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Miguel Villodas, Ph.D. <\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/span>
\nClinical Services Research Training Program, University of California, San Francisco, CA
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Clinical Internship
\n<\/span>Semel Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA<\/span><\/p>\n

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
\n<\/span>University of California, San Diego\/San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program, San Diego, CA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

M.S., Clinical Psychology<\/span>
\nSan Diego State University, San Diego, CA<\/span><\/p>\n

B.A., Psychology<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>San Diego State University, San Diego, CA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Bio: <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span>I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University, and an affiliated investigator with the\u00a0Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC)<\/a>,\u00a0UCSD IN STEP Center<\/a>, and the\u00a0SDSU HealthLINK Center<\/a>. My work has been supported by generous funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Institute for Education Science, the National Science Foundation, the Florida Institute for Child Welfare, and the Children\u2019s Trust of Miami. I have also contributed to projects funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the American Psychological Foundation. I currently serve as Associate Editor for Psychology of Violence, a publication of the American Psychological Association, and as a member of the Editorial Boards for The Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, and Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal. I am a Licensed Psychologist in the State of California and have been involved in local advocacy in child welfare and education systems as a foster youth mentor, foster parent, and as a member of several advisory boards.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to view Dr. Villodas' CV<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Interests: <\/span><\/em><\/span>I conduct clinical research on the promotion of mental health and psychosocial well-being among at-risk and underserved youth who predominantly come from low-SES and Black and Latinx backgrounds. I use advanced quantitative methods to better characterize how adversity (e.g., poverty, discrimination, maltreatment, violence) affects academic, emotional, and behavioral development among at-risk youth. A large proportion of this work has focused on children and adolescents who are at-risk for child abuse and neglect and\/or have been in foster care. However, I also study risk and protective processes among Black and Latinx children and adolescents who are living in under-resourced environments and among children with behavioral challenges related to disruptive behavior and attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Building on these findings, I conduct community-based research to improve the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based psychosocial interventions that promote academic, emotional, and behavioral well-being in community and school-based settings, which are more accessible to Black and Latinx communities. Specifically, these interventions are often targeted for children and adolescents who have difficulty with attention and behavior that interfere with their learning, and\/or who are at-risk for violence exposure, living in urban poverty, or have been exposed to other forms of adversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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