Alinne Barrera, PhD

Alinne Barrera, Ph.D. is an English/Spanish-speaking California licensed clinical psychologist. Her scholarly work is focused on depression prevention, intervention adaptations, and the use of technology to disseminate maternal mental health resources. Dr. Barrera is an expert trainer and consultant to agencies implementing the Mothers and Babies Course/Curso Mamás y Bebés (MB), which was recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force as an evidence-based prevention intervention for high-risk perinatal persons. During the past 15 years, Dr. Barrera has dedicated her research program to adapting and empirically testing internet and SMS versions of the MB (see www.eMB.health and www.babytextstudy.com)
Dr. Barrera completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley, her doctoral degree at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and her predoctoral internship and NIMH-funded individual postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital. She is a Professor in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program at Palo Alto University and serves as Associate Director at the Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health (i4Health).