{"id":1926,"date":"2024-10-11T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psych.rochester.edu\/MHFC\/?page_id=1926"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:37:57","slug":"catherine-cerulli-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.psych.rochester.edu\/MHFC\/about-us\/faculty-and-staff\/catherine-cerulli-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Cerulli, JD, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27016 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psych.rochester.edu\/MHFC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kate-cerulli-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kate Cerulli sitting on outdoor steps with her hand on her chin.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><strong>Kate Cerulli, JD, PhD<\/strong><br \/>\nFaculty Emeritus Consultant, Transform Research Center, Mt. Hope Family Center<br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus, <span class=\"_5b4bfa9a aa9f6102 efc4bb19\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"expandable-text-box\">Psychiatry<\/span>, University of Rochester Medical Center<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:catherine_cerulli@urmc.rochester.edu\">catherine_cerulli@urmc.rochester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cerulli has established a unique, scientifically based career path that seeks to combine legal, public health, and mental health perspectives to enhance the human rights and well-being of people at-risk due to economic, safety, health, and legal concerns.<\/p>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<p>As a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), Dr. Cerulli has promoted research in diverse criminal justice, community, and health settings, and in 2016 cofound an innovative medical-law program that integrates health, legal, and advocacy services for victims of intimate partner violence (IPV).<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cerulli, a licensed attorney, has worked directly with IPV victims since 1983 \u2013 as a counselor, advocate, attorney, and researcher. She forges collaborative community studies in partnership with survivors as investigators and advisors, guided by principles of community-based participatory research.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cerulli has worked in Russia, China, Mongolia, the Greater Mekong region, and most recently, in India. NIH Fogarty International Center, the World Health Organization, and the Fulbright Specialist Program have funded her international portfolio. As a national and international leader and trainer, Dr. Cerulli speaks directly to the need for agencies to ground their service programs in scientifically developed evidence and to rigorously evaluate the real-world impacts of their initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>View Dr. Cerulli\u2019s publications on <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=lMh7co4AAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Cerulli+C&amp;cauthor_id=31131736\">National Library of Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Cerulli, JD, PhD Faculty Emeritus Consultant, Transform Research Center, Mt. 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