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Bernadette Davantes Heckman, PHD

  • Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Counseling and Human Development Services (Counseling Psychology)

  • Affiliate Faculty, Professional Counseling

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Contact Information

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Office Location

427G Aderhold Hall
110 Carlton Street
Athens, Georgia 30602

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Areas of Expertise

  • Clinical Heath Psychology
  • Health Disparities
  • Chronic Pain
  • Multiculturalism
  • Mindfulness-based Interventions
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Opioid and SUDs

Research Interests

  • GRANT: 2017-2021: Project BE-AHEAD: Awarded $1.9 Million Federal HRSA Grant to Increase Integrated Behavioral Health-Primary Care Training (Health Psychology) to Georgia's Workforce
  • GRANT: 2014-2017: Project LIHNKS [Linking Integrated Health Networks in Schools] : Awarded $1.3 Million Federal HRSA Grant to Strengthen Integrated Behavioral HealthTraining in 13 school counties throughout NE Georgia
  • GRANT: 2017 - Current: Project MIGHT- Telehealth Grant for Persons Living with hIV
  • GRANT: 2019-2022: Project OASIS: $1.4 Million Federal Grant on Opioid and Substance Use Workforce Development
  • GRANT: 2019-2022: GPE_HRSA GRANT: $1.3 Million Health Psychology Grant

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Concentrations

Research Summary

My research examines health disparities and merges my three passions in health psychology, multiculturalism and social justice. My health disparities research focuses primarily on (1) persons with chronic pain and severe headache disorders, (2) persons living with HIV/AIDS. (2) the development and provision of integrated behavioral health care services for at-risk youths in schools. The short-term goal of my research is to identify health inequities and the bio-psycho-socio-cultural factors that cause and/or maintain these disparities. Long-term, I seek to develop culturally-contextualized interventions and mindfulness-based approaches to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes in under-represented and marginalized groups.

Biography

Director of Clincal Health Psychology Emphasis, Counseling Psychology Program, Ph.D.

Education

Degree Concentration Institution Year
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 2001
M.A. Clinical Psychology Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 1998