Victoria Chentsova is a Ph.D. student in the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. She is based at the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD through the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program and the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research under the supervision of Dr. Mariana Cherner and Dr. Igor Grant. She works with the HXI Lab.

Victoria’s research interests span the intersection of Substance Use, HIV, Neuropsychology, Behavioral Health, and Implementation Science. If you are interested in learning more or in collaboration, Victoria is open to communication and can be contacted via email.

Recent Publications

• Examining Age as Moderating Associations Between Methamphetamine Abstinence and Cognitive Function in People with HIV (Viruses, 2026)
• Multi-method Analysis of Implementation Determinants and Strategies to Support the Implementation of Contingency Management for Methamphetamine Use in an HIV Care Setting (AIDS and Behavior, 2026)
• Independent and combined adverse effects of neurocognitive impairment and depression on everyday functioning and quality of life in people with HIV (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2025)
• Age of First Use, Age of Habitual Use, and Problematic Alcohol Use: a Cross-cultural Examination Among Young Adults in Seven Countries (International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2024)
• Mindfulness to Manage Moral Injury: Rationale and development of a live online 7-week group intervention for veterans with moral injury (Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2022)