Giusto, Ali

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biography

  • Dr. Giusto’s (she/her/hers) research uses community-engaged methods and blends intervention and implementation science to design and evaluate culturally responsive mental health interventions. She is interested in family-based and youth-focused Interventions to improve youth mental health in underserved settings worldwide. She conducts this work in both the United States and Kenya as well as other global settings. Specific lines of research include: (1) designing and testing interventions for father mental health, alcohol use, and family engagement for peer-provider delivery; (2) effectiveness and implementation of lay- and peer-delivered youth mental health treatments; (3) community-designed family and mental health interventions; (4) community-engaged implementation methods. Across this work a goal is to drive forward pragmatic, usable, community-driven implementation and clinical science to improve youth mental health.








research interests

  • - Global Mental Health
    - Family-based Interventions & Fathers
    - Implementation Science
    - Community-Engaged Research Methods
    - Preventative Youth Interventions

selected scholarly works & creative activities

full name

  • Ali Giusto

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