Rebecca S. Allen, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Biography: 
Dr. Rebecca S. Allen is a professor of psychology and director of the Alabama Research Institute on Aging at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Her research and clinical interests are: 1) interventions to reduce the stress of individuals, family and professional care partners within the context of advanced chronic or terminal illness; 2) the cultural dynamics of healthcare and financial decision making; and 3) clinical training (ethics, health disparity and LGBTQ+ issues, community-based participatory research). She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Gerontological Society of America.
Education: 
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

Recent Grant Awards: 
  • Local Community-Based Workforce to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Access. Department of Health and Human Services, TDC: $1,000,000, H. Lee, Principal Investigator, R.S. Allen, Co-Investigator. 2020-2023. 
  • Rural Community Opioid Response Program Implementation. Department of Health and Human Services, TDC: $ 1,000,000, H. Lee & J. Eyer, Principal Investigators, R. S. Allen, co-Investigator. 2019-2022 
  • Deep South Comprehensive Graduate Psychology Training Pipeline: Substance and Opioid Use (SUD/OUD) Assessment and Brief Treatment,” Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (D40HP33364), Department of Health and Human Services, TDC $1,072,572, R. S. Allen, Principal Investigator. 2019-2024 
  • A Mindfulness and Peer Mentoring Program to Improve Adherence to Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Special Emphasis Panel HEAL Initiative: Behavioral and Social Interventions to Improve Adherence to Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders, TDC: $2,015,720, M. Mumba, Principal Investigator, R. S. Allen, co-Investigator. 2018-2023 
  • Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research. National Institute on Aging, TDC Subcontract: $55,386, R. Durant, Principal Investigator, R. S. Allen, co-Investigator and co-Director of the Research and Education Core