Dellanira Garcia
Associate ProfessorDr. Dellanira Garcia, a licensed clinical psychologist, obtained her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington. She was awarded a National Research Service Award (F31) from the National Institutes of Mental Health to examine social capital and mental illness among women of Mexican descent. Dr. Garcia's research focuses on socio-cultural contextual factors impacting ethnic minority mental health and sexual risk behaviors, with an emphasis in Latino populations. Her community-...
Education:
PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, MA, Psychology, Boston University, BA, Psychology, University of California at Davis
Expertise:
Mental health and health disparities among BIPOC communities, Latinx Mental Health, Community based research methods, Social determinants of health, Women's sexual risk and health