Her teaching and research interests include adult and older adult mental health and culturally relevant approaches to conducting research. Her research involves collaboration with public-sector mental health centers to develop or adapt services for culturally diverse, underserved, urban communities. She is especially interested in enhancing the cultural relevance of community mental health services for Asian immigrant and Pacific Islander populations with documented disparities in mental health service use. She has previously served as cochair of the Council on Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Diversity and as a councilor on the Commission on Diversity, Social and Economic Justice of the National Council on Social Work Education. http://sowkweb.usc.edu/faculty/ann-marie-yamada