Thanks to the generosity of the K. Patrick & Lily A. Okura Research Grants on Asian Pacific American Mental Health, UCLA faculty and graduate students from multidisciplinary areas across campus have benefited in pursuing their research focus on Asian Pacific Americans and mental health.

2015-16

Victoria Calip Rodriguez

PhD, Education & Information Studies - Human Development & Psychology

Research Project:

The Achievement-Adjustment Paradox: Understanding Academic Achievement & Psychosocial Adjustment of Filipino American Adolescents

2014-15

Heidi Tuason

Doctorate in Public Health - Community Health Sciences

Research Project:

The Kamalayan Project: Freeing Unspoken Voices of Mental (Un)Wellness in the Filipino Community

2013-14

Saanjh Kishore

PhD Psychology

Research Project:

Parental Rejections and Suicidal Behaviors in South Asian LGBT Americans

2012-13

William Tsai

PhD Psychology

Research Project:

Emotional Expression and Disclosure in Ethnic Matching

2011-12

Anna S. Lau

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

Research Project:

"Challenging Assumptions about "Tiger Mothers" in the Chinese Diaspora"

2010-11

May C. Wang

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health - Community Health Sciences

Anna S. Lau

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

Research Project:

"An Early Childhood Intervention to Promote Mental Health Later in Life for Chinese Immigrant Families"

2009-10

Shu-wen Wang

PhD Psychology

Research Project:

"Cultural Factors that Influence Biological and Psychological Stress Responses to Social Supports and their Links with Health in Asian American College Students"

2008-09

Anna S. Lau

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

 

Jennifer Yu Louie

PhD Clinical Psychology

Research Project:

"Understanding Cultural Differences in Affect in Early Childhood"