Erika L. Gustafson PhD MA

- Postdoctoral Research Volunteer
- she/her
- gustafs6 [at] uic.edu
- (312) 355-0353
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Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR)
1747 W. Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago IL 60612 - Room #:232
Erika L. Gustafson, PhD is a postdoctoral research volunteer at UIC’s Institute for Juvenile Research, and a postdoctoral fellow at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Gustafson completed her doctoral training at UIC and her predoctoral clinical internship at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Broadly, her research focuses on community-based interventions to promote healthy psychological development for children and families in communities of urban poverty. Her specific research interests include broadening the boundaries of mental health treatment through a focus on upstream ecological factors impacting mental health (i.e. the social determinants of health), non-traditional service providers such as community health workers, community settings such as schools and community organizations, and Latinx mental health.
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Community-based mental health service models
Public health approaches to child and family mental health
Social determinants of health
Community health workers
Intersection of poverty and mental health
Title | Description | Investigator(s) | Category | Status |
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 |
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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 |
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Community Based Children and Family Mental Health Services Research Program | On-going |
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). |
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Community Based Children and Family Mental Health Services Research Program | Completed |