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
- Partnering with the Quinault Indian Nation to develop a community-based contingency management intervention
- Improving the implementation of smartphone-based contingency management in medical settings for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder: a qualitative analysis of patient and clinician experiences
- Acceptability and feasibility of a single-session + digital mental health intervention for people with psychosis on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit
- 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
Combining mHealth Technology and Pharmacotherapy to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Reduce Human Rights Abuses in West Africa: Intervention Field Trial.
(2024 Mar 27)
JMIR Ment Health 11(): e53096
Ben-Zeev D, Larsen A, Attah DA, Obeng K, Beaulieu A, Asafo SM, Gavi JK, Kadakia A, Sottie EQ, Ohene S, Kola L, Hallgren K, Snyder J, Collins PY, Ofori-Atta A, M-Healer Research Team
(2024 Mar 27)
JMIR Ment Health 11(): e53096
Ben-Zeev D, Larsen A, Attah DA, Obeng K, Beaulieu A, Asafo SM, Gavi JK, Kadakia A, Sottie EQ, Ohene S, Kola L, Hallgren K, Snyder J, Collins PY, Ofori-Atta A, M-Healer Research Team
Reductions in World Health Organization risk drinking level are associated with improvements in sleep problems among individuals with alcohol use disorder.
(2024 Mar 16)
Alcohol Alcohol 59(3):
Garcia CC, Richards DK, Tuchman FR, Hallgren KA, Kranzler HR, Aubin HJ, O'Malley SS, Mann K, Aldridge A, Hoffman M, Anton RF, Witkiewitz K
(2024 Mar 16)
Alcohol Alcohol 59(3):
Garcia CC, Richards DK, Tuchman FR, Hallgren KA, Kranzler HR, Aubin HJ, O'Malley SS, Mann K, Aldridge A, Hoffman M, Anton RF, Witkiewitz K
Reductions in World Health Organization Risk Drinking Level Are Associated With Reductions in Alcohol Use Disorder Diagnosis and Criteria: Evidence From an Alcohol Pharmacotherapy Trial.
(2024 Apr 12)
J Addict Med
Richards DK, Tuchman FR, Hallgren KA, Kranzler HR, Aubin HJ, O'Malley SS, Mann K, Aldridge A, Anton RF, Witkiewitz K
(2024 Apr 12)
J Addict Med
Richards DK, Tuchman FR, Hallgren KA, Kranzler HR, Aubin HJ, O'Malley SS, Mann K, Aldridge A, Anton RF, Witkiewitz K
Test-retest reliability of DSM-5 substance use symptom checklists used in primary care and mental health care settings.
(2024 Mar 1)
Drug Alcohol Depend 256(): 111108
Hallgren KA, Matson TE, Oliver M, Wang X, Williams EC, Bradley KA
(2024 Mar 1)
Drug Alcohol Depend 256(): 111108
Hallgren KA, Matson TE, Oliver M, Wang X, Williams EC, Bradley KA
Reductions in WHO risk drinking levels correlate with alcohol craving among individuals with alcohol use disorder.
(2024 Feb)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 48(2): 420-429
Tuchman FR, Hallgren KA, Richards DK, Aldridge A, Anton RF, Aubin HJ, Kranzler HR, Mann K, O'Malley SS, Witkiewitz K
(2024 Feb)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 48(2): 420-429
Tuchman FR, Hallgren KA, Richards DK, Aldridge A, Anton RF, Aubin HJ, Kranzler HR, Mann K, O'Malley SS, Witkiewitz K
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