Dr. Alegria and Colleagues Offer First Comprehensive Study of Eating Disorders Among Latinos

Dr. Alegria will be giving a talk at the Institute for Health at Rutgers on January 18, entitled "Acculturation and Its Many Myths".

Dr. Alegria is the recipient of the 2006 Greenwood Award for Research Excellence, awarded by the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program Directors Association.

Dr. Alegria will be working with governor-elect Deval Patrick as part of his health care advisory committee.

Dr. Antonio Polo recently published an article on school-research collaborations. See our publications page for more information.

At the 134th Annual American Public Health Association Meeting several of the Centerīs investigators will present new work related to translating interventions into mental health practice. "Moving a Consumer Empowerment Intervention into Practice" will be presented on Tuesday November 7, 2006 in Boston, MA (2:30-4:00 PM).

In July, Drs. Alegria, Mulvaney-Day, and Polo, along with community partners, attended the "Community Engagement and Partnership: New Directions in Mental Health Services Research Conference".

Dr. Margarita Alegria delivered the keynote speech at the Worcester County Conference on Cultural Competency on May 31, 2006. The presentation is available here.

Dr. Pinka Chatterji and Dr. Zhun Cao will present papers at the inaugural conference of the American Society of Health Economists, to be held June 4-7, 2006.

Dr. Alegria gave a lecture at NIH on October 7th, 2005 - watch the recording here!