Our Team
Affiliated Faculty & Staff




Abigail Batchelder, MPH, PhD (she/her/hers)
- Director of the Behavioral Health Equity Program, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University
- Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and General Internal Medicine, Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
- Associate Vice Chair of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Boston Medical Center
- Affiliated Investigator, The Fenway Institute
- Affiliated Investigator, Behavioral Medicine Program
- Director, Harvard University CFAR Substance Use & HIV Scientific Working Group
- Executive Committee Member, Harvard University CFAR
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Amy J. Clara, PsyD (she/her/ella)
- Staff Clinical Psychologist, Center for Psychiatric Oncology & Behavioral Sciences
- Co-director, Psycho-Oncology Training Program
- Adjunct Associate Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
- Instructor, Harvard Medical School
- Co-Director, Cancer Outcomes Research & Education Program
- Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School




- Director of Global Health Research, Center for Global Health
- Associate Director, Developmental & Mentoring Core, Harvard University CFAR
- Executive Committee Member, Harvard University CFAR
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Susan Himes, PhD (she/her/hers)
- Staff Psychologist, Behavioral Medicine Program
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Brown Medical School
- Instructor, Harvard Medical School
- Investigator, Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Research Institute
- Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
- Medical Research Director and Co-Chair, Fenway Health
Co-Director, The Fenway Institute - Co-Director, Bio-Behavioral and Community Sciences (BBCS) Core, Harvard University CFAR
- Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
- Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Community Health, Brown University
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School




Kerri A. Murphy, PhD (she/her/hers)
- Staff Psychologist, Center for Psychiatric Oncology & Behavioral Sciences
- Co-Director, Psycho-oncology Training Program
- Instructor, Harvard Medical School
- Co-Chair, The Fenway Institute
- Program Lead, HMS-Fenway LGBTQIA+ Health Fellowship Program
- Associate Editor, MedEdPORTAL
Advisory Dean and Director, William B. Castle Society, Harvard Medical School - Director of Student Well-Being Programs, Office of Student Affairs, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Associate Chief, General Medicine Division
- Director, Tobacco Research and Treatment Center
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School




Susan Sprich, PhD (she/her/hers)
- Clinical Director of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry
- Director of Psychology Training, Department of Psychiatry
- Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Amelia M. Stanton, PhD (she/her/hers)
- Affiliated Investigator, Behavioral Medicine Program
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Boston University
Joanna M. Streck, PhD (she/her/hers)
- Associate Director of Health Promotion and Resiliency Intervention Research (HPRIR) Addiction Science Research and Programs
- Staff Psychologist, MGH Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Bridge Clinic
- Research Faculty, MGH HPRIR, MGH Center for Addiction Medicine, MGH Tobacco Research and Treatment Center
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School




- Director of Mind-Body Research, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Director of Clinical Research, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
- Director, Harvard Medical School Research Fellowship in Integrative Medicine (NIH T32 postdoctoral training fellowship)
- Primary Care Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Healthcare Associates
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Former Staff & Trainees
Steven Safren, PhD
Founder and former director of the Behavioral Medicine Program (2004-2015)
Aaron J. Blashill, PhD
Michael Boroughs, PhD
Laura Knouse, PhD
Matthew Mimiaga, PhD
Sarah Markowitz, PhD
Greer A. Raggio, PhD, MPH