Role

Co-creates TRI trainings in resilience, trauma-informed care, psychological first aid, and skills for psychological recovery

Leads and co-leads TRI trainings and auxiliary Cognitive Processing Therapy, Exposure, and Trauma-Informed care trainings

Leads virtual learning collaboratives for mental health and other allied providers

Conducts research, including clinical trials, to develop and test interventions to promote trauma recovery

Plays a lead role in TRI contract partnerships

Current Grants

2023-2028

Co-Principal Investigator, Testing the efficacy of a CBT-enhanced text message intervention to reduce symptom burden in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and co-occurring hazardous drinking, MPIs: Kristen Lindgren & Michele Bedard-Gilligan, R01AA028776, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Principal Investigator, Understanding and Testing Recovery Processes for PTSD and Alcohol Use following Sexual Assault, R01AA027499, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Additional current grant funding comes from NIAAA, NIMH, and HRSA

Areas of Expertise

• PTSD

• Acute trauma reactions and resilience

• Alcohol and cannabis use

• Experimental methods

• Clinical trials

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington, Clinical Psychology

M.S., University of Washington, Clinical Psychology

B.S., Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College, Psychology & Women’s Studies

Credentials

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, WA State

Publications

Bedard-Gilligan, M.A., Dworkin, E.R., Kaysen D., Ojalehto, H.J., Stappenbeck, C.A., Lindgren, K.P. (2022). A pilot study on the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a brief text message intervention for co-occurring alcohol misuse and PTSD symptoms in a community sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 91, 102615.

Bedard-Gilligan M, Kaysen D, Cordero RM, Huh D, Walker D, Kaiser-Schauer E, Robjant K, Saluskin K, Pearson C. Adapting narrative exposure therapy with a tribal community: A community-based approach.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78(11), 2087–2108.

NIH bibliography | Dr. Michele Bedard-Gilligan

Media

Jimenez, E. (October 2022). What we know about trauma’s effect on our health, and how people can recover. Interview with Seattle Times.

Love, S. (September 2021). We’re all burned out and exhausted. It doesn’t mean we’re not resilient. Interview with Vice Media.

Personal Interests

Cooking, running, hiking, traveling, and watching my kids’ sporting events — especially little league season!