Brian Mustanski

Education and career

Mustanski completed his Doctor of Philosophy in clinical psychology at Indiana University Bloomington in 2004. His dissertation was titled The relationship between mood and sexual interest, behavior, and risk-taking. His graduate training was supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. His doctoral advisor was Richard Viken. He trained in sex therapy and sexuality research at the Kinsey Institute.

Mustanski is a tenured professor of Medical Social Sciences (Division of Implementation Science), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medicine-Infectious Diseases, and Psychology at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. He is Director of the Impact Institute, Director of the NIH funded Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), and co-director of the national HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative. Previously he served as the co-director of the Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology. His research focuses on the health and development of LGBTQ youth and the application of new media and technology to sexual health promotion and HIV prevention. He has been a Principal Investigator of numerous NIH and foundation grants and has published over 425 journal articles in the areas of LGBTQ health, HIV/AIDS, mental health, and substance use. Dr. Mustanski is a frequent advisor to federal agencies and other organizations on LGBTQ health needs and research priorities, including being an appointed member of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director, the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the NIH Council of Councils Sexual and Gender Minority Research Working Group.