Geri R. Donenberg, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Research, School of Public Health
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Geri Donenberg received her Bachelor Degree in Psychology and Political Science at the University of Michigan and her Master of Arts and Doctoral Degree in clinical psychology from UCLA. She completed her psychology internship at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, and was a recently Fulbright Scholar in South Africa.
She directs the Community Outreach Intervention Projects (COIP) and the Healthy Youths Program (HYP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. COIP is based on the Indigenous Leader Outreach Model and provides numerous services which including street outreach, diabetes, HCV, and blood pressure screening, counseling and testing for HIV/AIDS, syphilis and other infectious diseases associated with substance use, case management for the person living with or at high risk for HIV infection, syringe exchange, drug abuse and risk reduction counseling, support groups, education, and projects that enhance linkages to care for HIV-positive men and women exiting jail.
Research:
Dr. Donenberg's research focuses on understanding the underlying mechanisms of risky sexual behavior and substance use among youth and designing specially targeted interventions to prevent HIV transmission. She supervises and mentors psychology interns, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty, is a fellow of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program and a licensed clinical psychologist, and she has served on numerous review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the CDC since 1998.
Research Interests:
- HIV/AIDS risk and prevention
- Adolescent mental health
- Juvenile justice
- International research
- Families and youth
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