Prof. José Szapocznik

Prof. José Szapocznik

United States of America

jszapocz@miami.edu
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Research work

Prof. José Szapocznik conducted the first-ever randomized clinical trial of family therapy with behavior-problem adolescents. He developed and tested the effectiveness of Brief Strategic Family Therapy in treating problem behaviors in adolescents. He is a pioneer in behavioral treatment and family-based intervention research with Hispanic populations. Additionally, he conducted groundbreaking work in uncovering the impact of the built environment, and greenness specifically, on 13 different chronic conditions among persons over 65 years of age.

 

Professional experience

 

Prof. José Szapocznik is the founder and former Director of the Center for Family Studies at the Miami Clinical & Translational Science Institute. He is also a Professor and Chair Emeritus in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami. Additionally, he served as the former Executive Dean for Research and Research Education at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

 

Education

 

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology,  University of Miami

B.S. in Mathematics and Physics, University of Miami

Areas of interest & scientific knowledge

United States of America

  • Place of affiliation

Family Therapy

  • Problem Adolescent
  • Minorities

Built Environment, Behavior and Health

  • Chronic Conditions in the Elderly

Pandemic Convention

  • Accountability
Selected Publications

 

  • Brown, S., Perrino, T., Lombard, J., & Szapocznik, J. (2021). Authors' reply. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 218(5), 287–288. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.261
  • Faviero, G. F., Stocking, B. M., Hoffman, S. J., Liu, A., Bausch, D. G., Galea, S., Gostin, L. O., Gurría, Á., Halton, J., Kulzhanov, M., Leite, R. B., Mahama, J. D., Mahmood, J. B., Miranda, L. C., Del Rio, C., Weinstein, M., Saavedra, J., & Szapocznik, J. (2022). An effective pandemic treaty requires accountability. The Lancet. Public health, 7(9), e730–e731. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00192-X
  • Duff, J. H., Liu, A., Saavedra, J., Batycki, J. N., Morancy, K., Stocking, B., Gostin, L. O., Galea, S., Bertozzi, S., Zuniga, J. M., Alberto-Banatin, C., Dansua, A. S., Del Rio, C., Kulzhanov, M., Lee, K., Scaglia, G., Shahpar, C., Ullmann, A. J., Hoffman, S. J., Weinstein, M., … Szapocznik, J. (2021). A global public health convention for the 21st century. The Lancet. Public health, 6(6), e428–e433. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00070-0
  • Perrino, T., Lombard, J., Rundek, T., Wang, K., Dong, C., Gutierrez, C. M., Toro, M., Byrne, M. M., Nardi, M. I., Kardys, J., Szapocznik, J., & Brown, S. C. (2019). Neighbourhood greenness and depression among older adults. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 215(2), 476–480. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2019.129
  • Lee, T. K., Meca, A., Unger, J. B., Zamboanga, B. L., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Gonzales-Backen, M., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Cano, M. Á., Des Rosiers, S. E., Soto, D. W., Villamar, J. A., Pattarroyo, M., Lizzi, K. M., Szapocznik, J., & Schwartz, S. J. (2020). Dynamic Transition Patterns in Acculturation Among Hispanic Adolescents. Child development, 91(1), 78–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13148
  • Rojas, D., Saavedra, J., Petrova, M., Pan, Y., & Szapocznik, J. (2022). Predictors of COVID-19 Fatality: A Worldwide Analysis of the Pandemic over Time and in Latin America. Journal of epidemiology and global health, 12(2), 150–159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-022-00031-x
  • Saavedra, J., Faviero, G. F., Kurtovic, A., Weinstein, M., Bertozzi, S., Asiimwe, A., Kulzhanov, M., Wong, L., Macarski, E. J., Dansua, A. S., & Szapocznik, J. (2023). Funding pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response through partnership models. The Lancet. Public health, 8(1), e13. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00291-2
  • Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Zhang, M., Cobb, C., Meca, A., Szapocznik, J., Unger, J. B., Cano, M. Á., & Schwartz, S. J. (2022). Longitudinal change in adolescent hope among recent immigrant Latinx adolescents: Links with adolescent and parent cultural stress, family functioning, emotional well-being, and behavioral health. Child development, 93(1), e87–e102. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13694
  • Brown, S. C., Aitken, W. W., Lombard, J., Wang, K., Rundek, T., Byrne, M. M., Toro, M., Nardi, M. I., Kardys, J., Parrish, A., & Szapocznik, J. (2023). Precision Greenness and Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack in 249,405 US Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of stroke, 25(1), 173–176. https://doi.org/10.5853/jos.2022.02922
  • Burlew, K., McCuistian, C., & Szapocznik, J. (2021). Racial/ethnic equity in substance use treatment research: the way forward. Addiction science & clinical practice, 16(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-021-00256-4
  • Meca, A., Moreno, O., Cobb, C., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Schwartz, S. J., Cano, M. Á., Zamboanga, B. L., Gonzales-Backen, M., Szapocznik, J., Unger, J. B., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., & Soto, D. W. (2021). Directional Effects in Cultural Identity: A Family Systems Approach for Immigrant Latinx Families. Journal of youth and adolescence, 50(5), 965–977. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01406-2
  • Romero, A., Piña-Watson, B., Stevens, A. K., Schwartz, S. J., Unger, J. B., Zamboanga, B. L., Szapocznik, J., Lorenzo-Blanco, E., Cano, M. Á., Meca, A., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Córdova, D., Villamar, J. A., Soto, D. W., Lizzi, K. M., Des Rosiers, S. E., Pattarroyo, M., & Oshri, A. (2020). Disentangling relationships between bicultural stress and mental well-being among Latinx immigrant adolescents. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 88(2), 149–159. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000466
  • Meca, A., Zamboanga, B. L., Lui, P. P., Schwartz, S. J., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Gonzales-Backen, M. A., Cano, M. Á., Szapocznik, J., Soto, D. W., Unger, J. B., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Kubilus, R., Villamar, J. A., & Lizzi, K. M. (2019). Alcohol initiation among recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents: Roles of acculturation and sociocultural stress. The American journal of orthopsychiatry, 89(5), 569–578. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000352
  • Wang, K., Lombard, J., Rundek, T., Dong, C., Gutierrez, C. M., Byrne, M. M., Toro, M., Nardi, M. I., Kardys, J., Yi, L., Szapocznik, J., & Brown, S. C. (2019). Relationship of Neighborhood Greenness to Heart Disease in 249 405 US Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of the American Heart Association, 8(6), e010258. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.010258
  • Aitken, W. W., Lombard, J., Wang, K., Toro, M., Byrne, M., Nardi, M. I., Kardys, J., Parrish, A., Dong, C., Szapocznik, J., Rundek, T., & Brown, S. C. (2021). Relationship of Neighborhood Greenness to Alzheimer's Disease and Non-Alzheimer's Dementia Among 249,405 U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 81(2), 597–606. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-201179
  • McGinley, M., Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Schwartz, S. J., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Unger, J. B., Szapocznik, J., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Soto, D. W., Des Rosiers, S. E., Villamar, J. A., & Lizzi, K. M. (2021). A Parallel Process Model of Integration and Multidimensional Prosocial Behaviors in Recent Immigrant U.S. Latinx Adolescents. Psychological reports, 124(3), 1237–1267. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120928268
  • Moise, R. K., Meca, A., Schwartz, S. J., Unger, J. B., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Ángel Cano, M., Szapocznik, J., Piña-Watson, B., Des Rosiers, S. E., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Soto, D. W., Pattarroyo, M., Villamar, J. A., & Lizzi, K. M. (2019). The use of cultural identity in predicting health lifestyle behaviors in Latinx immigrant adolescents. Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 25(3), 371–378. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000229
  • Davis, A. N., Carlo, G., Maiya, S., Schwartz, S. J., Szapocznik, J., & Des Rosiers, S. (2021). A longitudinal study of paternal and maternal involvement and neighborhood risk on recent immigrant Latino/a youth prosocial behaviors. New directions for child and adolescent development, 2021(177), 13–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20417
  • Gonzales-Backen, M. A., Meca, A., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Des Rosiers, S. E., Córdova, D., Soto, D. W., Cano, M. Á., Oshri, A., Zamboanga, B. L., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Schwartz, S. J., Szapocznik, J., & Unger, J. B. (2018). Examining the temporal order of ethnic identity and perceived discrimination among Hispanic immigrant adolescents. Developmental psychology, 54(5), 929–937. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000465
  • Rojas, D., Melo, A., Moise, I. K., Saavedra, J., & Szapocznik, J. (2021). The Association Between the Social Determinants of Health and HIV Control in Miami-Dade County ZIP Codes, 2017. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 8(3), 763–772. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00838-z
  • Boudreau, D. M., Lapham, G., Johnson, E. A., Bobb, J. F., Matthews, A. G., McCormack, J., Liu, D., Campbell, C. I., Rossom, R. C., Binswanger, I. A., Yarborough, B. J., Arnsten, J. H., Cunningham, C. O., Glass, J. E., Murphy, M. T., Zare, M., Hechter, R. C., Ahmedani, B., Braciszewski, J. M., Horigian, V. E., … Bradley, K. A. (2020). Documented opioid use disorder and its treatment in primary care patients across six U.S. health systems. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 112S, 41–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.02.001
  • Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Meca, A., Piña-Watson, B., Zamboanga, B. L., Szapocznik, J., Cano, M. Á., Cordova, D., Unger, J. B., Romero, A., Des Rosiers, S. E., Soto, D. W., Villamar, J. A., Pattarroyo, M., Lizzi, K. M., & Schwartz, S. J. (2019). Longitudinal Trajectories of Family Functioning Among Recent Immigrant Adolescents and Parents: Links With Adolescent and Parent Cultural Stress, Emotional Well-Being, and Behavioral Health. Child development, 90(2), 506–523. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12914
  • Bagley, S. M., Chavez, L., Braciszewski, J. M., Akolsile, M., Boudreau, D. M., Lapham, G., Campbell, C. I., Bart, G., Yarborough, B. J. H., Samet, J. H., Saxon, A. J., Rossom, R. C., Binswanger, I. A., Murphy, M. T., Glass, J. E., Bradley, K. A., & PROUD Collaborative (2021). Receipt of medications for opioid use disorder among youth engaged in primary care: data from 6 health systems. Addiction science & clinical practice, 16(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-021-00249-3
  • Campbell, C. I., Saxon, A. J., Boudreau, D. M., Wartko, P. D., Bobb, J. F., Lee, A. K., Matthews, A. G., McCormack, J., Liu, D. S., Addis, M., Altschuler, A., Samet, J. H., LaBelle, C. T., Arnsten, J., Caldeiro, R. M., Borst, D. T., Stotts, A. L., Braciszewski, J. M., Szapocznik, J., Bart, G., … Bradley, K. A. (2021). PRimary Care Opioid Use Disorders treatment (PROUD) trial protocol: a pragmatic, cluster-randomized implementation trial in primary care for opioid use disorder treatment. Addiction science & clinical practice, 16(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-021-00218-w
  • Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Meca, A., Unger, J. B., Szapocznik, J., Cano, M. Á., Des Rosiers, S. E., & Schwartz, S. J. (2019). Cultural Stress, Emotional well-being, and Health Risk Behaviors among Recent Immigrant Latinx families: The Moderating Role of Perceived Neighborhood Characteristics. Journal of youth and adolescence, 48(1), 114–131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0907-5
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