Lisa Razzano, Ph.D. is a social psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry with tenure in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently, she is the Director of Research for the UIC National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability and principal investigator for other federally-funded programs at the Department's Center on Mental Health Services Research and Policy (CMHSRP). Dr. Razzano has over 16 years of experience in mental health services and rehabilitation research, including projects in areas such as psychiatric services, psychosocial rehabilitation, vocational services and employment outcomes, and the mental health aspects of HIV/AIDS, as well as expertise in evaluation and biostatistics. She is the author of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, technical reports, and evidence-based training materials regarding psychiatric rehabilitation and mental health services research, and has presented outcomes and results from her own projects, as well as those of the CMHSRP, at more than 100 professional conferences, federal project meetings, and consumer/advocacy organizations. Dr. Razzano is an elected member of the Research Committee of the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (usPRA; formerly IAPSRS), and is serving as committee chair in 2004-2005. In 2004, Dr. Razzano was selected as one of 15 national scholars in the Primary Study Group for the Rehabilitation Services Administration’s 30th Institute on Rehabilitation Issues focused on “Innovative Models of Vocational Rehabilitation” at the U.S. Department of Education, and is co-author of a federal monograph on that topic. In May 2005, Dr. Razzano was the recipient of the Armin Loeb Award from usPRA for Excellence in psychiatric rehabilitation and services research.

Representative Publications

Cook, J.A., Lehman, A.F., Drake, R.E., McFarlane, W.R., Gold, P.B., Leff, H.S., Blyler, C.R., Toprac, M.G., Razzano, L.A., Burke-Miller, J.K., Blankertz, L.E., Shafer, M.S., & Dudek, K. (In press). Integration of Psychiatric and Vocational Services: A Multi-Site Randomized Implementation Effectiveness Trial of Supported Employment. American Journal of Psychiatry.

Razzano, L.A. & Hamilton, M.M. (In press). Health-Related Barriers to Employment Among People with HIV/AIDS. To appear in Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation (Special Issue on HIV/AIDS and Employment, [L. Conyers & P. Rumrill, Eds.])

Razzano, L.A. & Cook, J.A. (2005). Evidence-Based Practices in Supported Employment. In: C. E. Stout & R.A. Hayes (Eds.), The Evidence-Based Practice: Methods, Models, and Tools for Mental Health Professionals. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Razzano, L.A. (2003). Co-morbidity & HIV/AIDS. In H. Graham, K.T. Mueser, M. Birchwood, & A. Copello (Eds.), Substance use in psychosis: Handbook of approaches to treatment and service delivery. Birmingham, England: John Wiley & Sons.

Cook, J.A., Carey, M.A., Razzano, L.A., Burke, J.K., & Blyler, C. (2002). The Pioneer: The Employment Intervention Demonstration Program - A multisite study of vocational rehabilitation interventions. In J.M. Herrell & R. B. Straw (eds.), “Conducting Multiple Site Evaluations in Real-World Settings,” New Directions in Evaluation, (pp. 31 - 44), 94, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/American Evaluation Association.

Matthews, A., Hughes, T.L., Johnson, T., Razzano, L.A., & Cassidy, R. (2002). Prediction of depressive distress in a community sample of women: The role of sexual orientation. American Journal of Public Health, 92(7), 1131-1139.

Razzano, L.A., Matthews, A., & Hughes, T.L. (2002). Utilization of mental health services: A comparison of lesbian and heterosexual women. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 14(1), 51-66.

Cook, J.A. & Razzano, L.A. (2000). Vocational rehabilitation for persons with schizophrenia: Recent research and implications for practice. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 26(1), 87-103.