Brandon Bergman, Ph.D.

RESEARCH SCIENTIST

RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT THE NATIONAL CENTER ON YOUTH PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY

Brandon G. Bergman, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Associate Director at the Recovery Research Institute (RRI). He is also the RRI Associate Director of Communications, providing content and oversight for the RRI website, and the monthly RRI Recovery Bulletin. Dr. Bergman’s research targets the intersection between professional-clinical and freely accessible, community-based services for individuals with substance use disorder including, but not limited to, those in the life stage of emerging adulthood (i.e., ages 18-29). Dr. Bergman’s primary line of research, funded by a career development award (K23) from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, examines the nature and utility of participation in online, digital recovery support services, as well as the use of social network site data to elucidate social-recovery processes. He completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Nova Southeastern University and his psychology internship and addiction psychology postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bergman is also a licensed clinical psychologist, actively treating individuals with substance use disorder and related problems, as well as family members who are supporting their loved ones with these conditions.

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Other team Members

Akosua Dankwah, Dr.PH.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Alex Russell, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Alex Tansey
Clinical Research Coordinator
Alexandra Abry
Senior Clinical Research Program Manager
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