Ralph DiClemente

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Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Dr. Ralph DiClemente was trained as a Health Psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco where he received his PhD in 1984 after completing a ScM at the Harvard School of Public Health. He earned his undergraduate degree at the City University of New York.

Dr. DiClemente’s research has four key foci:

Developing interventions to reduce the risk of HIV/STD among vulnerable populations
Developing interventions to enhance vaccine uptake among high-risk adolescents and women, such as HPV and influenza vaccine
Developing implementation science interventions to enhance the uptake, adoption and sustainability of HIV/STD prevention programs in the community
Developing diabetes screening and behavior change interventions to identify people with diabetes who are unaware of their disease status as well as reduce the risk of diabetes among vulnerable populations.

He has focused on developing intervention packages that blend community and technology-based approaches that are designed to optimize program effectiveness and enhance programmatic sustainability.

Dr. DiClemente is the author of ten CDC-defined, evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young African-American women and men. He is the author of more than 540 peer-review publications, 150 book chapters, and 21 books. He serves as a member of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council.

Previously, Dr. DiClemente served as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. He was also Associate Director of the Center for AIDS Research, and was previously Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at the Rollins School of Public Health.

Dr. DiClemente is Past President of the Georgia chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health & Medicine. He previously served as a member of the CDC Board of Scientific Counselors, and the NIMH Advisory Council.

Education

BA, The City College of the City University of New York (CCNY), New York, NY

ScM, Behavioral Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

PhD, Health Psychology, University of California San Francisco Center for Behavioral Sciences, San Francisco, CA

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Areas of research and study

Community Interventions

Diabetes

HIV/AIDS

Implementation science

Influenza

Psychology

Publications

Adapting substance use treatment for Black adolescents in the U.S. legal system: A protocol for a mixed-method, exploratory, feasibility, and acceptability study using the eight-step ADAPT-ITT framework.

Incarceration History, Stigma, and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use Intentions among African American Young Adults.

Interrogating the Relationship Between Agency, Intimate Partner Violence, and Depression among African American Emerging Adult Women.

Understanding the factors that may influence African American MSM’s acceptance of a theoretical HIV vaccine

Association of stress from racism and high depressive symptomatology among a community sample of young African American women

Clinical Research Nurses’ Vital Role in Recruiting for Trials to Reduce Alcohol-exposed Pregnancies: Lessons from the Safe Start Study.

Comparing the influences of spouses or partners with other family members in the ability of young Asian Americans to maintain a healthy lifestyle

Culturally Congruent Latino-Adapted Telemonitoring of Underrepresented Adults With Type 2 Diabetes : The CULTURA-DM2 Trial

Development of the Safe Start intervention: A computer- and nurse-delivered alcohol reduction intervention for pregnant women.

Enhancing vaccine uptake among boys and girls: the importance of targeting both genders for optimal HPV vaccine coverage in LMICs

Family profiles and perceived family influence on health behaviors: A person-centered approach in young Asian American adults

How do Asian American young adults influence the health of family members? Structural equation modeling of age, acculturation, interactivity, and closeness

How shared dietary behaviors within Asian American families are influenced by emotional interaction qualities: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis

Maternal Perceptions of PrEP: A Qualitative Sub-Study of Women Using Substances at Risk for HIV

Murnane PM, Xia F, Afshar M, Brown JL, Chamie G, Cook RL, Couture MC, DiClemente RJ, Fatch R, Ferguson T, Francis JM, Haberer JE, Jacobson KR, Justice AC, Kapiga S, Kim TW, Krupitsky E, Marcus GM, McGinnis KA, Molina P, Muyindike WR, Myers B, Page K, Phi

Reach and Capacity of Black Protestant Health Ministries as Sites of Community-Wide Health Promotion : A Qualitative Social Ecological Model Examination

Reach and capacity of Black protestant health ministries as sites of community-wide health promotion: A qualitative social ecological model examination

Risk Communication: A Contemporary Perspective.

Safe Start, a hybrid intervention to reduce alcohol exposed pregnancies: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Social and psychological mediators of sexual and physical male-perpetrated intimate partner violence against young African American women: the role of alcohol use and drinking context