
Michele Bedard-Gilligan, PhD
Personal Statement
Dr. Bedard-Gilligan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Washington. She currently serves as the co-director of the Trauma Recovery & Resilience Innovations (TRI) group and the associate director of the UW Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress (UWCATS). She leads or co-leads several research projects that are funded by the National Institute of Mental Health Disparities, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute of Drug Abuse.
Her research is applied in nature and predominantly focuses on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with specific emphases on the co-occurrence of PTSD and substance use disorders and on mechanisms of treatment and recovery. She has presented her research at national conferences and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. She also maintains an active clinical practice specializing in using empirically supported treatments for PTSD and other anxiety disorders at the University of Washington Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic. Additionally, Dr. Bedard-Gilligan is involved in training and supervising psychology graduate students, psychology residents, and psychiatry residents in the use of empirically supported cognitive behavioral treatments.
Education
Fellowship, 2012, Clinical Psychology - University of Washington
Internship/Residency, 2009, Psychology - University of Washington
Doctoral Training, 2003-2009, Psychology - University of Washington
Department Affiliations
Current Projects
- Affective Dynamics Associated with Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Outcomes among a High-risk Sample of Young Adults
- Project Better
- Young Adult Education on Alcohol & Health (YEAH Study)
- Communication and Recovery Enhancement (CARE) clinical trial
- Improving resilience and recovery from traumatic events using the ECHO model
- Project SARAH (Sexual Assault, Recovery & Hope)
- Project STEP
Recent Publications
(2022 Jul 9)
Contemp Clin Trials 119(): 106848
Dworkin ER, Ruzek JI, Cordova MJ, Fitzpatrick S, Merchant L, Stewart T, Santos JP, Mohr J, Bedard-Gilligan M
(2022 May 27)
J Clin Psychol
Bedard-Gilligan M, Kaysen D, Cordero RM, Huh D, Walker D, Kaiser-Schauer E, Robjant K, Saluskin K, Pearson C
(2022 Mar 27)
J Interpers Violence
Ellyson AM, Ortega A, Bedard-Gilligan MA
(2021 Dec)
J Trauma Stress 34(6): 1219-1227
Burton MS, Marks EH, Bedard-Gilligan MA, Feeny NC, Zoellner LA
(2021 Aug 26)
Psychol Addict Behav
Jaffe AE, Blayney JA, Graupensperger S, Stappenbeck CA, Bedard-Gilligan M, Larimer M
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