Departmental Affiliations
Primary
Research Interests
Global Mental Health; Children; Adolescents; Trauma; Posttraumatic Stress; Common Elements Treatment Approach; CETA
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
DePaul University
2019
MA
DePaul University
2015
BA
University of Utah
2012
Overview
Caleb Figge, PhD is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He received his PhD in Clinical Child Psychology from DePaul University, and completed his clinical internship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Figge's research aims to expand access to evidence-based mental health treatments in low- and middle-income countries. He is currently project director of an NIH-funded randomized controlled trial in Lusaka, Zambia, a HRSA- and CDC-funded mental health integration project in Uganda, and several other global health research and programming projects. He works closely with global partners including the NIH, HRSA, WHO, CDC, USAID, and local implementing partners.
Dr. Figge has consulted on several large scale mental health research and programming projects in global settings.
Dr. Figge's research aims to expand access to evidence-based mental health treatments in low- and middle-income countries. He is currently project director of an NIH-funded randomized controlled trial in Lusaka, Zambia, a HRSA- and CDC-funded mental health integration project in Uganda, and several other global health research and programming projects. He works closely with global partners including the NIH, HRSA, WHO, CDC, USAID, and local implementing partners.
Dr. Figge has consulted on several large scale mental health research and programming projects in global settings.
Select Publications
Selected Publications
- Figge, C.J., Martinez-Torteya, C., Taing, S., Chhim, S., & Hinton, D. (2020) Key expressions of posttraumatic distress in Cambodian children: A step toward culturally sensitive trauma assessment and intervention. Transcultural Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461520906008
- Figge, C. J., Martinez-Torteya, C., Taing, S., Chhim, S., & Hinton, D. E. (2020). Adaptive functioning behaviors for trauma-affected children in the Cambodian context. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022120966786
- Figge, C.J., Martinez-Torteya, C., & Kosson, D. S. (2020). Parent Cultural Stress and Internalizing Problems in Latinx Preschoolers: Moderation by Maternal Involvement and Positive Verbalizations. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-01118-y
- Figge, C.J., Martinez-Torteya, C., Taing, S., Chhim, S. & Hinton, D. (2020) Local clinician perspectives on cause, impact, and treatment of key expressions of distress in Cambodian children. Transcultural Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461520905995
- Figge, C.J., Martinez-Torteya, C., Bogat, A. G., Levendosky, A.A., & von Eye, A. (2018). Child appraisals of interparental conflict: The effects of intimate partner violence and the quality of parent-child relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518794509
Projects
Evaluating implementation strategies to scale up transdiagnostic evidence-based mental health care in Zambia