Amber Marie Jarnecke PhD
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Biography
Dr. Amber Jarnecke is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. She received her BA, MS, and PhD from Purdue University. She completed her clinical psychology internship and NIAAA-funded postdoctoral fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Jarnecke's research focuses on individual and contextual factors that contribute to substance use disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and interpersonal violence. She is currently working on federally-funded grants to better understand the neurobiology underlying alcohol use disorder and PTSD and disseminate treatments that promote recovery from co-occurring substance use and PTSD. She is also engaged in community-based participatory research developing a tool to better screen and treatment plan for intimate partner violence and co-occurring mental health conditions in substance use treatment settings.