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Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, PhD is a professor of clinical psychology and director of the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services, in the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry of The Neuropsychiatric Institute. Dr. Rotheram-Borus received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Southern California. Her research interests include HIV/AIDS prevention with adolescents, suicide among adolescents, homeless youths, assessment and modification of children's social skills, ethnic identity, group processes, and cross-ethnic interactions. Dr. Rotheram-Borus has received grants from the National Institute of Mental Health to study HIV prevention with adolescents, the chronically mentally ill, and persons with sexually transmitted diseases; to study interventions for children whose parents have AIDS and for HIV-positive adolescents; and to examine national patterns of use, costs, outcomes, and need for children's and adolescents' mental health service programs. In 1986, her work on suicide prevention was selected as the Outstanding Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program by the New York State Department of Mental Health, and her assertiveness training with children was chosen as an exemplary model by the American Psychological Association. Her research also has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Society for Research in Child Development, and the WT Grant Foundation. Dr. Rotheram-Borus has spent the past 20 years developing, evaluating, and disseminating evidence-based interventions for children and families. She has worked extensively with adolescents, especially those at risk for substance abuse, HIV, homelessness, depression, suicide, and long-term unemployment. Dr. Rotheram-Borus has directed and implemented several landmark intervention studies that have demonstrated the benefits of providing behavior change programs and support to families in risky situations. Several of these programs have received national and international recognition, including designation as model programs by the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Currently, Dr. Rotheram-Borus has ongoing projects in Uganda, China, and South Africa, as well as the United States. Dr. Rotheram-Borus has authored or co-authored more than 200 journal articles, including publications in Science, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the American Journal of Public Health. She has received more than 40 grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to design prevention programs for children and families at high risk for HIV, mental health problems, suicide, and substance abuse. In 2001, Science identified her as number two of the top-funded NIH multi-grant recipients; she was the only woman in the top ten.

Awards and Honors:

Pennsylvania State University Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Outstanding Mentor Award
Family Coaching Clinics Project One of three winners in Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Competition for Disruptive Innovations
American Psychological Associaltion Committee on Psychology and AIDS Distinguished Leader in Psychology and AIDS Award
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Outstanding Research Mentor Award, University of California, Los Angeles
Society for Prevention Research International Collaborative Prevention Research Award for outstanding contributions to the field of prevention science