Leo Wilton has research expertise in the areas of health disparities and inequities (HIV prevention and care); Black psychological development and mental health; critical community-based participatory research; and mixed- and multi-methods research. His research engages the complexities of how socio-structural and cultural contexts influence people's development and well-being within African and African diaspora communities, with specific implications for developing culturally-informed systems of care. In this context, the overall objective of his scholarly research program, incorporating an implementation science framework, has been to examine socio-structural and cultural factors that provide the basis for the development of multi-level, evidence-based, culturally congruent prevention and care interventions in Black communities. He is the author of more than 140 academic publications, published in first-tier journals and premier texts in the field. He has served as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Investigator on several National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded longitudinal research studies. He has demonstrated strong leadership in the development of collaborative, multi(in)disciplinary research teams, both nationally and internationally. Wilton teaches courses on the psychology of racism, Black child and adolescent development, Black families, and research methods. Wilton had a Postdoctoral research fellowship at New York University and the University of Michigan, Empirical Summer Program in Multi-Ethnic Research. Wilton's Predoctoral clinical psychology fellowship was at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry (APA-accredited program). He is an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. He is a lifetime member of the Association of Black Psychologists, the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and the African American Intellectual History Society. Related stories /news/story/5861/binghamton-professor-leo-wilton-named-suny-deisj-fellow
Leo Wilton
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program; CCPA Human Development
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