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VITA

STEVEN REGESER LOPEZ

Department of Psychology December 15, 2016

University of Southern California

3620 S. McClintock

Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061

(213) 740-6310

lopezs@usc.edu

EDUCATION

1975 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California

1979 Master's of Arts, Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

1982 Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship, LAC-USC Med Center, Dept. of Psychiatry

1983 Doctorate of Philosophy, Psychology, UCLA (Major Field: Clinical Psychology;

Minor Fields: Social Psychology, Evaluation Research)

AWARDS AND HONORS

1975 Outstanding Scholar-Athlete, Co-captain, Varsity baseball

1986 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for Minorities

1988 Outstanding mentor, Graduate Student Association, Department of Psychology, USC

1990 Fulbright Scholar Award (ITESO, Guadalajara, Mexico)

1991. Am Psychological Assoc., Minority Fellowship Program Achievement Award for Research

1994 Fellow, Division 45, Ethnic Minority Psychology, American Psychological Association

1998. Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Psychology, UCLA

2000 Fellow, Division 12, Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association

2002 Midcareer Award for Distinguished Contributions to Latino Psychology 2002

2003 Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Award for contributions to Mental Health: Culture,

Race and Ethnicity.

2007 Dalmas Taylor Award, American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program.

2008 California Psychological Assoc, Distinguished Scientific Achievement in Psychology Award

2011 Stanley Sue Award for Diversity, Society of Clinical Psychology, Am Psychological Assoc

2014 Evis Coda Award for Building Hope for Families, Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic

2015 Fellow, Western Psychological Association

2015 Fellow, American Psychological Science

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1982-83 Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California (USC)

1983-89 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, USC

1989-92 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, USC

1992-97 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, UCLA

1997-08 Professor, Department of Psychology, UCLA

2000-08 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UCLA

2003-08 Professor, Cesar Chavez Center for Chicana/o Studies, UCLA

2008- Professor, Department of Psychology, USC

2011- Professor, School of Social Work, USC

2013- Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, USC

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Psychological Association, Divisions 45, 12

American Psychological Science

National Latino Psychological Association

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor: Assessment (2006 – 2009)

Editorial Boards: Psychological Science (1995 -1999)

Psychological Assessment (1996 - 2000)

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (1998 - 2008)

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (2000 - 2004)

Interamerican Psychology (2000 - 2003)

Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment (2002 - 2006)

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (2003 - )

Transcultural Psychiatry (2003 - )

Psychotherapy (2006 - 2009)

Professional Psychology: Practice and Research (2007- 2012)

Journal of Family Psychology (2009 - 2011)

NIH REVIEW/ADVISORY COMMITTEES

1990;1992-95 National Research Council, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities

1992 National Institute of Mental Health, Special Review Committee, Services Research Branch, Division of Applied Services Research.

1994 Ad hoc reviewer: National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

2002-05; 2010 Ad hoc reviewer: National Institute of Mental Health

2005-09 National Advisory Council, National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities

2011 Ad hoc reviewer: NIH, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research

2015 Ad hoc reviewer: National Institute of Health, Special Emphasis Panel (F31, F32)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Culture and psychopathology, assessment, and intervention

RESEARCH GRANTS

Mental disorders in Mexico: A research training program. NIH, TW 00061-05, Fogarty International Center, Minority International Research Training, 1994-99. Principal Investigator.

Attributions and expressed emotion in schizophrenia. NIMH, R03 MH53589, 1994-96, Principal Investigator.

Prosocial family factors, culture, and course of schizophrenia. NIMH, K08 MH01499, 1998-2002, Principal Investigator.

The psychosocial functioning of return migrants from rural Mexico. UC-MEXUS, 2000-2001, Co-Investigator. Nelly Salgado de Snyder, Principal Investigator.

Promoting Adherence to Treatment in Mexican Americans with Schizophrenia. NIMH, R01 MH064542, 2002-2008, Co-Investigator. Alex Kopelowicz, Principal Investigator.

Helping Latino Families Care for Relatives with Serious Mental Illness. UCLA Community Partnership, 2004-2006, Principal Investigator.

Family Caregiving of Serious Mental Illness in a Mexican Border Town. UC-MEXUS, 2004-2006, Principal Investigator.

Schizophrenia in Mexican Communities on Both Sides of the Border. UC-MEXUS, 2004-2006, Principal Investigator.

Development of Culturally Competent Mental Health Care, NIMH, R34 MH071498, 2006-2010, Principal Investigator.

Disparities in Mental Health Care for Latinos with Serious Mental Illness, National Institute for Minority Health & Health Disparities, T37 MD003405, 2008-18, PI.

Culture, Neuroscience, and Psychosis. Foundation for Psychocultural Research, 2010-2015. Principal Investigator.

Training and Evaluating Clinicians in Cultural Competence. Southern Counties Regional Partnership, 2010-13. Principal Investigator.

Reducing the Duration of Untreated Psychosis through Community Education, National Institute of Mental Health, 1R01MH103830, 2013-18, Principal Investigator.

Reducing the Duration of Untreated Psychosis through Community Education, NIMH, 3R01MH103830-02S1, 2014-16, PI. Administrative Supplement.

Reducing the duration of Latinos’ Untreated Psychosis. California Community Foundation, 2015-17, Principal Investigator.

PUBLICATIONS

1) Lopez, S. (1977). Clinical stereotypes of the Mexican American. In J. L. Martinez (Ed.), Chicano psychology (pp. 263-275). New York: Academic Press.

2) Olmedo, E. L., & Lopez, S. (Eds.). (1977). Hispanic mental health professionals (Monograph No. 5). Los Angeles: University of California, Spanish Speaking Mental Health Research Center.

3) Padilla, A. M., Olmedo, E. L., Lopez, S., & Perez, R. (1978). Hispanic mental health bibliography II (Monograph No. 6). Los Angeles: University of California, Spanish Speaking Mental Health Research Center.

4) Lopez, S. (1981). Mexican American usage of mental health facilities: Underutilization reconsidered. In A. Baron, Jr. (Ed.), Explorations in Chicano psychology (pp. 139-164). New York: Praeger.

5) Lopez, S. (1982). Chicanos and quality mental health care: A new direction for research. In J. Martinez & D. Marinez (Eds.), Aspects in American Indian and Hispanic biomedical research (pp. 124-132). Bethesda, MD: Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

6) Lopez, S. (1983). The study of psychotherapy bias: Some conceptual issues and some concluding remarks. In J. Murray & P. R. Abramson (Eds.), Bias in psychotherapy (pp. 353-365). New York: Praeger.

7) Lopez, S. (1984, February). Review of Images and conversations: Mexican Americans recall a Southwestern past. La red/The net, pp. 5-7.

8) Jenkins, J., Karno, M., de la Selva, A., Santana, F., Telles, C. A., Lopez, S., & Mintz, J. (1986). Expressed emotion, maintenance pharmacotherapy, and schizophrenic relapse among Mexican-Americans. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 22, 621-627.

9) Lopez, S., & Hernandez, P. (1986). How culture is considered in the evaluation of mental health patients. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 174, 598-606.

10) Lopez, S., & Hernandez, P. (1987). When culture is considered in the evaluation and treatment of Hispanic patients. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice and Training, 24, 120-126.

11) Lopez, S., & Nuñez, J. A. (1987). The consideration of cultural factors in selected diagnostic criteria and interview schedules. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 96, 270-272.

12) Karno, M., Jenkins, J., de la Selva, A., Santana, F., Telles, C. A., Lopez, S., & Mintz, J. (1987). Expressed emotion and schizophrenia outcome among Mexican-American families. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 175, 143-151.

13) Lopez, S., & Romero, A. (1988). Assessing the intellectual functioning of Spanish-speaking adults: A comparison of the EIWA and WAIS. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 19, 263-270.

14) Lopez, S. (1988). The empirical basis to ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluations of Hispanics. American Psychologist, 43, 1095-1097.

15) Lopez, S. R. (1989). Patient variable biases in clinical judgment: A conceptual overview and methodological considerations. Psychological Bulletin, 106, 184-203.

16) Lopez, S. R., Grover, K. P., Holland, D., Johnson, M., Kain, C. D., Kanel, K., Mellins, C. A., & Rhyne, M. C. (1989). The development of culturally sensitive psychotherapists. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 20, 369-376.

17) Lopez, S. R., & Wolkenstein, B. (1990). Attributions, person perception and clinical issues. In S. Graham & V. S. Folkes (Eds.), Attribution theory: Application to achievement, mental health, and interpersonal conflict (pp. 103-123). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

18) Lopez, S. R., & Taussig, I. M. (1991). Cognitive-intellectual functioning of impaired and nonimpaired Spanish-speaking elderly: Implications for culturally sensitive assessment. Psychological Assessment: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 3, 448-454.

19) Lopez, S. R., Lopez, A. A., & Fong, K. T. (1991). Mexican Americans' initial preferences for their counselors: The role of ethnic factors. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 38, 487-496.

20) Lopez, S. R. (1991). Cultural sensitivity in clinical practice: A process model. California Psychologist, 24, pp. 14;23.

21) Lopez, S. R., Smith, A., Wolkenstein, B. H., & Charlin, V. (1993). Gender bias in clinical judgment: An assessment of the analogue method's transparency and social desirability. Sex Roles, 28, 35-45.

22) Lopez, S. R., & Lopez, A. A. (1993). Mexican Americans' initial preferences for counselors: Research methodologies or researchers' values? Reply to Atkinson and Wampold. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 40, 249-251.

23) Betancourt, H., & Lopez, S. R. (1993). The study of culture, ethnicity, and race in American psychology. American Psychologist, 48, 629-637.

Reprinted in L. A. Peplau & S. E. Taylor (Eds.) (1997). Sociocultural perspectives in social psychology. New York: Prentice-Hall.

Reprinted in N. R. Goldberger & J. B. Veroff (Eds.). (1995). The culture and psychology reader. New York University Press.

24) Homma-True, R., Greene, B., Lopez, S. R., & Trimble, J. E. (1993). Ethnocultural diversity in clinical psychology. Clinical Psychologist, 46, 50-63.

25) Lopez, S. R. (1993). Building bridges in the journey of a Latino/Chicano psychologist. In L. Huang (Ed.), Career development for ethnic minority psychologists: Choices and challenges. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

26) Weisman, A., Lopez, S. R., Karno, M., & Jenkins, J. H. (1993). An attributional analysis of expressed emotion in Mexican Americans with schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 601-606.

27) Lopez, S. R. (1994). Latinos and the expression of psychopathology: A call for the direct assessment of cultural influences. In C. A. Telles & M. Karno (Eds.), Latino mental health: Current research and policy perspectives (pp. 109-127). Los Angeles: UCLA.

28) Amirkan, J., Betancourt, H., Graham, S., Lopez, S. R., & Weiner, B. (1995). Reflections on affirmative action goals in psychology admissions. Psychological Science, 6, 140-148.

29) Telles, C., Karno, M,. Mintz, J., Paz, G., Arias, M., Tucker, D., & Lopez, S. (1995).

Immigrant families coping with schizophrenia. Behavioral family intervention vs case management with a low-income Spanish-speaking population. British Journal of Psychiatry, 167, 473-479.

30) Lopez, S. R. (1996). Multicultural assessment: Widening our cultural lenses. [Review of Multicultural assessment perspectives for professional psychology.] Contemporary Psychology, 41, 455-456.

31) Weisman, A., & Lopez, S. R. (1996). Family values, religiosity, and emotional reactions to schizophrenia in Mexican and Anglo-American cultures. Family Process, 35, 227-237.

32) Lopez, S. R. (1996). Testing ethnic minority children. In B. B. Wolman (Ed.), The encyclopedia of psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis. (pp. 569-572). New York: Henry Holt & Co.

33) Lopez, S. R. (1997). Cultural competence in psychotherapy: A guide for clinicians and their supervisors. In C. E. Watkins, Jr. (Ed.), Handbook of psychotherapy supervision. New York: Wiley.

34) Weisman, A., & Lopez, S. R. (1997). An attributional analysis of emotional reactions to schizophrenia in Mexican and Anglo cultures. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 223-244.

35) Blacher, J., Shapiro, J., Lopez, S. R., Diaz, L., & Fusco, J. (1997). Depression in Latina mothers of children with mental retardation: A neglected concern. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 101, 483-496.

36) Blacher, J., Lopez, S., Shapiro, J., & Fusco, J. (1997). Contributions to depression in Latina mothers with and without children with mental retardation: Implications for caregiving. Family Relations, 46, 325-334.

37) Shapiro, J., Blacher, J., & Lopez, S. R. (1997). Maternal reactions to children with mental retardation. In J. A. Burack, R. M. Hodapp, & E. Zigler (Eds.), Handbook of mental retardation and development. (pp.606-636). New York: Cambridge Press.

38) Guarnaccia, P.J., & Lopez, S. (1998) The mental health and adjustment of immigrant and refugee children. Child and Adolescent Clinic of North America, 7 , 537-553.

39) Lopez, S. R., Nelson, K. A., Snyder, K. S., & Mintz, J. (1999). Attributions and affective reactions of family members and course of schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 108, 307-314.

40) Lopez, S. R. (2000). Teaching culturally informed psychological assessment. In R. H. Dana (Ed.), Handbook of cross-cultural/multicultural personality assessment (pp. 669–687). Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ.

41) Chavira, V., Lopez, S. R., Blacher, J., & Shapiro, J. (2000). Latina mothers’ attributions, emotions, and reactions to the problem behaviors of their children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 41, 245-252.

42) Lopez, S. R. & Guarnaccia, P. J. (2000). Cultural psychopathology: Uncovering the social world of mental illness. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 571-598.

43) Lopez, S. R. (2000). Raising the standard of multicultural counseling/therapy in working with Latino families. [Review of Latino families in therapy: A guide to multicultural practice.] Contemporary Psychology, 45, 128-130.

44) Weisman, A. G., Lopez, S. R., Ventura, J., Nuechterlein, K. H., Goldstein, M. J., & Hwang, S. (2000). A comparison of psychiatric symptoms between Anglo-Americans and Mexican-Americans with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 26, 817-824.

45) Vega, W. A., & Lopez, S. R. (2001). Priority issues in Latino mental health services research. Mental Health Services Research, 3, 189-200.

46) Lopez, S. R., Kopelowicz, A., & Cañive, J. (2002). Strategies in developing culturally competent family interventions for schizophrenia: The case of Hispanics in Madrid and Los Angeles. In H. P. Lefley & D. L. Johnson (Eds.), Family interventions in mental illness: International perspectives (pp. 61-90). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

47) Kopelowicz, A., Zarate, R., Gonzalez, V., Lopez, S. R., Ortega, P., Obregon, N., & Mintz, J. (2002). Evaluation of expressed emotion in schizophrenia: A comparison of Caucasians and Mexican Americans. Schizophrenia Research, 55, 179-186.

48) Lopez, S. R. (2002). Teaching culturally informed psychological assessment: Conceptual issues and demonstrations. Journal of Personality Assessment, 79, 226-234

49) Lopez, S. R. (2002). Introduction to Special Section on Disparities in Mental Health Care for Latinos. Psychiatric Services, 53, 1545-1546.

50) Lopez, S. R. (2002). A research agenda to improve accessibility and quality of mental health care for Latinos. Psychiatric Services 53, 1569-1573.

51) Vazquez, M., & Lopez, S. (2002). Martha E. Bernal (1931-2001): Obituary. American Psychologist, 57, 362-363.

52) Lopez, S. R., & Kopelowicz, A. (2003). Family interventions for serious mental illness: Translating research to practice. World Psychiatry, 2, 34-35.

53) Lopez, S. R. (2003). Reflections on the Surgeon General’s report on mental health: Culture, race, and ethnicity. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 27, 419-434.

54) Weisman, A., Gomes, L., & Lopez, S. R. (2003). Shifting blame away from ill relatives: Latino families’ reactions to schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 175, 143-151.

55) Lopez, S.R., Nelson Hipke, K., Polo, A. J., Jenkins, J. et al. (2004). Ethnicity, expressed emotion, attributions, and course of schizophrenia: Family warmth matters. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113, 428-439.

56) Lopez, S. R., & Weisman, A. (2004). Integrating a cultural perspective in test development. In R. Velasquez, L. Arellano, & B. McNeil (Eds.), Handbook of Chicana/o Psychology (pp. 129-152). Mahwah, New Jersey: Erlbaum.

57) Lopez, S. R., & Guarnaccia, P. J. (2005). Conceptions of psychopathology: The social world’s impact on mental illness. In J. E. Maddux & B. A. Winstead (Eds.), Psychopathology: Foundations for a contemporary understanding (pp. 19-37). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.

58) Kopelowicz, A., Lopez, S. R., Zarate, R., O’Brien, M., Gordon, J., Chang, C., & Gonzalez-Smith, V. (2006). Expressed emotion and family interactions in Mexican Americans with schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 19, 330-334

59) O’Brien, M. P., Gordon, J. L, Bearden, C. E., Lopez, S. R., Kopelowicz, A., & Cannon, T. D. (2006). Positive family environment predicts improvement in symptoms and social functioning among adolescents at imminent risk for onset of psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 81, 269-271.

60) Ramirez Garcia, J. I., Chang, C., Young, J., Lopez, S. R., & Jenkins, J. H. (2006). Family support predicts psychiatric medication usage among Mexican American individuals with schizophrenia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41, 624-631.

61) Lakes, K., Lopez, S. R., & Garro, L. (2006). Cultural competence and psychotherapy: Applying anthropologically informed conceptions of culture. Psychotherapy, 43, 380-s396.

62) Lee, C. S., Lopez, S. R., Colby, S. M., Tejada, M., Garcia Coll, C., & Smith, M.  (2006). Social processes underlying acculturation:  A study of drinking behavior among immigrant Latinos in the Northeast United States.  Contemporary Drug Problems, 33, 585-609. 

63) Breitborde, N. J. K., Lopez, S. R., Wickens, T. D., Jenkins, J. H., & Karno, M. (2007). Toward specifying the nature of the relationship between expressed emotion and schizophrenic relapse: The utility of curvilinear models. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 16, 1-10.

64) Niv, N., Lopez, S. R., Glynn, S. M., & Mueser, K. T. (2007). The role of substance use in families’ attributions and affective reactions to their relative with severe mental illness. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195, 307-314

65) Vega, W. A., Karno, M., et al. (2007). Persistent mental disorders among U.S. Hispanics: Research issues for improving treatment. Psychiatric Services, 58, 385-394.

66) Lee, C. S., Abrantes, A. M., Colby, S. M., Lopez, S. R., & Jordan, T. (2008). Medical student judgments of adolescents with alcohol use disorders (AUD). Substance Use and Misuse, 43, 709-721.

67) Aguilera, A., & Lopez, S. R. (2008). Community determinants of Latinos’ use of mental health services. Psychiatric Services, 58, 385-394.

68) Dorian, M., Ramirez Garcia, J., Lopez, S. R., & Hernandez, B. (2008). Acceptance and expressed emotion in Mexican American caregivers of relatives with schizophrenia. Family Process, 47, 215-228.

69) Lopez, S. R., & Guarnaccia, P. J. (2008). Conceptions of psychopathology: The social world’s impact on mental illness. In J. E. Maddux & B. A. Winstead (Eds.), Psychopathology: Foundations for a contemporary understanding (2nd ed., pp. 19-37). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.

70) O’Brien, M. P., Zinberg, J. L., Bearden, C. E., Lopez, S. R., Kopelowicz, A., Daley, M., & Cannon, T. D. (2008). Parent attitudes and parent adolescent interaction in families of youth at risk for psychosis and with recent-onset psychotic symptoms. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2, 268-276.

71) Polo, A. J., & Lopez, S. R. (2008). Diagnosis of depression among Latino children and adults. In S. Aguilar-Gaxiola, T. Gulotta, & C. Magana (Eds.), Prevention and treatment of depression in Latinos. New York: Springer.

72) Breitborde, N. J. K., Lopez, S. R., & Neuchterlein, K. (2009). Expressed emotion, human agency, and schizophrenia: Toward a new model for the EE-relapse association. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 33, 41-60.

73) Breitborde, N. J. K., Lopez, S. R., Chang, C., Kopelowicz, A., & Zarate, R. (2009). Emotional overinvolvement can be deleterious to for caregivers’ health: Mexican Americans caring for an ill relative with schizophrenia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44, 716–723

74) Polo, A. J., & Lopez, S. R. (2009). Culture, context, and the internalizing distress of Mexican American youth. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38, 1-13.

75) Lopez, S. R., Garcia Ramirez, J. I., Ullman, J. B., Kopelowicz, A., Jenkins, J., Breitborde, N. J. K., & Placencia, P. (2009). Cultural variability in manifestation of expressed emotion. Family Process, 48, 179-194.

76) Lopez, S. R., Lara, M.C., Kopelowicz, A., Solano, S., Foncerrada, H., & Aguilera, A. (2009). La CLAve to increase psychosis literacy of Spanish-speaking community residents and family caregivers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 763-774.

77) Kopelowicz, A., Lopez, S. R., & Vega, W. A. (2009). Disabled populations. In P. Ruiz & A. Primm (Eds.), Disparities in psychiatric care: Clinical and cross-cultural perspectives (pp. 198-209). Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

78) Breitborde, N. J. K., Lopez, S. R., & Kopelowicz, A. (2010). Expressed emotion and health outcomes among Mexican-Americans with schizophrenia and their caregiving relatives. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 198,105-109.

79) Aguilera, A., Lopez, S. R., Breitborde, N. J. K., Kopelowicz, A., & Zarate, R. (2010). Expressed emotion, sociocultural context and the course of schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 875-885.

80) Lee, C. S., Lopez, S. R., Hernandez, L., Colby, S. M., Caetano, R. et al. (2011). A cultural adaptation of motivational interviewing to address heavy drinking among Hispanics. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17, 317-324.

81) Medina-Pradas, C., Navarro, J. B., Lopez, S. R., Grau, A., & Obiols, J. E. (2011). Dyadic view of expressed emotion, stress, and eating disorder psychopathology. Appetite, 57, 743-748.

82) Medina-Pradas, C., Navarro, J. B., Lopez, S. R., Grau, A. & Obiolos, J. E. (2011). Further development of a scale of perceived expressed emotion and its evaluation in a sample of patients with eating disorders. Psychiatry Research, 190, 291-296.

83) Kopelowicz, A., Zarate, R., Wallace, C. J., Lopez, S. R., Liberman, R. P., & Mintz, J. (2012). The ability of multifamily groups to improve treatment adherence in Mexican Americans with schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry, 69, 265-273.

84) Lopez, S. R., Barrio, C., Kopelowicz, A., & Vega, W. A. (2012). From documenting to eliminating disparities in mental health care for Latinos. American Psychologist, 67, 511-523.

85) Breitborde, N. J. K., Lopez, S. R., Aguilera, A., & Kopelowicz, A. (2013). Perceptions of efficacy, expressed emotion, and the course of schizophrenia: The case of emotional overinvolvement. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201, 833-840.

86) Lee, C. S., Lopez, S. R., Colby, S. M., Rohsenow, D., Hernandez, L. et al. (2013). Culturally adapted motivational interviewing for Latino heavy drinkers: Results from a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Ethnicity and Substance Abuse, 12, 356-373.

87) Lee, C. S. Colby, S. M., Rohsenow, D., Lopez, S. R., Hernandez, L., & Caetano, R. (2013). Acculturation stress and drinking problems among urban heavy drinking Latinos in the Northeast. Journal of Ethnicity and Substance Abuse, 12, 308-320.

88) Tsai, K. H., Lopez, S., Marvin, S., Zinberg, J., Cannon, T. D., O’Brien, M., & Bearden, C. E. (2014). Perceptions of family criticism and warmth and their link to symptom expression in racially/ethnically diverse adolescents and young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, First published online February 27.

89) Casas, R. N., Gonzales, E., Aldana-Aragon, E., Lara-Muñoz, M. del C., Kopelowicz, A., Andrews, L., & Lopez, S. R. (2014). Toward the early recognition of psychosis among Spanish-speaking adults on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Psychological Services, 11(4), 460-469.

Won the Best Paper Award for American Psychological Association’s Division 18, Public Service Psychology.

90) Kim, J., & Lopez, S. R. (2014). The expression of depression in Asian Americans and European Americans. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123(4), 754-763.

91) Calderon, V., Mejia, Y., Lara-Munoz, M. del C., Segoviano, J., Castro, Q., Casados, A., Lopez, S. R. (2015). Towards the sustainability of information campaigns: Training promotores to increase the psychosis literacy of Spanish-speaking communities. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(4), 665-669.

92) Kopelowicz, A., Zarate, R., Liberman, R. P., Wallace, C. J., Lopez, S. R. & Mintz, J. M. (2015). Using the theory of planned behavior to improve treatment adherence in Mexican Americans with schizophrenia. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(5), 985-993.

93) Valencia, M., Moriana, J. A., Kopelowicz, A., Lopez, S. R., & Liberman, R. P. (2015). Social-skills training for Spanish-speaking persons with schizophrenia: Experiences from Latin America, Spain, and the United States. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 18(3), 209-246.

94) Funes, C., Hernandez Rodriguez, J., & Lopez, S. R. (2016). Norm comparisons of the Spanish-language and English-language WAIS-III: Implications for clinical assessment and test adaptation. Psychological Assessment, 28(12), 1709-1715.

95) Hernandez, M. Y., Mejia, Y., Mayer, D., & Lopez, S. R. (2016). Using a narrative film to increase knowledge and interpersonal communication about psychosis among Latinos. Journal of Health Communication, 21 (12), 1236 – 1243. Published online November 18, 2016.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (2001-2016)

Lopez, S. R. (November 25, 2016). Identifying serious mental illness early and obtaining care. Invited talk at Medicos, Enfermeros y Dentistas para el Pueblo Latino. 6th Annual Pre-Health Conference and Resource Fair, UCLA, Los Angeles.

Lopez, S. R., Lara-Munoz, M. del C., Kopelowicz, A., & Immordino-Yang, M. H. (November 3, 2016). Family involvement and outcomes in schizophrenia: A case study and proposal to integrate social, psychological, and neural processes. Paper presented at meeting of Culture, Brain, Development and Mental Health meeting, UCLA.

Lopez, S. R., & Lara-Munoz, M. del C. (October 14, 2016). Towards increasing psychosis literacy among Latinos in the United States and in Mexico. Invited talk at Technology for Early Awareness of Addiction and Mental Illness meeting, New York, New York.

Lopez, S. R. (September 23, 2016). Shifting cultural lenses in clinical practice. Workshop for USC Clinical Science program, Los Angeles.

Lopez, S. R. & Kopelowicz, A. (August 11, 2016). La CLAve to increase psychosis literacy in Spanish-speaking communities. Invited Grand Rounds at USC Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles.

Lopez, S. R., Vega, W. A., Ullman, J., Aguilar, I., Sribney, W., Gamez, D., & Mejia, Y. (August 2, 2016). Psychosis literacy of U.S. Latinos: A randomized household survey. Paper presented at 23rd NIMH Conference on Mental Health Services Research, Bethesda, Maryland.

Lopez, S. R. (July 20, 2016). La CLAve to increase psychosis literacy in Spanish-speaking communities. Invited talk at NIMH Annual Outreach Partnership Program, Bethesda, Maryland.

Lopez, S. R. (May 19, 2016). Reducing the duration of untreated psychosis in Latinos using La CLAve. Invited talk at Pacific Clinics 19th Annual Latino Conference: Latino Health Care—Mind, Body and Spirit, San Gabriel, California.

Lopez, S. R. (May 6, 2016). Shifting cultural lenses in clinical practice. Workshop presented at annual meeting of Oregon Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.

Lopez, S. R. (May 6, 2016). Developing a community campaign to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis in Latinos. Oregon Psychological Association annual meeting, Portland, Oregon.

Lopez, S. R. (April 21, 2016). Serious mental illness: Opening the dialogue. Invited talk at the California State University, Los Angeles.

Lopez, S. R. (April 6, 2016). Using La CLAve to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis. Invited talk at the National Alliance of Mentally Ill (NAMI) Diversity Conference, Los Angeles.

Lopez, S. R. (March 25, 2016). La CLAVE: A Community Intervention to Reduce the Duration of Untreated Psychosis among Latinos. Invited workshop at Kern County Department of Mental Health, Bakersfield, California.

Lopez, S. R. (March 5, 2016). Shifting cultural lenses in clinical practice. Invited talk at The Cultural Lens in Psychotherapy: Identity, Empowerment and Context, Annual Interpersonal and Neurobiology Conference, Los Angeles, California.

Lopez, S. R. (February 19, 2016). Reduciendo la tardanza en recibir tratamiento para el primer episodio de psicosis. Invited talk at Redefiendo La Enfermedad Mental: Rompiendo el Estigma. I Jornadas de Residentes de Psiquiatría BUAP, Puebla, Mexico.

Lopez, S. R. & Kopelowicz, A. (February 12, 2016). Reducing duration of untreated psychosis through community education. Invited presentation at the National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland.

Lopez, S. R., Lara-Munoz, M. del C., Kopelowicz, A., & Immordino-Yang, M. H. (November 14, 2015). Family involvement and outcomes in schizophrenia: A case study and proposal to integrate social and neural processes. Paper presented at the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, Illinois.

Lopez, S. R. (November 4, 2014). Reducing the duration of untreated psychosis through community education. Invited talk at the Early Intervention in Psychosis, 10th National TIPS Conference, Stavanger, Norway.

Lopez, S. R., Salgado de Snyder, V. N., & Lara-Munoz, M. del C. (October, 25, 2014). Latino mental health research training program: A 10-year follow-up. National Latino Psychological Association, Alburquerque, New Mexico.

Lopez, S. R. (October 3, 2014). Reducing the duration of untreated psychosis among Spanish-speaking Latinos. Santa Cruz County Department of Mental Health, Watsonville, California.

Lopez, S. R., Immordino-Yang, M. H., Singh, V., & Jaramillo, N. (October 1, 2014). Family socialization and neurobiological processes. Foundation for Psychocultural Research, Winter Workshop, UCLA.

Lopez, S. R. (April 25, 2014). Reducing the duration of untreated psychosis among Spanish-speaking Latinos. Research Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

Lopez, S. R. (November 19, 2013). Reducing the duration of untreated psychosis among Spanish-speaking Latinos. The USC Immigrant Health Initiative Seminar Series, University of Southern California.

Lopez, S. R. & Garro, L. (October 25, 2013). Towards culturally informed mental health treatments. 2013 MSU Symposium on Multicultural Psychology. Clinical Psychology of Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Integrating Research and Practice. Lansing, Michigan.

Lopez, S. R. (October 1, 2013). Reflections on the bumpy road of seeking NIH/NIMH funding. Webinar sponsored by NIMH.

Lopez, S. R. (April 29, 2013). Shifting Cultural Lenses in Clinical Practice. Conference in Addressing Disparities in Access to Care: A Cultural Competency Perspective, Los Angeles County Mental Health Department.

Lopez, S. R., Garro, L., & Kopelowicz, A. (October 13, 2012). Shifting Cultural Lenses in clinical and counseling practice. A Workshop at the National Latino Psychological Association biannual conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Lopez, S. R. (January 30, 2012). Cultural competence in mental health treatment: The Shifting Cultural Lenses model. Invited talk, Latina/o Student Psychological Association, UC Irvine.

Lopez, S. R., Garro, L., Kopelowicz, A., & Ribas, A. (November 12, 2011). Operationalization, feasibility and acceptance of the Shifting Cultural Lenses Model. Paper presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

Lopez, S. R., (October 13, 2011; September 20, 2011; April 26, 2013). From documenting to eliminating disparities in mental health care for Latinos. Latino and Latin American Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; Roberto Hernandez Center, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas)

Lopez, S. R., Garro, L., & Kopelowicz, A. (September 22, 2011; June 27, 2011; April 15, 2011). Shifting cultural lenses in clinical practice. Clinical Psychology Program, California Lutheran University, Oxnard; Hospital Niño Poblano, Puebla, Mexico.

Lopez, S. R. (August 2, 2011). Aumentando el conocimiento de psicosis: Un programa psicoeducativo para la comunidad. (Increasing psychosis literacy: A psychoeducation program for the community). Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria, Mexico City.

Lopez, S. R. (May 19, 2011). Enhancing psychosis literacy of Spanish-speaking Latinos. Pacific Clinics 14th Annual Latino Conference, San Gabriel, California.

Lopez, S. R. (April 13, 2011). Cultura, esenanza e investigacion en la salud mental de Laitnos en los EEUU. (Culture, teaching and research en the mental health of Latinos in the US). Congreso Nacional del Consejo Nacional para la Enseñanza e Investigacion, Mexico City.

Lopez, S. R. (September 16, 2010; November 3, 2010). The sociocultural context of families and schizophrenia. Research Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; CORE Program, San Diego State University, San Diego.

Lopez, S. R. (April 23, 2010). Entre dicho y hecho hay mucho trecho: Moving from documenting to eliminating disparities in Latino mental health care. Western Psychological Association annual meeting, Cancun, Mexico.

Lopez, S. R. (February 9, 2010). Initiatives to improve mental health services for Latinos with serious mental illness. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Southern California.

Lopez, S. R. (November 24, 2009). Reduciendo inequidades en servicios de salud mental: Aumentando el conocimiento sobre psicosis en la comunidad. (Reducing disparities in mental health care: Increasing psychosis literacy.) Research Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile.

Lopez, S. R. (November 25, 2009). Cultura, factores familiares y el curso de la esquizofrenia. (Culture, family factors and the course of schizophrenia.) Research Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile.

Lopez, S. R. (September 25, 2009). Armando Morales: A Pioneer in Latino mental health. Latino Behavioral Health Institute, Los Angeles, California.

Lopez, S. R. (August 11, 2009). Towards elimination of disparities in mental health care: Ethnicity and the social determinants of health. National (Mexico) Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Lopez, S. R. (May 29, 2009). Towards developing evidence based and culturally competent care. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle.

Lopez, S. R. (May 8, 2009). Cultural competence as process: Moving beyond ethnicity as culture. Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside, California.

Lopez, S. R. (April 25, 2009). Towards eliminating disparities in care for serious mental illness: Broadening group-specific interventions. Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.

Lopez, S. R. & Garro, L. C. (March 9, 2009). Shifting cultural lenses in clinical practice. Mind, Medicine and Culture Seminar, Department of Anthropology, UCLA.

Lopez, S. R. (December 16, 2008). Towards eliminating disparities in care for serious mental illness: Broadening group-specific interventions. NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National Harbor, Maryland.

Lopez, S. R. (December 5, 2008). Etnopsicología, cultura y el mundo social (Ethnopsychology, culture and the social world.) Symposium to honor Dr. Rogelio Diaz Guerrero, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Lopez, S. R., & Andrews, L. (October, 2008). La CLAve to improve psychosis literacy of Spanish-speaking Latinos. Meeting of the Minds, 11th Annual Behavioral Health and Resource Fair, Mental Health of America San Diego County.

Lopez, S. R. (October, 2008). Cultural approaches to reducing disparities in mental health care for Latinos. Chicano Latino Resource Center, University of Santa Cruz.

Lopez, S. R. (September, 2008). How does the research apply to diverse populations? Defining cultural competence in evidence based practices. Second Annual Bridging the Gap Symposium: Research, Practice and Policy. Mental Health Connection of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas.

Lopez, S. R. (April, 2008). Shifting cultural lenses in clinical practice: One model of cultural competence. California Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.

Lopez, S. R. (2008). Cultural competence as process: Moving beyond ethnicity as culture. St. John’s Health Center/Child and Family Development Center, Santa Monica, March 5th; Marriage and Family Therapy Program, California Lutheran University, May 2nd; 11th Annual Latino Conference, Pacific Clinics, San Gabriel, California, May 27th.

Lopez, S. R. (March, 2008). Development of shifting cultural lenses model of cultural competence. Developing Interventions for Latino Children, Youth, and Families, Washington, University, St. Louis.

Lopez, S. R., Lara Munoz, M. C., & Kopelowicz, A. (2007, 2008). Reconociendo la enfermedad mental grave: An educational campaign to help Spanish-speaking families identify the early signs of psychosis. Cultural Competence and Mental Health Summit XV, San Diego, California, March 24, 2008; Annual Meeting of National Alliance of Mentally Ill, San Diego, June, 23, 2007.

Lopez, S. R., Garro, L. C., & Kopelowicz, A. (November, 2007). Shifting cultural lenses in clinical practice: Overview and evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of a process model of cultural competence. World Psychiatric Association International Congress, Melbourne, Australia.

Lopez, S. R. (October, 2007). Diagnosis (and assessment) from a cultural perspective. Invited talk, Evolving perspectives on mental health assessment. Habeas Corpus Resource Center, Fall Conference Series, San Francisco.

Lopez, S. R. (October, 2007). Es cuestión de medida: Familias y el cuidado de seres queridos con discapacidades (A question of balance: Family caregiving of loved ones with disabilities). Keynote speaker, San Bernardino Regional Center Conference.

Lopez, S. R. (September, 2007). Serving the mental health needs of Hispanic families. Plenary address, National Alliance of Mentally Ill Tennessee, Nashville.

Lopez, S. R. (2007). Cultural competence as process: Moving beyond ethnicity as culture. California Latino Mental Health Conference, California State University, Fullerton, March 17th; Department of Psychology, California State University Los Angeles, May 17th;Latino Behavioral Health Institute Annual Conference, October 3rd, Los Angeles; Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, November 3rd.

Lopez, S. R. (2007). Conceptions of culture: Implications for clinical research and treatment. Invited address, Southeastern Psychological Association annual conference, February 2nd; Invited address, 31st Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Mexico City, July 2nd ; Binational Health Week, Santa Cruz County Department of Behavioral Health, California, October 16th.

Lopez, S. R., Garro, L. C., & Kopelowicz, A. (2006, 2007). Developing evidence-based and culturally competent care. Hogg Foundation Conference on Cultural Competence, Austin, Texas, November 30, 2006; Multicultural Summit Conference, Seattle, January 26, 2007.

Lopez, S. R. (2006, 2007). Shifting cultural lenses in clinical practice. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento September 8, 2006; 10th Annual Great Beginnings Conference, Marlborough, Massachusetts, November 3, 2007; Pediatric Psychology, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, September 21, 2007; Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center, Los Angeles, October 10, 2007

Lopez, S. R. (2006). Conceptions of culture, family factors and course of schizophrenia. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Kern County Hospital, Bakersfield, California; Waisman Center for Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities, University of Wisconsin, Madison; 39th Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, San Diego.

Lopez, S. R. (2005). Towards culturally grounded mental health research and practice. Invited Campus Lecture for Distributive Justice and Disparities: Implications for Rural Health Policy series, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

Lopez, S.R., Lara Muñoz, C., Garro, L., Kopelowicz, A., Medina-Mora, M.E. & Ramirez, J. (July, 2005).  Identifying community-based samples of psychosis in Mexican communities on both sides of the border to examine service use and family caregiving.  Poster presented at National Institute Mental Health Services Conference, Bethesda, Maryland.

Lopez, S. R. (2004, 2005). Entendiendo la locura (Understanding madness): A community based education program. Latino Behavioral Health Institute, Los Angeles, September 2004, National Alliance of Mentally Ill annual conference, Austin Texas, June, 2005. (Invited)

Lopez, S. R. (2003, 2004). Developing evidence based culturally competent mental health care. Keynote or plenary speaker, Evidence Based Practices, California Mental Health Institute, Sacramento; San Diego County Multicultural Conference, Mission Beach, California; The Uninsured: The Impact on Multicultural Communities, Irvine, California.

Lopez, S. R. (2003, 2004). Challenges in delivering mental health services to Latinos. Hispanic Mental Health Care Symposium, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, January 4th. National Health Care Forum for Latino State Legislators, La Jolla, August.

Lopez, S. R. (2002). Conceptions of culture: Implications for clinical research and practice. Keynote speaker, Latino Psychology 2002, Providence, Rhode Island; Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University School of Medicine; Training Consortium and Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University; Research Colloquium, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena.

Lopez, S. R. (2002). Lessons and Challenges from the Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health, Culture, Race and Ethnicity: Implications for Latinos. Grand Rounds, Departments of Psychiatry, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital; Institute of Psychiatric Services conference, Chicago, Illinois; The 3rd Annual Public Symposium on Race and Diversity Issues, Kern County Mental Health, Bakersfield.

Lopez, S. R. (2001). Shifting cultural lenses in clinical practice. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Sciences, San Antonio.

TEACHING

Graduate: Psychopathology, Culture and Mental Health, Clinical Practicum: Interventions for Anxiety and Depression (Co-Instructor), Psychological Assessment (Co-Instructor)

Undergraduate: Introductory Psychology (Co-instructor), Culture and Mental Health, Abnormal Psychology

CONSULTATION

Research Consultation (May 19, 2009; May 24, 2011). Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (Dr. Debra Skinner and Dr. Don Bailey)

Department of Mental Health Services, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles (2002-2005). I provided monthly consultation to trainees of an APA approved internship regarding cultural competence.

Institute of Medicine Committee member, Speaking of Health: Assessing Health Communication Strategies for Diverse Populations (2002). Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.

Science editor for Surgeon General’s Mental Health Report: Culture, race and ethnicity (2001). I was the primary writer of Chapter 6, Hispanics/Latinos.

Testified before Hispanic Congressional Caucus Health Task Force in Fall, 1999 on “The mental health of Latinos.”

I have made numerous presentations to public mental health center staff, counseling center staff, professional psychologists, graduate students, physicians, and mental health professional trainees regarding cultural issues in psychological assessment and treatment. Examples of these include:

"Cultural Sensitivity in Clinical Practice," One-day conference for Continuing Education workshop, 1991, 1992, 1994, American Psychological Association Conventions. (with Dr. Adrienne Davis, 1992, 1994)

"Cultura, Psicopatologia, Evaluación, y Psicoterapia," Two-day workshop in Spanish at Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), October 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

"Cultural Competence in Clinical Practice." One-day or partial day workshops for staff and interns at Patton State Hospital, January 31, 1996; Metropolitan State Hospital, May 22, 1997; Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, June 1997, February, March 2000; October, 2007, November 2007; San Bernardino Mental Health, October 28, 1999; New York City Health and Hospital Corporation, November 30, 1999; Clinical Psychology Program, Clinical Psychology program, University of Southern California, March 9, 2001; Behavioral Medicine Conference 2002, Mason City, Iowa, June 7, 2002; 3rd Annual Multicultural Conference, Orange County, 2002; Riverside County Department of Mental Health, 2002; Department of Mental Health, Children’s Hospital, 2002; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Santa Cruz County, 2002; San Diego County, 2003; Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, Mystic, Connecticut, 2003, 2006. Dane County Mental Health Services, Madison, Wisconsin, 2007; Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, Melbourne, Australia, 2007; Department of Behavioral Health Services, Santa Cruz County, 2008; Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, January 20, 2009, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington Medical Center, May 28, 29, 2009. Ventura County Department of Behavioral Health, Oxnard, California, 2010: February 5, November 12 & 19, 2011: October 21, 2012: January 27, April 27, 2013: February 25, April 23, May 31; Hospital Infantil, Tlaxcala, Mexico, August, 10, 2010; Department of Psychology, Kent State University, September, 17, 2010; Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Health, October 27, 2011 & March 6, 2013; San Luis Obispo County Department of Mental Health, September 7, 2012; Kern County Department of Mental Health, Bakersfield, California, September 21, 2012 & May 16, 2013; Imperial County, Department of Behavioral Health, April 3 & 17, 2013; Tri-City County, Pomona, California, May 6, 2013; Riverside County Department of Mental Health, Riverside, May 9, 2013; San Bernardino County Department of Mental Health, May 29, 2013; Albuquerque Veterans Administration, August, 15-16, 2013; Clinical Training Program, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, April 25, 2014; Department of Behavioral Health, Santa Cruz County, Watsonville, California, October 3, 2014.

I have also consulted with academic and research units concerning their integrating cultural perspectives in training and research:

Portland State University, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, January 19, 1990, and September, 1991. I reviewed their research directions and made recommendations for the assessment of cultural competence in mental health delivery systems.

Clinical Psychology Program, Arizona State University, May 1989. I reviewed the curriculum and made recommendations on how to enhance their attention to cultural issues.

California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley/Alameda, April 20, 1996. I provided a one-day workshop regarding multicultural psychological assessment and how to integrate a cultural perspective in assessment courses.

Dartmouth-McArthur Depression Education Project, December 1998. Reviewed curriculum to train primary care physicians in recognizing and treating depression in culturally diverse communities.

Latino Behavioral Research Institute, September 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Reviewed research applications of advanced trainees and met in a small group of trainees and investigators to mentor trainees in research applications concerning Latino mental health.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Program Chair, Western Psychological Association meeting, Cancun, Mexico, April 20-24, 2010.

Co-Director, Culture Brain Development and Mental Health, Research and Research Training program funded by the Foundation of Psychocultural Research, 2010-2015.

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