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Weili Lu

Department : Psychiatric Rehabilitation And Counseling Professions
Program/Division : Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Academic Title: Associate Professor

Office Address:
Research Tower-Busch Campus
675 Hoes Lane West, 8th Floor
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: (908) 88-9245

Email: luwe1@shp.rutgers.edu

Education
Degree	Degree Source	Year Awarded
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology	University of Tulsa	2002
Post-Doctoral Fellowship	Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School	2003
Post-Doctoral Fellowship	Dartmouth Medical School	2004

Publications
Title	Authors	Where and When
Exposure to trauma and the experience of PTSD for people living with serious mental illness and experienced homelessness	William Waynor, Weili Lu, Carolyn Bazan, Giovanna Giacobbe, Zakia Clay, Ariella Silberman, Jiwoo Choi	Journal of Rehabilitation, In Press. (2023)
Employment-Related Soft Skills Training for Young Adults with Disabilities	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Ni Gao, John Beninato, Samantha Herrick, Alison Durante, Carolyn Bazan, Crystal Socha, Sharon Gbadamosi, Elizabeth Meyers, Kendall Hill	Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, In Press. (2023)
Comparing Telehealth-based vs. In-Person Soft Skills Training for Persons with Disabilities During COVID-19: A Pilot Study	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Samantha Herrick, Ni Gao, Jason Diviney, John Beninato, Tameika Minor, Ke Wang, Gabriela Santiago, James Scott Parrott	Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 48, 57-77. (2023)
Diagnostic profiles and trauma history among treatment-seeking young adults with positive post-traumatic stress disorder screens: Findings and implications for public mental health care	Weili Lu, Jeganee Srijeyanthan, Amanda Siriram, Steven M. Silverstein, Philip T. Yanos, Kim T. Mueser, Jennifer D. Gottlieb, Stephanie Marcello, Min J. Kim, Melissa Zeiss	Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Advance online publication. (2023)
Positive PTSD Screening and Its Health Correlates in Patients With HIV in Urban Primary Care Settings	Weili Lu, Deanna Bullock, Lee Ruszczyk, Shannon Ettinger, Jeganee Srijeyanthan, Barbara Caldwell, Janice Oursler, Tameika Minor, John Beninato, Emmaleigh Hauck	Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 1–12. Advance online publication. (2023)
Healing Trauma While Staying at Home: Using Telehealth to Conduct a Brief Treatment Program for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	Weili Lu, Barbara Caldwell, Ni Gao, Janice Oursler, Ke Wang, John Beninato, Jeganee Srijeyanthan, Cindy Kumi, Jeremy Sawyer, Giovanna Giacobbe, Yubi Chen, Karen Wei-Ru Lin, Kim T. Mueser	Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 1–11. Advance online publication. (2023)
Conversational skills at work: Teaching small talk via telehealth to individuals with disabilities	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Samantha J. Herrick, Ni Gao, John Beninato, Tameika Minor, Sunhee Eissenstat, Ariella Silberman Harosh, Ke Wang, Jason Diviney, Emily Schultz, Janaina Silva, Dawoon Lee	Journal of Employment Counseling, 60 (4), 260-281. (2023)
Responding to Feedback: Employment-Related Soft Skills Training for Persons With Disabilities	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Samantha J. Herrick, Ni Gao, Ke Wang, John Beninato, Tameika Minor, Samantha Franco, Salisa Jackson	Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 54(3). (2023)
Focus Groups on Employment-Related Soft Skills for Transition Age Youth with Disabilities	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Ni Gao, Samantha Herrick, Jake Mariani, Jason Diviney, Crystal Socha, John Beninato	Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 59, 123-137. (2023)
Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): Psychometric Properties in Clients with Serious Mental Illness and Co-Occurring PTSD	Weili Lu, Kim T. Mueser, Philip T. Yanos, Amanda Siriram, Yuane Jia, Alyssa Leong, Steven M. Silverstein, Jennifer Gottlieb, Mary K. Jankowski	Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 51(5), 459-474. (2023)
Predictors of Undocumented PTSD in Persons Using Public Mental Health Services	Weili Lu, Jeganee Srijeyanthan, Kim T. Mueser, Philip T. Yanos, J. Scott Parrott, Amanda Siriram, Jennifer D. Gottlieb, Stephanie Marcello, Steven M. Silverstein	Psychiatry Research, 317, 114892. (2022)
Factors Affecting Retention Plan Among Faculty of Color in Rehabilitation Counselor Education Programs	Tameika Minor, Weili Lu, Priyanka Yalmanchili, Cindy Kumi	Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, (2022).
Interview skills training for people with Neurodevelopmental Disorders receiving vocational services: A pilot study.	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Samantha Herrick, Ni Gao, John Beninato, Tameika Minor, Samantha Franco, Gabriela Santiago, Tatiana Mihana, and Emmaleigh Hauck	Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 57, 197-206. (2022)
Feasibility of Work-Related Interviewing and Conversational Skills Trainings for individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Samantha Herrick, Ni Gao, John Beninato, Carolyn Bazan, Kendall Hill, and Tameika Minor	Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, (2022).
Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) Fidelity and Inter-rater Reliability in state psychiatric hospitals	Kenneth Kinter, Ruth Cook, Angela Pereira, Weili Lu, and Amanda Siriram	American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 23, 16-18. (2022).
Soft skills for success for job seekers with autism spectrum disorder	Samantha Herrick, Weili Lu, Janice Oursler,John Beninato, Sharon Gbadamosi, Alison Durante, and Elizabeth Myers	Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 57, 113-126. (2022).
Undocumented PTSD among African American clients with serious mental illness in a statewide mental health system	Weili Lu, Steven M Silverstein, Kim T Mueser, Shula Minsky, Deanna Bullock, Shelley Buchbinder, Qiang Chen, Robin Eubanks, Ashanté Guillaume-Salvant	Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 15(5), 781–790. (2022).
Asking for Help: Employment-Related Soft Skills Training for Persons with Disabilities.	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Samantha Herrick, Ni Gao, John Beninato, Alison Durante, Sharon Gbadamosi and Tameika Minor	Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 53(4), 266-278. (2022).
A Study of Work-Related interview skills training for people with visual impairments	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Samantha Herrick, Crystal Socha, Adam Zaher, Kevin Harris and John Beninato	Journal for Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 53(2). (2022).
Psychometric properties of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) checklist for DSM-5 in persons with serious mental illness	Weili Lu, Philip T. Yanos, William Waynor, Yuane Jia, Amanda Siriram, Alyssa Leong, Kenneth Gill and Kim T. Mueser	European journal of psychotraumatology (2022), 13(1), 2038924. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2022.2038924
I feel frozen: Client perceptions of how posttraumatic stress disorder impacts employment	Weili Lu, Francine M. Bates, William R. Waynor, Carolyn Bazan, Carol E. Gao, and Philip T. Yanos	Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (2021). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000477; 2021
Service needs assessment of employment-related soft skills for transition age youth with disabilities	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Ni Gao, Samantha Herrick, Jake Mariani, Crystal Socha and John Beninato	Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 56, 69-79 (2022). Doi: 10.3233/JVR-211173.
Work-Related interview skills training for persons served by Vocational Rehabilitation agencies in four states	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Ni Gao, Samantha Herrick, John Beninato, Kendall Hill, and Alison Durante	Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education. 36(1). (2022).
Traumatic stress in special populations	Kim T. Mueser and Weili Lu	The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders, 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780190088224 Published online: May 2020 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190088224.001.0001
Trauma Exposure and Prolonged Grief Disorder Among Persons Receiving Community Mental Health Services: Rates and Correlates	Weili Lu, Philip T. Yanos, William Waynor, Yuane Jia, Amanda Siriram, Alyssa Leong, Kenneth Gill, and Kim T. Mueser	Frontiers in Psychiatry, published on February 4, 2022. For fulll-text, see https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.760837
Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale: A psychometric examination in Chinese youth	Weili Lu, Daleiden Eric, Charmaine Higa-McMillan, Shuyun Liu, Alyssa Leong, Angela Almeida, and Kerri Kelleher	Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 43, 707–716 (2021)
Work-related interview skills training for persons with Substance Use Disorders	Weili Lu, Janice Oursler, Samantha Herrick, John Beninato, Ni Gao, Lucille Brown and Alison Durante	The Journal for Specialists in Group Work (2021), 46, 146-160, DOI: 10.1080/01933922.2021.1900959
“Don’t ask. Don’t tell.” --- Don’t ask. Don’t tell --- Reactions of clinicians and clients towards Trauma Interventions	Lue Ann Librera, Weili Lu, William Waynor, Philip Yanos, Carolyn Bazan, Giovanna Giacobbe, Amy Balazse	American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation University of Nebraska Press Volume 23, Numbers 1-2, Spring-Summer 2020 pp. 25-52
Post-secondary students with disabilities: Predictors of adaptation to college	Samantha Herrick, Weili Lu, and Deanna Bullock	Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice (2020), https://doi.org/10.1177/1521025120941011
Direct skills teaching of work-related conversational skills for individuals with disabilities	Weili Lu, Janice D. Oursler, Samantha J. Herrick, Alison C. Durante, Crystal V. Socha, and Gabrielle M. Crisafulli	Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 63(4), 235–244. (2020)
The role of illness identity in Assertive Community Treatment	William R. Waynor, SunHee J. Eissenstat, Phillip T. Yanos, Dawn Reinhardt-Wood, Ellen Taylor, Sean Karyczak, and Weili Lu	Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 63(4), 216-223 (2020)
Effects of Electro-Acupuncture in reducing depression and anxiety during heroin withdrawal: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Yan Liang, Weili Lu, Zong Lei, Lai Zhen, Ni Gao, and Suchismita Ray	Journal of Complementary Medicine and Alternative Healthcare, 8(5), 555747. (2019)
Using Direct Skills Teaching to improve job skills for persons with disabilities	Janice Oursler, Weili Lu, Samantha Herrick, and Kevin Harris	Journal of Employment Counseling, 56 (2), 69-84. (2019)
Neuropsychological predictors of response to cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in persons with severe mental illness	Kim T. Mueser, Susan R. McGurk, Haiyi Xie, Elisa E. Bolton, M. Kay Jankowski, Weili Lu, Stanley D. Rosenberg, and Rosemarie Wolfe	Psychiatry Research, 259, 110-116. (2018)
The hidden barrier to employment: Untreated and undiagnosed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	Weili Lu, Philip T. Yanos, Brittany Stone, Giovanna R. Giocobbe, William Waynor, Ann Reilly, and Carolyn Bazan	Journal of Rehabilitation, 83, 11-16. (2017)
Cost-effective dissemination of PTSD interventions tailored for individuals with severe mental illness	Eric P. Slade, Jennifer D. Gottlieb, Weili Lu, Philip T. Yanos, Stanley Rosenberg, Steven M. Silverstein, Shula K. Minsky, and Kim T. Mueser	Psychiatric Services, 68, 1225-1231. (2017)
Post-Traumatic Reactions to Psychosis: A Qualitative Analysis	Weili Lu, Kim T. Mueser, Stanley D. Rosenberg, Philip T. Yanos, and Neisrein Mahmoud	Frontiers in Psychiatry, 8, 129. (2017)
Service use and self-reported symptoms among persons with positive PTSD screens and serious mental illness	Shula K. Minsky, Weili Lu, Steven M. Silverstein, Michael Gara, Jennifer D. Gottlieb, and Kim T. Mueser	Psychiatric Services, 66, 845-850. (2015)
Evaluation of cognitive restructuring for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in people with severe mental illness	Kim T. Mueser, Jennifer D. Gottlieb, Haiyi Xie, Weili Lu, Philip T. Yanos, Stanley D. Rosenberg, Steven M. Silverstein, Stephanie Marcello Duva, Shula Minsky, Rosemarie S. Wolfe, and Gregory J. McHugo	British Journal of Psychiatry, 201(6), 501-508 (2015)
Life events and internalizing problems among Chinese school children: An examination of the Cognitive Diathesis model	Weili Lu, Eric Daleiden, Sarah Pratt, Alexander Shay, Brittany Stone, and Michael Asaku-Yeboah	Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 16, 307–319. (2013)
Public mental health clients with severe mental illness and probable posttraumatic stress disorder: Trauma exposure and correlates of symptom severity	Weili Lu, Philip T. Yanos, Steven M. Silverstein, Kim T. Mueser, Stanley D. Rosenberg, Jennifer D. Gottlieb, Stephanie Marcello Duva, Thanuja Kularatne, Stephanie Dove-Williams, Danielle Paterno, Danielle Hawthorne, and Giovanna Giacobbe	Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26, 266-273. (2013)
Using fidelity assessment to train frontline clinicians in the delivery of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for PTSD in persons with serious mental illness	Weili Lu, Philip T. Yanos, Jennifer D. Gottlieb, Stephanie Marcello Duva, Steven M. Silverstein, Haiyi Xie, Stanley D. Rosenberg, and Kim T. Mueser	Psychiatric Services, 63, 785-792. (2012)
Traumatic stress in special populations	Kim T. Mueser and Weili Lu	The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders. New York: Oxford University Press, 128-140 (2012)
Selective provision of Illness Management and Recovery modules	Carlos W. Pratt, Weili Lu, Margaret Swarbrick, and Ann Murphy	American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 14, 245-258.(2011)
Post-Traumatic reactions to psychosis in people with multiple psychotic episodes	Weili Lu, Kim T. Mueser, Aysha Shami, Michael Siglag, Georgios Petrides, Elyse Schoepp, Matthew Putts, and Juliette Saltz	Schizophrenia Research, 127, 66-75. (2011)
A study of the perceived barriers to the implementation of circles of support	Amy B. Spagnolo, Joni N. Dolce, Melissa M. Roberts, Ann A. Murphy, Kenneth J. Gill, Lue Ann Librera, and Weili Lu	Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34, 233-242. (2011)
Examination of the Tripartite Model of Emotion in Four Ethnic Groups of Children	Weili Lu, Eric Daleiden, Bruce F. Chorpita, Charmaine K. Higa-McMillan, Thanuja Kularatne, and Rafal Kabat	Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 11, 147-172. (2010)
A study of the impact of social support development on job acquisition and retention among people with psychiatric disabilities	Melissa M. Roberts, Ann Murphy, Joni Dolce, Amy Spagnolo, Kenneth Gill, Weili Lu, and Lue Ann Librera	Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 33, 203-207. (2010)
The trauma of psychosis: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and recent onset psychosis	Kim T. Mueser, Weili Lu, Stanley D. Rosenberg, and Rosemarie Wolfe	Schizophrenia Research, 116, 217-227. (2010)
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of PTSD in Severe Mental Illness: A pilot study replication in an ethnically diverse population	Weili Lu, Rachael Fite, Edward Kim, Leon Hyer, Philip T. Yanos, Kim T. Mueser, and Stanley D. Rosenberg	American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 12, 73-91. (2009)
Correlates of adverse childhood events in adults with severe mood disorders	Weili Lu, Kim T. Mueser, Stanley D. Rosenberg, and Mary Kay Jankowski	Psychiatric Services, 59, 1018-1026. (2008)
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in severe mental illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Kim T. Mueser, Stanley D. Rosenberg, Haiyi Xie, M. Kay Jankowski, Elisa E. Bolton, Weili Lu, Jessica L. Hamblen, Harriet J. Rosenberg, Gregory J. McHugo, and Rosemarie Wolfe	Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 259-271. (2008)
Correlates of Adverse Childhood Events among adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders	Stanley D. Rosenberg, Weili Lu, Kim T. Mueser, Mary Kay Jankowski, and Francine Cournos	Psychiatric Services, 58, 245-253. (2007)
Threat perception bias and anxiety among Chinese school children and adolescents.	Weili Lu, Eric Daleiden, and Shou-En Lu	Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 36, 568-580. (2007)
Ethnicity and clinical psychiatric diagnosis in childhood	Shula Minsky, Theodore Petti, Michael Gara, William Vega, Weili Lu, and Gerard Kiely	Administrative Policy on Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 33, 558-567. (2006)
Self-efficacy and psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia: A meditational analysis.	Sarah I. Pratt, Kim T. Mueser, Thomas E. Smith, and Weili Lu	Schizophrenia Research, 78, 187-197. (2005)
Aging and outpatient service use among persons with Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders in a statewide behavioral healthcare system	Weili Lu, Philip T. Yanos, Shula Minsky, and Gerard L. Kiely	Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 31, 450-457. (2004)
Demographic and service use correlates of health insurance among persons diagnosed with schizophrenia in a statewide behavioral healthcare system	Philip T. Yanos, Weili Lu, Shula Minsky, and Gerard L. Kiely	Psychiatric Services, 55, 79-82. (2004)
Assessment of tripartite factors of emotion in children and adolescents II: Concurrent validity of the Affect and Arousal Scales for Children	Eric Daleiden, Bruce F. Chorpita, and Weili Lu	Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 22, 161-181. (2000)

Awards
Award	Year
2022 RBHS Chancellor Award, Clinical or Health Sciences Investigator Award	2022
Excellence for Research Award	2010
New Jersey Behavioral HealthCare Quality Improvement Award(2nd PL)	2010

Research
Research Interests
disability issues, employment related soft skills, psychological assessment of trauma and PTSD, PTSD treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, rehabilitation services, mental health services utilization, diversity

Research Grants
Title	Sponsor	Effective Dates	Role
Internet Assisted Career-Oriented Soft-Skills Training for Transition Age Youth: A Randomized Controlled Trial	National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research ($600,000)	September 2022 - September 2025	Principle Investigator
CBT for PTSD to Enhance Educational Outcomes among Students with Psychiatric Disabilities in Post-Secondary Education; https://sites.rutgers.edu/cbt-ptsd-sed/	National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research ($600,000)	September 2020 - September 2023	Principal Investigator
Comparison of Treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder	New Jersey Health Foundation Grant ($35,000)	January 2020 - January 2021	Principal Investigator
PTSD Screening in urban primary care	Rutgers University’s Research Council Grant ($1,600)	May 2019 to June 2021	Principal Investigator
Soft Skills Training for People with Disabilities	Research Rutgers SHP Dean’s Intramural Grant ($34,000)	July 2017 - April 2020	Principal Investigator
Treating hidden barriers to employment: Integrated treatment for PTSD in Supported Employment	National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research ($600,000)	October 2014 - October 2018	Principal Investigator
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Severe Mental Illnesses: A Randomized Clinical Trial	National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Health ($2,600,000)	2007 - 2011	Co-Investigator

BioSketch
Title	Details
Associate Professor August 9, 2021	Weili Lu, Ph.D., CRC, is a licensed clinical psychologist and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at Rutgers University. Dr. Lu was a co-investigator, project manager, and assessment supervisor for a randomized controlled trial (RCT) funded by the National Institute of Mental Health on Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in People with Severe Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy versus a Brief Intervention (R01 MH064662). She was the principal investigator for a RCT funded by National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Treating Hidden Barriers to Employment: Integrated Treatment for PTSD in Supported Employment (NIDILRR Grant # H133G140040; 2014-2018). Dr. Lu is also the principal investigator for an RCT funded by NIDILRR, CBT for PTSD to Enhance Educational Outcomes among Transition-Aged Youth and Young Adults with psychiatric disabilities in Post-Secondary Education (NIDILRR Grant #90IFRE0038, 2020-2023). She has published extensively on the topic of PTSD among persons with psychiatric disabilities and employment-related soft skills training for individuals with disabilities. Dr. Lu enjoys mentoring undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral-level students in the field of clinical research.

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