Faculty
Cynthia Rosengard
Associate Professor (Research):
Obstetrics & Gynecology and Medicine
Phone: +1 401 274-1122, x2825
Cynthia_Rosengard@Brown.EDU
Read Cynthia Rosengard's full Faculty Research Profile.
Cynthia Rosengard, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an associate professor of obstetrics & gynecology and medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital. Her research interests focus on understanding adolescents' sexual decision-making within different types of romantic/sexual relationships, as well as HIV/STD prevention interventions. Her work incorporates traditional quantitative evaluation, as well as qualitative data collection and analysis.
Biography
Dr. Rosengard received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1994. Subsequently, she completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Psychology and Medicine and Adolescent Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and served on the faculty of the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, CA for five years. She joined the Research Unit of the Division of Genernal Internal Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital in September, 2001. In December of 2002, she was awarded a career development award from the National Institute of Mental Health entitled "Partner-specific Factors in Adolescent Sexual Behavior." In September of 2006, she was awarded an independent investigator award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse entitled "Partner-specific HIV Risk Reduction for Drug Using Incarcerated Adolescents" which will run through May of 2010. She serves as co-investigator on three additional projects with colleagues -- all related to adolescent HIV risk behaviors and/or pregnancy. In May of 2005, Dr. Rosengard completed work on her masters of public health program and received her MPH from Brown University. In November of 2008, Dr. Rosengard joined the Division of Research, Department of OB/GYN at Women & Infants Hospital.
Interests
Cynthia Rosengard's adolescent health research focuses on investigations of the influences on adolescent sexual decision-making and behavior. Her earlier work has included health values' protective role in adolescent sexual decision-making and the development and evaluation of theory-driven risk reduction interventions. Her current research examines the factors that influence sexual behavior within different types of sexual partnerships and assesses these associations separately for adolescent boys and girls. Her ultimate goal is to develop interventions that will decrease the incidence of STDs and unplanned pregnancies in adolescents. Through her program of research, she plans to develop sexual risk reduction interventions that will include important attitudes, values, and expectancies found to influence partner-specific sexual decision-making in adolescents. Future research on a broader range of influential factors (i.e., family, peer, community, and culture) and additional emphasis on the development of targeted risk prevention interventions (e.g., targeting sexually inexperienced adolescents) are a part of her long-term plan of research.
Degrees
PhD, MPH
Teaching
Research methods
Clinical interviewing
Health psychology
Psychopathology (on-line and on-campus)
