I am a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. My research aims to promote child well-being by preventing child maltreatment and improving the availability and quality of children’s mental health services.
*Name changed from Miller to McGuier in 2019. [Hear my name]
Research Interests
- Implementation science
- Children’s mental health services
- Child Advocacy Centers
- Multidisciplinary teams
- Child maltreatment and parenting
- Integrated primary care
- Rural families and service systems
Current Grant Funding
- Improving access to mental health services for rural youth: Leveraging multidisciplinary teams to enhance implementation of a screening and referral protocol in rural Child Advocacy Centers
- Career development award (K23) from the National Institute of Mental Health
- Improving teamwork in rural Child Advocacy Centers: A hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of TeamTRACS
- Pilot award from the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Elizabeth Ann McGuier, PhD 