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Anne Saw

Lab Website: Chicago Asian American Psychology Lab ​
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Dr. Anne Saw’s research program seeks to enga​ge with Asian American immigrant and refugee communities to promote health and mental health and facilitate healing through culturally responsive research, intervention, and policy advocacy. Her research is at the intersection of health and mental health, and she is particularly interested in how structural, community, and sociocultural factors shape health, and how we can improve health and promote healing for Asian American communities. Dr. Saw teaches courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including Advanced Community Psychology, Principles of Human Diversity, Advanced Psychotherapy Topics, and Asian American Psychology.

Education
BA, Psychology, UC Berkeley, 2002
MA, Clinical/Community Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005 
PhD, Clinical/Community Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010​​
Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Internship, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2009-2010 
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, Davis, Asian American Center on Disparities Research, 2010-2012 
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 2012-2014 

Major Areas of Interest 

  • Health and mental health disparities
  • Health promotion, including tobacco cessation and preventive health screenings
  • Sociocultural and structural influences on coping, health behaviors, access to care
  • Culturally responsive community-based interventions
  • Asian American immigrants, individuals with serious mental illness, and other underserved populations



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