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Early Career Award, Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, American Psychological Association

Emerging Leader, Psychology and AIDS Distinguished Leadership Award, Committee on Psychology and AIDS, American Psychological Association

Early-Stage Investigator Lecture, NIH Office of Disease Prevention

Visiting Senior Lecturer, Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya

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Social Personality and Health Network

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Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues 

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Acceptability and feasibility of online, asynchronous photovoice with key populations and people living with HIV

Impart: findings from a prison‐based model of HIV assisted partner notification in Indonesia

Treatment System Adaptations during War: Lessons from Ukrainian Addiction Treatment Providers

Multilevel Resilience and HIV Virologic Suppression Among African American/Black Adults in the Southeastern United States

Valerie Earnshaw's research focuses on understanding and addressing associations between stigma and health inequities across the lifespan. She aims to contribute to knowledge of the mechanisms whereby stigma undermines health outcomes as well as interventions to reduce stigma and improve the wellbeing of stigmatized populations.

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HIV Stigma

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Sex, Drugs & Science

Coronavirus pandemic: How to help senior citizens

Don't Let Fear of Covid-19 Turn into Stigma

Bullied kids more likely to use painkillers

Bullied in 5th grade, prone to drug abuse by high school

Communicating about the monkeypox outbreak: Lessons from the social and behavioral sciences

Stigma and Substance Use Disorders

HIV and Substance Use Stigma

Reflections on the Patient Journey

Substance use disorder and HIV stigma: Key concepts, findings, and intervention strategies

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Professors provide expertise on happiness, mindfulness and thoughtful gift giving this holiday season.

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences

Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair and Professor

Assistant Professor of Marketing

The holiday season is a whirlwind of joy, lights, and laughter, but sometimes it can also sneak in some added stress. Experts from the University of Delaware are here to remind us that our mental wellness shouldn’t take a backseat during these festive times. By weaving mindfulness into our holiday plans, we can maximize the joy and peace we experience. 
    

    
Prioritizing presence over presents  Let's face it: the holiday rush often translates to an avalanche of consumerism. But Amit Kumar, a marketing professor who focuses on the scientific study of happiness, suggests focusing on being present rather than the presents.
    

    
Carving out mindful time   The holidays can stir up complex emotions as families come together. Psychology professors Franssy Zablah and Zachary Meehan offer strategies to support mental well-being this season.

Valerie Earnshaw and Raphael Travis, professors who study health and wellbeing, can share guidance for supporting family members with substance use disorders this holiday season.
    

     Gifting intentionally this year   Education professors Myae Han and Roberta Golinkoff can talk about gifts for children that promote reading or positive play.

Keeping the spirts bright year after year   Debra Hess Norris offers tips on how to preserve decorations and make them look brand new every year.
    

    
To contact any of these experts, click on their expert profiles or email MediaRelations@udel.edu. 

Mindful celebrations: University of Delaware experts on integrating mental wellness into your holiday plans

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People in recovery from opioid use disorder often struggle with decisions to tell others about their past substance use, treatment, and/or recovery. Although disclosures that go well can lead to social support that is helpful for recovery, disclosures that go poorly can lead to stigma that can harm recovery. 

Valerie Earnshaw, associate professor in the College of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware, specializes in speaking about addiction and stigma and can speak on this phenomenon. 

 She recently spoke about this topic a the annual Marion H. Steele Symposium at UD. 

 Earnshaw charted the growth of the opioid crisis in the United States, discussed stigma as a complex social process with the power to affect health outcomes and shared her work on an intervention she designed to help people with the disclosure process. 

She can be contacted by clicking her "View Profile" button. 



The harmful impact of stigma on individuals struggling with opioid addiction

Dr. Valerie Earnshaw is a social psychologist who studies stigma and substance use disorders. Her research has contributed to understanding of how individuals in recovery experience stigma and how stigma harms recovery efforts. She is currently leading interventions funded by the National Institutes of Health to reduce stigma towards people with substance use disorders among clinicians and help people in recovery decide whether and how to disclose to others. Dr. Earnshaw is an Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware and the recipient of the Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest from the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Earnshaw discusses the theory and research of how stigma leads to substance use and undermines recovery from substance use disorders. She identifies evidence-based tools to reduce stigma, describes the science behind how sharing stories helps to eliminate stigma surrounding substance use disorders, and shares insights gained from the “North Dakota Addressing Addiction” survey for which she served as the principal investigator.

Talk delivered at the fifth annual Recovery Reinvented in Bismarck, ND on October 25, 2021.

"Addressing the Stigma of Addiction" | Dr. Valerie Earnshaw | Recovery Reinvented 2021

The NIH HEAL Initiative challenges researchers to consider stigma when researching ways to address the opioid crisis.

For more information about the NIH HEAL Initiative, visit heal.nih.gov.

Dr. Valerie Earnshaw on Researching and Addressing Stigma with #NIHHEAL

Dr. Valerie Earnshaw is a social and health psychologist who studies how stigma impacts people's health.
She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Delaware.

Listen to Dr. Earnshaw's podcast, where she speaks with other scientists about their sex and drug research : Sex, Drugs & Science

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Intentionally Ever After with guest Dr. Valerie Earnshaw

Learn about the research on stigma associated with substance use disorders from Dr. Valerie Earnshaw at the University of Delaware.

What is Stigma?

Substance Use Disorder and HIV Stigma: Key concepts, findings, and intervention strategies

Presented by Valerie A. Earnshaw, PhD.

The HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University is supported by a center grant from NIMH. (P30-MH43520; Principal Investigator: Robert H. Remien, Ph.D.)

https://www.hivcenternyc.org/

Valerie A. Earnshaw, PhD - May 19, 2022 HIV Center Grand Rounds

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