 Bonnie
L. Halpern-Felsher, Ph.D.
, is currently
an Associate Professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department
of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco. She is also a
faculty member in UCSF’s Psychology and Medicine Postdoctoral Program,
The Center for Health and Community, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Dr. Halpern-Felsher completed her doctoral degree in Developmental Psychology
at the University of California, Riverside. She then completed a postdoctoral
fellowship in adolescent health at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Halpern-Felsher’s research examines factors influencing adolescent
health risk behaviors, including sexual behavior, tobacco use, alcohol
and other drug use, and injury prevention; and she has published in each
of these areas.
Dr. Halpern-Felsher is the Principal Investigator on several grants, including
from the NIH. These projects have largely focused on adolescents’
health-related decision-making, behavior-related perceptions of risk and
vulnerability, and health communication. Dr. Halpern-Felsher has served
as a consultant to a number of community-level adolescent health promotion
programs, has been an active member on several national campaigns to understand
and reduce adolescent risk behavior, and has served as a member on the
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences’ Committee to
Develop a Strategy to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking.
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