Kate M. Chard, PhD

Doctoral Degree: Indiana University 1994 (Psychology)

Fellowship: University of Missouri Saint Louis, MO, 1995 (Trauma Recovery)

Psychiatry

Psychology

Psychological Sexual Dysfunctions

Sexual Abuse

Traumatic Stress Disorders

Psychology

06-01-1994 -To Present Director, Trauma Recovery Center, Cincinnati VA Medical Center,

09-01-2013 -To Present Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati,

Grant: #PO 10291745 / W81XWH-08-2-0159 Investigators:Andaluz, Norberto; Chard, Kathleen; Geracioti, Thomas; Shutter, Lori 09-15-2008 -09-14-2014 Department of Defense Post-traumatic Stress Disorder/Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Consortium - Study Site Role:Collaborator $3,378,377.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #134525 / R21HD079899 Investigators:Chard, Kathleen; Schumm, Jeremiah 03-15-2015 -02-28-2016 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Improving Treatments for Families of Veterans with Combat PTSD Role:PI $35,738.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #FA8650-16-2-6G02 (under Master FA8650-15-2-6605) Investigators:Chard, Kathleen; Johannigman, Jay; Lindsell, Christopher; McMullan, Jason; Otten, Edward; Schrager, Jason 04-26-2016 -01-25-2019 Air Force Research Laboratory Intranasal Ketamine as an Adjunct to Fentanyl for the Prehospital Treatment of Acute Traumatic Pain Role:Collaborator $456,000.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Investigators:Chard, Kathleen; Sprunger, Joel -11-30-2028 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Developing and Evaluating a Firefighter Self-Administered Neurostimulation Intervention for Traumatic Stress to Reduce Alcohol Use Role:Collaborator 0.00 Hold Level:Federal

Peer Reviewed Publications

Kaysen, Debra; Schumm, Jeremiah; Pedersen, Eric R; Seim, Richard W; Bedard-Gilligan, Michele; Chard, Kathleen  (2013). Cognitive Processing Therapy for veterans with comorbid PTSD and alcohol use disorders. Addictive behaviorsMore Information

Surís, Alina; Link-Malcolm, Jessica; Chard, Kathleen; Ahn, Chul; North, Carol  (2013). A randomized clinical trial of cognitive processing therapy for veterans with PTSD related to military sexual trauma. Journal of traumatic stress, 26 (1) , 28-37More Information

Midkiff, Melanie F; Coe, Laura Stayton; Chard, Kathleen  (2026). The impact of potentially morally injurious events on the effectiveness of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policyMore Information

Baez, Lara; Huberty, Jennifer; Yourell, Jacqlyn; Jewell, Courtney; Lin, Eric; Kaysen, Debra; Cutts, Lashauna; Noori, Sofia; Rosenthal, Isobel; Chard, Kathleen  (2026). Effectiveness of massed cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A retrospective analysis. Journal of traumatic stress, 39 (2) , 307-318More Information

Puhalla, Alexander; Gilman, Richard; Chard, Kathleen  (2026). Validation of the Embarrassment, Guilt, and Shame Scale among veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policyMore Information

Puhalla, Alexander; Sullivan, Connor; Chard, Kathleen; Dickstein, Benjamin; Hoge, Charles W  (2024). An examination of the potential core symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder: What is integral after removing general psychopathology & distress?. Journal of psychiatric research, 174, 46-53More Information

Valenstein-Mah, Helen; Polusny, Melissa A; Spoont, Michele; Ackland, Princess E; Meis, Laura; Orazem, Robert J; Schnurr, Paula P; Zickmund, Susan; Chard, Kathleen; Kehle-Forbes, Shannon M  (2023). Provider perceptions of their patients' dropout from trauma-focused therapy for PTSD in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 15 (8) , 1393-1397More Information

Sripada, Rebecca K; Peterson, Cassaundra L; Dziak, John J; Nahum-Shani, Inbal; Roberge, Erika M; Martinson, Amber A; Porter, Katherine; Grau, Peter; Curtis, Diana; McElroy, Sydney; Bryant, Sarah; Gracy, Isabel; Pryor, Cosette; Walters, Heather M; Austin, Karen; Ehlinger, Carolina; Sayer, Nina; Wiltsey-Stirman, Shannon; Chard, Kathleen  (2023). Using the multiphase optimization strategy to adapt cognitive processing therapy (CPT MOST): study protocol for a randomized controlled factorial experiment. Trials, 24 (1) , 676More Information

Moring, John C; Dondanville, Katherine A; Fina, Brooke A; Hassija, Christina; Chard, Kathleen; Monson, Candice; LoSavio, Stefanie T; Wells, Stephanie Y; Morland, Leslie A; Kaysen, Debra; Galovski, Tara E; Resick, Patricia A  (2020). Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder via Telehealth: Practical Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of traumatic stress, 33 (4) , 371-379More Information

Chard, Kyle; Lidman, Mattias; McCollam, Brendan; Bryan, Josh; Ananthakrishnan, Rachana; Tuecke, Steven; Foster, Ian  (2016). Globus Nexus: A Platform-as-a-Service Provider of Research Identity, Profile, and Group Management. Future generations computer systems : FGCS, 56, 571-583More Information

Morland, Leslie A; Mackintosh, Margaret-Anne; Rosen, Craig S; Willis, Emy; Resick, Patricia; Chard, Kathleen; Frueh, B Christopher  (2015). TELEMEDICINE VERSUS IN-PERSON DELIVERY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY FOR WOMEN WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A RANDOMIZED NONINFERIORITY TRIAL. Depression and anxiety, 32 (11) , 811-20More Information

Academic - Cincinnati VA Medical Center
3200 Vine Street
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45220
Phone: 859-572-6208
kathleen.chard@va.gov