Deanna L. Kerrigan

Assistant Professor

PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2000; MPH, Tulane University, 1992; BA, Emory University, 1991

School/Organization
Bloomberg School of Public Health

Department / Division
International Health
Social and Behavioral Interventions

Departmental Address
Ford Foundation Brazil
320 E. 43rd St. NY, NY. 10017

Email: dkerriga@jhsph.edu

For more information visit my personal web page.

• Development and evaluation of HIV/STI prevention and care interventions.
• Recent research projects include:
• "Developing and testing an integrated prevention and care intervention among people living with HIV/AIDS in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil."
• "Gender, the social environment and adolescent sexual behavior in Baltimore."
• "Environmental-structural HIV prevention interventions in the female sex industry of the Dominican Republic."

• National Institutes of Health/Health Disparities Scholar. 2003-2006.
• Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Recognition Award (AMTRA). Student Assembly. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. 2003-4.
• Certificate of Appreciation. International Health Student Group. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. 2003-4.
• New and Minority Investigator Award, Fogarty AIDS Training and Research Program, Johns Hopkins University, 1999.
• William and Flora Foundation Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Population Center, 1998.
• William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship, Dominican Republic, 1997-1998.
• Tuition Scholarship, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 1995-1997.
• U.S. Public Health Training Grant, Tulane University School of Public Health, 1991-2.

• 1. Kerrigan, D, Ellen J. Female Gender Ideologies, Socio-Economic Opportunities, and HIV/STI-related Vulnerability among Female, African-American Adolescents. Journal of Urban Health. In Press.
• 2. Barrington C, Moreno L, Kerrigan D. Perceived influence of an HIV vaccine on sexual-risk behavior in the Dominican Republic. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2008 May; 10 (4): 391-401.
• 3. Kerrigan, D, Telles, P, Torres, H, Overs, C, Castle C. Community Development and HIV/STI-Related Vulnerability among Female Sex Workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Health Educ Res. 2008 Feb;23(1):137-45
• 4. Malta, M, Bastos, FI, Strathdee, S, Cunningham, S, Pilotto, JH, and Kerrigan, D. Knowledge, perceived stigma, and care-seeking experiences for sexually transmitted infections: a qualitative study from the perspective of public clinic attendees in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. BMC Public Health. 2007. Feb 1; 7-18.
• 5. Cunningham, S, Meyers, T, Kerrigan, D, Ellen, J. Psychosocial Factors Influencing Disclosure of STD Diagnoses among Female Adolescents. Sexual Health. 2007. Vol. 4; 45-50.
• 6. Kerrigan, D, Andrinopoulos, K, Johnson, R, Parham, P, Thomas, Tracey, and Ellen, J. The Struggle to Stay Strong: Gender Role Ideologies among Inner-City, African-American Adolescents and their Implications for HIV Prevention. J Sex Res. 2007 May;44(2):172-80.
• 7. Barrington, C, Moreno, L, Kerrigan, D. Local understandings of an HIV vaccine and its relationship with HIV-related stigma in the Dominican Republic. AIDS Care. 2007 Aug;19(7):871-7.
• 8. Lippman, S, Kerrigan, D and Diaz, J. Chaos, co-existence, and the potential for collective action: HIV-related vulnerability in Brazil’s international borders. Soc Sci Med. 2007 Jun;64(12):2464-75.
• 9. Sweat M, Kerrigan D, Moreno L, Rosario S, Gomez B, Jerez H, Weiss E, Barrington C. Cost-Effectiveness of Environmental-Structural Communication Interventions for HIV Prevention in the Female Sex Industry in the Dominican Republic. J Health Commun. 2006;11 Suppl 2:123-42.
• 10. Murray L, Moreno L, Rosario S, Ellen J, Sweat M, Kerrigan D. The Role of Relationship Intimacy in Consistent Condom Use Among Female Sex Workers and Their Regular Paying Partners in the Dominican Republic. AIDS Behav. 2007 May;11(3):463-70.
• 11. Ashburn, K, Kerrigan, D, Sweat. M. Micro-credit, Women’s Groups, Control of Household Money: HIV-Related Negotiation among Partnered Dominican Women. AIDS and Behavior. 30 June. 2007.
• 12. Kerrigan D, Witt S, Glass B, Chung SE, Ellen J. Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and condom use among adolescents vulnerable to HIV/STI. AIDS Behav. 2006 Nov;10(6):723-9.
• 13. Fehringer J, Bastos FI, Massard E, Maia L, Pilotto JH, Kerrigan D. Supporting adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy and protected sex among people living with HIV/AIDS: the role of patient-provider communication in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2006 Sep;20(9):637-48.
• 14. Andrinopoulos K, Kerrigan D, Ellen JM. Understanding sex partner selection from the perspective of inner-city black adolescents. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2006 Sep;38(3):132-8.
• 15. Kerrigan D, Bastos FI, Malta M, Carneiro-da-Cunha C, Pilotto JH, Strathdee SA. The search for social validation and the sexual behavior of people living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: understanding the role of treatment optimism in context. Soc Sci Med. 2006 May;62(10):2386-96.
• 16. Kerrigan D, Moreno L, Rosario S, Gomez B, Jerez H, Barrington C, Weiss E, Sweat M. Environmental-structural interventions to reduce HIV/STI risk among female sex workers in the Dominican Republic. Am J Public Health. 2006 Jan;96(1):120-5.
• 17. Cunningham SD, Kerrigan D, Pillay KB, Ellen JM. Understanding the role of perceived severity in STD-related care-seeking delays. J Adolesc Health. 2005 Jul;37(1):69-74.
• 18. Malta M, Carneiro-da-Cunha C, Kerrigan D, Strathdee SA, Monteiro M, Bastos FI. Case management of human immunodeficiency virus-infected injection drug users: a case study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 15;37 Suppl 5:S386-91.
• 19. Kerrigan D, Ellen JM, Moreno L, Rosario S, Katz J, Celentano DD, Sweat M. Environmental-structural factors significantly associated with consistent condom use among female sex workers in the Dominican Republic. AIDS. 2003 Feb 14;17(3):415-23.
• 20. Bastos, F., Kerrigan, D., Malta, M., Carneiro-da-Cunha C. and Strathdee S. (2001). Treatment for HIV/AIDS in Brazil: strengths, challenges, and opportunities for operations research. AIDScience, Volume 1(15): 1-17.