David Cicero

Dr. Cicero is a Professor, Director of Clinical Training for the University of North Texas’ Clinical Psychology PhD Program, and Director of the Center for Psychosocial Health Disparities Research. His research focuses on the transdiagnostic assessment of psychopathology with an emphasis on psychotic spectrum disorders, the role of race and ethnicity in the measurement and diagnosis of psychopathology, and the development and implementation of assessment and treatment programs for early psychosis. This work has been funded since 2009 with grants from the National Institutes of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. He is also an inaugural executive board member of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Society, chairman of the HiTOP Consortium Executive Committee, and co-chair of the HiTOP’s Clinical Translation Workgroup.

 

“The North Texas-20: Expanding Integrated, Interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Doctoral Psychology Training into Community-Based Primary Care across 20 High Need, High Demand Areas of North Texas” (D40HP33372). Health Resources and Service Administration. (07/01/2025-06/30/2028; $1,349,997)

 

“North Texas Behavioral Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)” (D18HP50059). Health Resources and Service Administration. (07/01/2023-06/30/2028; $3,186,408).

 

"North Texas Center of Excellence (COE) for Redressing Health Service Psychology Disparities" (D34HP45726) Health Resources and Service Administration. (07/01/2022-06/30/2027; $3,420,270). 

 

“The Socorro Project” (H79SM084358).Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (07/01/2023-06/30/2026; $499,675)