Catherine E Mogil

Catherine E Mogil is a HS Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. She maintains an active research profile with numerous publications spanning military family psychology, child trauma, and resilience-focused interventions.

Education:

• PsyD in Psychology from Pepperdine University, Los Angeles
• MA in Psychology from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
• BA in Psychology/Justice from The American University, Washington, DC

Dr. Mogil's research focuses on child and family trauma, neonatal psychology/NICU, family resilience, professional development and clinical training, and trauma-informed care. Her work demonstrates a strong emphasis on military families, with numerous studies examining the impact of parental deployment on children and developing interventions to enhance family resilience during military stressors. She has also contributed significantly to autism spectrum disorder interventions through the UCLA PEERS program.

Her publication record shows consistent output from 2009 through 2024, with recent work focusing on virtual home visiting programs, trauma-informed care implementation, and military family resilience. The publications reveal a clear trajectory from foundational work on military family dynamics to more recent implementation science and population health approaches.

Scientific Awards:

• 2023 Barbara Thompson Award for Excellence in Military and Veteran Family Research from the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue

Dr. Mogil has been involved in numerous collaborative research projects, particularly with co-authors like Patricia Lester, Blair Paley, Norweeta Milburn, and Brenda Bursch. Her work has been supported through various grants focused on military family resilience and child trauma. She is affiliated with the Prevention Center of Excellence at UCLA, which serves as a hub for her research and implementation activities.

Her research team has developed and evaluated several evidence-based interventions, including the FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress) program for military families and adaptations of resilience training for healthcare professionals. Her recent work has increasingly focused on implementation science, examining how to effectively disseminate evidence-based practices across community and military systems of care.