Co-Project Director
Concepcion Barrio, LCSW, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Southern California. Dr. Barrio has a national reputation in mental health services research, particularly the interaction of ethnicity and effective clinical practice. In addition, she was a practitioner in the community for 20 years gaining an intimate knowledge of serving underrepresented groups, particularly the Latinx community.
She was a Co-Investigator on the La CLAve – San Fernando project and contributed to family process related projects as she has a longstanding interest in how families care for their ill relatives with serious mental illness.