Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH

Chief of Psychiatry, ZSFGH
+1 617 797-1953

Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH is Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Vice-Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF and Chief of Psychiatry at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She has been an investigator on several National Institutes of Health and foundation-funded studies of Latinx and immigrant mental health, integrated care, and access to care. Her areas of expertise are child and adolescent psychiatry, treatment and research on PTSD across the lifespan, immigrant mental health, and health services, equity and implementation research including digital interventions to improve systems of care for disenfranchised communities.

Publications: 

Improving adolescent sleep in long-term Juvenile correctional settings: case examples with clinical, research, and policy implications.

Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society

Robles-Ramamurthy B, Zaki S, Sandoval JF, Dube AR, Hlozek S, Fortuna LR, Williamson AA

Climate Events, Displacement, and Mental Health-Uprooted.

JAMA psychiatry

Fortuna LR, Jimenez A, Porche MV

Editors' Best of 2023.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Novins DK, Althoff RR, Brotman MA, DelBello MP, Doyle AE, Fortuna LR, Fristad MA, Middeldorp CM, Njoroge WFM, Rogers CE, Singh MK

Effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial of Spanish language, digital cognitive-behavioral therapy (dCBT) intervention for depression and anxiety - protocol for the SUPERA (SUpport from PEeRs to expand Access) study.

Contemporary clinical trials

Aguilera A, Arévalo Avalos MR, Rosales K, Reyes Y, Hernandez-Ramos R, Ramos G, Garcia E, Hoang T, Ochoa-Frongia L, Fortuna LR, Schueller SM

Editorial: Can Mobile Crisis Response Help Mitigate Racialized Disparities in Acute Child Mental Health Care?

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Fortuna LR

Editors' Note: Third Annual Report Regarding JAACAP's Antiracist Journey.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Novins DK, Singh MK, Althoff RR, Bagot KS, Brotman MA, DelBello MP, Dickstein DP, Doyle AE, Drury SS, Findling RL, Fortuna LR, Fristad MA, Middeldorp CM, Njoroge WFM, Rogers CE, Pumariega AJ, Bath E, Tobón AL, Thompson-Felix T, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Emerging Leaders Fellows, Billingsley MK, JAACAP Journal Family

Upholding the Human Rights and Well-Being of Refugee Children Through Effective Clinical Care.

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

Fortuna LR, Porche MV

Systematic Review: Child Psychiatry Access Program Outcomes.

JAACAP open

Lee CM, Yonek J, Lin B, Bechelli M, Steinbuchel P, Fortuna L, Mangurian C

Editorial: Inconclusive (OR "Elusive"): Concordance Between Substance Use Self-report and Toxicology for Diverse Youth Populations.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Fortuna LR, Bagot KS

A pragmatic feasibility trial of the Primary Care Intervention for PTSD: A health service delivery model to reduce health disparities for low-income and BIPOC youth.

Behaviour research and therapy

Ng LC, Miller AN, Bowers G, Cheng Y, Brigham R, Tai MH, Smith AM, Mueser KT, Fortuna LR, Coles M

Editorial: Institutional Commitment Is Needed to Promote Antiracist Care of Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Robles-Ramamurthy B, Fortuna LR

The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pediatric and parent-proxy short forms for anxiety: Psychometric properties in the Kids FACE FEARS sample.

Journal of anxiety disorders

Freitag GF, Salem H, Conroy K, Busto C, Adrian M, Borba CPC, Brandt A, Chu PV, Dantowitz A, Farley AM, Fortuna L, Furr JM, Lejeune J, Miller L, Platt R, Porche M, Read KL, Rivero-Conil S, Hernandez RDS, Shumway P, Sikov J, Spencer A, Syeda H, McLellan LF, Rapee RM, McMakin D, Pincus DB, Comer JS

The Impact of COVID-19 on Anxiety Disorders in Youth: Coping with Stress, Worry, and Recovering from a Pandemic.

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

Fortuna LR, Brown IC, Lewis Woods GG, Porche MV

Editors' Best of 2022.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Novins DK, Althoff RR, Brotman MA, Cortese S, DelBello M, Doyle A, Drury SS, Fortuna L, Frazier JA, Fristad M, Henderson SW, McCauley E, Middeldorp C, Njoroge WFM, Rogers CE, White T

"If he doesn't buy in, it's a waste of time": Perspectives from diverse parents and adolescents on engaging children in ADHD treatment.

Child psychiatry and human development

Zolli N, Loubeau JK, Sikov J, Baul TD, Hasan S, Rosen K, Buonocore O, Rabin M, Duncan A, Fortuna L, Borba CPC, Silverstein M, Spencer AE

JAACAP Book Forum: Introducing the JAACAP Editorial Team.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Schreiber J, Richards M, Novins DK, Althoff R, Fortuna L, Fristad MA, Doyle AE, DelBello MP, Middeldorp C

Racialized Trauma and Emotion Regulation in a Dysregulated World.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Fortuna LR, Shah LD

Beyond Children's Mental Health: Cultural Considerations to Foster Latino Child and Family Mental Health.

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

Robles-Ramamurthy B, Sandoval JF, Tobón AL, Fortuna LR

Correction to: The Climate Change and Mental Health Task Force: One Academic Psychiatry Department's Efforts to Heed the Call to Action.

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry

Seritan AL, Hasser C, Burke MG, Bussmann GL, Charlesworth A, Cooper R, Fortuna LR, Herbst ED, Jayaratne A, Richards A, Stuart BK, Epel E

Religion and Spirituality: Why and How to Address It in Clinical Practice.

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

Camino-Gaztambide RF, Fortuna LR, Stuber ML

Clinical Update: Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Care in Community Systems of Care.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Committee on Community-Based Systems of , American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Committee on Community-Based Systems of

Consideration of racism experiences in the implementation of trauma-focused therapy in primary care.

Health services research

McCuistian C, Kimball SL, Buitron de la Vega P, Godfrey LB, Fortuna LR, Valentine SE

Unpacking the Layers: Dismantling Inequities in Substance Use Services and Outcomes for Racially Minoritized Adolescents.

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

Porche MV, Fortuna LR, Tolou-Shams M

The Climate Change and Mental Health Task Force: One Academic Psychiatry Department's Efforts to Heed the Call to Action.

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry

Seritan AL, Hasser C, Burke MG, Bussmann GL, Charlesworth A, Cooper R, Fortuna LR, Herbst ED, Jayaratne A, Richards A, Stuart BK, Epel E

Cultivating Solutions for Disparities in Mental Health Services and Outcomes Among Minoritized Youth.

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

Fortuna LR, Al-Mateen CS, Cullins LM, Lohr WD

Focusing on Racial, Historical and Intergenerational Trauma, and Resilience: A Paradigm to Better Serving Children and Families.

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

Fortuna LR, Tobón AL, Anglero YL, Postlethwaite A, Porche MV, Rothe EM

Editorial: Disparities in Access to Child Psychiatric Services: Can We Shift the Landscape?

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Fortuna LR

Opportunities to Integrate Mobile App-Based Interventions Into Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services in the Wake of COVID-19.

American journal of health promotion : AJHP

Satre DD, Meacham MC, Asarnow LD, Fisher WS, Fortuna LR, Iturralde E

Six Stages of Engagement in ADHD Treatment Described by Diverse, Urban Parents.

Pediatrics

Spencer AE, Sikov J, Loubeau JK, Zolli N, Baul T, Rabin M, Hasan S, Rosen K, Buonocore O, Lejeune J, Dayal R, Fortuna L, Borba C, Silverstein M

Home-Based Telemental Health: A Proposed Privacy and Safety Protocol and Tool.

Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology

Sharma A, Feuer V, Stuart BK, Folk JB, Doan BT, Kulkarni CA, Ramtekkar U, Fortuna L, Myers K

The Transition of Academic Mental Health Clinics to Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Folk JB, Schiel MA, Oblath R, Feuer V, Sharma A, Khan S, Doan B, Kulkarni C, Ramtekkar U, Hawks J, Fornari V, Fortuna LR, Myers K

Editorial: Disrupting Pathways to Self-Harm in Adolescence: Machine Learning as an Opportunity.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Fortuna LR

Structural Inequities and the Impact of COVID-19 on Latinx Children: Implications for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practice.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Rothe EM, Fortuna LR, Tobon AL, Postlethwaite A, Sanchez-Lacay JA, Anglero YL

Principles of Care for Young Adults With Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders.

Pediatrics

Spencer AE, Valentine SE, Sikov J, Yule AM, Hsu H, Hallett E, Xuan Z, Silverstein M, Fortuna L

Development of a cognitive behavioral therapy with integrated mindfulness for Latinx immigrants with co-occurring disorders: Analysis of intermediary outcomes.

Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy

Fortuna LR, Falgas-Bague I, Ramos Z, Porche MV, Alegría M

Improving Research Quality to Achieve Mental Health Equity.

The Psychiatric clinics of North America

Moore Q, Tennant PS, Fortuna LR

Inequity and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color in the United States: The need for a trauma-informed social justice response.

Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy

Fortuna LR, Tolou-Shams M, Robles-Ramamurthy B, Porche MV

Affirmative Care Across Cultures: Broadening Application.

Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing)

Mendoza NS, Moreno FA, Hishaw GA, Gaw AC, Fortuna LR, Skubel A, Porche MV, Roessel MH, Shore J, Gallegos A

Simulation and minimization: technical advances for factorial experiments designed to optimize clinical interventions.

BMC medical research methodology

Kuhn J, Sheldrick RC, Broder-Fingert S, Chu A, Fortuna L, Jordan M, Rubin D, Feinberg E

Using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) framework to test intervention delivery strategies: a study protocol.

Trials

Broder-Fingert S, Kuhn J, Sheldrick RC, Chu A, Fortuna L, Jordan M, Rubin D, Feinberg E

Trauma, immigration, and sexual health among Latina women: Implications for maternal-child well-being and reproductive justice.

Infant mental health journal

Fortuna LR, Noroña CR, Porche MV, Tillman C, Patil PA, Wang Y, Markle SL, Alegría M

Depression in Latino and Immigrant Refugee Youth: Clinical Opportunities and Considerations.

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

Concepcion Zayas MT, Fortuna LR, Cullins LM

Evaluation of the Integrated Intervention for Dual Problems and Early Action Among Latino Immigrants With Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Misuse Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA network open

Alegría M, Falgas-Bague I, Collazos F, Carmona Camacho R, Lapatin Markle S, Wang Y, Baca-García E, Lê Cook B, Chavez LM, Fortuna L, Herrera L, Qureshi A, Ramos Z, González C, Aroca P, Albarracín García L, Cellerino L, Villar A, Ali N, Mueser KT, Shrout PE

Sleep disturbance as a predictor of time to drug and alcohol use treatment in primary care.

Sleep medicine

Fortuna LR, Cook B, Porche MV, Wang Y, Amaris AM, Alegria M

Which girls, which boys? The intersectional risk for depression by race and ethnicity, and gender in the U.S.

Clinical psychology review

Patil PA, Porche MV, Shippen NA, Dallenbach NT, Fortuna LR

Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and their Relationship to Drug and Alcohol use in an International Sample of Latino Immigrants.

Journal of immigrant and minority health

Ramos Z, Fortuna LR, Porche MV, Wang Y, Shrout PE, Loder S, McPeck S, Noyola N, Toro M, Carmona R, Alegría M

Mental health, migration stressors and suicidal ideation among Latino immigrants in Spain and the United States.

European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists

Fortuna LR, Álvarez K, Ramos Ortiz Z, Wang Y, Mozo Alegría X, Cook BL, Alegría M

Prevalence, risk, and correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder across ethnic and racial minority groups in the United States.

Medical care

Alegría M, Fortuna LR, Lin JY, Norris FH, Gao S, Takeuchi DT, Jackson JS, Shrout PE, Valentine A

A systematic review of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual diagnostic criteria for nicotine dependence.

Addictive behaviors

DiFranza J, Ursprung WW, Lauzon B, Bancej C, Wellman RJ, Ziedonis D, Kim SS, Gervais A, Meltzer B, McKay CE, O'Loughlin J, Okoli CT, Fortuna LR, Tremblay M

Prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in Southeastern Spain: the Ariadna study.

Acta neurologica Scandinavica

Gavrila D, Antúnez C, Tormo MJ, Carles R, García Santos JM, Parrilla G, Fortuna L, Jiménez J, Salmerón D, Navarro C

Psychological distress as a barrier to preventive healthcare among U.S. women.

The journal of primary prevention

Witt WP, Kahn R, Fortuna L, Winickoff J, Kuhlthau K, Pirraglia PA, Ferris T

Prevalence and Correlates of Everyday Discrimination among U.S. Latinos.

Journal of community psychology

Pérez DJ, Fortuna L, Alegria M

Patient--provider communication: understanding the role of patient activation for Latinos in mental health treatment.

Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education

Cortes DE, Mulvaney-Day N, Fortuna L, Reinfeld S, Alegría M

Prevalence and correlates of lifetime suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among Latino subgroups in the United States.

The Journal of clinical psychiatry

Fortuna LR, Perez DJ, Canino G, Sribney W, Alegria M

Children's use of motor vehicle restraints: maternal psychological distress, maternal motor vehicle restraint practices, and sociodemographics.

Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association

Witt WP, Fortuna L, Wu E, Kahn RS, Winickoff JP, Pirraglia PA, Ferris TG, Kuhlthau K

Why do so many latina teens attempt suicide? A conceptual model for research.

The American journal of orthopsychiatry

Zayas LH, Lester RJ, Cabassa LJ, Fortuna LR