Research Interests:
Professional resiliency and burnout prevention Value-based care initiatives Integration of community health workers and promotoro/as de salud into treatment teams Affective supervision/consultationAbout Amy Gallagher
Biography:
Amy Gallagher, Psy.D.. MSHCT is a clinical psychologist with an additional master’s degree in Healthcare Transformation. Dr. Gallagher joined Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in June 2022 as the Employee Resiliency Division director. Prior to this, she spent the entirety of her career in rural, western Colorado working in community mental health.
Highlights included implementing a successful, value-based, multi-county team of Community Health Workers dedicated to addressing patients’ bio-psycho-social needs within physical health care spaces and leading a disaster response team to address behavioral health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Gallagher has experience training and supervising graduate students, psychology doctoral interns, post-doctoral fellows, licensed, and non-licensed behavioral health clinical staff. Her research interests include resiliency and burnout prevention, value-based care, and the integration of behavioral & physical health.
Positions
- Employee Resiliency Program Director
- Department of Supportive and Palliative Care
Background
Education and Training:
- 2021 - MS - Health Care Transformation, University of Texas- Austin, Austin, TX;
- 2008 - PhD - Clinical Psychology, Argosy University, Seattle, WA
- 1999 - MS - Clinical Psychology, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship:
- 2008-2009 - Post-doctoral Fellowship, Clinical Psychology, Colorado West Regional Mental Health, Inc., Glenwood Springs, CO
Professional Memberships:
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA)
Professional Experience:
- 2015-2002 - Vice President, Whole Health LLC; Mind Springs Health, Grand Junction, CO
- 2013-205 - Director of Integrated Care, Mind Springs Health, Grand Junction, CO
- 2009-2013 - Training director, Pre-Doctoral Internship Program, Mind Springs Health, Grand Junction, CO