Implementing Health Care Interventions for Hispanics with Serious Mental Illness (K01 MH091118-01A1)
The objective of this Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to prepare the candidate to become an independent investigator in implementation research to address the disparities in physical health care faced by underserved minorities with SMI. A mentoring team, led by Drs. Lewis-Fernández and Druss, will guide the candidate’s training. The research plan uses a collaborative intervention planning framework that blends principles of community-based participatory research and intervention mapping to modify and assess the feasibility and acceptability of an existing care manager intervention for outpatient public mental health clinics.
Role: Principal Investigator
Peer-led Health Lifestyle Intervention for Minorities with Serious Mental Illness in Supportive Housing Agencies: A Pilot Feasibility Study
The goal of this study is to pilot test the feasibility and acceptability of an established healthy lifestyle intervention, the Group Lifestyle Balance (GLB) Program, in a supportive housing agency serving African American and Latino adults with serious mental illness (SMI, e.g., schizophrenia) and at risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Role: Principal Investigator
University of Southern California Neighborhood Outreach Grant 07/01/2007 ~ 06/30/2008
Depression Fotonovela: A health education tool for low literacy, low income Latino population (PI: Baron)
This project seeks to develop an effective health communication tool to increase knowledge of depression among low income, low literacy Latino families in the neighborhoods surrounding the University Park Campus and the Health Sciences Campus of USC.
Role: Consultant