Prerna Arora

Dr. Arora’s research focuses on issues of access and quality of care for historically marginalized youth and adolescents. In particular, Dr. Arora’s research focuses on identifying risk and protective factors in the development of depressive disorders among racial and ethnic minoritized and immigrant-origin youth; barriers to help-seeking among racial and ethnic minoritized and immigrant-origin youth and families; and developing and implementing culturally-tailored school and community-based prevention and intervention programming for internalizing disorders. Dr. Arora’s work is grounded in a participatory action research approach and incorporates the use of mixed methodology. Dr. Arora's research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Spencer Foundation, among others. Dr. Arora serves as the Consulting Editor of School Psychology Review and the Associate Editor of School Mental Health.