Dr. Grau is a clinical psychologist with training in health psychology and expertise in identifying the cognitive and emotional correlates of risk and preventive health behaviors. She has been involved in the field of HIV prevention research for over two decades during which time she has been working with syringe exchange programs and community-based organizations in the U.S., Russia, Vietnam, and Ecuador. Dr. Grau has been involved in multisite, longitudinal evaluations of syringe exchange programs (SEPs), public health interventions implemented through SEPs, and studies of suburban injectors. She has experience in HIV and hepatitis prevention research with sexually active adolescents, minority and substance-using populations, and people who inject drugs and their families. More recently, her research interests include mixed methods studies of technology-based harm reduction interventions, examination of opioid-involved fatalities in Connecticut, and analysis of the HIV Care Continuum. On a broader level, Dr. Grau is interested in research that will result in the development and implementation of individual, family- and community-based harm reduction interventions. Education & Training PhD in George Mason University (1996).

Mixed methods studies of technology-based harm reduction interventions, examination of opioid-involved fatalities in Connecticut, and analysis of the HIV Care Continuum.