BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

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NAME

POSITION TITLE

 

Lynn F. Roberts, PhD

 

Assistant Professor

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

Howard University, Washington DC

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

B.S.

Ph.D.

1984

1991

Human Development

Human Service

Studies

 

Professional Positions:

 

1989                                Research Scientist, State University of New York-Downstate Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY

 

1989-1990              Senior Program Coordinator, New York AIDS Consortium, New York, NY

 

1990-1995         Program Director, VNS Home Care First Steps Program, Harlem, NY

 

1995-1998              Director of Training & Community Projects/Adjunct Professor, Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs & Community Health/Community Health Education, New York, NY

 

                                    1996‑1997       Evaluation Consultant, State University of New York Downstate Health                                        Science Center, “HIV/AIDS Peer Training Institute”, Brooklyn, NY    

                                                                       

1996                    Evaluation Consultant, Federation of Protestant Child Welfare Organizations, “The Pioneer Project”, New York, NY

                       

1997                Evaluation Trainer, Ms. Foundation, New York, NY

 

                                    1997                Evaluation Consultant, Cornell University, “Iris House Evaluation                                      Project”, Ithaca, NY

 

1998- Present Assistant Professor, Community Health Education, Hunter College Program in Urban Public Health, New York, NY

 

1999                Evaluation Consultant, Ms. Foundation, “Collaborative Fund for Healthy Girls/Healthy Women”, New York, NY

 

2000 - 2002     Visiting Professor, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA

 

Recent                                    Honors, Awards & Service

 

1997                                New York City Councilwoman C. Virginia Fields’ “Empowering Young Women” Proclamation Award

 

1998                                Invited Expert, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Hispanic Agenda for Action Meeting: Executive Order 12900, Atlanta, GA.

 

1999                                Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) Panel of Experts, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC.

 

2000 & 2001    City University of New York Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor Award

 

                                    2000                Member, National Black Child Development Institute (New York Affiliate)

 

                                    2002                Member, Board of Directors, Youth Force

                                               

                                    2002-present   Member, Board of Trustees, New Jersey Special Child Care Initiative/Bergen’s                                     Promise

 

2002-present   Co-Chair, American Public Health Association, Maternal Child Health Section’s                              Adolescent Health Committee

 

2002-present   Member, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective

 

                                    2003-present   Appointed Member, New York City HIV Prevention Planning Group

 

                                    2004                United Nations Women’s Rights and Empowerment Award, United Nations                                     Association, New Jersey Division

                                   

Resea                         Research Projects On-going or Completed During Last 4 years

 

Principal Investigator: New York State Department of Health/AIDS Institute: AIDS Education and Outreach Program – school-based Initiative ($100,000 continuing project grant since 1995, renewed 7/02)

Principal Investigator: PSC-CUNY: A Comparative Case Study of African American Girls in an Urban and Suburban Context ($3,386 awarded 4/00)

Principal Investigator: Bronx Lebanon Hospital/Taft High School Academy of Health College Exploratory Program in Public Health ($14,000 awarded 3/00, renewed 6/01)

Principal Investigator: University of California San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Collaborative HIV Prevention in Ethnic Minority Communities “Awareness and Experience of Oppression, Dating Violence, and HIV Risk Behaviors among African American and Latino/a High School Students” ($25,000 awarded 2/00)

                                    Principal Investigator: New York City Council Speaker’s Fund for Public Health Research, Individual Investigator Award,  “Awareness and Experience of Oppression, Dating Violence, and HIV Risk Behaviors among African American and Latino/a High School Students” ($300,000 awarded 4/01, 3 yrs)

 

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

 

Roberts, L. (1999).  Creating a new framework for promoting the health of African American female adolescents: beyond risk-taking.  Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association.  54: 3;126-128.

 

Freudenberg, N, Roberts, L, Richie, B, Taylor, R, McGillicuddy, K, (1999). Coming up in the Boogie Down: The role of violence in the lives of adolescents in the South Bronx.  Health Education and Behavior. 26:788-805.

 

Published Abstracts:

 

Roberts L, Fortuna L. Triple jeopardy: The risks of dating violence for young women of color, the National Black Child Development Institute 31st Annual Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, October 2001.

 

Fortuna L, Roberts L. African American female adolescent health in an urban and suburban context, Poster presentation, 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 2002.

 

Roberts L, Fortuna L. Social inequalities, dating violence and HIV sexual risk taking among African American and Latino Adolescents, Oral presentation during the 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, in Philadelphia, PA, November 2002.

 

Roberts, L. The intersection of race, ethnicity, class and gender in adolescent dating relationships: An exploratory study of intimate dating violence and HIV risk, National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2003.

 

Other Related Publications:

 

Roberts, L, Woods, T. (1996). Reaching Out to Reach Up. Training Module prepared for the New York State AIDS Institute Adolescent Initiative Project.  New York: Hunter College.

 

Roberts, L, Fullwood, C. (1996).  New York City AIDS Fund Evaluation Partnership Training Modules (a six part series).  New York, NY: Hunter College.

 

                                    Roberts, L. (1989).  HIV Attitudes Study and Handbook: A Guide for Research Interviewers.  Brooklyn, NY: State University of New York, Health Science Center ("Fertility‑related behaviors of women at risk for HIV" NIMH study, Howard L. Minkoff, Principal Investigator).