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Angela L. Walden PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry

Research Assistant Professor, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Department of Medicine

Contact

Email:

walden1 [at] uic.edu

Office Phone:

(312) 996-9507

Building & Room:

Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR) 230

Address:

1747 W. Roosevelt Rd. Chicago IL 60612

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Building & Room:

Student Residence Hall (SRH) 730

Address:

818 S. Wolcott Ave. Chicago IL 60612

PSYCHIATRY

Child and Adolescent Psychology; Pediatric Mood Disorders; Community-Based Research; Dissemination and Implementation Science 

Diversity Supplement, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

2015 – 2018
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, U54 CTSA award
(PIs: R. Mermelstein & L. Tobachman, University of Illinois Chicago)
50% FTE salary support 
Role: Coordinator, Community-Based Dissemination and Implementation Science

Lauhoe: Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program 2 (IHART2)

2016 – 2019
National Institute of Mental Health, Grant #2R25MH084565 
(PI: K. Walters, University of Washington)
$20,000 research subcontract award plus conference travel support
Role: IHART2 Fellow

UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science

2015 – 2018
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, U54 CTSA award
(PIs: R. Mermelstein & L. Tobachman, University of Illinois Chicago)
50% FTE salary support 
Role: Coordinator, Community-Based Dissemination and Implementation Science

Partners Achieving School Success

2015 – 2017
Anonymous Local Foundation, (PI: M. Atkins, University of Illinois Chicago)
Role: Co-Investigator 

Building Family Foundations

2015 – 2017
Anonymous Local Foundation, (PI: M. Atkins, University of Illinois Chicago)
Role: Co-Investigator

Native Children’s Research Exchange

2014 – 2015
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Contract #HHSN271201200692P 
(PIs: N. Whitesell & M. Sarche, University of Colorado Denver)
$2,000 research award plus conference travel support
Role: NCRE Scholar
 

Coordinating the Criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Violence: The Effectiveness of Councils in Producing Systems Change

2008 – 2009
National Institute of Justice, Grant #2005-WG-BX-0005
(PI: Nicole E. Allen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Graduate Hourly Research Appointment
Role: Graduate Research Assistant

  • Walden, A.L., & Allen, N.E. (accepted for publication). Examining correctional staff members’ engagement in rehabilitative practices in short-term juvenile detention. American Journal of Community Psychology.

    Walden, A.L., & West, A.E. (in press). American Indian researcher perspectives on qualitative inquiry about and within American Indian communities. American Journal of Community Psychology.

    Walden, A.L., Joseph, N., & Verona, E. (2019). Reaching underserved youth: A pilot implementation of a skills-based intervention in short-term juvenile detention. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 47(2), 90-103, doi: 10.1080/10852352.2019.1582147

    Mehta, T., Lakind, D., Rusch, D., Walden, A.L., & Atkins, M.S. (2019). Collaboration with urban community stakeholders: Refining paraprofessional-led services to promote positive parenting. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12316

    Rusch, D., Walden, A.L., Gustafson, E., Lakind, D., & Atkins, M.S. (2019). A qualitative study to explore paraprofessionals’ role in a children’s mental health prevention and early intervention services. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(2), 272-290, doi: 10.1002/jcop.22120

    Mehta, T., Atkins, M., Neal, J.W., & Walden, A.L. (2018). Supporting mental health providers: The feasibility and promise of a virtual professional learning community. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 3(4), 236-251. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2018.1486687

    Jacobs, R.H., Guo, S., Kaundinya, P., Lakind, D., Klein, J., Rusch, D., Walden, A., Mehta, T., & Atkins, M. (2017). A pilot study of mindfulness skills to reduce stress among a diverse paraprofessional workforce. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(9), 2579-2588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0771-z

    Allen, N.E., Walden, A.L., Dworkin, E.R., & Javdani, S. (2016). Mixed methodology as a key asset in multi-level, multi-setting inquiry. In L. Jason & D. Glenwick (Eds.), Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research:  Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods. New York, NY: Oxford University Press

    Walden, A.L., Javdani, S., & Allen, N.E. (2014). Engaging conflict: Supporting power-sharing through constructive conflict resolution. Journal of Community Psychology, 42(7), 854-868. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21657

    Allen, N.E., Javdani, S., Lehrner, A., & Walden, A.L. (2012). “Changing the Text”: Modeling council capacity to produce institutionalized change. American Journal of Community Psychology, 49, 317-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-011-9460-z

    Allen, N.E., Larsen S.E., & Walden, A.L. (2010). Community-based services for battered women and their children. In C. Renzetti & J. Edleson (Eds.), Sourcebook on Violence Against Women. (245-263). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Title Description Investigator(s) Category Status
Building Family Foundations (BFF) BFF was a prenatal to early childhood home-visiting program to support first-time Latino and African American young mothers in their transition to motherhood and adulthood.
  • PI Angela L. Walden PhD
  • PI Grace Cua MSW
  • Co-I Marc S. Atkins PhD
  • Co-I Ané Maríñez-Lora PhD
Community Based Children and Family Mental Health Services Research Program On-going
Building multi-level support for recreational staff members to infuse mental health promotion into everyday practices This project is a collaboration with Urban Initiatives, a citywide non-profit foundation that utilizes soccer and active play to promote youth physical and mental health in resource-scarce neighborhoods.  The project employs an iterative collaborative approach to enhance the organizational capacity of UI to impact youth physical and mental health by strengthening their workforce dev
  • PI Tara G. Mehta PhD
  • Co-I Angela L. Walden PhD
  • Co-I Marc S. Atkins PhD
  • Co-I April Lillstrom MEd
  • Co-I Erika Luz Gustafson PhD
ACCESS for Mental Health On-going
Building multi-level support for recreational staff members to infuse mental health promotion into everyday practices This project is a collaboration with Urban Initiatives, a citywide non-profit foundation that utilizes soccer and active play to promote youth physical and mental health in resource-scarce neighborhoods.  The project employs an iterative collaborative approach to enhance the organizational capacity of UI to impact youth physical and mental health by strengthening their workforce development pra
  • Co-I Angela L. Walden PhD
  • Co-I Marc S. Atkins PhD
  • Co-I April Lillstrom MEd
  • Co-I Erika Luz Gustafson PhD
Community Based Children and Family Mental Health Services Research Program On-going
Leaders @ Play Our team has been collaborating with the Chicago Park District for the past decade to develop and implement strategies that capitalize on the inherent opportunities present in recreation to support and promote children’s mental health. Leaders @ Play was a program designed to promote mental health for participating adolescents and support healthy behavioral, social, and emotional funct
  • PI Tara G. Mehta PhD
  • Co-I Stacy Frazier PhD
  • Co-I Marc S. Atkins PhD
  • Co-I Dana Rusch PhD
  • Co-I Eduardo Esteban Bustamante PhD
  • Co-I Angela L. Walden PhD
Community Based Children and Family Mental Health Services Research Program Completed
Partners Achieving School Success (PASS) PASS was a school based mental health prevention and early intervention program for children in pre-kindergarten through third grade.  Our team collaborated with four social service agencies on a school-based prevention and early intervention program for youth in K-3rd grade living in impoverished communities in Chicago (approximately n=700).
  • PI Tara G. Mehta PhD
  • PI Dana Rusch PhD
  • Co-I Marc S. Atkins PhD
  • Co-I Angela L. Walden PhD
  • Co-I Davielle Lakind MA
  • Co-I Grace Cua MSW
  • Co-I Erika Luz Gustafson PhD
Community Based Children and Family Mental Health Services Research Program Completed

*System-generated list from psychiatry research website.