Our Team

Director

Lauren Haack, PhD

Dr. Haack, director of the STRIVE lab and associate professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (DPBS), is a licensed clinical psychologist with interests focused on 1) cultural influences to mental health conceptualization, assessment, and treatment, 2) accessible and culturally attuned evidence-based services for traditionally underserved youth and families worldwide, and 3) provider experience, training, and consultation. Dr. Haack is involved in several current clinical research efforts, including projects funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Health Fogarty International Center (NIH-FIC) focused on improving family access to and engagement in psychosocial school-based treatment for ADHD. When not conducting clinical research, Dr. Haack provides leadership on various UCSF DPBS teams, including serving as associate director for the Clinical Psychology Training Program, as well as serving as psychologist and school consultation lead for the California Child and Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal (Cal-MAP) program. She is a member of the UCSF DPBS Psychology Advisory Committee and co-leads the research subcommittee on the Diversity Committee.

Read more about Dr. Haack and access her publications here. 


Interested in joining the STRIVE lab and collaborating with director Dr. Haack?

To-date, Dr. Haack has mentored over 50 individuals at UCSF, the vast majority of whom identify as women and many of whom identify as under-represented minority (URM). Regarding research mentorship, she thus far has mentored or co-mentored over 15 UCSF junior authors on manuscripts and national or international scientific conference presentations; she also has mentored external trainees, including serving as a thesis advisor for trainees at the University of Sinaloa in Mexico. Dr. Haack currently serves as mentor for trainees pursuing research projects and fellowships (including K-award, R03 grant, and internal UCSF Resource Allocation Program grant applicants), as well as master's degrees from UCSF’s Clinical and Epidemiological Research Master's program and the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. 

There are various ways to becoming involved in the STRIVE lab team as a student, fellow, mentee, and/or collaborator:

STRIVE lab photo gallery

STRIVE Lab Photo Gallery 

STRIVElab out at the schools in Sinaloa
STRIVElab out at the schools in Sinaloa
Annual STRIVElab presentation for the SEP in Sinaloa
Annual STRIVElab presentation for the Sinaloa Secretary of Public Education (SEP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XLIV Congreso Nacional De Enseñanza E Investigación En Psicología in Nayurit, Tepic
Symposium for the Congreso Mexicano de Psicología, Districto Federal, Mexico City, Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing Hard at lunch after Working Hard for the CLS-FUERTE program

 

 

Sharing findings from the CLS-FUERTE program with our stakeholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRIVE lab meeting before holiday break 2021