Oscar Fernando Rojas Perez, PhD

Dr. Rojas Perez is an assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. He received his doctorate from the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Missouri and completed his predoctoral internship at La Clínica Hispana, a part of the Yale Doctoral Internship in Clinical and Community Psychology. Broadly, his professional contributions focus on the development and cultural/linguistic adaptation of measures and interventions, as well as the well-being of Latine immigrants and trauma, and multicultural responsive training. Within this, he is interested in (a) identifying cultural strengths and methods of healing, (b) culturally responsive approaches, and (c) improving the implementation of mental health interventions. Dr. Rojas Perez is also an affiliate of the NIMH-funded Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS Clinical and Health Services Research Core at Yale University.

Clinically, he is licensed and has extensive experience providing evidence-based interventions to a diverse Latino population in various settings.