Michael A.

Trujillo
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3333 California St., Suite 465

San Francisco, CA 94118
Email: michael.trujillo@ucsf.edu
Phone: 714-679-5929
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EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Health Psychology 2018

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Dissertation: A laboratory study of stress reactions to witnessing a video of a
police killing of an unarmed Black man: Discrimination, distress
tolerance, ethnic identity and risk-taking
Advisor: Paul Perrin, PhD

Master of Science, Psychology (Health concentration), summa cum laude 2015

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Thesis: Heterosexism, mental health, and suicide: Investigating the moderating
role of coping in sexual minority men
Advisor: Paul Perrin, PhD

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, summa cum laude 2008

Minor: Music, Chemistry
California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Thesis: Internalized heterosexism, coping, and binge drinking in gay men
Advisor: Sherry Span, PhD

Diploma, summa cum laude 2003

Granite Hills High School, Porterville, CA

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Stigma and health

Personal strengths within a cultural framework
Health disparities
Stress and risk-taking

HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

T32 Psychology and Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship 2018

University of California, San Francisco

Health Psychology Graduate Student Award 2018

Virginia Commonwealth University
College of Humanities and Sciences Representative Scholar 2017
Virginia Commonwealth University, College of Humanities and Sciences Advisory Board

College of Humanities and Sciences Representative Scholar 2017

Virginia Commonwealth University, Board of Visitors

Psychology Graduate Student LGBTQ Ally Award 2016

Virginia Commonwealth University

Statistics Workshop Travel Award 2016

Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology

Graduate Research Fellowship 2015

National Science Foundation

Evelyn E. Gunst Scholarship for Outstanding Masters Student 2015

Virginia Commonwealth University

Phi Kappa Phi 2015

Virginia Commonwealth University

Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Scholar 2007-2008

California State University, Long Beach

Award for Excellent Academic Achievement in Psychology 2007, 2008

California State University, Long Beach

Phi Beta Kappa 2006

California State University, Long Beach

National Society for Collegiate Scholars 2004-2008

California State University, Long Beach

President’s List 2003-2008

California State University, Long Beach

University Honors Program Scholar 2003-2008

California State University, Long Beach

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., Henry, R. S., & Rabinovitch, A. E. (accepted). Heterosexism and
suicidal ideation: Racial differences in the impact of social support among sexual minority
adults. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention.

2. Cariello, A. N., Perrin, P. B., Derlan, C. L., Espinoza, G. A., Morlett-Paredes, A., Moreno, O. A.,
& Trujillo, M. A. (in press). Seguir adelante: Moderating influence of enculturation on the
 relations between minority stressors and physical health via anxiety in Latinx immigrants.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.

3. Perrin, P. B., Sutter, M. E., Trujillo, M. A., Henry, R. S., & Pugh, M. (in press). The minority
strengths model: Development and initial path analytic validation in racially/ethnically diverse
LGBTQ individuals. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

4. Burnette, C. B., Kwitowski, M., Trujillo, M. A., & Perrin, P. B. (2019). Body appreciation in
lesbian, bisexual, and queer women: Examining a model of social support, resilience, and self-
esteem. Health Equity, 3(1), 238-245.

5. Smith, E. R., Sutter, M. E., Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., & Henry, R. S. (2019). A latent class
analytic approach using world-view orientations to predict classist ideology. Journal of
Poverty, 23(3), 253-268.

6. Sutter, M., Rabinovitch, A.E., Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., & Goldberg-Looney, L. (2019).
Patterns of intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration among sexual minority
women: A latent class analysis. Violence Against Women, 25(5), 572-592.

7. Baylor Williams, A., Smith, E. R., Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., Griffin, S., & Rybarczyk, B.
(2019). Common health problems in safety-net primary care: Modeling the roles of trauma
history and mental health. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(1), 146-164.

8. Barsell, D. J., Everhart, R. S., Miadich, S. A., Trujillo, M. A. (2018). Examining health behaviors,
health literacy, and self-efficacy in college students with chronic conditions. American Journal
of Health Education, 49(5), 305-311.

9. Sutter, M. E., Perrin, P. B., & Trujillo, M. A. (2018). Understanding the association between
discrimination and depression among sexual minority people of color: Evidence for
diminishing returns of socioeconomic status. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(6), 940-952.

10. Perrin, P. B., Smith, E. R., Trujillo, M. A., Rabinovitch, A., & Coy, A. E. (2017). Differential
effects of the U.S. supreme court’s same-sex marriage decision on national support for gay
rights and prejudice. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 15(3), 342-352.

11. Trujillo, M. A., Khoddam, R., Greenberg, J. B., Dyal, S. R., Ameringer, K. J., Zvolensky, M. J., &
Leventhal, A. M. (2017). Distress tolerance as a correlate of tobacco dependence and
motivation: Incremental relations over and above anxiety and depressive symptoms. Behavioral
Medicine, 43(2), 120-128.

12. Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., Sutter, M., Tabaac, A. R., Benotsch, E. G. (2017). The buffering role
of social support on the associations among discrimination, mental health, and suicidality in a
transgender sample. International Journal of Transgenderism, 18(1), 39-52.

13. Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., Elnasseh, A., Pierce, B. S., & Mickens, M. (2016). Personality traits
in college students and caregiving for a relative with a chronic health condition. Journal of
Aging Research, Article ID 3650927, 1-9.
14. Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., Doser, K. B., & Norup, A. (2016). Using personality traits to
construct linear growth models of mental health in family members of individuals with severe
brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 61(4), 389-396.

15. Elnasseh, A., Trujillo, M. A., Peralta, S. V., Stolfi, M. E., Morelli, E., Perrin, P. B., & Arango-
Lasprilla, J. C. (2016). Family dynamics and personal strengths among dementia caregivers in
Argentina. International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Article ID 2386728, 1-10.

16. Drazdowski, T. K., Perrin, P. B., Trujillo, M. A., Sutter, M., Benotsch, E. G., & Snipes, D. J.
(2016). Structural equation modeling of the effects of racism, heterosexism, and internalized
oppression on illicit drug use in LGBTQ people of color. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 159,
255-262.

17. Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., Panyavin, I., Peralta, S. V., Stolfi, M. E., Morelli, E., & Arango-
Lasprilla, J. C. (2016). Mediation of family dynamics, personal strengths, and mental health in
dementia caregivers. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 4(1), 1-17.

18. Tabaac, A. R., Perrin, P. B., & Trujillo, M. A. (2015). Multiple mediational model of outness,
social support, mental health, and wellness behavior in ethnically diverse lesbian, bisexual, and
queer women. LGBT Health, 2(3), 243-249.

19. Panyavin, I. Trujillo. M. A., Peralta, S. V., Stolfi, M. E., Morelli, E., Perrin, P. B., Peña Lasa, J.,
Arango-Lasprilla, J. C. (2015). Examining the influence of family dynamics on quality of care
by informal caregivers of alzheimer’s dementia patients in Argentina. American Journal of
Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 30(6), 613-621; doi:10.1177/1533317515577129

20. Leventhal, A. M., Trujillo, M., Ameringer, K., Tidey, J. W., Sussman, S., & Kahler, C. W. (2014).
Anhedonia and the relative reward value of drug and non-drug reinforcers in tobacco addiction.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123(2), 375-386.

21. Quinn, A. M., Sekimura, S., Pang, R., Trujillo, M., Kahler, C. W., & Leventhal, A. M. (2013).
Hostility as a predictor of affective changes during acute tobacco withdrawal. Nicotine and
Tobacco Research, 16(3), 335-342.

22. Leventhal, A. M., Greenberg, J. B., Trujillo, M. A., Ameringer, K. J., Lisha, N., Pang, R., &
Monterosso, J. (2013). Positive and negative affect as predictors of urge to smoke: Temporal
factors and mediational pathways. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27(1), 262-267.

23. Wong, M., Krajišnik, A., Truong, L., Lisha, N., Trujillo, M., Greenberg, J. B., Kahler, C. W.,
Zvolensky, M. J, & Leventhal, A. M. (2012). Anxiety sensitivity as a predictor of acute
subjective effects of smoking. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 15(6), 1084-1090.

24. Greenberg, J. B, Ameringer, K. J., Trujillo, M. A., Sun, P., Sussman, S., Brightman, M., Pitts, S.
R., & Leventhal, A. M. (2012). Associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom
clusters and cigarette smoking. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 26(1), 89-98.

25. Trujillo, M. A. (2008). Coping within the pink triangle: Internalized heterosexism, coping, and
binge drinking in gay men. McNair Scholars Research Journal, 1(13), 121-138.
BOOK CHAPTERS

Trujillo, M. A., Tabaac, A. R., Wall, C. J. (2018). Gender dysphoria in children and adolescents. J. C.
Arango-Lasprilla, I. Romero-García, N. Hewitt- Ramírez & W. Rodríguez (Eds.) Psychological
and Neurological Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence.

MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED

Trujillo, M. A., Smith, E., Griffin, S., Williams, A. B., Perrin, P. B., & Rybarczyk, B. (under review).
Classism and alcohol use: Racial differences in the moderating effect of attitudes toward God.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

Trujillo, M. A. & Mendes, W. B. (in progress). An ignored minority status: Social and physical
consequences of LGBQ individuals living in a biased society. Social and Personality
Psychology Compass.

Trujillo, M. A., McIntyre, K., Sutter, M. E., Russell, D., & Perrin, P. B. (in prep). News consumption
and cultural identity: Predictors of physiological response to police violence.

Trujillo, M. A., Flentje, A., Clark, K. D., & Lev, E. (in prep). Victimization and harassment in
LGBTQ adults: Results from a nationwide sample.

Kristen D. Clark, Eliot M. Lev, Trujillo, M. A., & Flentje, A. (in prep). State level policies and their
association with victimization among sexual and gender minority people.

Trujillo, M. A., & Flatt, J. (in prep). Minority stress and healthcare utilization in older LGBTQ adults:
Results from a nationwide sample.

FUNDING

ONGOING/CURRENT

T32 MH019391 September 2018 – August 2020

National Institute of Mental Health
Project Title: Psychology and Medicine: An Integrative Research Approach
Role: Postdoctoral Fellow (Sponsor: Wendy Mendes, Nancy Adler)

COMPLETED

DGE-1147383 June 2015 – May 2018

National Science Foundation ($138,000)
Project Title: Anti-gay harassment and risk taking: The effects of distress and distress tolerance
Role: Principal Investigator
INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1. Trujillo, M. A. (2019). Stigma and health: Minority stress processes in LGBTQ people. LGBTQI
Health Research Group at UCSF, San Francisco, California.

2. Trujillo, M. A. (2018). Stigma and health: An eye towards vicarious experiences. Biology and
Affective Sciences Group at UCSF, San Francisco, California.

3. Trujillo, M. A. (2016). Guidelines for culturally sensitive practice with LGBTQ clients. Richmond
Association for Clinical Psychologists, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

4. Trujillo, M. A. (2015). Working with LGBT populations. Conference on Sexuality and Health,
Neiva, Colombia.

5. Trujillo, M. A. (2015). Psychosocial factors of LGBT health. Conference on Sexuality and Health,
Neiva, Colombia.

6. Trujillo, M. A. (2014). LGBT populations in the medical setting. International Conference on

Health Psychology: Sexuality and Health, Ibagué, Colombia.

INVITED GUEST LECTURES

1. Trujillo, M. A. (2017). Minority stress and health in LGBTQ populations. Economics of Health
Disparities course. Department of Healthcare Policy and Research. Graduate level.

2. Trujillo, M. A. (2017). LGBTQ identity development in adolescence. Adolescent Development

course. Department of Psychology. Undergraduate level.

3. Trujillo, M. A. (2017). Women’s health in the LBTQ community. Nursing of Women course.
School of Nursing. Undergraduate level.

4. Trujillo, M. A. (2016). Women’s health in the LBTQ community. Nursing of Women course.
School of Nursing. Undergraduate level.

5. Trujillo, M. A. (2015). Moderators of the stress experience. Health Psychology course.

Department of Psychology. Undergraduate level.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. Bardsell, D. J., Everhart, R. S., & Trujillo, M. A. (2019). Is Perceived Discrimination Associated
with Health Literacy in College Students? To be presented at the Association for Psychological
Science Conference, Washington, DC.

2. Trujillo, M. A. & Mendes, W. B. (2019). Relationship status? It’s complicated: Race and SES
interact to influence blood pressure and trust behavior. Presented at the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology Conference, Portland, OR.
3. Truijillo, M. A., McIntyre, K. E., Perrin, P. B., & Iroegbu, O. (2019). Racial differences in stress
reactions to witnessing a video of a police killing of an unarmed black man. Presented at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Portland, OR.

4. Mladen, S., Williams, A. B., Griffin, S., Smith, E., Trujillo, M. A., & Rybarczyk, B. (2018).
Trauma strengthens the effect of depression on suicidality in safety net primary care
patients. Presented at the 34th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Washington, D.C.

5. Avila, M., Velazquez, E., Hitti, S., Keegan, E., Trujillo, M., Benzel, G., Cox, J., McDonald, S.,
Corona, R. (2018). A community-academic partnership to promote mental health among
Latina/o residents in an emerging Latina/o community. Presented at the National Latina/o
Psychological Association Biennial Conference, San Diego, CA.

6. Trujillo, M. A., Smith, E., Griffin, S., Williams, A. B., Perrin, P. B., & Rybarczyk, B. (2018).
Classism and alcohol use: Racial differences in the moderating effect of attitudes toward God.
Presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Conference, New Orleans, LA.

7. Norup, A., Trujillo, M. A., Mortensen, E. L., Doser, K. B., Perrin, P. B. (2017). Caregiver
outcome: Impact of caregiver personality and patient personality change. Presented at the 12th
World Congress on Brain Injury, New Orleans, LA.

8. Williams, A. B., Smith, E., Griffin, S., Trujillo, M., Perrin, P., & Rybarczyk, B. (2017).
The relationships among interpersonal trauma, mental health, pain, and sleep in a safety
net primary care clinic. Presented at the 33rd Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies. Chicago, IL.

9. Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., Sutter, M., Tabaac, A. R., Benotsch, E. G. (2017). The buffering
role of social support on the associations of discrimination, mental health, and suicidality in a
transgender sample. Presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Conference, San Diego,
CA.

10. Bardsell, D. J., Miadich, S. A., Trujillo, M. A., Everhart, R. S. (2017). Examining health literacy,
self-efficacy, and health behaviors in college students with chronic conditions. Presented at the
Society for Behavioral Medicine Conference, San Diego, CA.

11. Baylor, A., Smith, E. R., Griffin, S., Trujillo, M. A., Perrin, P. B., & Rybarczyk, B. (2017).
Gender differences in adult and childhood trauma exposure in an at-risk community sample.
Presented at the VCU Women’s Health Conference, Richmond, VA.

12. Trujillo, M. A., Rabinovitch, A., & Perrin, P. B. (2016). Friend or foe? Can support from friends
amplify heterosexism and its effects on depression and suicidality? Presented at the Society for
Behavioral Medicine Conference, Washington, DC.

13. Trujillo, M. A., Drazdowski, T. K., Sutter, M. E., & Perrin, P. B. (2015). Structural equation
modeling of the effects of racism, heterosexism, and internalized oppression on illicit drug use
in LGBTQ people of color. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference,
New York, NY.
14. Tabaac, A. R., Perrin, P. B., & Trujillo, M. A. (2015). Multiple mediational model of outness,
social support, mental health, and wellness behavior in ethnically diverse lesbian, bisexual, and
queer women. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, New York,
NY.

15. Trujillo, M., Riggs, N., Unger, J., Pang, R., Audrain-McGovern, J., & Leventhal, A. (2013).
Anhedonic depressive symptoms predicts smoking escalation in adolescents particularly among
boys. Presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Boston,
MA.

16. Pang, R. D., Trujillo, M. A., & Leventhal, A. M. (2013). Gender differences in negative affect and
smoking lapse behavior during acute tobacco withdrawal: A laboratory analogue study.
Presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

17. Quinn, A., Sekimura, S., Pang, R., Trujillo, M., Kahler, C., & Leventhal, A. (2013). Hostility as a
predictor of affective changes during acute tobacco withdrawal. Presented at the Society for
Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

18. Trujillo, M. A., Greenberg, J. B., Pitts, S. R., Ameringer, K. J., Palau, J. J., & Leventhal, A.
M. (2012). Associations between dimensions of distress tolerance and tobacco dependence
characteristics: Incremental relations over and above anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA.

19. Bartek, S. B., Trujillo, M. A., Ameringer, K. J., & Leventhal, A. M. (2012). Correspondence
between retrospective recall and prospective experimentally-induced methods for assessing
tobacco withdrawal symptoms. Presented at the Medical Student Research Forum and Poster
Day, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

20. Krajišnik. Truong, L, Wong, M., Lisha, N. Trujillo, M. Greenberg, J. B., Kahler, C. W.,
Zvolensky, M. J. & Leventhal, A. M. (2012). Anxiety sensitivity as a predictor of acute
subjective effects of smoking. Presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Annual Meeting, Houston, TX.

21. Ameringer, K. J., Greenberg, J., Trujillo, M. A., Lisha, N. E., & Leventhal, A. M. (2012). Anxiety
and depressive symptoms and patterns of acute tobacco withdrawal. Presented at the Society
for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Houston, TX.

22. Eriksen, S. J., Manke, B., Parent, T., & Trujillo, M. A. (2009). ’Babies shouldn’t eat Cheetos!’ A
regional study of children & adolescents at risk for type 2 diabetes. Presented at the Annual
Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, San Diego, CA.

23. Trujillo, M. A. (2007). Coping within the pink triangle: Internalized heterosexism, coping, and
binge drinking among gay men. Presented at the Southern California Conference on
Undergraduate Research, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor
Stress and Its Management 2016, 2017
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology
Responsibilities: Develop and direct undergraduate course on the stress
experience, its physiological underpinnings, and effective management strategies

Teaching Assistant 2013 – 2015

Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology
Courses: Applications of Statistics in Psychology, Experimental Methods

Teaching Assistant 2007 – 2009

California State University, Long Beach, Department of Psychology
Courses: Clinical Interviewing, Introduction to Psychology

Mentorship Activities

Daniel Bustamante, VCU Undergraduate Student 2016 – 2017

Aaliah Elnasseh, VCU Undergraduate student, Honor’s thesis 2013 – 2014
J Galluzo, University of Denver Graduate student 2017 – 2018
Selamawit Hailu, VCU Graduate Student 2017 – 2018
Jessica Galante, VCU Undergraduate Student 2013 – 2014
Zaire Graves, VCU Undergraduate student 2013 – 2015
Angelia Nordike, VCU Undergraduate Student 2017 – 2018
Shelby Pearce, VCU Undergraduate student, Independent study 2017 – 2018
Shreya Raman, VCU Undergraduate student 2016 – 2018
Daniel Russell, VCU Undergraduate student, Independent study 2017 – 2018
Danielle Scully, Post-baccalaureate student 2017 – 2018
Dhruv Sethi, VCU Undergraduate student 2016 – 2017
Sara Sigur, VCU Masters of Public Health student, Capstone project 2017
Antoinette Waller, VCU Undergraduate student 2015 – 2016
Kallealian Washington, VCU undergraduate student, Independent study 2017
Ammar Zeibak, VCU Undergraduate student, Independent study 2016 – 2017

PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS

Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2018 – pr

Association for Psychological Science 2015 – pr
Society for Behavioral Medicine 2015 – pr
American Psychological Association 2007 – pr

Mentor, First Gen Mentorship Program at UCSF 2018 – pr

Mentor, LGBT Graduate Student Mentoring Program (APAGS) 2015 – pr
Co-Founder, Queer Graduates for Advocacy and Development at VCU 2016 – 2018
Co-Founder, Latinx Graduate Student Association at VCU 2016 – 2018
Group Facilitator, Side By Side 2015 – 2018
Society for the Advancement of Psychology Member 2014 – 2018

AD HOC REVIEWER
Health Equity 2018 – pr
Psychosomatic Medicine 2018 – pr
NeuroRehabilitation 2017 – pr
Behavioral Medicine 2016 – pr
Behavior Modification 2015 – pr
Journal of Clinical Nursing 2015 – pr
LGBT Health 2015 – pr
Journal of Homosexuality 2016 – pr

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

English: Fluent in reading, writing, speaking

Spanish: Fluent in reading, writing, speaking