Bridgette Peteet

Bridgette Peteet is a Professor of Psychology at the School of Behavioral Health, Loma Linda University. Her work focuses on health disparities, substance misuse, and mental health in minoritized populations, particularly addressing prescription drug misuse, vaccine hesitancy, and sociocultural stressors.

Her research spans community-academic partnerships and interventions, including

• Community-academic partnerships for vaccine equity
• Prescription drug misuse among women
• Racial identity and impostor phenomenon in African American students

Her publications (15 most recent) cover topics like

• Post-COVID sequelae in minoritized youth (2025)
• Vaccine hesitancy in Black churches (2022)
• Substance use among biracial adults (2021)
• Longitudinal mental health impacts of childhood adversity (2021)
• Prescription drug trends in popular music (2021)
• HIV/HCV risk behaviors (2020)

She has secured federal grants including

• HRSA Federal Graduate Psychology Education Programs (2023-2025)
• Primary Care Training and Enhancement (2022-2027)
• Primary Care Psychology Pipeline Program (2020-2025)

Dr. Peteet serves on the

• Black Faculty and Staff Forum (Chair since 2021)
• APA Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues; Secretary 2017-2020)
• Micah 6:8 NeighborGood Initiative (since 2020)

Her Resilience and Disparities (RAD) Lab investigates psychological, behavioral, and cultural contexts contributing to health outcomes in minoritized populations.