Deanna Kerrigan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Prevention and Community Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.

Dr. Kerrigan is a socio-behavioral scientist whose research over the last 25 years has focused on the role of social and structural factors, including stigma, discrimination and violence, that shape the health and well-being of underserved and marginalized population groups. She has led multiple studies to develop and evaluate comprehensive community-based interventions for women at high risk for or living with HIV in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as sub-Saharan Africa. She recently co-edited the book “Structural Dynamics of HIV: Risk, Resilience and Response” building on this area of work.

She has led multiple NIH R01 awards that investigate and address socio-structural factors and HIV outcomes: “Community-based combination HIV prevention among Tanzanian women at heightened risk” (R01MH104044), “Stigma, cohesion and HIV outcomes among vulnerable women across geographic settings” (R01MH110158), and “Patient and provider perspectives on long-acting injectable ART” (R01MH118955).

She is on the Executive Committee of the DC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). She was previously Co-Director of the Prevention Core of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) CFAR. She was faculty for 15 years at the JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health and continues as Adjunct Professor of Health, Behavior and Society. Dr. Kerrigan was also previously Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Health, Risk and Society at American University.