Dr. Henry Willis is the Founder and Principal Investigator of the CREATE Research Lab at the University of Maryland at College Park.

In the Cultural Resilience, Equity, Technology (CREATE) Lab we examine: 

Sociocultural risk and protective factors and how they impact the psychological assessment, outcomes, and treatment of African Americans and Latinx populations; cultural adaptations of evidence-based treatments; and mobile-mental health technology. Notably, this lab explores these experiences in understudied contexts (e.g., social media, community-based settings, etc.). Through scholarship that seeks to reduce health disparities in mental health access and engagement among underserved populations, our lab aims to use technology to help communities of color cope with experiences of discrimination, bolster resilience by strengthening positive racial identity beliefs, and improve access to evidence-based mental health interventions. This lab takes a translational approach, and seeks to use the lab's research to improve mental health equity and reduce disparities in access to mental healthcare within African American communities. 

For more information about our current research activities, visit our university research website: https://sites.google.com/umd.edu/thecreatelab/