Profile: Kari Stephens, PhD

Kari Stephens, PhD is a licensedclinical psychologist, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She earned her PhD at UW. Her work focuses on dissemination of evidence-based behavioral practices (EBPs) integrated behavioral health primary care care settings through research, training, and data science methods. She believes primary care provides a way to reach the vast majority of people and that EBPs can have huge population impact if we can successfully disseminate them. Her clinical expertise includes treating trauma, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and addiction. Dr. Stephens is a panelist for the UW PACC weekly case consultation series, leads the Integrated Primary Care Track for the Psychology Internship Program, and conducts research spanning the use of electronic health data and integrated behavioral health to improve care particularly in disadvantaged populations.