Amanda Gilmore
Associate Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program for Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences; Director, National Center for Sexual Violence Prevention Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences- Education
Ph.D., 2015, University of Washington, Clinical Psychology
M.S., 2009, University of Washington, Psychology
B.S., 2007, Rollins College, Psychology
- Specializations
Prevention of alcohol and drug use, sexual assault, and sexual risk behaviors among high-risk groups with a specific focus on cultural factors related to gender identity, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity
Reducing barriers to accessing treatment for underserved populations through technology-based interventions
Secondary prevention programs for individuals who experienced recent sexual assault
- Biography
Associate Professor
Director of the Ph.D. Program for Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences
Director, National Center for Sexual Violence PreventionDr. Amanda K. Gilmore is a clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health both in the Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences and the Mark Chaffin Centers for Healthy Development. She is also the PhD Director in the Department of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences, the Director of the National Center for Sexual Violence Prevention, and the Director of Training for the A-PREVENT T32 Program. Dr. Gilmore is affiliated with the Center for Research on Interpersonal Violence.
Dr. Gilmore's research interests primarily focus on the development and testing of (1) integrated prevention programs for alcohol and drug use, sexual assault, and sexual risk behaviors among high-risk groups, including adolescents, college students, and service members, (2) innovative technology-based interventions to improve the rate of treatment access and decrease treatment drop-out among underserved populations; and (3) secondary prevention programs for individuals who experienced recent sexual assault. Throughout her work, she focuses on cultural factors related to gender identity, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity. She also focuses on reducing barriers to accessing treatment for underserved populations. Dr. Gilmore has served as a Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Department of Defense, the Office for Victims of Crime and the Department of Homeland Security, as well as several internal grant mechanisms. She has more than 90 peer-reviewed publications. She is also a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in treating substance use disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidal behaviors. She has founded and led clinics that have provided treatment to recent sexual assault victims, victims of crime with posttraumatic stress and suicidal behaviors using Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and integrated behavioral health care within an OB/GYN clinic.