Friends Research Institute
1419 N. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles,
CA
USA
90028
Email:
Rebackcj@aol.com
Biographical Sketch:
1983-1986 Teaching Fellow, Sociology Board, University of California at Santa Cruz
1987-1988 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Whittier College
1988-1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles
1988 Field Coordinator, California School of Professional Psychology
1989 Director, AIDS Research & Education Project, California State University, Long Beach
1990-1994 Project Director, Prototypes
1994-2008 Director, Prevention Division, Van Ness Recovery House
1997-present Senior Research Scientist, Friends Research Institute, Inc.
2007-present Research Sociologist, University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Psychiatry, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (UCLA ISAP)
Dr. Cathy J. Reback is a Senior Research Scientist with Friends Research Institute, an Associate Research Sociologist with UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (UCLA ISAP) and a Core Scientist with the UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (UCLA CHIPTS). Dr. Reback’s research focuses on the intersection of sexual identity, gender identity, substance use and HIV risk behaviors among two marginalized and extremely vulnerable populations: gay and bisexual male substance users and male-to-female transgender women. Dr. Reback has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator of ethnographic, intervention and epidemiological studies funded by NIDA, CSAT, CDC, CHRP and California State Office of AIDS. Dr. Reback has an extensive background in conducting community/research collaborations, evaluating behavioral treatment therapies, designing and implementing street-based intervention programs for out-of-treatment substance users, and managing large-scale HIV prevention and intervention programs. Dr. Reback collaborates with many local community-based organizations to adapt, tailor, and transfer evidenced-based interventions into community settings. Dr. Reback’s community and policy work includes current and past membership on numerous local and national HIV/AIDS and substance abuse task forces and advisory committees. She has numerous publications as well as presentations at national and international scientific meetings.