Faculty

César G Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD

César G Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email
Assistant
Jamie Martina
martinajd2@upmc.edu

Education & Training

MD
Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Asuncion, Paraguay, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas
PhD
Health Services Research, University of Florida - Gainesville, College of Public Health and Health Professions
MPH
Management and Policy, University of Florida - Gainesville, College of Public Health and Health Professions
Psychiatry, Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Asuncion, Paraguay
Research on Media, Technology, and Health/ Health Policy, University of Pittsburgh
Health Services Research, Stanford University

Current Appointments

Director, Program for Internet Delivered Interventions on LGBTQA+ Mental Health (PRIDE iQ)

Professional Affiliations

Member, Society of Behavioral Medicine
Member, Mixed Methods Research International Association

Selected Honors & Awards

Invited Participant, Health Disparities Research Institute, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Fulbright Scholarship Award, U.S. Department of State

Research Interests

LGBTQA+ mental health, health equity & depression; Social media-based interventions; Mixed methods
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Escobar-Viera CG, Cernuzzi LA, Miller RS, Rodrguez-Marn HJ, Vieta E, Gonzlez Tonez M, Marsch LA, Hidalgo-Mazzei DA: Feasibility of mHealth interventions for depressive symptoms in Latin America: A Systematic Review. International Review of Psychiatry. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2021.1887822. In print, 2021
  2. Escobar-Viera CG, Zhou Z, Morano JP, Lucero RJ, Clauson KA, Lieb S, McIntosh S, Cook RL. The Florida Mobile Health Adherence Project for People Living With HIV (FL-mAPP): Longitudinal assessment of feasibility, acceptability, and clinical outcomes. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2020 Jan 8;8(1):e14557. doi: 10.2196/14557
  3. Escobar-Viera CG, Shensa A, Hamm M, Sidani JE, Melcher EM, Rzewnicki DI, Egan JE, Primack BA. I dont feel like the odd one: Utilizing content analysis to compare social media experiences of sexual minority and non-minority U.S. young adults. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2020 Mar;34(3):285-293. doi: 10.1177/0890117119885517. Epub 2019 Nov 7. PMID: 316989192019
  4. Escobar-Viera CG, Shensa A, Sidani J, Primack BA, Marshal MP. Association between LGB sexual orientation and depression mediated by negative social media experiences: National survey study of US young adults. JMIR Mental Health, 2020 Dec;7(12):e23520. URL: https://mental.jmir.org/2020/12/e23520. doi:10.2196/23520. PMID: 33270041
  5. Escobar-Viera CG, Whitfield DL, Wessel CB, Shensa A, Sidani JE, Brown Jr AL, Chandler CJ, Hoffman BL, Marshal MP, Primack BA. For better or for worse? A systematic review of the evidence on social media use and depression among lesbian, gay, and bisexual minorities. JMIR Mental Health. 2018;23;5(3):e10496. PMID: 30037786

César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD; Nadine Melhem, PhD; Marta Peciña, MD, PhD; & Collaborators Receive Pitt Momentum Fund Award

Dr. Escobar-Viera & Colleagues Receive Pitt Momentum Fund Award

A team of investigators from Pitt Psychiatry, César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD; Nadine Melhem, PhD; and Marta Peciña, MD, PhD, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Education, Public Health, and Arts and Sciences, have received a University of Pittsburgh Momentum Fund Award for their project, “Examining Psychosocial Correlates of Loneliness and Perceived Isolation Among...

Pitt Psychiatry Awarded $16.2M National Institute of Mental Health Center Grant Focused on Addressing Adolescent Suicide, with Focus on Black and Hispanic Youth

ETUDES Investigators

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded Pitt Psychiatry a Center of Excellence (P50) grant renewal for Enhancing Triage and Utilization for Depression and Emergent Suicidality (ETUDES), led by David Brent, MD (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Clinical and Translational Science, and Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies). The Center is co-led by Bruce Rollman, MD...

Lack of Representation in Psychiatric Research: A Data-Driven Example From Scientific Articles Published in 2019 and 2020 in the American Journal of Psychiatry

American Journal of Psychiatry: Evidence of Lack of Representation in Psychiatric Research

How well is psychiatric research doing including diverse participants and reporting on sociodemographic characteristics of study samples? A team of researchers from Pitt Psychiatry—led by Sarah Pedersen, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry), and including Rachel Lindstrom, PhD (Senior Statistical Coordinator, Youth and Family Research Program); Paula Powe, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry); Kelly Louie, BS...

Health Disparities Researcher César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD, Discusses Social Media Use and Depression Among Sexual and Gender Minority Persons

Meet Health Disparities Researcher César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD

César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD (he/him), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, leads the Program in Internet Delivered Interventions on LGBTQA+ Mental Health, and a National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities-funded grant focused on social media use and depression outcomes among lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults. This study seeks to identify social media behaviors and use patterns that influence...