Welcome to the Targeting Health disparities through Research, Innovation, and Equity (THRIVE) Lab!
Welcome to the Targeting Health disparities through Research, Innovation, and Equity (THRIVE) Lab!
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The THRIVE Lab is co-directed by Cynthia M. Navarro Flores, Ph.D. and Alejandro L. Vázquez, Ph.D. The THRIVE Lab is comprised of graduate students in the Counseling Psychology doctoral program and undergraduate students in the Department of Psychology & Neurosciece at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The lab focuses on (a) improving access to mental health services, (b) identifying youth at-risk for developing mental health problems following exposure to adversity, (c) understanding mechanism of resilience after trauma exposure, and (d) leveraging community strengths to promote the wellbeing of marginalized youths and families.
Lab Focus
Lab Focus
Mental Health Disparities
Marginalized Youth and Families
Latinx/Spanish-Speaking Families
Service Utilization
Adversity/Trauma
Resilience
Advanced Statistical Methods
Advocacy
Lab News!
Lab News!
AUgust 20245
AUgust 20245
Welcome to the new grad students in the THRIVE Lab: Araceli and Roberto!
Welcome to the new grad students in the THRIVE Lab: Araceli and Roberto!
The THRIVE @ Tennessee is excited to have Araceli Garcia and Roberto Obregon Garcia joining the lab and the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program this fall :).
July 2025
July 2025
Welcome to the World Sofía Vázquez Navarro (The First Lab Baby!)
Drs. Navarro Flores and Vázquez welcome their daughter Sofía Gabriela Vázquez Navarro on 07/23/2025.
October 2024
October 2024
National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA) Conference 2024
Drs. Navarro Flores and Vázquez, and Shari Linares attend and present at the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA) conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
September 2024
September 2024
UT Grand Challenge Grants Awarded
UT Grand Challenge Grants Awarded
Dr. Navarro Flores receives type 1 grant award ($100,000) for research study conducted with Drs. Ji Youn Yoo (PI, College of Nursing), Kristen Ravi (Co-PI, College of Social Work), Anujit Sarkar (Co-PI, College of Nursing), and Hyunhee Kim (Co-PI, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling).
Study: Machine Learning Approach to Studying the Intersection of SDoH, Physiological Psychological Well-being, and Academic Performance, and Subsequent Holistic Intervention Development (TennWell) https://grandchallenges.tennessee.edu/2024-ut-grants/awarded-and-advancing/
AUgust 2024
AUgust 2024
THRIVE Joins the Latinx Immigrant Health Alliance
THRIVE Joins the Latinx Immigrant Health Alliance
Drs. Navarro Flores and Vázquez are excited to announce that they have joined the Latinx Immigrant Health Alliance (LIHA), which is a group of Latinx scholars collaborating to advance research, policy, and effective interventions to improve immigrant mental health and inform effective policy. More information on LIHA can be found through the following link: https://www.latinximmigranthealthalliance.org/
Welcome to the new grad students in the THRIVE Lab: Jimena and Shari!
Welcome to the new grad students in the THRIVE Lab: Jimena and Shari!
The THRIVE @ Tennessee is excited to have Jimena Mendoza and Shari Linares joining the lab and the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program this fall :).
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