Jasmine Banegas

Jasmine Banegas (LICSW), NIMH T32 Predoctoral Fellow, is a third-year doctoral student in the Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Science program at the Institute of Child Development. Her general research interests focus on understanding the development, prevention, and treatment of trauma-related psychopathology among diverse immigrant and refugee families. She integrates risk/resilience frameworks and community-based participatory research practices to help design, disseminate, and implement scalable, culturally congruent, family- and school-based interventions. Moreover, Jasmine is collaborating with the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare at UMN's School of Social Work to understand risk and protective factors that promote children's developmental readiness and academic success using integrated administrative State of Minnesota data. She is primarily working with Drs. Ann Masten and Saida Abdi. 

Developmental psychopathology and clinical science community/clinical work

Jasmine served as a bilingual clinical social worker providing community-based mental health services to Latine/o/a children, youth, and families in the greater Detroit area. She has been trained in various evidence-based practices, such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT). Since 2019, Jasmine has worked as an ADAPT intervention coordinator and facilitator with Dr. Abigail Gewirtz's research and implementation team. She assisted in the contextual adaptations of ADAPT for first responders and diverse immigrant/refugee populations. As a clinical psychology trainee, Jasmine is currently completing her neuropsychological assessment rotation with Dr. Jeff Wozniak at the University of Minnesota's Child Psychiatry unit.