Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Overview

Dr. Arnold is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and a Research Scientist at Rhode Island Hospital in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from Jackson State University in 2019 and specialized in health psychology while on internship at Duke University Medical Center. Her research is centered on the development, implementation, and evaluation of brief health interventions tailored to underserved minority populations residing in the United States with an emphasis on HIV prevention. Specifically, her work combines research and evidence based clinical treatments such as Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to inform interventions to enhance healthy behaviors. Her research is centered on the development of HIV-focused biobehavioral interventions for African American women and young men who have sex with men in the United States. She is a licensed psychologist who provides services to adults living with comorbid mental and physical illnesses. In addition, Dr. Arnold is an active member of the department's Brown Research on Implementation and Dissemination to Guide Evidence Use (BRIDGE) Program and the  Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Committee.

Currently, Dr. Arnold serves as the Principal Investigator of an Early Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH124539-01A1). The five-year project involves the creation and evaluation of an acceptance based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) intervention to engage young Black men who have sex with men in the South in PrEP use. Dr. Arnold also co-leads the Providence/Boston CFAR Implementation Science/HIV Scientific Working Group.

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