My major research interests focus on preventing the mental and behavioral effects of youth’s exposure to pervasive community violence, a potential risk factor that has been identified as a significant public health problem of epidemic proportions.

I began studying exposure to community violence during my post-doctoral training because of its suspected relationship to anxiety disorders and other aspects of youth’s emotional, behavioral, and psychophysiological functioning. I wish to develop expertise in prevention science and mental health preventive interventions, building on my knowledge of clinical, community, and developmental psychopathology. I study the proximal and distal effects of youth’s exposure to pervasive community violence on public mental health and design and implement preventive interventions in community epidemiologically defined populations.

"Mental Health", Mental Hygiene, Anxiety disorders, community violence, prevention, child psychopathology, ethnic minorities.

OBSSR Award for support of participation in NIH Summer Training Institute on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, Airlie, Virginia, 2001

NIMH Award for support of participation in short course on Mental Health Services Research, African American Mental Health Research Center, University of Michigan, 1992

Commonwealth Graduate Fellowship, State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1991-1992

Commonwealth Graduate Fellowship, State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1990-1991

Commonwealth Graduate Fellowship, State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1989?1990

Commonwealth Graduate Fellowship, State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1988?1989

Commonwealth Graduate Fellowship, State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1987?1988

Presidential Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990-1991

Minority Fellowship, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 1990?1991

Minority Fellowship, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 1989-1990

Michie Award, Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 1989

Michie Award, Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 1989

Graduate Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1989?1990

Graduate Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1988?1989

Graduate Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1987?1988

eCooley-Strickland, M., Griffin, R., Darney, D., Otte, K., & Ko, J. (in press). Urban African American youth exposed to community violence: A school-based anxiety preventive intervention study. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community.

eGibbons, L., Pollack, K., Curriero, F., Shields, T., Smart, M., Furr-Holden, C.D., & Cooley-Strickland, M. (in press). Neighborhood incivilities, perceived neighborhood safety, and walking behavior among urban-dwelling children. Journal of Physical Activity and Health.

eCooley-Strickland, M., Quille, T., Griffin, R., Stuart, E., Bradshaw, C., & Furr-Holden, D. (2009). Community violence and youth: Affect, behavior, substance use, and academics. Journal of Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 12, 127-156.

Cooley, M., & Lambert, S. (2006). School-based interventions for children and adolescents exposed to chronic community violence. In A. Lieberman, R. DeMartino, and N. Fox (Eds.), Interventions for Children Exposed to Violence. New Jersey: Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute.

eLambert, S., Ialongo, N., Boyd, R., & Cooley, M. (2005). Risk factors for community violence exposure in adolescence. American Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 29-48.

eCooley, M., Boyd, R.C., & Grados, J.J. (2004). Feasibility of an anxiety preventive intervention for community violence exposed children. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 25(1), 105-123.

Cooley, M. & Boyce, C. (2004). An introduction to assessing anxiety in child and adolescent multi-ethnic populations: Challenges and Opportunities. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Special Section: Assessing Anxiety in Child and Adolescent Multi-ethnic Populations, 33(2), 210-215.

eLambert, S., Cooley, M., Campbell, K., et al. (2004). Assessing anxiety in urban African American children: Psychometric properties of the CASI. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Special Section: Assessing Anxiety in Child and Adolescent Multi-ethnic Populations, 33(2).

eBoyd, R., Ginsburg, G.S., Lambert, S.F., Cooley, M., & Campbell, K. (2003). Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Psychometric Properties for African American Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 1188-1196.

eBoyd, R., Cooley, M. R., Lambert, S. & Ialongo, N. (2003). First grade child risk behaviors for community violence exposure in middle school. Journal of Community Psychology, 31(3), 297-314.

Strickland, T.L. & Cooley, M. (2002). Substance abuse disorders and the significance of ethnobiology and culture. Neuropsicologia, Neuropsiquiatria y Neurociencias, 4, 119-132.

Weist, M.D. & Cooley-Quille, M. (2001). Advancing efforts to address violence and youth. Journal of Child Clinical Psychology, Special Section: Violence and Youth, 30(2), 147-151.

eCooley-Quille, M., Boyd, R. Frantz, E., & Walsh, J. (2001). Emotional and psychophysiological impact of exposure to community violence in urban adolescents. Journal of Child Clinical Psychology, Special Section: Violence and Youth, 30(2), 199-206.

eMurphy, D., Cantwell, C., Jordan, D., Lee, M., Cooley-Quille, M. & Lahey, B. (2000). Test-retest reliability of Dominic anxiety and depression items among young children. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 22(3), 257-270.

LaVeist, T.A., Bowie, J.V., & Cooley-Quille, M. (2000). Minority health status in adulthood: The middle years of life. Health Care Financing Review, 21(4), 9-21.

eCooley-Quille, M. & Lorion, R. (1999). Adolescents’ exposure to community violence: Sleep and psychophysiological functioning. Journal of Community Psychology, 27, 367-375.

Lorion, R., Brodsky, A., & Cooley-Quille, M. (1999). Exposure to pervasive community violence (pp 124-143). In D.E. Biegel & A. Blum (Eds.), Innovations in Practice and Service Delivery Across the Lifespan, New York: Oxford University Press.

Cooley-Quille, M. (1997). Anxiety Disorders Association of America DSM-IV checklist for identifying anxiety disorders in children. In ADAA Children’s Task Force (Eds.) Special Focus on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults. Rockville, MD: Anxiety Disorders Association of America.

Turner, S.M., Beidel, D.C., & Cooley-Quille, M.R. (1997). Social Effectiveness Therapy: A Program for Overcoming Social Anxiety and Social Phobia. Multi-Health Systems, Inc.: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Turner, S.M. & Cooley-Quille, M.R. (1996). Socioecological and Sociocultural Variables in Psychopharmacological Research: Methodological Considerations. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 32(2), 183-192.

Turner, S.M., Cooley-Quille, M.R., & Beidel, D.C. (1996). Behavioral and psychopharmacological treatment of social phobia: Long-term outcome. In M. Mavissakalian & R. Prien (Eds.), Anxiety Disorders: Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments (pp. 343-371). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

eCooley-Quille, M., Turner, S.M., & Beidel, D.C. (1995). The emotional impact of children's exposure to community violence: A preliminary study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(10), 1362-1368.

eCooley, M., Turner, S.M., & Beidel, D.C. (1995). Assessing Community Violence: The Children's Report of Exposure to Violence, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 201-208.

eTurner, S.M., Beidel, D.C., & Cooley-Quille, M. (1995). Case Histories and Shorter Communications: Two-year follow-up of social phobics treated with Social Effectiveness Therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 33, 553-555.

eTurner, S.M., Beidel, D.C., Cooley, M.R., Woody, S.R., & Messer, S.C. (1994). A multi-component behavioral treatment for social phobia: Social Effectiveness Therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 32(4), 381-390.

eBeidel, D.C., Turner, S.M., & Cooley, M.R. (1993). Assessing Reliable and Clinically Significant Change in Social Phobia: Validity of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31(3), 331-337.

Turner, S.M., Beidel, D.C., Wolff, P.L., & Cooley, M.R. (1993). Therapist Manual for Relaxation/Educational Support. Unpublished manuscript. Charleston, SC: Medical University of South Carolina.

eCooley, M., Cornell, D., & Lee, C. (1991). Peer Acceptance and Self Concept of Black Students in a Summer Gifted Program. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 14, 166-177.

eCornell, D., Pelton, G., Bassin, L., Landrum, M., Ramsay, S., Cooley, M., Lynch, K., & Hamrick, E. (1990). Self Concept and Peer Status among Gifted Program Youth. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82(3), 456-463.

eBeidel, D.C., Turner, S.M., Jacob, R.G., & Cooley, M.R. (1989). Assessment of Social Phobia: Reliability of an Impromptu Speech Task. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 3, 149-158.

e Denotes empirical papers