Lisa Fortuna, M.D., M.P.H.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor
Faculty Appointment(s) In:
Psychiatry
Joint Faculty In:
Center for Mental Health Services Research
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Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH, is a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. Dr. Fortuna is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Child and Adolescent Multicultural Health Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Her research interests include Latino mental health services research, immigrant mental health, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, substance abuse and dual diagnoses in adolescence.
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Dr. Fortuna has a K23 Patient Oriented Career Development Award from the National Institute of Drug Abuse and she is currently working on a therapy development study for adolescents with coexisting PTSD and substance use disorders. She is also involved in the development of community and school based prevention and mental health interventions with high risk youth, including those at risk of gang or juvenile detention involvement.
Curriculum Vitae
Ongoing Projects:
1. CBT Treatment for PTSD and SUDs in Youth (PI: Lisa Fortuna)
Five-year K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award for Dr. Lisa Fortuna funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Dr. Fortuna's long-term career goal is to be an independent researcher with skills in the translation of empirically supported treatments into community settings, particularly for minority adolescents with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. This proposal focuses on the development of a CBT based treatment for substance abuse in the context of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in violence exposed minority and non-minority youth (Funded).
2. Community Dialogue and Needs Assessment for Addressing Traumatic Stress among Refugee Youth (Co-PI Lisa Fortuna)
This is Funded by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and The Endowment for Health .This is a pilot grant for a qualitative study and needs assessment (interviews and focus groups) with refugee youth, families and providers. The goal is to identify actionable strategies to improve trauma informed interventions and services for resettled refugee youth .
3. Sociocultural Context of Latina Adolescent Suicide (NIMH, PI: Dr. Luis Zayas)
Co-Investigator. The major goal of this primarily qualitative study is to understand the social and cultural context of suicide attempts among Latina female adolescents in the United States.
Office: Biotech 3 - 115 A
Phone: 508-856-7842
E-mail: Lisa.Fortuna@umassmed.edu
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55 Lake Avenue North Worcester, MA 01655