Dr. Batchelder is a clinical health psychologist with a background in public health and focus on health disparities. Her research aims to understand and intervene on social and psychological barriers to physical and mental healthcare among underserved people (e.g., stigma, untreated or undertreated mental health needs, inequitable access to social determinant of health, etc.). She laterally collaborates with community-based organizations and communities impacted by the disparities her work aims to address, including people with substance use disorders, people with and vulnerable to HIV, and sexual and gender minority people. Dr. Batchelder’s clinical interests include improving health-related self-care, affective disorders, trauma, and substance use. At Mass General, Dr. Batchelder is the Assistant Director of the Behavioral Medicine Program, where she leads the stigma and substance use research initiatives, a member of the intern selection committee, and provides clinical and research supervision to Behavioral Medicine pre- and postdoctoral fellows. Dr. Batchelder is also the Director of the Substance Use Scientific Working Group and the Interim Director of the Community Engagement Research Program for the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research. She is also an Affiliated Investigator at the Fenway Institute.