Dr. Lauren Bochicchio is an Assistant Professor at the College of Staten Island., City University of New York. Lauren received her PhD in Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work where she previously received her MSW. Lauren also completed her postdoctoral training at Columbia University School of Nursing. As a researcher and clinician, she is dedicated to identifying, examining, and remediating health disparities in underserved and marginalized communities, with a specific focus on supporting the health and well-being of sexual minority women (SMW). Her research interests broadly include implementation science, post-traumatic stress disorder, hazardous drinking, and understanding the minority stress experiences of individuals who identify as SMW. She has expertise in qualitative research methods (e.g., thematic analysis, grounded theory) in addition to quantitative methods and systematic literature reviews. In her clinical practice, Lauren provides both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to individuals presenting with symptoms of emotional dysregulation.
Degrees
PhD, Columbia University School of Social Work
MSW, Columbia University School of Social Work
BA, Bryn Mawr College
Recent Publications
Bochicchio, L., Hughes, T. L., Parincu, Z., Chadbourne, E., & Lelutiu-Weinberger, C. (2025). Toward an understanding of sexual minority women’s social stressors and health in post-communist countries in Europe: a scoping review. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 1646.
Bochicchio, L., Herman, R., Tuda, D., & Scheer, J. R. (2025). ‘A standard of how we want to see people be treated’: Developing LGBTQ+ community guidelines. International Journal of LGBTQ+ Youth Studies, 1-23.
Hughes, T. L., Bochicchio, L., Drabble, L. A., Lunnay, B., Whiteley, D., Scheer, J. R., ... & Emslie, C. (2025). Using a Sober Curious Framework to Explore Barriers and Facilitators to Helping Sexual Minority Women Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms: Protocol for a Descriptive Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 14(1), e63282.
Bochicchio, L. Drabble, L.A., Riggle, E.D.B., Lunnay, B., & Hughes, T. L., (2025). Sexual minority women’s Perceptions of sober curiosity: Lessons learned from a US pilot study. Drug and Alcohol Review.
Carmichael, A. J.,Herman, R., Reeder, K., Scheer, J. R., Stefancic, A. & Bochicchio, L. (2024). “Being here, you could actually be yourself”: Trans and gender expansive youth’s experiences of affirmation within LGBTQ+ community-based organizations. Psychological Services.
Xu, M., Corbeil, T., Bochicchio, L., Scheer, J. R., Wall, M., & Hughes, T. L. (2024). Childhood Sexual Abuse, Adult Sexual Assault, Revictimization, and Coping among Sexual Minority Women. Child Abuse & Neglect, 151, 106721.
Bochicchio, L., Carmichael, A. J., Veldhuis, C., & Stefancic, A. (2023). What We Lose When We “Don’t Say Gay”: Generational Shifts in Sexual Identity and Gender. Social Work, 68(2), 159-165.
