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Laura Meis, PhD

 

Laura Meis, PhD

Portrait of Laura Meis

Researcher/Investigator

Women's Health Sciences Division

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Academic Appointment

  • University of Minnesota Medical School, Associate Professor of Medicine

Education

  • Minneapolis VA Healthcare System, Associated Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010
  • Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology, VA Boston Healthcare System, 2008
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Clinical Psychology, PhD, 2008
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Clinical Psychology, MS, 2005
  • Simpson College, Psychology & Theatre, BA, 2000

Expertise and Interests

  • PTSD and couple / family functioning
  • Couple and family treatments for PTSD
  • Optimizing PTSD treatment engagement and response
  • Shared decision making in mental health care
  • Patient engagement in research

Membership in Professional Societies

  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
  • Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies

Awards and Honors

  • 2016 and 2020 Finalist for the "Barbara Thompson Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families" Award, Military Family Research Institute, Purdue University
  • Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Career Development Award

Selected Publications

Meis, L. A., Glynn, S. M., Spoont, M. R., Kehle-Forbes, S. M., Nelson, D. Isenhart, C. E., Eftekhari, A., Ackland, P. E., Linden, E. B., Orazem, R. J., Cutting, A., Hagel Campbell, E. M., Astin, M. C., Porter, K. E., Smith, E. R., Chuick, C. D., Lamp, K. E., Vuper, T. C., Oakley, T. A., Khan, L. B., Keckeisen, S. K., & Polusny, M. A. (2022). Can families help Veterans get more from PTSD treatment? Design and methodology of a randomized clinical trial. Trials, 23, 243. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06183-2

Meis, L. A., Polusny, M. A., Kehle-Forbes, S., Erbes, C. R., O'Dougherty, M., Erickson, E. P.G., Orazem, R. J., Burmeister, L., & Spoont, M. (2022). Making sense of poor adherence in PTSD treatment from the perspective of Veterans and their therapists. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001199

Meis, L. A., Noorbaloochi, S., Hagel Campbell, E., Erickson, E. P. G., Velasquez, T. L., Leverty, D. M., Thompson, K., & Erbes, C. R. (2021). A Theory of Planned Behavior Scale for adherence to trauma focused PTSD treatments. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(2), 440-453. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22620

Thompson-Hollands, J., Burmeister, L., Rosen, C., O'Dougherty, M., Erickson, E. P. G., & Meis, L. A. (2021). Veterans with poor PTSD treatment adherence: Exploring their loved ones' experience of PTSD and understanding of PTSD treatment. Psychological Services, 18(2), 216-226. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000389

Meis, L. A., Noorbaloochi, S., Hagel Campbell, E. M. H., Erbes, C. R., Polusny, M. A., Velasquez, T. L., Bangerter, A., Cutting, A., Eftekhari, A., Rosen, C., Tuerk, P. W., Burmeister, L. B., & Spoont, M. R. (2019). Sticking it out in trauma-focused treatment for PTSD: It takes a village. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(3), 246-256. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000386

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Email: ncptsd@va.gov
Also see: VA Mental Health

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