OMB No. 0925-0001/0002 (Rev. 08/12), Biographical Sketch Format Page

OMB No. 0925-0001/0002 (Rev. 08/12 Approved Through 8/31/2015) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Provide the following information for the Senior/key personnel and other significant contributors. Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FIVE PAGES. NAME: Alvaro Camacho eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login): alcamacho POSITION TITLE: Assistant Clinical Professor EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.) DEGREE Completion (if Date FIELD OF STUDY INSTITUTION AND LOCATION applicable) MM/YYYY

Xavier University – Bogota, Colombia M.D. 1997 Medicine University of California, San Diego Psychiatrist 1999-2003 Psychiatry University of California, Los Angeles M.P.H. 2009- 2011 Community Health Sciences University of California, San Diego NHLBI T-32 2011-2013 Epidemiology & Fellowship Behavioral Medicine

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A. Personal Statement I have been working as a psychiatrist in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) locate in a rural underserved community by the US-Mexico border for more than 10 years. Due my clinical experience and the observed health disparities, I went back to school and obtain a Master's in Public Health focusing in Community Health Sciences as well as a T-32 in Behavioral Medicine and Epidemiology sponsored by NHLBI. I have worked as a sub-investigator in a R-34 (PI Chavira) that examined lack of anxiety treatment among Hispanics living in this underserved area. I have published in the area of Hispanic health disparities as well as epidemiological aspects of mental health with comorbid medical conditions, frequently encountered in our FQHC. My goal is to continue building an expertise in mental health disparities among individuals living in rural underserved communities. Due to my work as clinician and investigator in an underserved area, I find crucial to build partnerships and research projects with scientists that have a build grand portfolio in this topic. As a Co-PI I will continue contributing to the scientific literature about the importance of improving mental health treatment and interventions in rural communities by the US- Mexico border.

B. Positions and Honors Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry - University of California, San Diego. Assistant Adjunct Professor of Psychology - San Diego State University - Imperial Valley Campus. 2001: Minority Fellowship Award. American Psychiatric Association & Center for Mental Health Services. 2001: American Psychiatric Association. Committee on Treatment for Addictive Patients.

1 2003. Lewis L Judd Chairman’s Research Award. Department of Psychiatry. University of California, San Diego. 2009: American Psychiatric Foundation Award. Improving Health among Minorities in Rural Areas 2012: Scholar of the Year. American Heart Association. NIH/NHLBI 10-Day Seminar in Cardiovascular Epidemiology. 2013: Scholar. NIH/NIMH - Critical Issues in Latino Mental Health. PI: Javier Escobar, MD 2013: R25. Mentoring Researchers in Latino Health Disparities. Sponsored by NIH/NHBLI. PIs: John Elder, PhD and Greg Talavera, MD,MPH. Institute of Behavioral and Community Health. San Diego State University.

C. Contribution to Science (includes relevant publications for this grant) Mood disorders, temperament and comorbidities. This clinical research interested stemmed from the complex patients treated in community health centers. These cases are the norm not the exception. Novel treatment options are constantly needed. Some treatment options such as pharmacological combinations are not possible to be tested in clinical trials due to cost and feasibility. I have published in this area to raise awareness and help clinicians make decisions about complex treatments. 1. Camacho A, Stein M.B. Use of Modafinil for Social Phobia and Amphetamine Dependence. Am. J. Psychiatry. 2002; 159(11). 1947-8. 2. Camacho A, Akiskal H.S. Proposal for a bipolar-stimulant spectrum: temperament, diagnostic validation and therapeutic outcomes with mood stabilizers. J Affect Disord. 2005. 85(1- 2):217-30. 3. Camacho A, Simmons AN, Ng B, Matthews SC, Akiskal HS. A factor analysis of different temperament domains in a border region in rural Southern California. J. Affect Disord. 2010; 126(1-2):46-8.

Association of medical conditions with mood and anxiety disorders. My clinical research interest has focused on the different biological aspects that are associated with mood and anxiety disorders. I have studied the potential association of platelets with psychiatric disorders. Also I have looked at the association of inflammation biomarkers with symptoms of depression in a large epidemiological cohort. 4. Camacho A, Dimsdale JE. Platelets and Psychiatry: Lessons learned from old and new studies. Psychosom. Med. 2000; 62:326-336. 5. Camacho A, Larsen B, Morgan C, Criqui M, Cushman M, Allison M. The Association of Subsyndromal and Depressive Symptoms with Inflammatory Markers among different Ethnic groups. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Affect Disord. 2014; 164:165-70. 6. Camacho A. Is Anxious-Depression and inflammatory state? Med Hypothesis. 2013;81(4):577-8

Psychiatric Disorders among Hispanics living in Rural Underserved Communities Over the last 10 years parallel to my clinical practice in an underserved community by the US- Mexico border, I have developed an interest in clinical research. With my colleagues and collaborators we have demonstrated that Hispanic/Latinos living in this underserved community rely on family support and that stigma associated with mental illness hinders access to adequate care and prevention. Furthermore, we studied the use of mental health professionals (community health workers) to treat depression among patients attending a community health center in urban Southern California. These community health workers were licensed health professionals from Mexico. They received training in evidence based problem solving therapy. We demonstrated that due to cultural beliefs, Hispanic/Latinos have difficulty abiding to traditional forms of delivering therapy. This work as helped to expand our clinical research interest and look for alternative health providers that could deliver adequate psychosocial interventions. We learned that Latinos living in underserved community relay on folk medicine and have their own cultural beliefs about mental

2 health symptoms. Our aim is to continue studying different culturally-tailored interventions that are sustainable and could improve mental health symptoms among patients living in rural underserved communities. 7. Camacho A, Ng B, Bejarano A, Simmons A, Chavira D. Crisis Visits and Psychiatric Hospitalizations Among Patients Attending a Community Clinic in Rural Southern California. Community Ment Health J. 2012;48(2):133-7 8. Vahia I, Ng B, Camacho A, Cardenas V, Cherner M, Depp C, Palmer BW, Jeste DV, Agha Z. Telepsychiatry for neurocognitive testing in older latino adults. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry. 2014; 14,S1064-7481. 9. Camacho A, Gonzalez P, Castaneda SF, Buelna C, Simmons AN, Lemus H, Talavera GA. Improvement in depressive symptoms among Hispanic/Latinos receiving a culturally tailored “IMPACT” and Problem-Solving intervention in a community health center. Community Ment Health J. 2015;51(4):385-92.

D. Research Support Completed. - 2002-2003. I. Grant (PI) Developmental Grant. HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center. Project: Brain Metabolic Abnormalities in Methamphetamine induced Depression, a MRS study. Role - Trainee

- 2008. Jeste (PI) The John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry: Implementation of software support to improve data collection and research projects in an underserved border rural community in Southern California. Role - Trainee