About the Lab
Meet Our Mentor
My work addresses health parity through scholarship, teaching/training, and mentorship. My scholarship on cultural adaptations of evidence-based interventions addresses health disparities in access, acceptability, and effectiveness of treatment for ethnic and culturally diverse people. The work on cultural adaptations spans the gamut from specific trials (Amador Buenabad et al., 2019; Domenech et al., 2011; Parra-Cardona et al., 2017) to advances in theory development (Bernal & Domenech Rodríguez, 2012; Kofsloski & Domenech Rodríguez, 2017) to meta-analytic examination of impacts of cultural adaptations on treatment effectiveness (Smith et al., 2011; Soto et al., 2018). The impact is evident in citations (see Google Scholar) and grant funding.
My courses in multiculturalism and diversity prepare psychologists entering the workforce from the undergraduate or graduate level to attend to diversity and equity in their professional pursuits. My approach to teaching/training is systematic and evidence-based whether at the undergraduate level in psychology (Patterson et al., 2018; Hicks, Domenech Rodríguez, & Tehee, 2024) or at the graduate level in physician assistant studies (Domenech Rodríguez et al., 2019; Phelps et al., 2021).
As of 2026, I have chaired 29 dissertations to completion. Most of these have added specifically to health disparities scholarship, have been authored by ethnic and culturally diverse graduate students, many of whom were bilingual.
Finally, I have advanced an agenda to reduce health disparities through leadership activities in human research protections (Domenech Rodríguez et al., 2017), leadership in the National Latinx Psychological Association (Miville et al., 2017) and Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology (Domenech Rodríguez, 2018, 2019).
Meet Our Lab
Damilola Daramola
Graduate Student - Combined Clinical/Counseling Specialization
Diana Martinez
Graduate Student - Combined Clinical/Counseling Specialization
Psychology
Miriam Mukasa Kasozi
Graduate Student - Combined Clinical/Counseling Psychology
Psychology
Diana Perez
Graduate Student - Sociobehavioral Epidemiology Program
Psychology
Research Opportunities
Current Projects
There are a variety of projects within this area that focus on evaluation and implementation of GenerationPMTO, a premier evidence-based parent training intervention. Projects in this area include evaluation of culturally adapted interventions, trials with ethnically and culturally diverse populations, as well as progress evaluation of real world implementations (e.g., fidelity monitoring).
Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based Interventions
Our lab has conducted research spanning from qualitative examination of the fit of an evidence-based intervention with a specific population all the way to systematic reviews of the literature. A variety of projects are currently underway.
Resources
- School of Graduate Studies - Thesis and Dissertation Requirements
- College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences - Graduate Student Research Awards
- Office of Research - Poster Templates
- American Psychological Foundation - Graduate Student Scholarship
Involvement
Students interested in getting involved with the lab can use the contact form below or email the lab director directly.
Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez
Professor - Combined Clinical/Counseling Specialization