Kristin Mattocks

Associate Research Scientist
Deputy Director, Veterans Aging Cohort Study
Section of General Internal Medicine

Research Activities

Dr. Mattocks’ research focuses on: 1) reproductive health outcomes and healthcare utilization among returning Iraq/Afghanistan female war veterans and 2) mistrust and endorsement of HIV-related conspiracy beliefs among male African American veterans. Dr. Mattocks primarily relies on qualitative methodologies, including in-depth interviews and focus groups, to understand patient-level perceptions of health and social factors contributing to health outcomes.

Selected Recent Publications

• Mattocks, K. (1999). The HUSKY Program: An Opportunity to Insure Connecticut’s Children. Connecticut Medicine, 62, 2: 95-97.
• Mattocks, K. & Horwitz, R (2000). Placebos, active control groups, and the unpredictability paradox. Biological Psychiatry, 47: 693-698.
• Blankenship, KM, Smoyer, AB, Bray, SK, & Mattocks, K. (2005). Black-white disparities in HIV/AIDS: The role of the drug policy and the corrections system. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 16(4 Supple B): 140-156.
• Justice AC, Zingmond DS, Gordon KS, Fultz SL, Goulet JL, King JT Jr., Bravata D, Valdez H, Kraft M, Mattocks K, for the VACS Project Team. Drug toxicity or comorbidity: Does Tipranavir increase the risk of intracranial hemorrhage? Clinical Infectious Disease, 2008: 47.
• Nader, C., Tsevat, J., Justice, A., Mrus, J., Levin, F., Kozal, M., Mattocks, K., Farber S., Rogers, M., Erdos, J., Brandt, C., Kudel, I., Braithwaite R. Development of an Electronic Medical Record Based Clinical Decision Support Tool to Improve HIV Symptom Management. AIDS Patient Care, 2009.
• Haskell S, Mattocks K, Gordon K, Duggal M, Erdos J, Justice A, Brandt C. Gender Differences in Positive Screening Rates for Depression, PTSD, Pain, Obesity, and Military Sexual Trauma Among a Sample of Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) in Connecticut. Journal of Women’s Health (January 2010).

Education:	B.S., Pacific Lutheran University, 1992 M.P.H, Yale University School of Epidemiology and Public Health, 1999 Ph.D., Yale University School of Epidemiology and Public Health, 2005
Training:	Residency: Categorical Internal Medicine, Yale–New Haven Hospital Chief Resident: Categorical Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital Certification: Addiction Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Contact

Campus Address
VA Connecticut HealthCare System
950 Campbell Avenue, 11 ACSL-G
Bldg 35A, 2nd Fl, Rm 210
West Haven, CT 06516

E-mail
kristin.mattocks@va.gov

Office Phone
203-932-5711, ext. 5370
Fax 203-932-4926