MM, Berger DB, Bobb JF, Bradley KA, Hallgren KA
(2023 Apr 1)
Drug Alcohol Depend 245(): 109821
Jack HE, Oliver MM, Berger DB, Bobb JF, Bradley KA, Hallgren KA
A patient-centered nurse-supported primary care-based collaborative care program to treat opioid use disorder and depression: Design and protocol for the MI-CARE randomized controlled trial.
(2023 Feb 18)
Contemp Clin Trials 127(): 107124
DeBar LL, Bushey MA, Kroenke K, Bobb JF, Schoenbaum M, Thompson EE, Justice M, Zatzick D, Hamilton LK, McMullen CK, Hallgren KA, Benes LL, Forman DP, Caldeiro RM, Brown RP, Campbell NL, Anderson ML, Son S, Haggstrom DA, Whiteside L, Schleyer TKL, Bradley KA
(2023 Feb 18)
Contemp Clin Trials 127(): 107124
DeBar LL, Bushey MA, Kroenke K, Bobb JF, Schoenbaum M, Thompson EE, Justice M, Zatzick D, Hamilton LK, McMullen CK, Hallgren KA, Benes LL, Forman DP, Caldeiro RM, Brown RP, Campbell NL, Anderson ML, Son S, Haggstrom DA, Whiteside L, Schleyer TKL, Bradley KA
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