Michelle Blakely, Ph.D.
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities
Affiliate WIND faculty, Associate Professor of Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Michelle Blakely holds a Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences and a M.Ed. in Counseling
from Auburn University. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with Psychology Departmental
Honors from the University of South Alabama. Dr. Blakely is a National Certified Counselor
(NCC) and a Motivational Interviewing (MI) expert. She is affiliated with the Wyoming
Institute for Disabilities (WIND) in improving communication between healthcare professionals
and patients who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dr. Blakely was faculty at the University
of Connecticut (UConn) in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, and Director of Disability
Services at Truman State University before coming to the University of Wyoming.
Dr. Blakely’s fields of specialization are social and behavioral sciences, communications,
health policy and patient health outcomes. Her research areas focus on increasing
knowledge and understanding of factors that impact the pharmacist-patient relationship
and behavioral aspects of medication adherence. She explores patient and provider
self-reported psychosocial variables to obtain a better understanding of health behaviors
and behavioral interventions on patient outcomes. Dr. Blakely is particularly interested
in identifying factors that impact healthcare relationships as they pertain to vulnerable
and/or underserved patient groups such as patients with developmental disabilities.
