Dr. Tamika Zapolski a clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Zapolski obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2013 and was endorsed as a Health Service Provider in Psychology in 2023. Dr. Zapolski has clinical expertise in substance use, emotion dysregulation, suicide prevention, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), currently working as a clinician through IU Health/Riley. She also directs the Prevention Research in Substance Use and Minority Health (PRISM) lab, which focuses on two key research areas: 1) investigating developmental and culturally based risk and protective factors for substance use and mental health outcomes among youth and young adults, and 2) implementing youth substance use and mental health interventions in community, school, and clinical settings. One of her interventions is a brief 9-session adaptation of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) skills group, that was developed for middle and high school aged youth to reduce risk for adolescent substance use and mental health outcomes. Dr. Zapolski is also the director of Community Engagement for the Indiana University School of Medicine Adolescent Behavioral Health Research Program and the director of the Indiana University Youth Coalition, which provides mentorship, training, and leadership opportunities related to youth substance use and mental health for young people aged 13-18 in the Indianapolis area.