Supporting Mental Health in Minoritized Families: From Basic Science to Community Interventions

Presented through the Olaf W. and Juta R. Millert Memorial Speaker Series in Psychology, Supporting Mental Health in Minoritized Families: From Basic Science to Community Interventions is a lecture from Professor and Chair of Human Development and Family Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin Gabriela Livas. Livas will present her team’s research on risk and resilience factors in predicting mental health and academic outcomes in minoritized adolescents with a focus on coping with cultural stress and familial resilience. Livas will then present results from three community interventions tailored to address these processes in minoritized families. 

Gabriela Livas is Professor and Chair of Human Development and Family Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research aims to provide a deeper understanding of the challenges and strengths within minoritized communities. Livas employs community-engaged approaches to develop and test prevention and intervention programs tailored to the mental health and cultural needs of underserved communities. Her research has been funded by NIDA, NIMH, WT Grant, and PCORI. She has served as the Vice President of Programming for the Society of Research on Adolescence, co-chair of the Ethnic Racial Issues Committee of the Society of Research on Child Development, and past chair of the Latinx Caucus of the Society of Research on Child Development.