Bio

Alexandria Blacker, PhD, MPH is the Director of the Stanford Department of Medicine’s Community Partnership Program and adjunct fauclty in the Milken School of Public Health at George Washington University. As a public health professional, Dr. Blacker has worked in breast cancer behavioral research, primary care redesign, community health, health care worker well-being, and program implementation.

In her current role, she focuses on building bi-directional, equitable, and sustainable partnerships to advance local health equity. Dr. Blacker’s research focuses on understanding processes to developing sustainable community-academic partnerships and exploring the complexity of interprofessional health care teams including teaming behaviors and contextual influences.

Dr. Blacker has had the pleasure of working with Stanford in both the health care and University settings. As a Stanford Health Care employee, Dr. Blacker worked for the Stanford Coordinated Care clinic and managed the disease management program for employees and staff. She also worked closely with her colleagues to assist in the change management efforts for the Primary Care 2.0 redesign implementation by developing educational curriculum and go-live execution with physicians, clinic managers, and team members.

As a University employee, Dr. Blacker previously worked as part of the HealthySteps to Wellness team as the Wellness Manager for Stanford Health Care. In this role, she worked cross-functionally with department heads to design and manage wellness-based trainings. She has developed curricula in positive psychology, stress management, and behavior change. She has conducted over 100 trainings and conducted programmatic evaluations to streamlining processes to increase overall effectiveness.

Honors & Awards

  • Lotrecchiano-Moscatt Team Science Award, The George Washington University (2023)
  • Alpha Eta Honor Society Member, The George Washington University (2024)
  • Rhonda McClinton-Brown Community-Engaged Leader Award, Stanford School of Medicine, Office of Community Engagement (2024)

Education & Certifications

  • PhD, The George Washington University, Translational Health Science (2023)
  • MPH, San Diego State University, Epidemiology (2013)
  • BA, University of California, Santa Barbara, Psychology, Education (2011)

Contact

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 5411

Links

Professional Interests

Community partnership, team science, implementation science, social determinants of health, innovative primary care models, community health workers

Professional Affiliations and Activities

  • Student Lead, Health Sciences Curriculum Committee, The George Washington University (2020 - 2023)
  • Healthcare Member, Health Enhancement Research Organization (2016 - 2022)
  • Member, American Public Health Association (2012 - Present)
  • Member, International Network for the Science of Team Science (2019 - Present)

All Publications

  • Behavioral health support for health care workers during COVID-19: An observational study of a remote mindfulness intervention JOURNAL OF WORKPLACE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Juarez-Reyes, M., Less, J., Gardner, R. M., Dahlen, A., Blacker, A. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.1080/15555240.2024.2357692

    View details for Web of Science ID 001271390600001

  • Promoting professional fulfillment for advanced practice providers NEJM Catalyst Nandwani, M., Blacker, A., Shanafelt, T. D., Harshman, J., Kuriakose, C. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1056/CAT.22.0183

  • "Watching the tsunami come": A case study of female healthcare provider experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applied psychology. Health and well-being Austin, E. J., Blacker, A., Kalia, I. 2021; 13 (4): 781-797

    Abstract

    As health systems rapidly respond to COVID-19, it is unclear how these changes influence the experiences and well-being of female healthcare providers (FHCPs), including the potential for FHCPs to develop compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress. We conducted qualitative interviews (n = 15) with FHCPs at three locations (Washington, California, and New York). Interviews explored FHCP's perspectives on how care delivery changed, processes of information delivery and decision-making, gender inclusion, and approaches to managing stress and well-being. An inductive coding process was used to generate themes. FHCPs described significant changes to the way they delivered care, and their work environments, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Five themes emerged that characterized the experiences of FHCPs during COVID-19, including conflicting feelings while providing care, managing information and decisions, balancing roles, coping and well-being, and considerations for moving forward. FHCPs experienced many impacts to their professional and personal lives during COVID-19 that further complicated their ability to manage stress and well-being. The themes identified through this work offer important lessons about how to support the well-being of FHCPs and signify the widespread potential for compassion fatigue among FHCPs as a result of COVID-19.

    View details for DOI 10.1111/aphw.12269

    View details for PubMedID 33929103

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC8239839

  • An organizational initiative to assess and improve well-being in advanced practice providers Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice Chan, G., Kuriakose, C., Blacker, A., Kim, S., Jordan, L., Shanafelt, T. D. 2021; 25 (100469)

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100469

  • Activating Teams to Fight Burnout and Create Joy in Work. American journal of health promotion : AJHP Blacker, A. 2020; 34 (5): 571-573

    View details for DOI 10.1177/0890117120920488d

    View details for PubMedID 32394739

  • Social Determinants of Health-an Employer Priority. American journal of health promotion : AJHP Blacker, A., Dion, S., Grossmeier, J., Hecht, R., Markle, E., Meyer, L., Monley, S., Sherman, B., VanderHorst, N., Wolfe, E. 2020; 34 (2): 207-215

    View details for DOI 10.1177/0890117119896122b

    View details for PubMedID 31931598