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Suzan Winders-Barrett, PHD

Assistant Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • PhD: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Experimental Health Psychology)
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Pain Management)
  • Internship: University of Alabama at Birmingham Training Consortium (Clinical Psychology)
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Research Interests

Research interests include chronic pain management, smoking cessation and alcohol and substance abuse. She is the VA's only health psychologist.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Heffner, Jaimee L; Tran, Giao Q; Johnson, Candace S; Barrett, Suzan Winders; Blom, Thomas J; Thompson, Rachel D; Anthenelli, Robert M 2010. Combining motivational interviewing with compliance enhancement therapy (MI-CET): development and preliminary evaluation of a new, manual-guided psychosocial adjunct to alcohol-dependence pharmacotherapy. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 71 1, 61-70

Heffner, Jaimee L; Barrett, Suzan Winders; Anthenelli, Robert M . Predicting alcohol misusers' readiness and ability to quit smoking: a critical review. Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire), 42 3, 186-95