Jeanne Miranda, Ph.D., is Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles. Her research in mental health services focuses on providing mental health care to low-income and minority communities. Dr. Miranda's major research contributions have been in evaluating the impact of mental health care for ethnic minority and impoverished communities. Dr. Miranda is an investigator in two UCLA centers seeking to improve disparities in health care for ethnic minorities. She directs community cores and an innovative research core focusing on translating lifestyle interventions (diet and exercise) for low-income and minority communities. She was Senior Scientific Editor of Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity, A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (2001). In 2005, she was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from University of Kansas and completed post-doctoral training at University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Miranda's resumé can be downloaded by clicking here.

1. New Mexico Transformation Evaluation – Hyde, Adelsheim, Brenda, Burnam, Goldman, Isett, Miranda, Morrissey, Frank

2. Quality Improvement in the Private Sector (United Behavioral Health) – Burnam, Feldman, Goldman, Huskamp, Miranda, Arons

3. Mental Health Care in the Schools – Miranda, Sheryl, Burnam, Adelsheim

1. Disparities in Mental Health Care – Miranda

2. Quality of Mental Health Care for Students in Special Education – Sheryl, Miranda

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