JOE ALBERT GARCIA, Ph.D.

Strachan Consulting
2510 Main Street, Suite 201
Santa Monica, California 90405
E-mail: Joe@StrachanConsulting.com
Phone 310/392-2293 Fax 310/392-6043

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles. 2003
• M.A., Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles. 1998
• B.A., Psychology, University of California, Berkeley. 1993
• Departmental Honors in Psychology

AWARDS

• Ford Foundation Fellowship Recipient
• Project 88 Fellowship Recipient

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Psychological Association
• American Psychological Society

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003 – Consultant – Strachan Consulting

• Organizational consultation
• Survey and research analysis

2001-2002 - Internship- Long Beach Child Guidance Center

• Evaluating the effectiveness of programs at the center
• Creating and conducting group interventions
• Conducting psychological assessments
• Liaison between clients and educational system

1993-1996 - Assessment Coordinator, MTA study-Berkeley Site

• Participated in efficacy study and assessed outcomes
• Program management
• Recruitment and screening of subjects
• Conducting client assessments
• Training staff to conduct assessments
• Research/coordination support for the study

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1998-2003 UCLA - Research Methods in Psychology.

• Taught class in issues of basic experimental design and factorial design of experiments. Covered topics in appropriate statistical analysis for different types experimental designs. Conducted experiments and analyzed data with the class as an instrument to help students gain real practice in interpretation of experiments.
• Chosen as the Head Graduate Student Instructor for the course.
• Remodeling statistics portion of the research methods class to include modern computer assisted statistical programs.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

U.C. Berkeley with Dr. James McHale 1991
Duties: Coordinated follow-up of Child and Family Development Study, Produced newsletter for subjects concerning results, contacted subjects regarding follow-up administration of tests.

University of Pittsburgh with Dr. William E. Pelham 1992
Duties: Research Assistant, Collection and management of data, Data Checking and Entry, Administration of questionnaires, Participation in behavioral observation system, Coding of Video Data , and Data Analysis.

U.C. Berkeley with Dr. Stephen Hinshaw 1991,1992,1994
Duties: Research Associate, Lead Counselor, Interviewing subjects for various research projects, Administration of Assessment Tests, Supervision and Organization of Behavioral Observation, Administration of Sociometric Study Interviews, data management, manuscript preparation.

Institute of Human Development with Dr. Tracy Heller and Dr. Stephen Hinshaw 1994-1996
Duties Assessment Coordinator; Supervision of Research Staff, Supervision of Data Collection and Completion, training of Research staff on batteries of Interviews and Questionnaires, interviewing and Hiring of Classroom Behavior Observers.

UCLA, Medical School with Melissa DelHomme 1998
Duties: Participated in research teams assessing client needs

UCLA, Department of Psychology with John Weisz, Ph.D. 1997-Present
Duties: Conducted extensive assessments with clients. Interviewed and supervised research assistants. Collected data and analyzed data using SPSS. Scored multiple measures involved in the study. Participated in measure development for the questionnaire. Worked on preparation, editing, and publication of manuscripts.

UCLA, Department of Psychology, in collaboration with Peter Jensen, M.D. 2001-Present
Duties. Gathered data on the costs of treatments from baseline to end-of-treatment and through one-year follow-up. Analyzed cost-effectiveness of various interventions. Prepared manuscripts for publication regarding Cost-effectiveness of treatments.

PUBLICATIONS

Garcia, J.A. and Weisz, J.R. (2002) When Youth Mental Health Care Stops: Therapeutic Relationship Problems and Other Reasons for Ending Youth Outpatient Treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 70, no.2, p439-443.

Garcia, J.A. (1997). The Content of the Internet Discussion Forum for ADHD. The ADHD Report, 6-8.

Garcia, J.A. (1998). Why Children Drop Out of Therapy. Clinical Psychiatry News, (Nov), 1998

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

In preparation: Jensen, P., Glied, S., Garcia, J.A., & Crowe, M, The MTA Cooperative Group. The Cost-effectiveness of Multimodal treatment for ADHD in children.

Dissertation: The Long-term Cost-Effectiveness of Multimodal Treatments for ADHD: One year follow-up using direct costs of treatment. Are psychosocial treatments cheaper in the long-run?

Master Thesis: Factor Analysis of the RNAQ (Reason for Non-Attendance Questionnaire): Why Children Drop Out of Community Clinic Based Therapy.
Honors Thesis: Measuring Aggression in ADHD Children and Comparison Children. (1993)

Poster Presentation: Western Psychological Association: Content Analysis of Internet Support Newsgroup on ADHD. (1995).

Poster Presentation: Western Psychological Association: Predictive Validity of Informers: Measuring Aggression in ADHD and Comparison Boys. (1995).