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Lauretta Grau, PhD

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lauretta.grau@yale.edu
203.785.2904

Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

PO Box 208034, 135 College Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

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Biography

Dr. Grau is a clinical psychologist with training in health psychology and expertise in identifying the cognitive and emotional correlates of risk and preventive health behaviors. She has been involved in the fields of HIV and hepatitis prevention research for over two decades during which time she has worked with syringe services programs (SSPs) and community-based organizations in the U.S., Russia, Vietnam, and Ecuador. Dr. Grau has been involved in multisite, longitudinal evaluations of SSPs and public health interventions implemented through SSPs and emergency departments. She has experience working with sexually active adolescents, minority and substance-using populations, and people who inject drugs and their families. More recently, her research interests have included qualitative and mixed methods studies of the HIV Care Continuum, technology-based interventions to assist in smoking cessation and substance abuse treatment, and the epidemiology of opioid-involved fatalities. She has also led qualitative studies on such topics as the quality of healthcare delivery, repeat medical hospitalizations, and access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.

Last Updated on April 07, 2025.

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Education & Training

PhD
George Mason University (1996)

Research

Overview

Dr. Grau is a clinical psychologist with training in health psychology
and has expertise in identifying the cognitive and emotional correlates
of risk and preventive health behaviors. She has been involved in the
field of HIV prevention research for over fifteen years and has been
working with syringe exchange programs for almost a decade. Dr. Grau
has conducted multisite, longitudinal evaluations of syringe exchange
programs, including a feasibility and cost-effectiveness study of
offering hepatitis vaccination through syringe exchanges. She also has
experience in HIV and hepatitis prevention research with sexually
active adolescents, minority and drug using populations, and most
recently with older populations. In addition, she has led women’s
support groups at the local syringe exchanges. On a broader level, Dr.
Grau is interested in research that will result in the development and
implementation of individual, family- and community-based harm
reduction interventions.

Medical Research Interests

Attitude; HIV; Psychiatry and Psychology

Public Health Interests

Behavioral Health; Hepatitis; HIV/AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Substance Use, Addiction; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Lauretta Grau's published research.

Publications

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

  • activity

    Developing a Comprehensive Model of the HIV Care Continuum in Nine Small Cities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island

    06/03/2015 - 06/03/2015OtherNew England HIV Implementation Science Network
  • activity

    Opioid-Involved Fatalities among Connecticut Residents: 2009 - 2014

    05/13/2015 - 05/13/2015Oral PresentationSyringe Services Program (SSP) Monthly Meeting
  • activity

    The SHERPA Project: Findings on Injection Drug Use in the Suburbs of Southwestern Connecticut

    03/29/2012 - 03/29/2012LectureThe SHERPA Project: Findings on Injection Drug Use in the Suburbs of Southwestern Connecticut
  • activity

    Narrative Data Mining Workshop: Applying a Transdisciplinary Framework

    09/29/2010 - 10/02/2010Oral Presentation2010 Conference of the National Hispanic Scientist Network on Drug Abuse
  • activity

    Qualitative Interviewing Skills and Public Health Research

    05/14/2009 - 05/14/2009LectureQualitative Interviewing Skills and Public Health Research
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Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

PO Box 208034, 135 College Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

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