Grace Cua, MSW
Senior Research Specialist
Community Engagement and Collaboration Core
Pronouns: She/Her
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WROB Room 452
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1747 W. Roosevelt Rd. MC 595
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About
Grace Cua has unique expertise in engaging in communities in research, as well as data management, program evaluation, and statistical analysis. This combined expertise allows her to help build community organizations’ capacity in research and their ability to meaningfully participate in academic health research, thereby paving the way for UIC researchers to address real-world problems by developing equitable and sustainable community-academic partnerships.
Selected Publications
Stillerman, A., Altman, L., Peña, G., Goben, A., Walden, A. L., & Atkins, M. S. (2023). Advancing trauma-informed care in hospitals: The time is now.The Permanente Journal, (1), 16-20.
Marinez-Lora, A. M., Cua, G., Frazier, S. L., Shernoff, E. S., & Atkins, M. (2021). Caregiver strain, social support and service use among urban African American mothers. Journal of Child and Family Studies. doi:10.1007/s10826-021-01964-w
Maríñez-Lora, A. M., Cua, G., Cruz, K., & Patel, D. (2020). Immigrant families. In S. Hupp & J. D. Jewell (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. John Wiley: New York. doi: 10.1002/9781119171492.wecad247
Lakind, D., Cua, G., Mehta, T., Rusch, D., & Atkins, M. (2019). Trajectories of parent participation in early intervention/prevention services: The case for flexible paraprofessional-led services. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. doi:10.1080/15374416.2019.1689823
Mehta, T. G., Rusch, D., Lakind, D., Walden, A., Cua, G., & Atkins, M. S. (2019). Collaboration with urban community stakeholders: Refining paraprofessional-led services to promote positive parenting. American Journal of Community Psychology, 0, 1-15. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12316
Education
Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (Expected 2024)
Concentration – Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment
College of Education, University of Illinois Chicago
Master of Social Work, Concentration – School Social Work
Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Applied Psychology
University of Illinois Chicago
Selected Presentations
Cua, G., Segovia, D., Poole, J., Gore, D., Frank, B., Mcgowan-Tomke, J., James, A., & Atkins, M. (2022, April). Helpline services before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: A time series analysis. Poster presented at Translational Science, Chicago, IL
Cua, G., Lakind, D., Dai, T., Mehta, T., Rusch, D., & Atkins, M. (2021, August). Associations between parent participation in school services and children's academic competencies. Poster presented at American Psychological Association Convention, San Diego, CA.
Cua, G., Tran, M., Poole, J., Mcgowan-Tomke, J., James, A., Frank, B., Pena, G., & Atkins, M. (2021, August). Helpline services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A time series analysis. Poster presented at American Psychological Association Convention, San Diego, CA.
Pena, G., Cua, G., Stilerman, A., Goben, A., Altman, L., Atkins, M., Mehta, T., & Walden, A. (2020, October). A mapping literature review on trauma-informed care (TIC) interventions in hospital settings. Paper presented at American Public Health Association.
Cua, G., Lakind, D., Mehta, T., Rusch, D., & Atkins, M. (2020, May). The impact of parents’ participation on children’s academic competencies in early intervention/prevention services: Multigroup latent growth analysis. Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
Lakind, D., Cua, G., Mehta, T. G., & Rusch, D. (2019, November). Trajectories of Parent Participation in Early Intervention/Prevention Services: The Case for Flexible Paraprofessional-led Services in High Poverty Urban Communities. In Davielle Lakind & Alayna Park (Co-Chairs) Maximizing the Public Health Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Science through Improving Consumer Engagement. Organized Paper Symposium for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention.Lakind, D., Cua, G., Mehta, T., Rusch, D., & Atkins, M. (2019, June). Patterns of parent participation in flexible paraprofessional-led school-based services. Paper presented at Society for Community Research and Action, Chicago, IL.
Cua, G., Walden, A., Marinez-Lora, A., & Atkins, M. (2019, June). Parent retention and engagement in a paraprofessional delivered home visiting program. Paper presented at Society for Community Research and Action, Chicago, IL.