In this presentation, I summarize a systematic, multi-method research program that examines how sociocultural stressors, including racial discrimination and acculturative stress, shape mental health and substance use among people of color. This research integrates complementary designs and statistical analysis methods to strengthen causal inference and measurement precision. Racial marginalization elevates stress and negative emotions and varies across contexts and individuals, and data suggest modifiable resilience factors such as social support and bicultural self-acceptance. By combining rigorous statistical approaches with diverse study designs, this research advances cumulative science and informs culturally responsive interventions.
Priscilla Lui is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington (UW) and a licensed clinical psychologist (WA, PY61473662). She received her B.S. in biology and psychology from the UW, and M.A. in general psychology from the California State University in Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a Graduate Certificate in Psychological Statistics at the APA– and PCSAS-accredited program at Purdue University. She completed the APA-accredited predoctoral clinical psychology internship at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Prior to returning to UW as a faculty member, she was an Assistant Professor (2016-2022) and Associate Professor (2022) at the Southern Methodist University.
