Researching the social, cultural, and community conditions that shape behavioral health. Together, we work to expand pathways to meaningful, culturally responsive care.
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The Collective for Cultural and Community Behavioral Health (C3BH) is a research collaborative based at Arizona State University and directed by Oswaldo Moreno, Ph.D. We bring together students, scholars, and community partners to understand the ways culture, social conditions, and healthcare systems shape mental and physical well-being.
C3BH integrates clinical and counseling psychology, behavioral health science, prevention, and community-engaged research. Our work combines qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches to generate knowledge that can inform services, interventions, and policy.
Examining how discrimination, immigration experiences, policy environments, socioeconomic conditions, and access to resources influence mental and physical health.
Immigrant healthDiscriminationPolicyUnderstanding how family relationships, cultural values, identity, spirituality, and community strengths intersect with psychological well-being and substance use.
Families & youthCultural strengthsStudying help-seeking, healthcare access, community-informed interventions, and approaches that strengthen behavioral health services for underserved communities.
Help-seekingPreventionCommunity partnershipsCommunity-informed approaches to understanding and responding to mental health needs among Spanish-speaking immigrant families.
Adaptation and evaluation of culturally responsive, family-informed substance use prevention approaches.
Research examining immigration-related vulnerability, racism, xenophobia, policy environments, and psychological health.
Behind every research question are people exchanging ideas, learning together, and translating evidence into meaningful impact.
Associate Professor · Arizona State University
Dr. Moreno is a bilingual clinical-counseling psychologist whose scholarship bridges clinical health science, cultural and contextual approaches to psychology, prevention, and community-engaged research. His work centers on the behavioral health experiences of Latine, immigrant, Spanish-speaking, and other historically underserved communities.
His training includes a Ph.D. from Clark University, clinical residency at Boston Medical Center, and postdoctoral research fellowship at Brown University School of Public Health. He serves as the 2026 President of the National Latinx Psychological Association.
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Ph.D. Student in Counseling Psychology
Ramiro Angelino is a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University. His research addresses violence and health disparities. Through translational and implementation science, he examines how evidence-based prevention and intervention programs are adapted, delivered, and sustained in real community settings. He also trains as a clinician with interests in assessment and evaluation, and he works in both English and Spanish.
The collective builds on more than 100 scholarly publications associated with Dr. Moreno's academic record. Selected recent work includes:
C3BH connects scholarship across institutions and disciplines to advance culturally grounded behavioral health research, community partnerships, and prevention science.
Intersectional microaggressions, discrimination, coping, and quantitative measurement.
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Immigrant mental health, critical consciousness, undocumented students, and community-informed policy.
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Cultural adaptation of evidence-based parenting interventions, Latinx mental health, and cultural competence.
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Latino youth and family mental health, parenting stress, traumatic stress, and intervention research.
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Immigrant health, trauma, resilience, and social determinants of health through community-engaged science.
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Cultural and contextual influences on mental health, help-seeking, resilience, and perinatal mental health.
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Disability and health disparities, rehabilitation psychology, community-engaged research, and data science.
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Minority stress, discrimination, sociocultural protective factors, substance use, and access to behavioral healthcare.
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Youth and family mental health, attachment, trauma, and culturally responsive clinical research.
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Interested in research collaboration, student mentorship, or community-engaged behavioral health initiatives? We welcome conversations about shared questions and meaningful partnerships.
School of Counseling and Counseling Psychology
College of Integrative Sciences and Art
Arizona State University