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Melanie Domenech Rodríguez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University. Her research focuses on family processes in Spanish-speaking Latino families. At present, Dr. Domenech Rodríguez is engaged in a preventive intervention trial of a Parent Management Training – Oregon intervention which was culturally adapted for use with Spanish-speaking Latino families in northern Utah. The intervention seeks to prevent the escalation of externalizing behavior problems into clinical syndromes, with particular emphasis on the prevention of substance use. The research is supported by a K01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

As part of her research efforts, Dr. Domenech Rodríguez collaborates actively with researchers at the Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría in Mexico City. She is currently working to extend these collaborations from survey research into intervention research. Dr. Domenech Rodríguez is also a licensed psychologist and provides services to Spanish-speaking Latino families as well as supervises doctoral students' service provision to a diverse array of clients.

Dr. Domenech Rodríguez obtained her doctoral degree at Colorado State University in 1999. There she trained at the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research under the guidance of Drs. Frederick Beauvais and Ernest Chavez. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Family Research Consortium - III under the tutelage of Dr. Ana Mari Cauce at the University of Washington. Dr. Domenech Rodríguez was born and raised in Puerto Rico and currently lives in Logan, UT with her spouse and two daughters.