{"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":"2025-12-11T11:39:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:39:29","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, 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, PhD<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector, Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization<br \/>\nProfessor, Department of Psychology<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:catherine_cerulli@urmc.rochester.edu\">catherine_cerulli@urmc.rochester.edu<\/a><br \/>\n(585) 275-5269<\/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 of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and the director of the Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization, she 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 also directs the UR Susan B. Anthony Center. The \u201cSue B. Center\u201d focuses on translating science regarding social determinants of health into practices that changes lives. 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, PhD Director, Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization Professor, Department of Psychology catherine_cerulli@urmc.rochester.edu (585) 275-5269 Dr. Cerulli has established a unique, scientifically based career path that seeks to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":24006,"parent":656,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1926","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kate Cerulli, PhD - Mt. 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