Faculty: Yudy F. Muneton-Castano, MSW, PhD, LICSW

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Yudy F. Muneton-Castano, MSW, PhD, LICSW

Adjunct Faculty, BS in Psychology and Human Services

Email
yudy_muneton-castano@williamjames.edu
Pronouns
She/Her
Degree Major/Emphasis Institution Year
PhD Clinical Social Work Smith College 2019
Predoctoral Fellowship Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Boston Children's Hospital 2015
MSW Clinical Social Work Boston College 2010
BS Psychology/Biology University of Massachusetts–Boston 2004

Courses

  • Contemporary Policy and Practices in Behavioral Health and Human Service

Research and Practice Interests

  • Post-traumatic sequalae
  • Trauma-related outcomes in youth
  • Trauma treatment
  • Child abuse and neglect
  • Disabilities and interjectionally of vulnerability
  • Racial and ethnic disparities in health and mental health care
  • Distress associated with chronic medical conditions
  • Stigma
  • Discrimination
  • Evidence-based interventions
  • Psychotherapy
  • Culturally responsive mental health treatment
  • Social justice
  • Ethical care of individuals with disabilities

Professional Licenses and Certifications

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Awards

  • Biogen Research Award, Boston Children’s Hospital, 2020-2023
  • Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Research Fund, Boston Children’s Hospital, 2016-2018
  • Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (BPSI), Social Worker Guest Partner, 2019-2021
  • Selma B. Brown Dissertation Scholarship Award, Smith College, 2016-2017
  • Latino Leadership Fellowship Program, University of Massachusetts-Boston, 2003-2004
  • Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Best Thesis Award, 2002-2004
  • Psi Chi: The International Honors Society in Psychology, 2001-2004
  • University of Massachusetts-Merit-Based Scholar, 1999-2004

Publications and Presentations

  • Caldas, A., Aguilar, V., Diaz, S., MacInnes, E., Maldonado, M., Muneton-Castano, Y.F., Perez, O., Matos, C., and Carvalho, M. (2020). Tu Familia en el Hospital (Your Family in the Hospital). Poster presented virtually at the 9th International Conference on Patient and Family Centered Care by the Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care, Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Caldas, A., Aguilar, V., Diaz, S., MacInnes, E., Maldonado, M., Muneton-Castano, Y. F., Perez, O., Matos, C., and Carvalho, M. (2020). Mejorando La Salud: A Spanish Language Health Literacy Video Series. Poster presented virtually at the 9th International Conference on Patient and Family Centered Care by the Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care, Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Caldas, A., Aguilar, V., Diaz, S., MacInnes, E., Gomez, E., Maldonado, M., Muneton-Castano, Y. F., Perez, O., Matos, C., and Carvalho, M. (2020). Educational Videos as a Tool to Improve the Latinx Patient Experience at an Urban Pediatric Hospital Setting. Presented virtually at the 9th International Conference on Patient and Family Centered Care by the Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care, Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Leiter, R., Lindsay, A., Bejarano Varas, M.T., Muneton-Castano, Y.F, Hayman, L., Schrag, D., and Enzinger, A. (2019). Lessons Learned from Engaging Latinos in a Palliative Oncology Research Program. Presentation at the Hospice and Palliative Care Conference, Orlando, Florida.
  • Bigman, C., Nagler, R., Ramamurthi, D., Muneton, Y.F., Minsky, S., and Visvanath,V. (2013).    Prevalence and framing of health disparities in local print news. Presentation at the 141st    American Public Health Association, Annual Meeting and Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Minsky, S., Bruff, C., Lora, V., McCauley, M., Bigman., C, Nagler, R., Faulkenberry, R., Muneton, Y.F., Ramanadhan, S., and Viswanath, V. (2012). Capacity building, community engagement and data collection: An exemplar model for CBPR. Presentation at the 140st American Public Health Association, Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, California.
  • Muneton, Y.F., Bender Berz, J., and Murdock, K. (2004). Asthma as a Risk Factor and Supportive Relationships as a Resource Factor in Asthmatic Children’s School Functioning. Poster presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, Louisiana; Massachusetts Statewide 10th Annual Undergraduate Conference, Boston, Massachusetts; Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Seven Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium; University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Seven Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium; International Conference on Science, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Concurrent Leadership, Service and Professional Activities

  • Clinical Social Worker, Critical Care, Anesthesia, and Perioperative, Extension (CAPE) and Hove Ventilation Program
  • Research Mental Health Clinician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Consultant Clinician, Summer Search Foundation
  • Advisory Board Member, Survivors by the Sea

Prior Experience

  • Instructor, Boston College School of Social Work
  • Instructor, Smith College School of Social Work
  • Assistant Director, Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Research Mental Health Clinician, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Clinician, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC)
  • Alumni Director, Summer Search Foundation

Professional Affiliations

  • 2021 - Present, Children’s Oncology Group (COG)
  • 2019 - Present, Society for Social Work Research (SSWR)
  • 2019 - Present, Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
  • 2018 - Present, Boston Children’s Hospital Social Work Research Committee

Community Involvement

  • 2010, Present, La Gente del Futuro, Colombian Youth Non-profit
  • 2007, Mayor’s Young Bostonian Advisory Council
  • 2006, Commonwealth Seminar Graduate