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Linda Callejas, PhD

Linda M. Callejas, PhD

Associate Research Professor

Phone: 813-974-5163
Fax: 813-974-4640
Office: MHC-2423

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Research Interests:

Behavioral health systems and services | program development, implementation, and evaluation


Linda M. Callejas, Ph.D. is an applied anthropologist with expertise in qualitative methodologies and community-engaged research. Her work focuses broadly on evaluating the implementation and outcomes of programs and interventions designed to address the behavioral health needs of children, youth, young adults, and families from all walks of life.

Over two decades, Dr. Callejas has served as principal investigator, project director, and lead evaluator on numerous collaborative studies funded by the Administration for Children & Families, SAMHSA, PCORI, HRSA, NIDLRR and the Annie E. Casey Foundation among other agencies. She has published study findings in refereed journals in various fields, including social work, psychiatry, and anthropology in specialty areas such as child welfare, child and youth services, mental health services research, and evaluation.

Dr. Callejas serves as a lead faculty member and advisor for the 鶹AV Master of Science Program in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, which prepares students to serve in organizations that serve children and youth with behavioral health needs. She leads the program’s Leadership Focus Area and teaches courses designed to prepare students for leadership positions with skills and knowledge in organizational capacity building, program implementation, and research translation. 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Callejas, L.M.; Scarimbolo, K., Chou, C., Hammond, K., & Agazzi, H. (2024). Identifying implementation barriers and facilitators in an integrated behavioral health training program to improve workforce development. Translational Behavioral Medicine, ibae040,

Callejas, L., Jones, N., Watson, A., & Marino, M. (2024). A county-level case study of early psychosis in the context of a hybrid juvenile competency restoration and mental health problem-solving court and linkage to coordinated specialty care services. Community Mental Health Journal, Advance online publication.

Jones, N., Callejas, L.M., Brown, M., Colder Carras, M., Croft, B., Pagdon, S., Sheehan, L., Oluwoye, O., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2023). Barriers to meaningful participatory mental health services research and priority next steps: Findings from a national survey. Psychiatric Services, 74(9):902-910.

Callejas, L.M. & Jones, N. (2022). “Meaningful” participatory research in a multi-stakeholder collaborative on youth pathways to care: implementation and reflections. Psychiatric Services, 73(9), 1077-1080.