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Autumn Gallegos Greenwich, Ph.D.

Autumn Gallegos Greenwich, Ph.D.

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Appointment (585) 275-2824

About Me

Professional Background

Autumn M. Gallegos, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and licensed clinical psychologist. Her research explores the effects of mind-body interventions on posttraumatic stress symptoms among survivors of trauma. She is also an experienced Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) instructor...
Autumn M. Gallegos, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and licensed clinical psychologist. Her research explores the effects of mind-body interventions on posttraumatic stress symptoms among survivors of trauma. She is also an experienced Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) instructor and teaches MBSR courses to faculty and staff of URMC. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology. Her pre-doctoral and postdoctoral work in the URMC PRIDE (Program of Research and Innovation in Disparities Education) program, and advanced postdoctoral work at the VISN 2 Center of Excellence, focused on the delivery and study of interventions with traumatized populations.

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Research (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Department of Psychiatry Research Fellow, University of Rochester Medical Center 2014 - 2015

Graduate fellow of the Thirteenth Annual OBSSR/NHLBI Summer Institute on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions

VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention Advanced Fellow, Canandaigua VA Medical Center 2012 - 2014

Program of Research and Innovation in Disparities Education (PRIDE) Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center 2010 - 2012

Awards

Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Award. 2019 - 2021

Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Award. 2017 - 2019

Outstanding Poster Award. 2013 - 2013

Travel Fellowship Award. 2013 - 2013

Graduate fellow. 2013 - 2013

Psychology Research Award. 2012 - 2012

Chief Psychology Fellow. 2011 - 2012

Research

The substantial need to develop and target effective mental health interventions for underserved and traumatized populations underpins the academic path I have taken. Over the last ten years, my research has focused on the impact of stress among underserved and understudied communities exposed to tr...
The substantial need to develop and target effective mental health interventions for underserved and traumatized populations underpins the academic path I have taken. Over the last ten years, my research has focused on the impact of stress among underserved and understudied communities exposed to trauma. My long term goal is to identify interventions that target the cognitive and emotion dysregulation that perpetuates posttraumatic stress symptoms and their health consequences. Specifically, I aim to adapt interventions informed by biological markers that underlie cognitive and emotion regulation using community-based participatory research methods among survivors of interpersonal violence.

Publications

Journal Articles

CBT-I treatment attrition in patients with weekly nightmares.

Hamilton NA, Russell JA, Youngren WA, Gallegos AM, Crean HF, Cerulli C, Bishop TM, Hamadah K, Schulte M, Pigeon WR, Heffner KL

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.. 2023 July 10 Epub 07/10/2023.

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia to Augment Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment in Survivors of Interpersonal Violence.

Pigeon WR, Crean HF, Cerulli C, Gallegos AM, Bishop TM, Heffner KL

Psychotherapy and psychosomatics.. 2021 July 15 :1-13. Epub 07/15/2021.

Subjective memory in adults over 50 years of age: associations with affective and physiological markers of emotion regulation.

Heffner KL, Quiñones MM, Gallegos AM, Crean HF, Lin F, Suhr JA

Aging & mental health.. 2021 March 30 :1-9. Epub 03/30/2021.

Effects of mindfulness training on posttraumatic stress symptoms from a community-based pilot clinical trial among survivors of intimate partner violence.

Gallegos AM, Heffner KL, Cerulli C, Luck P, McGuinness S, Pigeon WR

Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy.. 2020 September 24 Epub 09/24/2020.

Strategies to Promote Social Connections Among Older Adults During 'Social Distancing' Restrictions.

Van Orden KA, Bower E, Lutz J, Silva C, Gallegos AM, Podgorski CA, Santos EJ, Conwell Y

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2020 May 18 Epub 05/18/2020.

Dysregulation of inflammation, neurobiology, and cognitive function in PTSD: an integrative review.

Quinones MM, Gallegos AM, Lin FV, Heffner K

Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience.. 2020 March 13 Epub 03/13/2020.

Sleep and Interpersonal Violence: A Systematic Review.

Gallegos AM, Trabold N, Cerulli C, Pigeon WR

Trauma, violence & abuse.. 2019 May 26 :1524838019852633. Epub 05/26/2019.

A Secondary Analysis of Sleep Quality Changes in Older Adults From a Randomized Trial of an MBSR Program.

Gallegos AM, Moynihan J, Pigeon WR

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society.. 2018 November 37 (11):1327-1343. Epub 08/10/2016.

Associations of mindfulness with depressive symptoms and well-being in older adults: the moderating role of neuroticism.

Elliot AJ, Gallegos AM, Moynihan JA, Chapman BP

Aging & mental health.. 2018 January 17 :1-6. Epub 01/17/2018.

Meditation and yoga for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials.

Gallegos AM, Crean HF, Pigeon WR, Heffner KL

Clinical psychology review.. 2017 December 58 :115-124. Epub 1900 01 01.

Improving Treatment Engagement for Returning Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation.

Gallegos AM, Streltzov NA, Stecker T

The Journal of nervous and mental disease.. 2016 May 204 (5):339-43. Epub 1900 01 01.

Personality Predicts Utilization of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction During and Post-Intervention in a Community Sample of Older Adults.

Barkan T, Hoerger M, Gallegos AM, Turiano NA, Duberstein PR, Moynihan JA

The journal of alternative and complementary medicine : research on paradigm, practice, and policy.. 2016 May 22 (5):390-5. Epub 03/31/2016.

Comorbid depression and alcohol use disorders and prospective risk for suicide attempt in the year following inpatient hospitalization.

Britton PC, Stephens B, Wu J, Kane C, Gallegos A, Ashrafioun L, Tu X, Conner KR

Journal of affective disorders.. 2015 November 15187 :151-5. Epub 08/25/2015.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction to enhance psychological functioning and improve inflammatory biomarkers in trauma-exposed women: A pilot study.

Gallegos AM, Lytle MC, Moynihan JA, Talbot NL

Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy.. 2015 November 7 (6):525-32. Epub 04/27/2015.

Responding to the need for sleep among survivors of interpersonal violence: A randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral insomnia intervention followed by PTSD treatment.

Pigeon WR, Heffner KL, Crean H, Gallegos AM, Walsh P, Seehuus M, Cerulli C

Contemporary clinical trials.. 2015 November 45 (Pt B):252-260. Epub 09/04/2015.

A pilot randomized trial teaching mindfulness-based stress reduction to traumatized youth in foster care.

Jee SH, Couderc JP, Swanson D, Gallegos A, Hilliard C, Blumkin A, Cunningham K, Heinert S

Complementary therapies in clinical practice.. 2015 August 21 (3):201-9. Epub 06/20/2015.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction for veterans exposed to military sexual trauma: rationale and implementation considerations.

Gallegos AM, Cross W, Pigeon WR

Military medicine.. 2015 June 180 (6):684-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Sleep.

Pigeon WR, Gallegos AM

Sleep medicine clinics.. 2015 March 10 (1):41-8. Epub 12/15/2014.

Gender Differences in Service Utilization among OEF/OIF Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after a Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Increase Treatment Engagement: A Mixed Methods Study.

Gallegos AM, Wolff KB, Streltzov NA, Adams LB, Carpenter-Song E, Nicholson J, Stecker T

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health.. 2015 25 (5):542-7. Epub 06/04/2015.

Toward identifying the effects of the specific components of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on biologic and emotional outcomes among older adults.

Gallegos AM, Hoerger M, Talbot NL, Krasner MS, Knight JM, Moynihan JA, Duberstein PR

The journal of alternative and complementary medicine : research on paradigm, practice, and policy.. 2013 October 19 (10):787-92. Epub 02/05/2013.

Emotional benefits of mindfulness-based stress reduction in older adults: the moderating roles of age and depressive symptom severity.

Gallegos AM, Hoerger M, Talbot NL, Moynihan JA, Duberstein PR

Aging & mental health.. 2013 17 (7):823-9. Epub 05/22/2013.

Exposure to violence, support needs, adjustment, and motivators among Guatemalan humanitarian aid workers.

Putman KM, Lantz JI, Townsend CL, Gallegos AM, Potts AA, Roberts RC, Cree ER, de Villagrán M, Eriksson CB, Foy DW

American journal of community psychology.. 2009 September 44 (1-2):109-15. Epub 1900 01 01.

Reports of Community Violence Exposure, Traumatic Loss, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Complicated Grief Among Guatemalan Aid Workers

Putman, K. M., Townsend, C., Lantz, J., Roberts, R., Gallegos, A., Potts, A., Eriksson, C. B., & Foy, D.W.

Traumatology. 2009; 15: 40-47.

Cultural understandings of child sexual abuse from aid workers and parents at the Guatemala City dump community

Putman, K. M., Lantz, J. I., Potts, A. A., Gallegos, A., Herrera, S., Eriksson, C. B., Steenwyk, M., & Foy, D. W.

Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma. 2008; 1: 349-364.