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Don Operario August 2021 DON OPERARIO WORK ADDRESS Brown University School of Public Health Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences 121 South Main Street Providence, RI 02906 Tel: +001-401-863-6657 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION Graduate: University of Massachusetts at Amherst Ph.D. Social Psychology, 1998 M.S. Social Psychology, 1996 Undergraduate: University of California Los Angeles B.A. Psychology, 1993 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Fellowship: University of California San Francisco Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 1998-2000 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2016 – Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University 2013 – 2016 Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University 2008 – 2013 Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, Department of Community Health, Brown University 2004 – 2008 University Lecturer of Evidence-Based Social Intervention, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford 2004 – 2008 Governing Body Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford 2000 – 2004 Research Specialist, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco 1 August 2021 MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES 2015 – 2019 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Health, Brown University 2013 – 2015 Associate Dean for Master’s Education, Graduate School of Brown University 2009 – 2013 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University 2006 – 2008 Deputy Head of Department, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford 2005 – 2008 Director of Research, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford POSTGRADUATE HONORS AND AWARDS 2018 American Psychological Association – Psychology and AIDS Distinguished Leadership Award 2012 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in Public Health, Brown University 2010 Nominee – Karen T. Romer Award for Excellence in Advising, Brown University 2010 Nominee – Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in Public Health, Brown University 2008 A.M. degree, ad eundum, Brown University 2007 Early Career Award, American Psychological Association, Minority Fellowship Program 2006 University of Oxford Excellence in Teaching Award 2004 M.A. degree, by Resolution, University of Oxford 2001 UCSF-Robert Harris Award for Research in Health Psychology 1998 Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association 1995-1998 Minority Predoctoral Fellowship, American Psychological Association 1993-1995 University Graduate Fellowship, University of Massachusetts at Amherst 2 August 2021 UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES 2020 – present Brown University Tenure, Promotions, and Appointment Committee 2018 – present Brown University-wide Global Health Institute Strategic Working Group and Search Committee 2018-19 Brown School of Public Health, Strategic Planning Committee 2017 Brown University Search Committee: Dean of Public Health 2016 Brown University School of Public Health, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Planning Committee, Chair 2015 Brown University Search Committees: - Dean of Students (Office of Student Life) - Associate Dean for Master’s Education (Graduate School) - Associate Dean for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (Graduate School) 2014 – 2016 Brown University Diversity Advisory Board 2014 Brown University Committee on Online Education 2013 – 2016 Brown University Community Council 2013 – 2016 Brown University Campus Planning Advisory Board 2013 – 2014 Brown University Committee on Master’s Education 2012 – 2014 Brown University Library Committee 2011 - 2015 Brown/Lifespan/Tufts Center for AIDS Research Prevention Science Core 2011 Brown University Alpert Medical School Search Committee: Assistant/Associate Dean for Diversity 2010 – 2015 Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Research Achievement Award Committee 2010 – 2013 Brown University Dean of The College, Team Enhanced Advising and Mentoring Initiative (TEAM co-Chair, 2011-12) 2010 – present Brown University Dean of The College Office, Fulbright Review Committee 2010 – present Brown University School of Public Health, MPH Admissions Committee 2010 – present Brown University School of Public Health, Graduate Studies Committee (Chair, 2016-present) 3 August 2021 2010 – present Brown School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Admissions Committee 2010 – present Brown School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Curriculum Committee 2005 – 2008 Oxford University, Department of Social Policy and Social Intervention, Research Committee 2005 – 2008 Oxford University, Department of Social Policy and Social Intervention, Executive Committee 2005 – 2008 Oxford University, Department of Social Policy and Social Intervention, Research Ethics Committee 2004 – 2007 Oxford University Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Graduate Admissions Tutor, Msc/Mphil Evidence-Based Social Intervention OTHER APPOINTMENTS, EDITORIAL BOARDS, CONSULTANCY 2018 – 2022 Standing Review Group member, NIH - NICHD Population Sciences review committee 2016 – 2019 American Psychological Association, Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (Chair, 2017) 2016 – present Editorial Advisory Board, Culture, Health & Sexuality 2015 – present Consulting Editor, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 2014 – present Academic Editor, PLoS One 2014 – 2015 Lifespan/Brown/Tufts Center for AIDS Research, MSM Scientific Working Group 2014 – 2016 Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS and Lifespan/Brown/Tufts Center for AIDS Research, Hard-to-Reach/High-Risk Populations Work Group Chair 2012 – 2015 NIH Office of AIDS Research, Racial and Ethnic Populations Committee 2012 – present Editorial Board, International Journal of Transgenderism 2011 – 2013 Participating Scientist, Center for Population Research in LGBT Health, The Fenway Institute, Boston 2011 – present Editorial Board, AIDS Education and Prevention 4 August 2021 2010 – 2012 Board of Directors, Youth Pride Inc. – 501c3 non-profit social service agency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth 2010 – 2012 Chair, Task Force for Youth HIV Prevention, Rhode Island HIV Prevention Community Planning Group 2010 – 2012 Member, Task Force for MSM HIV Prevention, Rhode Island HIV Prevention Community Planning Group 2009 – 2017 Rhode Island HIV Prevention Community Planning Group 2006 – 2012 Editor, International Cochrane Collaborative Review Group on HIV Infection and AIDS– Behavioral, Social and Policy Prevention 2006 – 2010 College of Experts, UK Medical Research Council – Health Services and Public Health Research Board 2006 – 2008 Consultant, United Nations Development Program – Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 2008 Consultant, Open Society Foundation and Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS REVIEWING NIH Review Group: 2018-22 NIH - NICHD Population Sciences standing review committee 2017 NIH ZRG1 AARR-N57 – Fogarty HIV Training Program in Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions 2015 NIH ZRG1 AARR-G58 – AIDS and AIDS-Related Research 2014 NIH ZAA1 DD05-NIAAA – AIDS Comparative Effectiveness Research 2013 NIH ZRG1 AARR-G02 - AIDS and AIDS-Related Research 2013 NIH ZAI1 JBS-A (S3) – Clinical Trials Units for NIAID Networks 2011 NIH ZRG1 ICP3-N – Global Research Initiative Program, Basic/Social Sciences and Fogarty International Research Collaboration-Behavioral and Social Sciences 2011 NIH ZMH ERB-D – HIV Prevention in MSM Review 2010 NIH NIAID Clinical Trial and Implementation Planning Grant Review 2010 NIH ZMH1 ERB-E – HIV/AIDS Intervention Development Review 2009 NIH ZMH1 ERB-E – HIV/AIDS Intervention Development Review (Chair) 2009 NIH ZMH1 ERB-E – HIV/AIDS Intervention Development Review 2008 NIH ZMH1 ERB-E – HIV/AIDS Intervention Development Review Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer: Addiction, AIDS and Behavior, AIDS Care, AIDS Education and Prevention, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, American Journal of Evalution, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, BMC Public Health, Evaluation and the Health Professions, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Health Education Research, Health Psychology, JAIDS, Journal of Adolescence, Journal of Consulting and Clinical 5 August 2021 Psychology, Journal of Drug Addiction, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of the International AIDS Society, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Sex Research, Lancet Global Health, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Science and Medicine MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES American Psychologial Association American Public Health Association Rhode Island Public Health Association Society for Prevention Research Society for Social Work Research SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 1. Goodwin, S. A., Operario, D., & Fiske, S. T. (1998). Situational power and interpersonal dominance facilitate bias and inequality. Journal of Social Issues, 54, 131-152. 2. Operario, D., & Fiske, S. T. (1999). Social cognition pervades social psychology: Motivated mental processes guide the study of social behavior. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 1, 31-50. 3. Operario, D., & Fiske, S. T. (2001). Ethnic identity moderates perceptions of prejudice: Judgments of personal versus group discrimination and evaluations of subtle versus blatant bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 550-561. 4. Operario, D.,
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