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Rosalie Corona

Assistant professor

Contact information

Phone: (804) 828-8059
E-mail: racorona@vcu.edu

Education

Ph.D. (1999), University of California, Los Angeles

Program affiliation

Health Psychology

Research interests

Dr. Corona’s general area of research focuses on adolescent health promotion and risk reduction among African American and Latino youth, including youth of parents with HIV. She is specifically interested in adolescent sexual health (e.g., HIV and teen pregnancy prevention) and substance use (e.g., alcohol and tobacco use). She conducts qualitative and quantitative community-based research to identify individual, peer, family, and community risk and protective factors for Latino and African American youth sexual and substance use behavior. Dr. Corona is also involved in the development and evaluation of prevention programs aimed at strengthening family relationships and reducing youth risk behaviors.

Selected publications

Corona, R. (in press). Moving beyond the mother-child dyad in prevention planning for Latino families: Dads and siblings matter, too! In N. Landale, S. McHale, & A. Booth (Eds.) Development of hispanic children in immigrant families. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press.

Corona, R., Gonzalez, T., Cohen, R., Edwards, C., & Edmonds, T. (2009). Richmond Latino needs assessment: A community-university partnership to identify health concerns and service needs for Latino youth. Journal of Community Health, 34, 195-201.

Corona, R., Turf, E. E., Corneille, M., Belgrave, F. Z., & Nasim, A. (2009). Risk and protective factors for tobacco use among 8th and 10th grade African American students in Virginia. Preventing Chronic Disease, 6, Article 45. Retrieved May 20, 2009 from http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2009/apr/08_0139.htm

Corona, R., Cowgill, B. O., Bogart, L. M., Parra, M. T., Ryan, G., Elliott, M. N., Park, S. K., Patch, J., & Schuster, M. A. (2009). A qualitative analysis of discussions about HIV in families of parents with HIV. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Advance online publication. Retrieved May 19, 2009. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsn119

Corona, R., Lefkowitz, E. S., Romo, L. F., & Sigman, M. (2005). Latino adolescents’ adjustment, maternal depressive symptoms, and the mother-adolescent relationship. Family Relations, 54, 386-399.

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Recent/current courses taught at VCU

Individual Tests of Intelligence, graduate level
Minority Issues in Mental Health, graduate level
Clinical Practicum, graduate level
Child Psychopathology, undergraduate level
Psychology of Abnormal Behavior, undergraduate level

Recent grants or awards

Fostering family communication about cancer - do you know your kin facts?

Co-Investigator (PI: Joann Bodurtha, MD, MPH)
National Institutes of Health, R01 CA140959
07/01/2009-06/30/2014
$1,844,317 total costs
Develop and evaluate a clinically integrated intervention (Keeping Information about Family Cancer Tune-up Program) to improve patient-family communication about cancer risk and prevention.

Using media literacy to prevent HIV and dating violence among Latina adolescents

Principal Investigator VCU Subcontract from Columbia University
National Institutes of Health, R25 MH080665
04/01/2008-03/31/2010
$9,980 total costs
Training grant for racial/ethnic minority researchers interested in studying HIV in racial/ethnic minority communities.

Talking about cancer and related risk factors in Latino families

Principal Investigator
American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
07/01/2009-06/31/2010
$20,000 total costs
To examine family communication about tobacco use, and family health history related to cancer in Latino young adults

Improving the quality of mental health care for Richmond’s youth: a model interdisciplinary program

Co-Principal Investigator (PI = Bryce McLeod, PhD)
VCU Council for Community Engagement
07/01/2009-06/31/2010
$10,000 total costs
The proposed program will utilize the skills and resources of ChildSavers and three VCU programs, social work, psychology, and psychiatry, to develop a model interdisciplinary program to address the mental health needs of the youth and families living in Richmond. The aim of the interdisciplinary program is to (a) increase service capacity, (b) improve service delivery, and (c) reduce treatment dropout at ChildSavers.