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EDUCATION PhD, Montclair State University |
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AREAS OF INTEREST HIV/AIDS and STI prevention, substance abuse prevention, adolescent girls of color, youth empowerment, intersectionality, community-based participatory research National Institute of Mental Health, Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) Fellowship, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University School of Public Health, (2019-2021) National Institute on Drug Abuse T32 Pre-doctoral fellowship in Behavioral Sciences Training (BST) on Drug Abuse Research Program at New York University SELECTED AWARDS 2019 John D. Slade, MD Memorial Advocacy Award, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) section, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2018 John L. and Harriette P. McAdoo Dissertation Award, National Council on Family Relations 2017 POZ Top 100 Women Committed to Ending the HIV Epidemic Honoree, POZ Magazine 2017 Population Health Scholar, Academy Health Opara, I., Lardier Jr. D.T., Fernandez, Y., Garcia-Reid, P., & Reid, R.J. (2020). Intrapersonal Psychological Empowerment Profiles on Ethnic Identity, Social Support, and Lifetime Drug Use among Hispanic Adolescent Girls. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2020.1803780 Opara, I., Assan, M.A., Pierre, K., Gunn, J III., Metzger, I., Hamilton J., & Arugu, E. (2020). Suicide among Black children: An integrated model of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide and intersectionality theory for researchers & clinicians. Journal of Black Studies. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1177/0021934720935641 Opara, I., Lardier Jr., D.T., Metzger, I., Herrera, A., Franklin, L., Garcia-Reid, P., & Reid, R.J. (2020). “Bullets have no names”: A qualitative exploration of community trauma among Black and Latinx youth. Journal of Child & Family Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10826-020-01764-8
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