Davis Ja
Personal Information
California School of Professional Psychology
Clinical Psychology
San Francisco Beach St Campus
Professor
Professor
Alliant International University San Francisco
One Beach Street, Suite 100
San Francisco CA 94133-1221
415-955-2126
Courses, Research Interests, Publications
Ph.D. Doctoral Dissertation
Advanced Research Methodology in Program Evaluation
Ph.D. Research Seminar, Program Evaluation Emphasis
Substance abuse and AIDS treatment and prevention in multicultural communities; program evaluation in behavioral health systems including managed care systems including drug courts and alternative community approaches in juvenile probation; organizational systems with a focus on managed behavioral health policy evaluation, and analysis; early childhood prevention and intervention; cost analysis; studies in programs for assertive community treatment (PACT)
Academic History and Background
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA., 1981
A.A., Civil Engineering, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
B.A., Psychology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
American Psychological Association (APA)
APA Division 5, Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics
American Orthopsychiatric Association
APA Division 27, Division of Community Psychology
American Evaluators Association (AEA)
APA Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
National Asian American & Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
National Asian Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
APA Division 50, Addictions
Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA)
Professional Practice and Community Service
Member, 2001 to present: Board of Directors, National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMA), Denver, Co. Active member of national mental health organization dedicated to mental health issues of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders., 2001
Member, 1999 to present: Advisory Committee, National Data Coordinating Center, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Substance Abuse, Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 1999
Member, 1996 to present: Drug Control Research, Data, and Evaluation Committee (DCRDEC), Office 1996 to present of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC., 1996
Member: Search Committee for Director, Center for Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse, Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, MD. Active member of Search committee for new Director of Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), a federal agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services., 1996-1998
Member: Epidemiology Advisory Board, Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service, Department of Public Health, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA., 1995-1998
Davis Y. Ja & Associates, 1990 - present, 1990
Program Evaluations Services
