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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Karen S. Ingersoll is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on intersecting fields within medicine, health professions, and psychology.

The main domains of study for this scientist include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions
  • Psychology

Ingersoll's work spans multiple subfields such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Applied Psychology
  • Epidemiology
  • Sociology and Political Science

Their research covers a range of topics with particular attention to:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • ICT in Developing Communities
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Ingersoll has contributed to publications in several frequent venues, including:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • JMIR Formative Research
  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • SLEEP
  • JMIR Human Factors

Frequent collaborators with multiple joint publications include:

  • Rebecca Dillingham
  • Tabor Flickinger
  • Lee M. Ritterband
  • Ava Lena Waldman
  • Jessica G. Smith

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Karen S. Ingersoll include:

  • "Liar! Liar! Identifying eligibility fraud by applicants in digital health research" (2021), Internet Interventions
  • "Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Motivational Interviewing with Sexual Minority Male Couples to Reduce Drug Use and Sexual Risk: The Couples Health Project" (2021), AIDS and Behavior
  • "Long term impact of PositiveLinks: Clinic-deployed mobile technology to improve engagement with HIV care" (2020), PLoS ONE
  • "Motivational interviewing with male couples to reduce substance use and HIV risk: Manifestations of partner discord and strategies for facilitating dyadic functioning." (2020), Psychotherapy
  • "A Mobile Health App to Support Patients Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Development and Feasibility Study" (2021), JMIR Formative Research

Karen S. Ingersoll was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies: a randomized controlled trial.

    R. Louise Floyd;Mark Sobell;Mary M. Velasquez;Karen Ingersoll

  • Effect of a Web-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia Intervention With 1-Year Follow-up: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Lee M. Ritterband;Frances P. Thorndike;Karen S. Ingersoll;Holly R. Lord

  • Motivational Interviewing in Groups

    Mary M. Velasquez;Nanette S. Stephens;Karen Ingersoll

  • Intimate Partner Violence: A Predictor of Worse HIV Outcomes and Engagement in Care

    Katherine R. Schafer;Julia Brant;Shruti Gupta;John Thorpe

  • The impact of psychiatric symptoms, drug use, and medication regimen on non-adherence to HIV treatment

    K Ingersoll

  • PositiveLinks: A Mobile Health Intervention for Retention in HIV Care and Clinical Outcomes with 12-Month Follow-Up

    Rebecca Dillingham;Karen Ingersoll;Tabor E. Flickinger;Ava Lena Waldman

  • Reducing alcohol-exposed pregnancy risk in college women: Initial outcomes of a clinical trial of a motivational intervention

    Karen S. Ingersoll;Sherry Dyche Ceperich;Mary D. Nettleman;Mary D. Nettleman;Kimberly Karanda

  • Insomnia in epilepsy is associated with continuing seizures and worse quality of life

    Mark Quigg;Sean Gharai;Jeff Ruland;Catherine Schroeder

  • A randomized controlled trial of an internet intervention for adults with insomnia: effects on comorbid psychological and fatigue symptoms.

    Frances P. Thorndike;Lee M. Ritterband;Linda A. Gonder-Frederick;Holly R. Lord

  • A preliminary investigation of the predictors of tanning dependence.

    Carolyn J Heckman;Brian L. Egleston;Diane B Wilson;Karen S Ingersoll

  • A pilot randomized clinical trial of two medication adherence and drug use interventions for HIV+ crack cocaine users

    Karen S. Ingersoll;Leah Farrell-Carnahan;Jessye Cohen-Filipic;Carolyn J. Heckman

  • Patient-clinician relationships and treatment system effects on HIV medication adherence.

    Karen S. Ingersoll;Carolyn J. Heckman

  • Motivational interviewing targeting diet and physical activity improves adherence to paediatric obesity treatment: results from the MI Values randomized controlled trial.

    Melanie K. Bean;Priscilla Powell;Alexis Quinoy;Karen Ingersoll

  • Liar! Liar! Identifying eligibility fraud by applicants in digital health research.

    Jillian V. Glazer;Kirsten MacDonnell;Christina Frederick;Karen Ingersoll

  • Motivational interviewing + feedback intervention to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancy risk among college binge drinkers: determinants and patterns of response

    Sherry Dyche Ceperich;Sherry Dyche Ceperich;Karen S. Ingersoll;Karen S. Ingersoll

  • Social Support in a Virtual Community: Analysis of a Clinic-Affiliated Online Support Group for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

    Tabor E. Flickinger;Claire DeBolt;Ava Lena Waldman;George Reynolds

  • Preconceptional motivational interviewing interventions to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancy risk.

    Karen S. Ingersoll;Sherry D. Ceperich;Jennifer E. Hettema;Leah Farrell-Carnahan

  • A Dual-Focus Motivational Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancy

    Mary M. Velasquez;Karen S. Ingersoll;Mark B. Sobell;R. Louise Floyd

  • Development of a personalized bidirectional text messaging tool for HIV adherence assessment and intervention among substance abusers

    Karen Ingersoll;Rebecca Dillingham;George Reynolds;Jennifer Hettema

  • MAPIT: Development of a web-based intervention targeting substance abuse treatment in the criminal justice system

    Scott T. Walters;Steven J. Ondersma;Karen S. Ingersoll;Mayra Rodriguez

  • Pilot RCT of bidirectional text messaging for ART adherence among nonurban substance users with HIV.

    Karen S. Ingersoll;Rebecca A. Dillingham;Jennifer E. Hettema;Mark Conaway

  • Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Buprenorphine For Opioid Dependent Women in the Criminal Justice System

    Karen L. Cropsey;Peter S. Lane;Galen J. Hale;Dorothy O. Jackson

  • Respecting patients is associated with more patient-centered communication behaviors in clinical encounters.

    Tabor E. Flickinger;Somnath Saha;Somnath Saha;Debra Roter;P. Todd Korthuis

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark B. Sobell
Mark B. Sobell Nova Southeastern University
Carolyn J. Heckman
Carolyn J. Heckman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Karen L. Cropsey
Karen L. Cropsey University of Alabama at Birmingham
Linda C. Sobell
Linda C. Sobell Nova Southeastern University
Suzanne E. Mazzeo
Suzanne E. Mazzeo Virginia Commonwealth University
Tyrel J. Starks
Tyrel J. Starks City University of New York
Lynn S. Walker
Lynn S. Walker Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Richard Saitz
Richard Saitz Boston University
Joshua N. Hook
Joshua N. Hook University of North Texas
Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing
Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing University of Connecticut

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