Current Projects 

Developing a Social Networking Intervention to Encourage Retention in an Evidence-based Parenting Intervention (PI: Dean Coffey, Co-Investigator: Joyce Javier, Data
Analyst/Statistician: Choo Phei Wee, Research Coordinator: Jasmine Raymundo)

Discrepancy in Regional Center Location by Zip Code vs. Health District and Services for
IDD (PI: Christine Mirzaian Co-Investigators: Jessica Sandoval Jessica, Olga Solomon,
Larry Yin, Data Analyst/Statistician: Tanya Alderete, Juan Espinoza)

Coffee Chat Network: Implementation of a novel technology-driven platform to connect (PI: Olivia Hsin, Priyanka Bakhtiani, Tom Davidson, Sheela Rao, Michele Roland, Carolyn
Wong, Research Coordinator: Alisha Osornio)

Filipino Family Initiative: Engaging Families in Faith-Based Preventive Parenting
Interventions (PI: Dean Coffey, Co Investigators: Javier Joyce, Cary Kreutzer, Jasmine
Raymundo, Faculty Advisor: Michele Kipke)

Virtual Positive Parenting Intervention to Encourage Filipino Family Wellness: A
Randomized Controlled Trial: Filipino Family Health Initiative 1.0 (PI: Dean Coffey, Co-
Investigator: Joyce Javier, Michele Kipke, Wendy Mack, Katrina Alcantara, Kyra Aligaen,
Paul Cunanan, Katelyn Legaspi, Dylan Mesina, Jasmine Raymundo)

La Linterna (PI: John Harlow, Co-Investigators: Natalie Cruz, Jeanne Delgado, Sharon
Hudson, Research Coordinator: Katie Diaz)

The Healing Power of Acceptance: Evaluating the Efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in Combating the Effects of Stress Among Adolescents (PI: Xzania Lee, Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Gold, Co-Investigators: Chiquanna Anderson, Anya Griffin, Caitlin, Research Coordinator: Jasmine Brown)

Bridging the Gap: A Collaborative Intervention Group for Youth: Suicide Prevention (PI:
Tyndal Tia; Co-Investigator: Amy West)

Assessment of Screening and Referrals for Associated Care in a Resident Associated FQHC (PI: Gualy Sebastian; Faculty Advisor: Colleen Kraft; Co-investigators: Rebecca Long, Jesus Naranjo, Kathleen Winger)

Publications 

Anderson, A. T., From Early Childhood. Academic pediatrics, 24(7S), S214–S216.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2023.09.015 Spinks-Franklin, A., Heard-Garris, N., &
Johnson, T. J. (2024). We Tell the Story: Building Collective Resilience.

Atunah-Jay, S. J., Phelan, S., Anderson, A. T., Behl, S., McTate, E. A., Gorfine, M. C., Sood, G., Taylor, K. K., Brockman, J., Salinas, M., Biggs, B. K., Wieland, M. L., & Asiedu, G. B. (2024). Promoting Safe and Supportive Health Care Spaces for Youth Experiencing Racism. Academic pediatrics, S1876-2859(24)00009-3. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.01.009

Zeledon, I., Meca, A., Duque, M., Lee, R., Herzig, E., Rodriguez, V., Anderson, J. D.,
West, A.,0000689 & Unger, J. B. (2024). Contextualizing experiences of cultural stress: A qualitative exploration among Latino youth in Miami and Los Angeles. Demographic psychology, 30(4), 613–623. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp

Akrofi, J., Angell, A. M., Gyamfi, B., & Bodison, S. (2023). Exploring Coloniality in Occupation-Based Education: Perspectives of Ghanaian Occupational Therapists. Journal of occupational therapy education, 7 (4). https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2023.070409

Siddiq, H., Jones, F., Magnes, Z., Booker-Vaughns, J., Young-Brinn, A., Williams, C., Washington, M., Agonafer, E., Solomon, O., Oliva, A., Wells, K., & Heilemann, M. V. (2023). Using Community-Partnered Participatory Research to Value the "Community Lens" and Promote Equity in Community-Academic Partnerships. Health equity, 7(1), 543–554. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2023.0096

Slopen, N., Chang, A. R., Johnson, T. J., Anderson, A. T., Bate, A. M., Clark, S., Cohen, A., Jindal, M., Karbeah, J., Pachter, L. M., Priest, N., Suglia, S. F., Bryce, N., Fawcett, A., & Heard-Garris, N. (2024). Racial and ethnic inequities in the quality of paediatric care in the USA: a review of quantitative evidence. The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 8(2), 147–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00251-1