Rate My Professor Farrah Jacquez

Farrah M. Jacquez, PhD, is a Professor (F2) and Assistant Head in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. A licensed clinical psychologist, she earned her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, M.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and B.A. from Marshall University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatric Psychology at the University of Miami from 2006 to 2008, funded by an NIH Training Grant for Health Behavior Research in Minority Populations. In addition to her academic role, she serves as Assistant Vice President for Internal Partnerships and Participation in the UC Office of Research, Co-Director of Community Engagement for the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST), Co-Editor of the Journal of Participatory Research Methods, and a member of the Board of Directors for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health.

Dr. Jacquez's research program emphasizes community-engaged research methods to address health disparities and promote health equity. Her work utilizes community-based participatory research (CBPR) and focuses on projects targeting Latino immigrant health, links between social connection and health outcomes among Latino immigrants, civic engagement among Cincinnati-area immigrants and refugees, and broadening participation in STEM through community change researchers. She has secured research support from the NIH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AmeriCorps, Ford Foundation, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, and others, including grants for interventions with immigrant Latinos and community health projects. Notable awards include the Health Equity Leadership Institute (HELI) Scholar from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities in 2012 and the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty in 2013-2014. Key publications encompass 'Participatory research methods–choice points in the research process' (Vaughn & Jacquez, 2020, Journal of Participatory Research Methods), 'Youth as partners, participants or passive recipients: a review of children and adolescents in community-based participatory research (CBPR)' (Jacquez, Vaughn, & Wagner, 2013, American Journal of Community Psychology), 'Cultural health attributions, beliefs, and practices: Effects on healthcare and medical education' (Vaughn, Jacquez, & Baker, 2009), and earlier works such as 'Relation of positive and negative parenting to children's depressive symptoms' (Dallaire et al., 2006, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology).