Julie Angerhofer, PhD, MPH

“It brings me a lot of joy to partner with health care providers and receivers to learn how to improve care delivery.”

Julie Angerhofer, PhD, MPH*

Associate Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Scientist in Residence, Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health
* formerly Richards

Julie.E.Angerhofer@kp.org
206-287-2100

Twitter: @jangerhofer

Curriculum vitae (CV)

Biography

Julie Angerhofer, PhD, MPH, is passionate about improving care for mental health and substance use in partnership with people who provide and receive health care. She applies qualitative methods to inform what research questions we should be asking and how we should consider answering them. She employs statistical methods to inform implementation evaluations with a goal of optimizing care delivery and improving clinical practice effectiveness and patient outcomes.

Dr. Angerhofer has received grants from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education to research suicide prevention in health care systems via user-centered design and community-based participatory approaches. She also collaborates with multidisciplinary teams on a variety of mental health and addiction research projects, supports care delivery research partnerships, and mentors students at the University of Washington as an affiliate assistant professor.

Research interests and experience

Suicide Prevention
Alcohol and Drug Use
Behavior Change

Firearm injury prevention; alcohol and drug misuse; tobacco cessation
Mental Health

Depression; alcohol and drug use disorders; suicide prevention; self-management
Social Determinants of Health

Stigma
Health Services & Economics

Quality improvement, implementation cost
Preventive Medicine

Public and population health; screening effectiveness and uptake; evidence-based practice recommendations
Implementation Research
Addictions

Prevention and treatment

Sparc trial tools

Resources for behavioral health integration

The SPARC trial successfully implemented behavioral health care into primary care. On our website, you can access tools for behavioral health integration, as well as frequently asked questions and publications.

Recent publications

Katon W, Richardson L, Russo J, McCarty CA, Rockhill C, McCauley E, Richards J, Grossman DC. Depressive symptoms in adolescence: the association with multiple health risk behaviors. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2010;32(3):233-9. Epub 2010 Mar 1. PubMed

McClure JB, Ludman EJ, Grothaus L, Pabiniak C, Richards J. Impact of a brief motivational smoking cessation intervention: the Get PHIT randomized controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. 2009;37(2):116-23. Epub 2009 Jun 12. PubMed

McClure JB, Swan GE, Jack L, Catz SL, Zbikowski SM, McAfee TA, Deprey M, Richards J, Javitz H. Mood, side-effects and smoking outcomes among persons with and without probable lifetime depression taking varenicline. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24(5):563-9. Epub 2009 Feb 24. PubMed

McClure JB, Divine G, Alexander G, Tolsma D, Rolnick SJ, Stopponi M, Richards J, Johnson CC. A comparison of smokers' and nonsmokers' fruit and vegetable intake and relevant psychosocial factors. Behav Med. 2009;35(1):14-22. PubMed

McClure JB, Ludman E, Grothaus L, Pabiniak C, Richards J, Mohelnitzky A. Immediate and short-term impact of a brief motivational smoking intervention using a biomedical risk assessment: The Get PHIT trial. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009;11(4):394-403. Epub 2009 Mar 18. PubMed