Lara Stepleman, PhD

Dr. Stepleman is an associate professor at Medical College of Georgia and the director of HIV and MS Psychological Services. She received her doctorate degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in counseling psychology. Within the psychology residency, she is the director for the medical psychology-HIV emphasis track. She also teaches seminars in group therapy and behavioral medicine to psychiatry residents, offers an HIV psychology elective to advanced medical students and serves as a mentor for medical student summer research. Her research interests relate to adaptation to chronic medical illness, especially mental health and sexual functioning concerns. Dr. Stepleman is a member of the American Psychological Association and serves as a reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed journals.