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

Comparison of AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among incarcerated adolescents and a public school sample in San Francisco

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HIV knowledge and behaviors of incarcerated youth : A comparison of high and low risk locales

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HIV prevention for adolescents : Utility of the health belief model

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Predictors of HIV-preventive sexual behavior in a high-risk adolescent population : The influence of perceived peer norms and sexual communication on incarcerated adolescents' consistent use of condoms

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Prevalence and correlates of cutting behavior : Risk for HIV transmission

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College students' knowledge and attitudes about AIDS and changes in HIV-preventive behaviors

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The Emergence of Adolescents as a Risk Group for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

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Evaluation of School-based AIDS Education Curricula in San Francisco

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Health promotion strategies for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection among minority adolescents

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Prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection among adolescents : the interplay of health education and public policy in the development and implementation of school-based AIDS education programs.

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Minorities and AIDS : Knowledge, attitudes, and misconceptions among Black and Latino adolescents

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Preface

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Prevention of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome : International perspectives

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Prevention of AIDS among adolescents : Strategies for the development of comprehensive risk-reduction health education programs

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Adolescents and AIDS : A survey of knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about AIDS in San Francisco

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The relationship of psychosocial factors to prognostic indicators in cutaneous malignant melanoma

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Factors related to patient delay in seeking medical attention for cutaneous malignant melanoma

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Prognostic and psychosocial factors related to delay behavior in patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma.

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Enhancing the value of patient delay studies for cancer control : methodological and statistical considerations.

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Patient delay in the diagnosis of cancer, emphasizing malignant melanoma of the skin.

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