Derrick M Gordon, PhD

Derrick Gordon, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology Section), Child Study Center and Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences). Dr. Gordon is the Director of the Program on Male Development in the Division of Prevention and Community Research of the Department of Psychiatry and is a Core Scientist in the Community Research Core of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA). Dr. Gordon has considerable experience in behavioral health, including substance use, intervention and prevention development. His research and postdoctoral research offerings focus on factors, including substance use, that either support or undermine men transitioning from prison back to the community; the engagement of low-income, non-custodial fathers; the identification and service of adolescent fathers committed to child protection services; adapting evidence-based interventions for community settings to address behavioral health issues; and men mandated to batterer intervention groups in the community. Dr. Gordon’s work with men has and continues to focus on increasing the health, especially behavioral health, of men and their positive involvement in family and community life. Overall Dr. Gordon's research seeks to identify those factors that enhance the access and use of preventive and indicated health care services by men and community members on the “fringes.”