Faculty

Adrian Aguilera

Associate Professor
Associate Professor Adrian Aguilera’s research leverages digital & mobile technologies along with innovative methods such as machine learning to improve health & mental healthcare of low-income & ethnic minority populations, with a focus on Latinx & Spanish-speaking populations.

“Putting science into action”: A Case Study of How an Educational Intermediary Organization Synthesizes and Translates Research Evidence for Practice

Valerie Shapiro
2024

Comparative Social Welfare

Neil Gilbert
2024

Joyce Dorado

Associate Dean for Research-Practice Partnerships

Dr. Joyce Dorado is a Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Research-Practice Partnerships in the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley and the Co-Founder and Director of Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools (HEARTS). Dr. Dorado is a nationally recognized expert in partnering with schools and other youth-serving systems to create trauma-informed, equitable, and healing organizations. She has served as an appointed member of the California State Supreme Court Justice’s statewide steering committee for the Keeping Kids in School and Out of Courts...

Exploring sibling relationship quality among Latinx siblings: A Systematic review

Kristina Lovato
2024

Evaluation dilemmas: lessons learned in improving intervention outcomes and sustainability in Latin American communities

Kristina Lovato
2024

An Examination of Child Welfare Agency Models Serving Immigrant Children and Families. Journal of Public Child Welfare.

Kristina Lovato
2024

Jamie Chang shares personal and professional path to exploring systemic causes of homelessness

November 8, 2023
Jason Pohl

Headshot of Jamie ChangBerkeley News recently profiled new Social Welfare professor Jamie Chang: "Jamie Chang has studied...

Angela Perone appointed to Gerontological Society of America's Public Policy Advisory Panel

September 28, 2022

Assistant Professor Angela Perone was appointed to the Public Policy Advisory Panel of the Gerontological Society of America, the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging. From the GSA: "The Public Policy Advisory Panel provides specialized expertise, advice, key information, and support in the area of public policy and...

NIH funds collaboration to improve mental health treatment for Latinos

October 3, 2022
UCI News

Dr. Adrian Aguilera's work is featured in ongoing NIH funding developments, as reported in UCI News:

"Irvine, Calif., Oct. 3, 2022 – The National Institutes of Health is awarding nearly $4.7 million over five years to support research teams from University of California campuses in Irvine, Berkeley and San Francisco who are collaborating on a new project...

https://news.uci.edu/2022/10/03/nih-funds-collaboration-to-improve-mental-health…