DDeanna Kerrigan, Ph.D., M.P.H., is vice dean, Henry Rutgers Chair of Whole Person Health, and professor in the Department of Health, Behavior, Society & Policy. She is the founder and Director of the Rutgers Center for Whole Person Health (RWPH). She currently services as Co-Director of the NIMH T32 pre-doctoral Training Program in Approaches to Address Social-Structural Factors Related to HIV.
Dr. Kerrigan most recently served as professor and chair of the Department of Prevention and Community Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. She was also previously faculty at American University and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Kerrigan received her Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Interventions in the Department of International Health from Johns Hopkins University, her M.P.H. from Tulane University, and her B.A. from Emory University.