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Geri R. Donenberg is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields related to health professions and medicine, focusing particularly on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, and health policy implementation science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Health Professions
  • Medicine

Within these broader fields, Donenberg's work further concentrates on several subfields such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Speech and Hearing

The main research topics they address are:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Community Health and Development
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Donenberg has published extensively, contributing to journals such as BMC Public Health, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Ethnicity & Disease, AIDS and Behavior, and PLoS ONE. The frequency of their publications is highest in BMC Public Health with six papers, followed by three papers each in Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Ethnicity & Disease, and AIDS and Behavior.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Donenberg include:

  • "Ethics of research at the intersection of COVID-19 and black lives matter: a call to action," 2021, Journal of Medical Ethics
  • "IMARA: A mother-daughter group randomized controlled trial to reduce sexually transmitted infections in Black/African-American adolescents," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Adolescent participation in HIV research: consortium experience in low and middle-income countries and scoping review," 2020, The Lancet HIV
  • "Investigating Longitudinal Associations Between Racial Microaggressions, Coping, Racial/Ethnic Identity, and Mental Health in Black Girls and Women," 2021, Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • "Barriers to PrEP uptake among Black female adolescents and emerging adults," 2022, Preventive Medicine Reports

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Erin Emerson
  • Natasha Crooks
  • Alicia K. Matthews
  • Katherine G. Merrill
  • Millicent Atujuna

Best Publications

  • Bridging the Gap Between Laboratory and Clinic in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

    John R. Weisz;Geri R. Donenberg;Susan S. Han;Bahr Weiss

  • The impact of young children with externalizing behaviors on their families.

    Geri Donenberg;Bruce L. Baker

  • The lab versus the clinic. Effects of child and adolescent psychotherapy.

    John R. Weisz;Bahr Weiss;Geri R. Donenberg

  • Psychosocial health problems increase risk for HIV among urban young men who have sex with men: Preliminary evidence of a syndemic in need of attention

    Brian Mustanski;Robert Garofalo;Robert Garofalo;Amy Herrick;Geri Donenberg

  • Bridging the gap between laboratory and clinic in child and adolescent psychotherapy.

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  • The lab versus the clinic: Effects of child and adolescent psychotherapy.

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  • Understanding AIDS-Risk Behavior Among Adolescents in Psychiatric Care: Links to Psychopathology and Peer Relationships

    Geri R. Donenberg;Erin Emerson;Fred B. Bryant;Helen Wilson

  • Tip of the Iceberg: young men who have sex with men, the Internet, and HIV risk.

    Robert Garofalo;Amy Herrick;Brian S. Mustanski;Geri Rachel Donenberg

  • Child and adolescent psychotherapy outcomes in experiments versus clinics: why the disparity?

    John R. Weisz;Geri R. Donenberg;Susan S. Han;Danika Kauneckis

  • Development of the Therapy Procedures Checklist: A Therapist-Report Measure of Technique Use in Child and Adolescent Treatment

    V. Robin Weersing;John R. Weisz;Geri R. Donenberg

  • Psychological Adjustment of Children and Adolescents With Chronic Arthritis: A Meta-analytic Review

    Jennifer Soriano LeBovidge;John V. Lavigne;Geri R. Donenberg;Michael L. Miller

  • Psychiatric disorders and sexual risk among adolescents in mental health treatment.

    Larry K. Brown;Wendy Hadley;Angela Stewart;Celia Lescano

  • Parent-adolescent sexual communication: associations of condom use with condom discussions.

    Wendy Hadley;Larry K. Brown;Celia M. Lescano;Harrison Kell

  • Gender differences in moral development

    Geri R. Donenberg;Lois W. Hoffman

  • Tracing the Roots of Early Sexual Debut Among Adolescents in Psychiatric Care

    Geri R. Donenberg;Fred B. Bryant;Erin Emerson;Helen W. Wilson

  • Quality of parent communication about sex and its relationship to risky sexual behavior among youth in psychiatric care: a pilot study

    Helen W. Wilson;Geri Donenberg

  • Patterns of Violence Exposure and Sexual Risk in Low-Income, Urban African American Girls.

    Helen W. Wilson;Briana A. Woods;Erin Emerson;Geri R. Donenberg

  • HOLDING THE LINE WITH A WATCHFUL EYE: THE IMPACT OF PERCEIVED PARENTAL PERMISSIVENESS AND PARENTAL MONITORING ON RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE

    Geri R. Donenberg;Helen W. Wilson;Erin Emerson;Fred B. Bryant

  • Methamphetamine and Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Understanding Patterns and Correlates of Use and the Association With HIV-Related Sexual Risk

    Robert Garofalo;Brian S. Mustanski;David J. McKirnan;David J. McKirnan;Amy Herrick

  • Parents Know and Parents Matter; Is It Time to Develop Family-Based HIV Prevention Programs for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men?

    Robert Garofalo;Brian Mustanski;Geri Donenberg

  • Maternal Control and Adolescent Depression: Ethnic Differences Among Clinically Referred Girls

    Jo Ann S. Finkelstein;Geri R. Donenberg;Zoran Martinovich

  • Introduction to the Special Section on Families, Youth, and HIV: Family-Based Intervention Studies

    Geri R. Donenberg;Roberta Paikoff;Willo Pequegnat

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry K. Brown
Larry K. Brown Brown University
Robert Garofalo
Robert Garofalo Northwestern University
Brian Mustanski
Brian Mustanski Northwestern University
David J. McKirnan
David J. McKirnan University of Illinois at Chicago
Ashraf Kagee
Ashraf Kagee Stellenbosch University
Claude A. Mellins
Claude A. Mellins Columbia University
Fred B. Bryant
Fred B. Bryant Loyola University Chicago
Linda-Gail Bekker
Linda-Gail Bekker University of Cape Town
Naomi Sadeh
Naomi Sadeh University of Delaware
Jessica M. Sales
Jessica M. Sales Emory University

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