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
- 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
Association between cannabis use disorder symptom severity and probability of clinically-documented diagnosis and treatment in a primary care sample.
(2023 Aug 23)
Drug Alcohol Depend 251(): 110946
Matson TE, Williams EC, Lapham GT, Oliver M, Hallgren KA, Bradley KA
(2023 Aug 23)
Drug Alcohol Depend 251(): 110946
Matson TE, Williams EC, Lapham GT, Oliver M, Hallgren KA, Bradley KA
Co-use of Methamphetamine Is Associated With Lower Rates of Linkage to Outpatient Treatment for Hospitalized Patients Who Initiate Buprenorphine.
(2023 Jul-Aug 01)
J Addict Med 17(4): 491-492
Tsui JI, Stephens D, Collins B, Denisiuk E, Hallgren KA, Blalock KL, Klein JW, Jack HE, Merrill JO
(2023 Jul-Aug 01)
J Addict Med 17(4): 491-492
Tsui JI, Stephens D, Collins B, Denisiuk E, Hallgren KA, Blalock KL, Klein JW, Jack HE, Merrill JO
Workload, Usability, and Engagement with a Mobile App Supporting Video Observation of Methadone Take-Home Dosing: Usability Study.
(2023 Jul 13)
JMIR Hum Factors 10(): e42654
Idrisov B, Hallgren KA, Michaels A, Soth S, Darnton J, Grekin P, Woolworth S, Saxon AJ, Tsui JI
(2023 Jul 13)
JMIR Hum Factors 10(): e42654
Idrisov B, Hallgren KA, Michaels A, Soth S, Darnton J, Grekin P, Woolworth S, Saxon AJ, Tsui JI
Feasibility, Engagement, and Usability of a Remote, Smartphone-Based Contingency Management Program as a Treatment Add-On for Patients Who Use Methamphetamine: Single-Arm Pilot Study.
(2023 Jul 6)
JMIR Form Res 7(): e47516
Hallgren KA, Duncan MH, Iles-Shih MD, Cohn EB, McCabe CJ, Chang YM, Saxon AJ
(2023 Jul 6)
JMIR Form Res 7(): e47516
Hallgren KA, Duncan MH, Iles-Shih MD, Cohn EB, McCabe CJ, Chang YM, Saxon AJ
Changes in alcohol consumption reported on routine healthcare screenings are associated with changes in depression symptoms.
(2023 Jun)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 47(6): 1132-1142
Hallgren KA, Jack HE, Oliver M, Berger D, Bobb JF, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
(2023 Jun)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 47(6): 1132-1142
Hallgren KA, Jack HE, Oliver M, Berger D, Bobb JF, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
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