Franssy M. Zablah

Biography

Franssy M. Zablah, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware. She is a native Spanish-speaker who was born and raised in Honduras.

Zablah received her B.A. in psychology from the University of New Orleans and completed a predoctoral internship in integrated behavioral health at Nemours Children’s Hospital, in Wilmington, Delaware. She completed her doctoral training in clinical psychology at The Catholic University of America (CUA), where she pursued a concentration in children, families, and cultures. She then sought out specialized training in dissemination and implementation (D&I) science as a post-doctoral research fellow at UD.

As an assistant professor in UD's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Zablah focuses on research, clinical work, and teaching, all aimed at improving access to high-quality evidence-based services for historically marginalized and underserved communities. At the Center for Training, Evaluation, and Community Collaboration (C-TECC), Zablah leads the Spanish adaptation of a parenting and financial well-being intervention for low-income families in Head Start centers and oversees the implementation of a mental health awareness training program for probation officers in Delaware and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She previously led the evaluation of a statewide expansion of evidence-based mental health and care coordination services in Delaware.

As the assistant director of the Institute for Community Mental Health (ICMH) Clinic, Zablah provides clinical supervision to doctoral students and other providers serving children, families, and adults in the community. She also supports training, curriculum development, quality improvement and expansion initiatives, and administrative tasks.

Zablah's research, grounded in prevention science and guided by a D&I science framework, aims to address systemic factors contributing to the complex needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged communities and to examine disparities in access to high-quality evidence-based services. She is passionate about promoting culturally and linguistically relevant care for the Latino community and training the next generation of scientifically minded and culturally humble clinicians well-versed in evidence-based care.