Bryce McLeod, Ph.D.
Professor
Co-Director, Clinical Psychology
806 W Franklin, rm 203
bmcleod@vcu.edu
(804) 827-5230
Professor (tenured)
Co-Director, Clinical Psychology Program
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Virginia
Ph.D. (2004), University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP)
Website: Research Lab
Research Interests
Our lab is engaged in research projects designed to understand factors that influence the implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices, develop and evaluate treatment integrity instruments, optimize training and consultation strategies, and develop and evaluate interventions to help improve the quality of care in community settings for youth and their families. Our current funded work focuses on evaluating a school-based prevention interventions and understanding factors that influence the implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices delivered in community settings. Our research projects provide opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to learn about and participate in community-based research. As a mentor, I am dedicated to training graduate students to become the next generation of applied researchers focused on improving the quality of care for youth and their families in community settings.
Select Publications
McLeod, B. D., Cook, C. Sutherland, K. S., Lyon, A. R., Dopp, A., Broda, M., & Beidas, R. S. (2022). A theory-informed approach to locally-managed learning school systems: Integrating treatment integrity and student outcome data to promote student mental health. School Mental Health, 14(1), 88-102.
McLeod, B. D., Martinez, R., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Weisz, J. R., & Chorpita, B. F. (2022). Can a single measure estimate protocol adherence for two psychosocial treatments for youth anxiety delivered in community mental health settings? Behavior Therapy, 53(1), 119-136.
McLeod, B. D., *Cecilione, J. L., Jensen-Doss, A., Southam-Gerow, M. A., & Kendall, P. C. (2021). Reliability, factor structure, and validity of an observer-rated alliance scale with youth. Psychological Assessment, 33(10), 1013-1023.
McLeod, B. D., Cox, J. R., Jensen-Doss, A., Herschell, A., Ehrenreich-May, J., & Wood, J. J. (2018). Proposing a mechanistic model of training and consultation. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 25 (3), 1-19.
McLeod, B. D. (2011). The relation of the alliance with outcomes in youth psychotherapy: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 31, 603-616.
Recent Courses
- Diagnostic and Behavioral Assessment, graduate level
Recent Grants
Distilling Practice Elements for School-Based Practices and Programs that Improve Social and Behavioral Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
Amount: $1,318,524
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator
Source: Institute of Education Sciences
Period: July 2022-June 2025
Number: R305A210168
Developing and Validating a Technically Sound and Feasible Self-Report Measure of Teachers’ Delivery of Common Practice Elements
Amount: $1,998,953
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: Institute of Education Sciences
Period: July 2021-June 2025
Number: R305A210168
Effectiveness of Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices for Youth with Autism Supported by Online Consultation to Practitioners in Community and Navy Clinics
Amount: $2,827,834
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Wood)
Source: Department of Defense
Period: July 2021-June 2025
Number: AR200108
Multilevel Determinants of Implementation and Sustainment in the Education Sector
Amount: $3,122,972
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Period: April 2020-March 2024
Number: MH124439
A Conceptual Replication of BEST in CLASS: An Efficacy Study of BEST in CLASS-Elementary
Amount: $3,296,798
Role: Co-Investigator (PIs: Sutherland, Conroy)
Source: Institute of Education Sciences
Period: August 2018—July, 2022
Number: R305A180182
Developing a Robust Evidence-Based Implementation Package for Youth Autism
Amount: $706,069
Role: Principal Investigator (PIs: McLeod, Wood)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Period: August 2016—July 2018
Number: MH110591
Development of a Pragmatic Treatment Integrity Instrument for Child Therapy
Amount: $431,244
Role: Principal Investigator (PIs: Chapman, McLeod)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Period: March 2016—January 2018
Number: MH109666
BEST in CLASS-Elementary: A Preventative Classroom-Based Intervention Model
Amount: $1,461,562
Role: Co-Investigator (Co-PIs: Sutherland , Conroy)
Source: Institute for Education Sciences
Period: July 2015—June 2018
Number: R305A150246
Local Quality Assurance Tool for Family Therapy in Usual Care for ASU
Amount: $1,645,806
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Hogue)
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Period: February 2015—January 2019
Number: DA037496
Development and Validation of Treatment Integrity Measures for Classroom-Based Interventions
Amount: $1,599,923
Role: Principal Investigator (PIs: McLeod, Sutherland)
Source: Institute for Education Sciences
Period: September 2014—August 2018
Number: R305A140487
Development and Validation of Child Therapy Integrity Measures
Amount: $1,597,425
Role: Principal Investigator (PIs: McLeod, Southam-Gerow)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Period: May 2010—February 2015
Number: RO1 MH086529
National Institute of Mental Health Diversity Supplement
Amount: $148,400
Role: Principal Investigator (PIs: McLeod, Southam-Gerow)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Period: August 2011—February 2014
Number: RO1 MH086529
Awards
- Outstanding Service Award, VCU Department of Psychology, 2016
- Outstanding Research Award, VCU Department of Psychology, 2011
- Clinical Research Loan Repayment Award Renewal, National Institutes of Health, 2011-2013
- Clinical Research Loan Repayment Award, National Institutes of Health, 2006-2008