Caplan's dissertation research will be on the self-recognition and perceptions of mental health disorders and congruence with PHQ-9 Diagnoses in Latino Immigrants in Primary Care. The subject of the dissertation evolved from her work as a Family Nurse Practitioner with Latino Immigrant populations. My course of study has included primary care mental health, psychology of culture, history of Mexican Americans in the United States and nursing research. She will be presenting at the Sigma Theta Tau 39th Biennial Convention with her presentation "Methodological Issues in the Measurement of Psychosocial Variables in Latino Populations." The chair of Caplan's dissertation is Dr. Larry Scahill, and she is also working with Dr. Margaret Grey.