Mongan Institute
Disparities Research Unit
Message from Dr. Alegria
Welcome letter from Margarita Alegría, PhD, Chief of the Disparities Research Unit at Mass General.
Current Research
The DRU generates innovative health and health services research that impacts policy, practice, and service delivery for multicultural populations. Learn about our current research.
Past Research
The DRU generates innovative health and health services research that impacts policy, practice, and service delivery for multicultural populations. Learn about our past research.
Publications
Research publications from the investigators of the Disparities Research Unit at Mass General.
Our Faculty and Staff
The DRU is a collaborative research practice of investigators, clinicians and community groups dedicated to research impacting policy, practice and service delivery for multicultural populations.
About the Disparities Research Unit
The DRU mission is to generate innovative mental health services research that impacts policy, practice and service delivery for multicultural populations.
Disparities Research Unit News
New Releases
Alegría, M., O'Malley, I. S., DiMarzio, K., & Zhen-Duan, J. (2022). Framework for Understanding and Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Children's Mental Health. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 31(2), 179–191. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35361358/
Alegría, M., Cruz-Gonzalez, M., O'Malley, I. S., Alvarez, K., Stein, G. L., Fuentes, L., Eddington, K., Poindexter, C., Markle, S. L., Thorndike, A. N., Zhang, L., & Shrout, P. E. (2022). Role of social determinants in anxiety and depression symptoms during COVID-19: A longitudinal study of adults in North Carolina and Massachusetts. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 154, 104102. PMCID: PMC9056067. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35561644/
Alegria, M., Zhen-Duan, J., O’Malley I.S., DiMarzio, K. (2022). A New Agenda for Optimizing Investments in Community Mental Health and Reducing Disparities. American Journal of Psychiatry, 179(6). PMCID: PMC9205621. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35599537/
Alegria, M., Falgas-Bague, I., Fukuda, M., Zhen-Duan, J., Weaver, C., O’Malley, I., Layton, T., Wallace. J., Zhang, L., Markle, S., Neighbors, C., Lincourt, P., Hussain, S., Manseau, M., Stein, B.D., Rigotti, N., Wakeman, S., Kane, M., Evins, A.E., & McGuire, T. (2022). Performance Metrics of Substance Use Disorder Care Among Medicaid Enrollees in New York, New York. JAMA Health Forum, 3(7). Advance online publication. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35977217/
Media
COVID-19 May Exacerbate the Negative Impact of Discrimination on the Health of Older Adults - Advances in Motion - January 30, 2023
A Research Agenda on Environmental Exposures and Mental Health - Public Health Institute - February 16, 2022
Many States Aren’t Ready for a 988 Crisis Line. The Deadline is Looming - STAT - December 15, 2021
Battling Health Care Disparities, with Harvard’s Margarita Alegría, PhD - Different Brains - March 18, 2021
Undocumented Students Face Big Challenges with Remote Learning - NPR - March 4, 2021
Awards and Recognition
Dr. Alegria received the 2022 Inclusive Voices Award from the American Association for Public Opinion Research at the 77th Annual Conference in Chicago in May 2022. She accepted the award on behalf of her collaborators for their groundbreaking work on the National Latino and Asian American (NLAAS) study.
The Mongan Institute
The Disparities Research Unit is a Mongan Institute research center. The Mongan Institute at Mass General is dedicated to supporting research in the areas of population and health care sciences.