Faculty Co-Founders
Meet the faculty who co-founded SJSU Healthy Development Community Clinic
Faculty Co-Founder
Child and Adolescent Development
Dr. Maffini is an Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Development and Director
of HDCC. Dr. Maffini's research, clinical, and community-focused expertise are rooted
in counseling psychology, emphasizing trauma-informed practices and culturally responsive
approaches to healing, healthy development, health equity, and holistic well-being
for children, youth, and families in local communities.
Dr. Matthew Capriotti (he/him)
Faculty Co-Founder
Psychology
Dr. Matthew Capriotti is an Associate Professor of Psychology and a licensed clinical
psychologist with expertise in supporting children, adolescents, and families around
mental health and wellness. In addition to training the next generation of mental
health professionals, he conducts research on treatments for youth with tic disorders
such as Tourette Syndrome and on LGBTQ+ mental health.
Faculty Co-Founder
Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Dr. Nidhi Mahendra was a Professor and former Chair of the department of Communicative
Disorders and Sciences at SJSU. She currently serves as Professor of Head and Neck
Surgery and Communication Sciences and the Chief of Speech-Language Pathology at the
Duke University School of Medicine. Her research interests include neurologic communication
disorders, bilingual service delivery, health equity, and the efficacy of community-nested
interventions for optimizing communication, cognition, and quality of life.
