Jeanne Miranda, PhD

Dr. Miranda is the Co-Director of YSAM and a Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. Dr. Miranda is a clinical psychologist with expertise in treatment research and a specific interest in working with minority and low-income populations. To this end, she was the Senior Scientific Editor of "Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General" (2001) and was a member of the Institute of Medicine and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) council. Building on this work, Dr. Miranda leads the program's efforts to adapt care strategies to be sensisitive to the needs of diverse populations, notable adoptive youth and youth who identify as sexual and/or gender minorities.