VITA. Milagros A. Méndez Castillo. Address: University of Puerto Rico BMP 343, 1357 Ashford Avenue Department of Psychology Condado

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1 VITA January 2012 Milagros A. Méndez Castillo PERSONAL INFORMATION Address: University of Puerto Rico BMP 343, 1357 Ashford Avenue Department of Psychology Condado P.O. Box San Juan San Juan Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Fax: (787) Voice Mail: (787) Internet: Born: December, 1961 License: Licensed Psychologist, Puerto Rico No. 1359, EDUCATIONAL HISTORY B.A. Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York, NY, 1982 (Major: Psychology) M.S. Ph.D. Fordham University, New York, NY, 1986 (Major Area: Educational Psychology) Fordham University, New York, NY, 1991 (Major Area: Psychology) Dissertation Title: The school success of Latino adolescents: The predictive utility of risk/protective bases, personological and ecological factors. AWARDS AND SCHOLASTIC HONORS Awards Research Fellow, American Psychological Association's Minority Fellowship, Office of Bilingual Education Scholarship Awards, Scholastic Honors B.A. Awarded Cum Laude, Lehman College, 1982 Teaching Assistant to the Freshman Colloquium Course, College Dean's list and Certificate of Merit, Herbert H. Lehman College, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

2 American Psychological Association Asociación de Psicólogos de Puerto Rico. EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Graduate Student Editor, American Journal of Community Psychology 2000-present Editorial Board, Revista de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Puerto Rico Editorial Board, Journal of Interamerican Society of Psychology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2010 Present Principal Proponent, Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Awarded a collaborative for developing capacities in the Dominican Republic the areas of epidemiology, laboratory best practices, and monitoring and evaluation (Cooperative Agreement 1U2GPS002991) Present Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Academic Duties: Core faculty in Ph.D Psychology Program (Academic-Investigative Area). Research, writing and teaching. Administrative duties: admissions and curriculum committees, Area coordinator Assistant Research Scientist, University Center for Psychological Services and Research, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Duties: direction of the Project to prevent STDs, pregnancy and HIV/AIDS in young adolescents in intermediate Public Schools in Puerto Rico (Financed by the National Institute of Mental Health NIMH) Instructor, UPR- Cayey Campus, Cayey, Puerto Rico Assistant Professor, Centro Caribeño de Estudios Post-Graduados (Caribbean Center for Graduate Studies), San Juan, Puerto Rico. Academic Duties: Core faculty for Clinical APA Approved Program. Research, writing and teaching. Administrative duties: Admissions and Curriculum (President) Committees, Student Evaluations Psychologist in Private Practice, Colectivo de Servicios Psicológicos Alhambra #3, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Duties: children and adolescents psychotherapy, psychological and psychoeducational evaluations, school consultations School Psychologist (part time), Board of Education of the City of New York, District No. 6, New York. Duties: psychological and psychoeducational evaluations, placement in special education program, consultation to parents and teachers, part of the multidisciplinary team on the committee for special services Clinical/School Psychologist (part time), Fordham-Tremont Community Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY. Duties: counseling to school aged

3 children (K-12) and their families, psycho educational evaluations, general consultant to the school based program and the schools associated to the program Pre-doctoral Intern, School District of New Rochelle, NY Psychologist in training, School Consultation Center, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York, NY. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE NIMH MRISP: Advancing Research in Puerto Rico, , PI (G. Bernal) 2R24MH Role: PI for Pilot Study on Project to prevent STD and HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rican adolescents. Center for Hispanic Youth Violence Prevention, , PI (B. Mirabal) CDC HHS Grant #R49/CCR Role: Consultant and co-investigator for methodological and community issues. Project Atlantea. Implementation and evaluation of a STDs, HIV/AIDS, and pregnancy prevention program for public schools adolescents in Dominican Republic in collaboration with the Medical Sciences Program at INTEC, , , PI, President s office at the University of Puerto Rico Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network in Puerto Rico (BRIN-PR), PI (F. González), NCRR P20-RR Role: PI for Pilot Study on Project to prevent STD, HIV/AIDS, and pregnancies in adolescents by adapting an intervention developed by Jemmott and Jemmott. Project Atlantea, Project on potentialities and obstacles for the organization and participation of the Dominican community in San Juan, Puerto Rico, PI, , President s office at the University of Puerto Rico. Project Atlantea, Academic exchange with project with Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) on evaluation, design and systematization of projects to prevent HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic, CO-PI, , , President s Office at the University of Puerto Rico. Center for the Studies of Human Rights, Columbia University. Project on Children and War in San Salvador, PI (L.J. Aber), Adolescent Pathways Project, , PI (E. Seidman), NIMH, Role: coordinator for the Hispanic sample.

4 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Introduction to Social Statistics Advanced Social statistics Program Evaluation Preventive Psychology Cognitive Assessment Practicum in Cognitive Assessment Psychological Evaluation Dissertation Seminar Roles and functions of School Psychology Practicum in School Psychology Undergraduate Introduction to psychology Developmental Psychology Research Method: qualitative approach Research method: quantitative approach Mental Retardation COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CONSULTATION EXPERIENCE 2009 Consejo de Educación Superior de Puerto Rico (CES) [High Education Counsel]. Role: external evaluator of competitive proposals submitted to the CES Office of the Women s Advocate, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Role: Co- Director, evaluation of services to women victims of domestic violence Center for Hispanic Youth Violence Prevention, Medical Science Campus, University of Puerto Rico. Role: grantwriting, methodological issues, community liaison Planning Committee, NIMH Annual Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS 2000 Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia. External evaluator of competitive proposals on HIV/AIDS prevention in children, adolescents, and adults in the United States and its territories. Puerto Rico House of Representatives. Role: counsel Mr. Victor Garcia San Inocencio in the development of the Public Law 156 to create the position of school psychologist in the Puerto Rico Department of Education Catholic Arquidiocese. Role: Project evaluator to Science Fair American Psychological Association, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues. Evaluator for papers submitted to the 1997 th convention Christian Children's Fund (CCF), Richmond, Virginia, USA. Role: development of a psicosocial programs to attend the needs of children affected by the war in Guatemala Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Puerto Rico. Role: grant writing.

5 1993 UNICEF Headquarters, New York, NY, Role: consultant to the children and war project in El Salvador Department of Mental Health of the City of San Juan, Role: grant writing University Service Consultation Coordinator for Academic Research Area (2003-present), Department of Psychology UPR System Committee to evaluate University s Institutional Bylaws ( ) Curriculum Committee ( ), Department of Psychology Admissions Committee ( ), Department of Psychology CURRENT INTERESTS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES School and community interventions to prevent STD s, HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancies in children and adolescents School and community interventions to prevent violence in children and adolescents Program development and evaluation of psycho-social services Latino and cross cultural issues in psychology and health PERSONAL REFERENCES Guillermo Bernal, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, P.R. Jemmott, John, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, PA Mirabal, Brenda, M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, P.R. Vélez, Carmen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biostatics, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, P.R. PUBLICATIONS Henriquez, J. L. & Méndez, M. A. (1992). Los efectos psico-sociales de la guerra en El Salvador [Psychosocial effects of the War in El Salvador]. Revista de Psicología de la UCA, 44, Llorens, N., Llanos A. B., Margarida, M. T., Méndez, M. A. (1992). Efectividad del Rorschach en la detección del síndrome de abuso sexual en una muestra de mujeres sobrevivientes [Effectivessness of the use of Rorschach for the detection of sexual abuse in women]. Revista Ciencias de la Conducta, V11, Méndez, M. & Calderón, J. (1997). Taller participativo de administración de disciplina en el aula [Participatory workshop: Discipline in the classroom]). Educational Quality Services, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Méndez, M. & Ortíz-Torres, B. (2000). Realización de un estudio sobre potencialidad y obstáculos de la comunidad dominicana en San Juan, Puerto Rico [Potentialities and

6 obstacles in the Dominican Community]. In E. Stormy Reynoso & O.Medina (Eds.), El futuro de la Comunidad dominicana en Puerto Rico (The future of Dominican Community in Puerto Rico) (pp ), Chamber of Congress of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Franco, M. and Méndez, M. (2002) Jaquetones en las escuelas: Entendiendo la violencia escolar [Bullying in schools: Understanding violence in schools]. Crónicas de FILIUS (Journal of the FILIUS Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research), 1, Méndez, M., Franco, M. y Mirabal, B.( 2003) Identificación de factores de riesgo y factores protectores para prevenir la violencia en jóvenes: Hacia un plan estratégico comunitario [Identification of risk and protective factors for the prevention of youth violence: Towards a strategic community plan]. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal; 22, Calderón-Soto, J., Méndez, M., Ortiz-Torres, B. & Serrano-García, I. (2003). Participación y Atrición en proyectos de investigación del VIH/SIDA: Una experiencia Puertorriqueña [Participation and attrition in HIV/AIDS projects: A Puerto Rican experience]. Revista Puertorriqueña de Psicología, 14, Méndez M., Iglesias, E. & González, R. (2004). Sexualidad y prácticas sexuales: Resultados de un estudio de grupo focal con adolescentes puertorriqueños de escuela intermedia. [Sexuality and sexual practices: Results of a focus group with Puerto Rican adolescents of intermediate schools]. Psicología Iberoamericana; 3 (11). Mirabal, B. López-Sánchez, G., Franco-Ortíz, M., & Méndez, M. (2008). Developing partnerships to advance Youth violence prevention in Puerto Rico. American Journal of Preventive Medicine; 34 (3S). Presentations Ortíz-Torres, B.; Méndez, M.; Calderón, J.; Pérez, F.; Pérez, O.; Maldonado, N.; Rosado, R.; Vega, I. (1997, July). Group Empowerment for homosexual gay seropositives. Presented at the XXV Interamerican Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ortíz, B., Méndez, M., Calderón E., Varas, N. & Iglesias, E. (1998). Evaluación de proceso en la interventión de empowerment grupal de hombres homesexuales VIH+)Process evaluation of an empowerment intervention for homosexual gay men). Presented at the XV World Conference on Health and Education, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ortíz, B., Méndez, M., Rosado, R., Varas, N. & Calderón, J. (1998). Empowering HIV+ gay men in physician-patient. Presented at the APA convention, San Francisco, USA. Ortíz, B., Méndez, M., Rosado, R. & Varas, N. (1998). Evaluating a group empowerment model for HIV+ gay Puerto Rican men. Geneva, Switzerland. Méndez, M., Ortiz, B., Iglesias, E. & Calderón, J. (1998, July). Issues of recruitment and retention in an intervention for HIV+ gay Puerto Rican men, Geneva, Switzerland. Ortíz, B., Méndez, M., & Calderón, J. (1999, July). HIV/AIDS prevention in the Caribbean: Two Puerto Rican collaborative efforts in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Seventh Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action, New Heaven, Connecticut.

7 Méndez, M., Calderón, J., & Rivera, E. (1999, February). La sexualidad del adolescente: VIH/SIDA (Adolescent Sexuality). Taller ofrecido en Iniciativa para la Renovación de la Escuela Intermedia (IREI) auspiciado por Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico (Workshop presented at the Initiative for the Intermediate School Renovation). San Juan, Puerto Rico. Méndez, M. Iglesias, E., Rivera, N., Vega, I. (2001, July). Programa de prevención de VIH y ETS en adolescentes puertorriqueños (A projecto to prevent STDs and HIV in adolescents). Presented at the 28th Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Santiago, Chile. Méndez, M., Iglesias, E., & Calderón, J. (2002, June). Parents influence on adolescent sexuality. Presented at the NIMH 10 th Annual Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS. Miami, Florida. Méndez M., Rivera, N., Fonseca, D., Iglesias, E., La Santa, E. (2002, July). Adolescents Sexual Beliefs, Myth, and Values. Presented at the XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Méndez M., Calderón, J., Fonseca, D., González, R. (2002, July). Adolescents Sexual Development and the Implications for STD s and HIV/AIDS Prevention. Presented at the XIV International AIDS Conference. Barcelona, Spain. Fonseca-Lago, D., Rodríguez-Cordero, E., Méndez, M. & Calderón- Soto, J. (2003, July). Why Adolescents choose to have sexual relations or maintain abstinent? Poster presented at the XXIX InterAmerican Congress of Psychology. Lima, Perú. Méndez M., Rivera, N., Fonseca, D., Iglesias, E., La Santa, E. (2002, July). Adolescents Sexual Beliefs, Myth, and Values. Presented at the XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Méndez M., Calderón, J., Fonseca, D., González, R. (2002, July). Adolescents Sexual Development and the Implications for STD s and HIV/AIDS Prevention. Presented at the XIV International AIDS Conference. Barcelona, Spain. Fonseca-Lago, D., Rodríguez-Cordero, E., Méndez, M. & Calderón- Soto, J. (2003, July). Why Adolescents choose to have sexual relations or maintain abstinent? Poster presented at the XXIX InterAmerican Congress of Psychology. Lima, Perú. Méndez, M., Franco, M., Mirabal, B., (2002, August). Strategic community plan for youth violence prevention. First Puerto Rican Conference of Public Health. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rivera-Hernández, N. I., Rodríguez-Cordero E. & Méndez, M. (2003, August). Teachers and School Personnel Perspectives on Adolescent Sexuality. Poster presented at the 111 th American Psychological Association Convention in Toronto, Canada. Méndez, M. & López Sánchez, G. (2004, January) Preliminary findings on risk and protective factors from the focus groups. Presented at the Center for Hispanic Youth Violence Prevention CDC Site Visit. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Méndez, M., López, G., & Franco, M. (2004, February). Factores de riesgo, factores protectores: Hallazgos de grupos focales. Presentado en la Conferencia Educando para la prevención de violencia en niñas, niños y jóvenes (Risk and Protective factors : Focus Group Findings). Presented at the Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Iglesias, E., Costas, R., Guzzi, A., Méndez, M., Calderón, J. (2004, March). Parental factors related with HIV Prevention in a group of Puerto Rican Adolescents. Presented at the

8 Conference A Multicultural Caribbean United Against HIV/AIDS. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Fonseca, D., Velázquez, L.,Velázquez, Quiñones, L., Méndez, M., Calderón, J. (2004, March). Lo que le pasó al corrillo : Un video sobre la prevención de ETS y VIH/SIDA en adolescentes puertorriqueños/as (What happened to the gang: A video about the prevention of STDs and HIV/AIDS with Puerto Rican adolescents). Presented at the Conference A Multicultural Caribbean United Against HIV/AIDS. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Calderón-Soto, J., Méndez, M., Costas, R. (2004, July). Project to prevent STD s and HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rican Adolescents. Presented at the XV International AIDS Conference. Bangkok, Thailand. Franco, M., Mirabal, B., & Méndez, M. (2005, March). Destrezas para la prevención de la violencia en las escuelas [Sills development for school violence prevention]. Workshop given at Colegio de abogados de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Calderón-Soto, J., Fonseca-Lago, D. & Méndez-Castillo, M. (2005, July). Perfil de Adolescentes Sexualmente Precoces (Sexually Precocious Adolescents Profile). Poster presented at the XXX Interamerican Congress of Psychology in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Méndez-Castillo, M., Costas-Muñiz, R. & Vázquez, M. (2005, July). Variables de personalidad y ambiente percibido asociadas a involucramiento en conducta sexual (Personality and perceived environment associated to sexual involvement). Poster presented at the XXX Interamerican Congress of Psychology in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Colón-Rosario, V., Méndez-Castillo, M. & Costas-Muñiz, R. (2005, July). Análisis de la intención del uso del condón según la Teoría de Conducta Planificada (Condom Use Intention according to the Theory of Planned Bahavior). Poster presented at the XXX Interamerican Congress of Psychology in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Méndez-Castillo, M. (2006). Parental factors related to Puerto Rican Adolescents high risk behavior and the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Presented at the NIMH Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS in San Juan, Puerto Rico. VISITING PROFESSOR June, Instituto Técnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC). Dominican Republic. April, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). Dominican Republic. July, University of Aruba. Aruba. PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, AND WORKSHOPS 29. Salud Mental en Puerto Rico: Deshaciendo lo Imposible, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras (April, 2009).

9 28. Batería III Woodcock-Muñoz: usos clínicos e interpretación neuropsicológica, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de San Germán, Puerto Rico (March, 2009) 27. Quincuagesimo Quinta Convención Annual Psicología en el Siglo XX1: Innovación, tecnología y participación, San Juan, Puerto Rico (13-15 noviembre, 2008). 26. NIMH Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS, San Juan, Puerto Rico (July, 2006). 25. XXX Interamerican Congress of Psychology Buenos Aires, Argentina (July, 2005). 24. XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand (July, 2004). 23. A Multicultural Caribbean United Against HIV/AIDS, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (March, 2004). 22. Conferencia Educando para la prevención de violencia en niñas, niños y jóvenes Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico ( February,2004). 21. XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain (July, 2002,). 20. NIMH 10 th Annual Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS, Miami, Florida (June, 2002) 19. First Puerto Rican Conference of Public Health. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico (July, 2001) th Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Santiago, Chile (July, 2001) th Biennial SCRA Conference, Yale University, Connecticut (June, 1999). 16. XXVII Congreso Interamericano de Psicología, Caracas, Venezuela (Junio Julio, 1999) ta. Convención Annual de la Asociación de Psicólogos de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Noviembre, 1999) th World AIDS Conference Geneva, Aleppo, Geneva, Switzerland (June July, 1998). 13. "Hispanic PTSD conference", Veteran's Administration Birmingham Education Center, Condado Beach Hotel, San Juan, PR (September, 1997). 12. "La República Dominicana en el umbral del siglo XX1", Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana (Julio, 1997). 11. "La díaspora caribeña: contexto actual y tendencias futuras", Facultad de ciencias sociales, Recinto de Río Piedras, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (Mayo, 1997). 10. "Conferencia La Migración Dominicana a Puerto Rico: Diálogo Bilateral para la Formulación de una Política Migratoria Regional". Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (Abril, 1997). 9. "Research challenges and opportunities: strengthening the partnership of M-RISP programs with NIMH", National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda Marriott Hotel, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (Mayo, 1996) 8. "National Institute on Drug Abuse Special Populations Research Development Training Seminar", National Institute of Drug Abuse, Sands Hotel, San Juan, PR (April, 1996). 7. "Modelo Comunitario de Salud Mental ante la Epidemia del VIH/SIDA", Recinto de Ciencias Médica, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (Abril, 1996). 6. "XXV Congreso Interamericano de Psicología", Normandie & Hilton Hotels, San Juan, Puerto Rico (July, 1995). 5. "Medidas para el control de infección VIH/SIDA y Hepatitis B", Asociación de Psicólogos de

10 Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR )Diciembre, 1995). 4. "Training workshop for psychologists in the use, codification and interpretation of the Wechsler Intelligence scale for Children Revised for Puerto Rico", Normandie Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico (April, 1993). 3. "First Rorschach Seminar in Puerto Rico: A New Objective Focus of the Inkblots", Caribbean Center for Advanced Studies, San Juan, Puerto Rico (April, 1992). 2. "First COPPSI Hispanic Psychology Symposium", New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY (October, 1986). 1. "Third Annual Northeast Regional Community Psychology Conference", Lowell, Massachusetts (October, 1986).