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NEWS FROM
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
June 22, 2009
Cambridge Health Alliance Researcher Honored
by the American Psychiatric Association
Cambridge, MA…Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced
today that Margarita Alegría, PhD, Director of CHA's Center
for Multicultural Mental Health Research, has received the Simon
Bolivar Award presented by the American Psychiatric Association
(APA).
The Award honors a prominent Hispanic statesman or spokesperson
and raises awareness of the problems and goals of Hispanics. Dr.
Alegría recently accepted the prize at the APA's 2009 Annual
Meeting, held in San Francisco, where she also delivered the Simon
Bolivar Lecture, titled "Prevalence, Risk, and Correlates of
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Across Ethnic and Racial Minority
Groups in the U.S."
Dr. Alegría has forged an international reputation for her
research on disparities in mental health and substance abuse services
and her commitment to improving access, equity, and quality of these
services for disadvantaged and minority populations. In addition
to her leadership role at the Center for Multicultural Mental Health
Research, she is a professor of psychology in the Department of
Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is currently the principal
investigator of two NIMH-funded research studies: the Advanced Center
for Mental Health Disparities, which focuses on research to increase
the understanding of factors affecting mental health service disparities
in Latinos and other minorities, and the National Latino and Asian
American Study, a large epidemiological national study.
The mission of the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research
is to generate innovative mental health services research that impacts
policy, practice, and service delivery for multicultural populations.
The Center's staff is comprised of an interdisciplinary group of
psychologists, social policy analysts, health economists, psychiatrists,
data analysts, sociologists, and other professionals that assist
in the research and analysis of Center projects. For more information:
www.multiculturalmentalhealth.org.
Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning
health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville,
and Boston's metro-north communities. It includes three hospital
campuses, a network of primary care and specialty practices, the
Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA
is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated
with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
and Tufts University School of Medicine. Visit us online at www.challiance.org.
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Media Contact
David Cecere
Media Relations Manager
Phone: 617-503-8428
Cell: 617-921-9613
Pager: 617-546-1879
dcecere@challiance.org
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