Biography
Dr. Steven Safren is the Director of Behavioral Medicine, and is an Associate Professor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Safren is also the Director of the Behavioral Medicine Track of the MGH clinical psychology internship. Dr. Safren received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University at Albany (State University of New York) in 1998, and did his internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Safren is board certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).
Dr. Safren's focus is on cognitive behavioral intervention development, particularly in the areas of HIV and other chronic illnesses, as well as adult ADHD. Dr. Safren has over 150 professional publications inclusive of data-driven papers, reviews, chapters, commentaries, and books; and has been the PI or protocol chair of 8 NIH-funded grants in these areas. HIs work in HIV has been extended nationally and internationally, and he has regularly served as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health's study sections that review grants related to behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS. He has published treatment manuals for therapists working with adults with ADHD and working with individuals with depression that co-occurs with a chronic medical illness.