Dr. Barr earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is currently completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Barr received a two-year diversity supplement to Dr. Heidi Resnick’s Prevention of Postrape Drug Abuse: Replication Study grant through the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Her research interests include investigating health disparities in access to mental health services for trauma victims of color, the impact of perceived discrimination on help seeking behavior, and the development of culturally-specific HIV interventions.
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17th ANNUAL LATINO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE CONFERENCEPLENARY SPEAKERSWednesday  Henry Acosta, MA, MSW, LSWExecutive Director, National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health, and Chair, Alliance for Latino Behavioral Health Workforce Development  Gustavo Loera, EdDDirector of Educational Research and DevelopmentMental Health America of Los AngelesWorkshop Title: "Alliance for Latino Behavioral Health Workforce Development: A National Movement in the Making"  Matthew Mock, PhD Professor of Psychology/Private Practice, John F. Kennedy UniversityWorkshop Title: "Latinos in Film: Mirrors of the Past, Forecasting of the Future" Thursday  Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, CAS, FASAMDirector of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA)Workshop Title: "National Substance Abuse Services for Latinos" Friday  Teresa Chapa, PhDSenior Policy Advisor, Mental Health Office of Minority HealthWorkshop Title: "Elimination of Behavioral Health Disparities for Latinos: A Plan for Improving Overall Care and Achieving Health Equity...Or Steps Towards Achieving Equity" Other Speakers |
