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Abigail Winston Batchelder, PhD

Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences - Boston University School of Public Health

(917) 940-1283
abatchel@bu.edu
Crosstown Center
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Biography

Abigail (Abby) Batchelder (she/her), PhD, MPH is a clinical psychologist with a background in public health. Dr. Batchelder’s research has been funded by the NIH, SAMHSA, Harvard, UCSF, private foundations, and industry; she has been awarded 15 unique grants as principal investigator. Dr. Batchelder’s research aims to collaboratively identify, adapt, and implement evidence-based interventions with and for underserved people with unmet psycho-behavioral health needs, including people with and vulnerable to HIV, people who use drugs, and sexual and gender minority people with a goal of increasing behavioral health equity.

Other Positions

  • Associate Professor, Psychiatry - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Education

  • Yeshiva University, PhD Field of Study: Clinical/Counseling Psychology
  • Yeshiva University, MA Field of Study: Clinical/Counseling Psychology
  • Columbia University, MPH
  • Barnard College, BA Field of Study: Psychology

Websites

Publications

  • Published on 5/5/2026

    Clement DN, Bernier LB, Gulbicki L, Kelly JF, Hoeppner BB, Scheer JR, Batchelder AW. Facilitators, barriers, and strategies for optimizing engagement in recovery community centers among sexual minority people in the U.S. Northeast. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2026 Jun; 19:100442. PMID: 42180180.

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  • Published on 5/5/2026

    Sharma A, Mita C, Dozier K, Singh R, Chukka A, Ramadas R, Taneja S, Batchelder A, Bagley SM, Thakur A, Sullivan MC, Sk SK, Solomon SS, Mayer KH, O'Cleirigh C, Hassan A, Ganapathi L. Family-centered interventions for people with substance use disorders in low-and middle-income country settings: a scoping review. Int J Drug Policy. 2026 May 05; 153:105298. PMID: 42091009.

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  • Published on 3/5/2026

    Socrates B, LeClair AM, Jaffe K, Evans L, Batchelder AW, Moner E, Daudelin D, Irie W, Ngassa Y, Morales Y, Levison J, Evans EA, Wurcel AG. Barriers and facilitators to implementing status-neutral HIV care in an urban jail system. Health Justice. 2026 Mar 05; 14(1). PMID: 41784754.

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  • Published on 2/16/2026

    Zaso MJ, Scheer JR, Cascalheira CJ, Jackson SD, Batchelder AW, Sullivan TP. Discrimination and Posttraumatic Symptomatology Among Trauma-exposed Sexual Minority Women and Transgender and Gender-Diverse People. J Interpers Violence. 2026 Feb 16; 8862605251414446. PMID: 41693608.

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  • Published on 1/1/2026

    Bondarchuk C, Cronin A, Kwetana S, Kumar P, Auger C, Batchelder A, Mayer KH. Correction: Barriers to and Facilitators of Heterosexual Men's Engagement with the PrEP Care Continuum in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. AIDS Behav. 2026 Jan; 30(1):81. PMID: 41148412.

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  • Published on 10/17/2025

    Pericot-Valverde I, Lopes SS, Obeysekare J, Batchelder AW, Groome M, Taylor LE, Page K, Tsui JI, Lum PJ, Mehta SH, Feinberg J, Kim AY, Norton BL, Arnsten J, Baker A, Heo M, Litwin AH. Depression profiles and hepatitis C treatment outcomes among people who inject drugs: The HERO study. J Psychosom Res. 2025 Dec; 199:112417. PMID: 41124945.

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  • Published on 8/22/2025

    Pericot-Valverde I, Nahvi S, Heo M, Gaalema DE, Thrasher JF, Batchelder AW, Litwin AH. E-Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation in Patients With Opioid Use Disorders: From Charybdis to Scylla?-Authors Reply. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Aug 22; 27(9):1669-1670. PMID: 40163717.

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  • Published on 8/19/2025

    Sullivan MC, Davis MJ, O'Cleirigh C, Batchelder AW. PrEP Use Likelihood Among People Who Use Opioid Drugs: Understanding Clinical Correlates Along the Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Cascade. AIDS Behav. 2026 Jan; 30(1):179-189. PMID: 40826261.

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  • Published on 8/14/2025

    Bondarchuk C, Cronin A, Kwetana S, Kumar P, Auger C, Batchelder A, Mayer KH. Barriers to and Facilitators of Heterosexual Men's Engagement with the PrEP Care Continuum in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. AIDS Behav. 2026 Jan; 30(1):62-80. PMID: 40810877.

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  • Published on 7/14/2025

    Chiu C, Shin HJ, Baldwin HT, O'Cleirigh C, Mayer KH, Batchelder AW. Multiple Discrimination, Substance-Related Coping, and Depression Among Sexual Minority Men with HIV. J Homosex. 2026; 73(7):1637-1656. PMID: 40658755.

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