Megan Pinkston-Camp, M.A., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor (Teaching Scholar) in the Departments of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (DPHB) and Medicine at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University. She is also a licensed clinical psychologist with specialization in health psychology/behavioral medicine and maintains a staff psychologist position with Lifespan in the Departments of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Pinkston-Camp engages in research, clinical practice, clinic- and community-based program development, teaching, and mentoring endeavors. Her work is founded in her overlapping interests in HIV, behavioral medicine, substance use, mental illness, health equity, intersectionality, and resilience. As a researcher, she has secured independent funding as MPI and has served as co-Investigator on multiple NIH grants with funding from NIDA, NIAAA, NOA, NIMH, and NCI. In parallel, she has secured program funding from SAMHSA, HRSA, and CDC to support the development and implementation of clinic- and community-based programs such as: including peer counselors in HIV care, training HIV care providers, peers, and staff in motivational interviewing, and creating and implementing the first program in RI dedicated to the provision of psychologist- and peer- led care for individuals from minoritized communities due to race and sexual orientation who use methamphetamine.
Dr. Pinkston-Camp has maintained her commitment to the provision of clinical care for individuals living with HIV and created the clinical behavioral medicine service of the largest HIV primary care clinic in RI, which evolved over many years to include services that addressed living with HIV, substance use, mental illness, behavioral medicine, gender dysphoria, and neuropsychological assessment all under one roof. The service also became a dynamic training environment for Brown Clinical Psychology Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows and aligned with Dr. Pinkston-Camp’s commitment to health equity and ensuring that individuals living with HIV had access to providers competent in the delivery of evidence-based care across multiple, syndemic concerns. In her present position as a psychologist for Lifespan, she provides clinical care, supervision, and mentorship in the Lifespan Recovery Center, the Department of Behavioral Medicine, and at Open Door Health.
Dr. Pinkston-Camp also serves as the Behavioral Medicine Track Coordinator for the Brown Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program and provides clinical supervision and research mentorship to psychology interns, in addition to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
