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Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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Dr. Halpern-Felsher is an Associate Professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco. She is also a faculty member in the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Health Psychology postdoctoral program, and the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Dr. Halpern-Felsher is a developmental psychologist whose research has focused on cognitive, psychosocial, environmental and racial/ethnic and cultural factors involved in adolescent and young adult health-related decision-making, risk judgments, risk communication, and risk behavior; and she has published in each of these areas. Dr. Halpern-Felsher has been the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on several grants concerning adolescent risk behavior. Dr. Halpern-Felsher has served as a consultant to a number of community-based adolescent health promotion programs and has been an active member on several national and international campaigns to understand and reduce adolescent risk behavior. She has served as a Committee Member for the Institute of Medicine Committee on Reducing Underage Drinking, which published the 2004 report Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility. Dr. Halpern-Felsher was also a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use, which recently published its report titled Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Blueprint for the Nation, and on the IOM Committee titled Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Reducing and Preventing Teen Motor Vehicle Crashes
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| Graduate School Psycology |
University of California Riverside MA |
Developmental |
| Psycology |
University of California, San Francisco Phd |
Developmental |
| Postdoctoral Training |
University of California, San Francisco |
Adolescent Health |
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| 1987 | Golden Key National Honors Society |
| 1988 | Cum Laude, California State University, Northridge |
| 1988 | Honors in General Education, California State University, Northridge |
| 1992 | Jeanne Humphrey Block Dissertation Grant, Murray Center, Radcliffe University |
| 1994-1996 | MCHB Postdoctoral Training Fellowship in Adolescent Health |
| 1999-2000 | Faculty Development Award, Communicating Health Information to Adolescents, Academic Senate, University of California, San Francisco |
| 2001-2002 | Hellman Family Award for Early Career Faculty, Physician-Patient Communication about the Options, Risks, and Benefits of Breast Cancer Treatment, University of California, San Francisco |
| 2002 | Elected Member, Society for Pediatric Research |
| 2002 | Finalist, William T. Grant Faculty Scholars Program |
| 2002-2003 |
Member, Committee to Develop a Strategy to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking, Institute of Medicine, The National Academy of Sciences |
| 2004-2007 |
Member, Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use: Strategies, Barriers, and Consequences, Institute of Medicine, The National Academy of Sciences |
| 2005-2007 |
Member, Committee on Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Reducing and Preventing Teen Motor Crashes, Institute of Medicine and the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, The National Academy of Sciences |
| 2005-2009 | Member, Program Committee, Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Meetings |
| 2005-2008 | Committee Chair, Abstract Review Subcommittee, Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Meetings |
| 2006- | Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Adolescent Health |
| 2008- | Elected Member, Board of Directors, Society for Adolescent Medicine |
| 2008- | Nominated, Fellows Mentor Award, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF |
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| 1989- | American Psychological Association |
| 1990- | Society for Research in Child Development |
| 1993- | Society for Research on Adolescence |
| 1994- | Society for Adolescent Medicine (Member, Board of Directors) |
| 1995- | American Psychological Society |
| 1996-1997 | American Public Health Association |
| 1996-1997 | National Assembly on School-Based Health |
| 1998- | American Psychological Association - Division 7, Developmental Psychology |
| 1998- | American Psychological Association - Division 38, Health Psychology |
| 1998- | Society for Judgment and Decision Making |
| 2002- | Society for Prevention Research |
| 2002- | Society for Pediatric Research |
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Adolescent Risk Judgments and HIV Risk: A Prospective Analysis
Principal Investigator
Relationship of Perceived Risks and Benefits to Teen Smoking
Principal Investigator
NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development—Phase IV
Co-Principal Investigator
Creating Partnerships to Identify the Needs of Indian Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Principal Investigator
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Community Involvement Project
Evaluation Consultant
UCSF-San Francisco Unified School District Collaboration
Committee Member
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Millstein, SG, & Halpern-Felsher, BL. Judgments about risk and perceived invulnerability in adolescents and young adults. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 12: 399-422, 2002.
Halpern-Felsher, BL, Biehl, M, Kropp, RY, & Rubinstein, ML. Perceived risks and benefits of smoking: Differences between adolescents with different smoking experiences and intentions. Preventive Medicine. 39: 559-567, 2004.
Kropp, RY & Halpern-Felsher, BL. Adolescents’ beliefs about the risks involved in smoking ‘light’ cigarettes. Pediatrics. 114: e445-e451, 2004.
Halpern-Felsher, BL, Cornell, J, Kropp, RY, & Tschann, J. Oral versus vaginal sex among adolescents: Perceptions, attitudes and behavior. Pediatrics. 115: 845-851, 2005.
Michels, TM, Kropp, RY, Eyre, SL, & Halpern-Felsher, BL. Initiating sexual experiences: How do young adolescents make decisions regarding early sexual activity? Journal of Research on Adolescence. 15: 583-607, 2005.
Ott, MA, Millstein, SG, Ofner, S, Halpern-Felsher, BL. Greater expectations: Adolescents’ positive motivations for sex. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 38:84-89, 2006.
Brady, SS, & Halpern-Felsher, BL. Adolescents’ reported consequences of having oral versus vaginal sex. Pediatrics. 119:229-236, 2007.
Brady, S.S., Song, A.V., & Halpern-Felsher, B.L. Adolescents Report both Positive and Negative Consequences of Experimentation with Cigarette Use. Preventive Medicine, 46:585-590, 2008
Brady, SS, & Halpern-Felsher, BL. It's not so easy to "Just Say No" to sex: Social and emotional consequences of refraining from sex among sexually experienced and inexperienced youth. American Journal of Public Health. 98:162-8, 2008.
Song, A.V.,Morrell, H, Cornell, J.L., Ramos, M.E., Biehl, M., Kropp, R.Y., Halpern-Felsher, B.L. Perceptions of Tobacco-Related High Risk and Low Benefit Predict Adolescent Tobacco Initiation. American Journal of Public Health. In Press.
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