40 Years of the Latino Mental Health Research Program
The origins of the Latino Mental Health Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH).
A 40th anniversary conference was held at SFGH on September 9, 2017.
The purpose of the conference was to recognize the many individuals who obtained clinical psychology research training at UCSF/SFGH over four decades. Invited speakers included pre- and postdoctoral Fellows and members of the research teams who carried out the studies in Spanish and English during their training. Dr. Ricardo F. Muñoz and Dr. Jeanne Miranda were their UCSF mentors over the last forty years.
We discussed the importance of education, the value of knowledge, and efforts to share this knowledge first with the diverse low-income patients that San Francisco General Hospital is committed to serve, and then with Spanish- and English-speaking people all over the world. Our research program's goal has been 1) to prevent and treat depression and 2) to help people quit smoking, using psychology and technology to do so. Our work eventually led to the global Internet intervention research program at UCSF/SFGH and now at Palo Alto University's Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health (i4Health). The manuals we developed are available at no charge on our Resources page.
2018 ABCT Outstanding Mentor Award
Conference Welcoming Remarks
Ricardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology, Palo Alto University; Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, UCSF
Watch video »Participant Talks, 1977-1985 Training Years
Jeanne Miranda, Ph.D.*
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles
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Jacqueline Persons, Ph.D.
Director, Oakland Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center; Clinical Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Watch video »Participant Talks, 1986-2000 Training Years
Pamela Balls-Organista, Ph.D.*
Professor and Associate Dean for Social Sciences, University of San Francisco
John McQuaid, Ph.D.*
Professor and Chief of Mental Health, San Francisco VA Health Care System
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Francisca Azocar, Ph.D.*
Vice President Research and Evaluation, Behavioral Health Sciences, Optum, United Health Group
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Laura Kohn-Wood, Ph.D.*
Dean and Professor, School of Education and Human Development, University of Miami
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Participant Talks, 2001-2017 Training Years
Alinne Barrera, Ph.D.*
Associate Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Training, Palo Alto University
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Adrian Aguilera, Ph.D.*
Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley; UCSF Psychiatry
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Nancy Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology and Director, Psychology Clinic, University of California, Berkeley
Support Staff: LMHRP, IWHRC and CPTP
Latino Mental Health Research Program, Internet World Health Research Center, and Clinical Psychology Training Program.
Carlos Penilla, DrPH, MS
Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Paula Valenzuela*
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Luz Marin*
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Angelica Sosa* and Hugo Sosa*
Additional Comments
* Photos by Mike Glish, Ph.D. Videos recorded and edited by Rodrigo A. Muñoz. Panorama picture by Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D.