Principal Investigator
Dr. Cathy J. Reback is a Senior Research Scientist with Friends Research Institute, a Research Sociologist with the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, and a Core Director on the UCLA Intervention Core of the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services. Additionally, Dr. Reback is the founder and Executive Director of Friends Community Center the community-based site for Friends Research Institute, which provides publicly funded, culturally tailored, substance abuse and HIV prevention services for MSM and transgender women and outpatient methamphetamine abuse treatment services. The common theme throughout Dr. Reback’s research is an examination of the intersection of substance use disorders and HIV sexual risk behaviors among sexual and gender minority status individuals in community settings. Dr. Reback has an extensive background in conducting community-research collaborations, managing large-scale HIV prevention and intervention programs for sexual and gender minority status individuals, designing and implementing technology-based interventions, designing and implementing venue- and street-based intervention programs, conducting qualitative and quantitative research, and evaluating behavioral treatment therapies for high-risk populations with substance use and mental health disorders. Additionally, she has collaborated with several local community-based organizations to adopt, tailor, and transfer evidenced-based interventions into public health and community settings.
Institution: Friends Research Institute
Protocol: TechStep