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R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez

R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Population Health

Keywords
Latino health, Parenting, Social stressors, Mental health, Equity and social justice, Mixed methods, Immigrant health, Health disparities, Community engaged research
Summary

As a bilingual developmental psychologist and community-engaged researcher, my research aims to reduce disparities in Latine children’s mental health, health, and academic achievement by understanding how social stressors (e.g. immigration threat, financial hardship, racism) influence Latine and immigrant caregivers and child well-being so as to inform intervention, policy, and practice. A second line of research investigates the impact of early interventions on parent and child outcomes, focusing on the child-, family-, and teacher-level factors that may moderate the association between early intervention participation and later outcomes. 

My research interests are very much influenced by my upbringing in a Mexican immigrant household and community. My research has been published in numerous journals including Pediatrics, Social Science & Medicine, SSM-Mental Health, Prevention Science, Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, and Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. I earned a PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University and hold a BA in human biology from Stanford University.

Phone

646-501-2867

Academic office

180 Madison Ave

Sixth Floor

New York, NY 10016

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PhD from Columbia University

Tian, Grace; Rojas, Natalia M; Norton, Jennifer M; Barajas-Gonzalez, R Gabriela; Montesdeoca, Jacqueline; Kerker, Bonnie D

BMC pregnancy & childbirth. 2024 Sep 06; 24(1):583

Barajas-Gonzalez, Rita Gabriela; Ursache, Alexandra; Kamboukos, Dimitra; Huang, Keng Yen; Linares Torres, Heliana; Cheng, Sabrina; Olson, Devon; Brotman, Laurie Miller; Dawson-McClure, Spring

Journal of Early Childhood Research. 2024 Sep 01; 22(<prism:issueIdentifier>3):488-499

Valdez, Carmen R; Brabeck, Kalina M; Barajas-Gonzalez, R Gabriela; Ayón, Cecilia; Rojas-Flores, Lisseth

American journal of public health. 2024 Jul; 114(S6):S485-S494

Barajas-Gonzalez, Rita Gabriela; Ursache, Alexandra; Kamboukos, Dimitra; Huang, Keng-Yen; Linares Torres, Heliana; Cheng, Sabrina; Olson, Devon; Brotman, Laurie Miller; Dawson-McClure, Spring

Journal of Early Childhood Research. 2024; 22(3):488-499

Barajas-Gonzalez, R. Gabriela; Hoque, Sharmin; Gutkin, Stephanie L.

Journal of Community Practice. 2024 Jan 01; 32(<prism:issueIdentifier>1):68-85

Kerker, Bonnie D; Barajas-Gonzalez, R Gabriela; Rojas, Natalia M; Norton, Jennifer M; Brotman, Laurie M

Frontiers in public health. 2024 Jun; 12:1382600

LeCroy, Madison N; Suss, Rachel; Russo, Rienna G; Sifuentes, Sonia; Beasley, Jeannette M; Barajas-Gonzalez, R Gabriela; Chebli, Perla; Foster, Victoria; Kwon, Simona C; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Yi, Stella S

Ethnicity & disease. 2023 Apr; 33(2-3):130-139

LeCroy, Madison N.; Suss, Rachel; Russo, Rienna G.; Sifuentes, Sonia; Beasley, Jeannette M.; Barajas-Gonzalez, R. Gabriela; Chebli, Perla; Foster, Victoria; Kwon, Simona C.; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Yi, Stella S.

Ethnicity & disease. 2023 Jan 01; 33(<prism:issueIdentifier>2-3):130-139