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Megan A. O'Grady, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Academic Office Location: Public Health Sciences UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030-6325
Phone:	860-679-5483
Website(s):	Department of Public Health Sciences
Curriculum Vitae:	View

Education & Training
Research
Publications

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
B.A.	Kent State University	Psychology
M.A.	Southeastern Louisiana University	General Psycology
Ph.D.	Colorado State University	Applied Social Psychology

Degree

Institution

Major

B.A.

Kent State University

Psychology

M.A.

Southeastern Louisiana University

General Psycology

Ph.D.

Colorado State University

Applied Social Psychology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Postdoctoral	UConn School of Medicine	Research Fellow, Alcohol and Addiction Science Research, UConn Alcohol Research Center

Training

Institution

Specialty

Postdoctoral

UConn School of Medicine

Research Fellow, Alcohol and Addiction Science Research, UConn Alcohol Research Center

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Selected for the Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH), Bethesda, MD	National Institutes of Health
Carol L. Baird Memorial Scholarship, Department of Psychology	Colorado State University
Conference Travel Award, College of Natural Sciences	Colorado State University
Conference Travel Award	Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Conference Travel Awards, Department of Psychology	Colorado State University
Graduate Fellowship Award, Graduate School	Colorado State University

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Selected for the Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH), Bethesda, MD

National Institutes of Health

Carol L. Baird Memorial Scholarship, Department of Psychology

Colorado State University

Conference Travel Award, College of Natural Sciences

Colorado State University

Conference Travel Award

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Conference Travel Awards, Department of Psychology

Colorado State University

Graduate Fellowship Award, Graduate School

Colorado State University

Dr. O’Grady is an applied social psychologist and health services researcher interested in making science-based improvements in the addiction treatment system of care by developing and implementing: new service models, integrated care, technology, and data-driven quality improvement practices. Dr. O’Grady draws from a variety of disciplines in her work such as implementation science, psychology, information technology, organizational science, addiction science, and public health. She has also studied social-contextual factors related to alcohol use among young adults.

Journal Articles

Predictive validity of the New York State Level of Care for Alcohol and Drug Treatment Referral (LOCADTR) for continuous engagement in treatment among individuals recommended for outpatient care.
Neighbors, Charles J; Hussain, Shazia; O'Grady, Megan; Manseau, Marc; Choi, Sugy; Hu, Xiaojing; Burke, Constance; Lincourt, Pat Journal of substance abuse treatment 2021 Jul;108559
Mobile technology and task shifting to improve access to alcohol treatment services in Mozambique.
O'Grady, Megan A; Mootz, Jennifer; Suleman, Antonio; Sweetland, Annika; Teodoro, Eugénia; Anube, Anibal; Feliciano, Paulino; Bezuidenhout, Charl; Dos Santos, Palmira Fortunato; Fumo, Wilza; Gouveia, Lidia; Pinsky, Ilana; Mello, Milena; Kann, Bianca; Wainberg, Milton L Journal of substance abuse treatment 2021 Jun;108549
Scale-Up Study Protocol of the Implementation of a Mobile Health SBIRT Approach for Alcohol Use Reduction in Mozambique.
Suleman, António; Mootz, Jennifer J; Feliciano, Paulino; Nicholson, Terriann; O'Grady, Megan A; Wall, Melanie; Mandell, David S; Stockton, Melissa; Teodoro, Eugénia; Anube, Anibal; Novela, Ana; Mocumbi, Ana Olga; Gouveia, Lidia; Wainberg, Milton L Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2021 Jun;appips202000086
Stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial of a novel opioid court to improve identification of need and linkage to medications for opioid use disorder treatment for court-involved adults.
Elkington, Katherine S; Nunes, Edward; Schachar, Annie; Ryan, Margaret E; Garcia, Alejandra; Van DeVelde, Kelly; Reilly, Dennis; O'Grady, Megan; Williams, Arthur R; Tross, Susan; Wilson, Patrick; Cohall, Renee; Cohall, Alwyn; Wainberg, Milton Journal of substance abuse treatment 2021 Jan;108277
A facilitation model for implementing quality improvement practices to enhance outpatient substance use disorder treatment outcomes: a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial study protocol.
O'Grady, Megan A; Lincourt, Patricia; Greenfield, Belinda; Manseau, Marc W; Hussain, Shazia; Genece, Kamala Greene; Neighbors, Charles J Implementation science : IS 2021 Jan;16(1):5
A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a cross-systems service delivery model to improve identification and care for HIV, STIs and substance use among justice-involved young adults.
Elkington, Katherine S; O'Grady, Megan A; Tross, Susan; Wilson, Patrick; Watkins, Jillian; Lebron, Lenore; Cohall, Renee; Cohall, Alwyn Health & justice 2020 Aug;8(1):20
"I Felt I Was Reaching a Point with My Health": Understanding Reasons for Engagement and Acceptability of Treatment Services for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care
Megan A O’Grady, Joseph Conigliaro, Svetlana Levak, Jeanne Morley, Sandeep Kapoor, Melanie Ritter, Christina Marini, Jon Morgenstern Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
An instrument for assessing progress in substance use disorder treatment: a pilot study of initial reliability and factor structure of the Treatment Progress Assessment-8.
O'Grady, Megan A; Lincourt, Patricia; Hussain, Shazia; Gilmer, Evan; Neighbors, Charles J Journal of addictive diseases 38(1):49-54
How are substance use disorder treatment programs adjusting to value based payment? A Statewide qualitative study
O’Grady, M.A., Lincourt, P., Gilmer, E., Kwan, M., Burke, C., Lisio, C. & Neighbors, C.J. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment