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Catherine Cerulli, PhD, is currently a Professor of Psychiatry at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (URMC). Dr. Cerulli is the Director of Susan B. Anthony Center and the Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization. She received a PhD in criminal justice from SUNY at Albany, NY i...
Catherine Cerulli, PhD, is currently a Professor of Psychiatry at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (URMC). Dr. Cerulli is the Director of Susan B. Anthony Center and the Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization. She received a PhD in criminal justice from SUNY at Albany, NY in 2004 and her Master's Degree in criminal justice from SUNY at Albany, NY in 1998. She holds a JD from the University at Buffalo law school. Dr. Cerulli received the Excellence in Public Service award from the SUNY Albany Alumni Association in 2014 and the National Institute of Mental Health New Investigator Award in 2005.

She was formerly an Assistant District Attorney in Monroe County, New York, where she created a special misdemeanor domestic violence unit in 1995. She has been working on issues surrounding domestic violence and child abuse for over three decades, in a variety of capacities. Various federal agencies have funded Dr. Cerulli's work, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Justice, the Office on Violence Against Women, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Veteran's Administration. She works internationally to ameliorate violence and currently is assisting with projects addressing the health and welfare of individuals living in the Sub Mekong region. She is a founding Board Member for the Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester, Inc., a grass roots organization providing emergency respite care for greater Rochester area families with young children.

Faculty Appointments

Professor Emeritus - Department of Psychiatry, Research (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

National Research Service Award (post-doctoral) (PI: Caine)
Title: The Nexus Between Suicide and Domestic Violence 2004 - 2005

The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Training Program in Qualitative Methods of Social Research
Title: Analyzing Developmental Trajectories

The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Training Program in Qualitative Methods of Social Research
Title: Structural Equation Models: An Introduction

Education

PhD | SUNY at Albany. Law. 2004

MA | SUNY at Albany. Law. 1998

JD | SUNY at Buffalo. Law. 1992

BA | St Marys College. Arts & Sciences. 1987

Awards

Excellence in Public Service. 2014

Distinguished Alumni Award. 2011

Kate Stoneman Award. 2009

Finalist for the "W" Award. 2009

National Institute of Mental Health New Investigator Award. 2005

William B. Hoyt Award. 2002

Justice Award to End Domestic Violence. 2002

2001 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. 2001

2001 Nathaniel Award. 2001

Restore the Hope Award. 2000

Up and Coming Attorneys. 1999

Remington Award. 1998

National Association of Women Lawyers Award and Law Faculty Award. 1992

Research

Patents

Technology Abuse Scale (TAS)

Issue date: February 03, 2011

Patent #: TXu 1-739-208

Country: United States

Inventors: Catherine Cerulli, Christina Smith

Publications

Journal Articles

Alpert AB, Sayegh SJ, Strawderman M, Cunliffe S, Griggs JJ, Cerulli C

Medical care.. 2023 June 161 (6):384-391. Epub 04/18/2023.

Mastrocinque JM, Cerulli C, Thew D, Chin NP, Pollard RQ

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2022 January 37 (1-2):NP696-NP718. Epub 05/12/2020.

Bleasdale J, Morse DS, Cerulli C, Hordes M, Wilson K, Gabriel SJ, Przybyla SM

Substance use & misuse.. 2022 57 (7):1035-1042. Epub 04/05/2022.

Gallegos AM, Trabold N, Cerulli C, Pigeon WR

Trauma, violence & abuse.. 2021 April 22 (2):359-369. Epub 05/26/2019.

Mazzotta CM, Crean HF, Pigeon WR, Cerulli C

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2021 March 36 (5-6):NP2443-NP2463. Epub 03/28/2018.

Hou F, Cerulli C, Crean HF, Wittink MN, Caine ED, Chan KL, Qiu P

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2021 February 36 (3-4):1588-1606. Epub 11/24/2017.

Chaudron LH, Anson E, Bryson Tolbert JM, Inoue S, Cerulli C

Journal of women's health.. 2021 January 30 (1):45-51. Epub 03/31/2020.

Poleshuck E, Wittink M, Crean HF, Juskiewicz I, Bell E, Harrington A, Cerulli C

Journal of women's health.. 2020 February 29 (2):242-252. Epub 09/09/2019.

Poleshuck E, Perez-Diaz W, Wittink M, ReQua M, Harrington A, Katz J, Juskiewicz I, Stone JT, Bell E, Cerulli C

Journal of community psychology.. 2019 June 47 (5):1000-1013. Epub 04/18/2019.

Cerulli C, Winterfeld A, Younger M, Krueger J

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics.. 2019 June 47 (2_suppl):31-35. Epub 1900 01 01.

Iovine-Wong PE, Nichols-Hadeed C, Thompson Stone J, Gamble S, Cross W, Cerulli C, Levandowski BA

Military medicine.. 2019 May 1184 (5-6):e201-e210. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cerulli C, Inoue S, Cerulli J

Integrated pharmacy research & practice.. 2019 8 :115-125. Epub 11/15/2019.

Cerulli C, Faurot C, Thevenet-Morrison K, Thompson Stone J, Nichols-Hadeed C, Resch K, Mittal M

Violence and victims.. 2018 December 33 (6):1072-1087. Epub 1900 01 01.

Poleshuck E, Mazzotta C, Resch K, Rogachefsky A, Bellenger K, Raimondi C, Thompson Stone J, Cerulli C

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2018 September 33 (17):2704-2724. Epub 02/12/2016.

Katz J, Crean HF, Cerulli C, Poleshuck EL

Maternal and child health journal.. 2018 September 22 (9):1360-1367. Epub 1900 01 01.

Chen S, Conwell Y, Cerulli C, Xue J, Chiu HFK

Asian journal of psychiatry.. 2018 August 36 :54-59. Epub 06/28/2018.

Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN, Caine ED, Qiu P

BMJ open.. 2018 February 28 (2):e019465. Epub 02/02/2018.

Qiu P, Caine ED, Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN

Journal of affective disorders.. 2018 February 227 :38-47. Epub 10/06/2017.

Mastrocinque JM, Thew D, Cerulli C, Raimondi C, Pollard RQ, Chin NP

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2017 December 32 (24):3753-3777. Epub 09/13/2015.

Lamberti JS, Weisman RL, Cerulli C, Williams GC, Jacobowitz DB, Mueser KT, Marks PD, Strawderman RL, Harrington D, Lamberti TA, Caine ED

Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.. 2017 October 168 (10):1016-1024. Epub 06/01/2017.

Cerulli C

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2017 March 35 (1):88-90. Epub 1900 01 01.

Volpe EM, Quinn CR, Resch K, Sommers MS, Wieling E, Cerulli C

Family & community health.. 2017 40 (3):258-277. Epub 1900 01 01.

Morse DS, Wilson JL, McMahon JM, Dozier AM, Quiroz A, Cerulli C

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health.. 2017 27 (4):499-508. Epub 03/13/2017.

Quinn CR, Liu C, Kothari C, Cerulli C, Thurston SW

Adolescent psychiatry.. 2017 7 (2):89-104. Epub 1900 01 01.

Qiu P, Caine ED, Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN, Li J

PloS one.. 2016 11 (8):e0161097. Epub 08/15/2016.

Morse DS, Silverstein J, Thomas K, Bedel P, Cerulli C

Health & justice.. 2015 December 3 :12. Epub 06/17/2015.

Pigeon WR, Heffner KL, Crean H, Gallegos AM, Walsh P, Seehuus M, Cerulli C

Contemporary clinical trials.. 2015 November 45 (Pt B):252-260. Epub 09/04/2015.

Brown J, Burnette ML, Cerulli C

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2015 September 30 (15):2709-25. Epub 10/16/2014.

Cerulli C, Edwardsen EA, Hall D, Chan KL, Conner KR

Violence against women.. 2015 July 21 (7):897-907. Epub 04/29/2015.

Poleshuck E, Wittink M, Crean H, Gellasch T, Sandler M, Bell E, Juskiewicz I, Cerulli C

Contemporary clinical trials.. 2015 July 43 :83-92. Epub 04/30/2015.

Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN, Caine ED, Qiu P

BMC women's health.. 2015 March 2115 :28. Epub 03/21/2015.

Gardella JH, Nichols-Hadeed CA, Mastrocinque JM, Stone JT, Coates CA, Sly CJ, Cerulli C

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2015 February 30 (4):640-58. Epub 06/12/2014.

Cerulli C, Nichols-Hadeed C, Raimondi C, Stone JT, Cerulli J

Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning.. 2015 7 (3):283-291. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kothari CL, Butkiewicz R, Williams ER, Jacobson C, Morse DS, Cerulli C

Health & justice.. 2014 December 52 (1):12. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cerulli C, Stephens B, Bossarte R

American journal of men's health.. 2014 September 8 (5):440-3. Epub 02/25/2014.

Blosnich JR, Dichter ME, Cerulli C, Batten SV, Bossarte RM

JAMA psychiatry.. 2014 September 71 (9):1041-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Liebman RE, Burnette ML, Raimondi C, Nichols-Hadeed C, Merle P, Cerulli C

International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology.. 2014 August 58 (8):894-913. Epub 06/26/2013.

Cerulli C, Kothari CL, Dichter M, Marcus S, Wiley J, Rhodes KV

Violence against women.. 2014 May 20 (5):539-560. Epub 06/02/2014.

Pollard RQ, Sutter E, Cerulli C

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2014 March 29 (5):948-65. Epub 10/17/2013.

Morse DS, Cerulli C, Bedell P, Wilson JL, Thomas K, Mittal M, Lamberti JS, Williams G, Silverstein J, Mukherjee A, Walck D, Chin N

Journal of substance abuse treatment.. 2014 February 46 (2):150-7. Epub 09/24/2013.

Cerulli C, Bossarte RM, Dichter ME

American journal of men's health.. 2014 January 8 (1):66-73. Epub 07/05/2013.

White AM, Lu N, Cerulli C, Tu X

Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action.. 2014 8 (1):125-37. Epub 1900 01 01.

Lamberti JS, Russ A, Cerulli C, Weisman RL, Jacobowitz D, Williams GC

Harvard review of psychiatry.. 2014 22 (4):222-30. Epub 1900 01 01.

Giannandrea SA, Cerulli C, Anson E, Chaudron LH

Journal of women's health.. 2013 September 22 (9):760-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Volpe EM, Hardie TL, Cerulli C, Sommers MS, Morrison-Beedy D

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2013 July 28 (10):2068-87. Epub 01/23/2013.

Trabold N, Waldrop DP, Nochajski TH, Cerulli C

Social work in health care.. 2013 52 (4):332-50. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cerulli C, Poleshuck E, Raimondi C, Veale S, Chin N

Journal of family violence.. 2012 November 27 (8):773-781. Epub 1900 01 01.

Sukhera J, Cerulli C, Gawinski BA, Morse D

Journal of family violence.. 2012 October 27 (7):707-714. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kothari CL, Rhodes KV, Wiley JA, Fink J, Overholt S, Dichter ME, Marcus SC, Cerulli C

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2012 September 27 (14):2845-68. Epub 04/04/2012.

Flicker SM, Cerulli C, Swogger MT, Talbot NL

Violence against women.. 2012 April 18 (4):420-36. Epub 06/26/2012.

Nichols-Hadeed C, Cerulli C, Kaukeinen K, Rhodes KV, Campbell J

Family court review.. 2012 January 150 (1):150-158. Epub 01/30/2012.

Morse DS, Lafleur R, Fogarty CT, Mittal M, Cerulli C

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM.. 2012 25 (3):333-42. Epub 1900 01 01.

Volpe EM, Hardie TL, Cerulli C

Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN. 2012 41 (4):506-18. Epub 06/14/2012.

Cerulli C, Talbot NL, Tang W, Chaudron LH

Journal of women's health.. 2011 December 20 (12):1797-803. Epub 09/16/2011.

Pigeon WR, Cerulli C, Richards H, He H, Perlis M, Caine E

Journal of women's health.. 2011 December 20 (12):1923-9. Epub 10/11/2011.

Cerulli C

Violence against women.. 2011 December 17 (12):1529-35; discussion 1549-58. Epub 1900 01 01.

Thomas-Taylor D, Cerulli C

Violence against women.. 2011 November 17 (11):1409-20. Epub 11/21/2011.

Edwardsen EA, Dichter ME, Walsh P, Cerulli C

Military medicine.. 2011 November 176 (11):1260-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rhodes KV, Kothari CL, Dichter M, Cerulli C, Wiley J, Marcus S

Journal of general internal medicine.. 2011 August 26 (8):894-9. Epub 03/15/2011.

Flicker SM, Cerulli C, Zhao X, Tang W, Watts A, Xia Y, Talbot NL

Violence against women.. 2011 August 17 (8):1067-85. Epub 08/04/2011.

Maternal intergenerational transmission of childhood multi-type maltreatment

Cort, N.; Toth, S.; Cerulli, C.; Rogosch, F.

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 2011; 20(1): 20-39.

Engaging with criminal prosecution: The victim's perspective

Dichter, M.E.; Cerulli, C.; Kothari, C.L.; Barg, F. K.; Rhodes, K.V.

Women and Criminal Justice. 2011; 21(1): 21-37.

The impact of children on legal actions taken by women victims of intimate partner violence

Rhodes, K.V.; Dichter, M.E.; Kothari, C.L.; Marcus, S.C.; Cerulli, C.

Journal of Family Violence. 2011; 26(5): 355-364.

An inside view of police officers' experience with domestic violence

Horwitz, S.H.; Mitchell, D.; LaRussa-Trott, M.; Santiago, L.; Pearson, J.; Skiff, D.M.; Cerulli, C.

Journal of Family Violence. 2011; 26(8): 617-625.

Cerulli C, Gellman RA, Nichols C, Hall D, Conner KR, Caine ED

International journal of law and psychiatry.. 2011 34 (2):94-8. Epub 03/31/2011.

Dichter ME, Cerulli C, Bossarte RM

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health.. 2011 21 (4 Suppl):S190-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

You S, Swogger MT, Cerulli C, Conner KR

Crisis.. 2011 32 (5):240-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cross W, Cerulli C, Richards H, He H, Herrmann J

Disaster medicine and public health preparedness.. 2010 December 4 (4):339-43. Epub 06/29/2010.

Cerulli C, Chin N, Talbot N, Chaudron L

Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.. 2010 October 5 (5):225-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cerulli C, Edwardsen EA, Duda J, Conner KR, Caine E

Violence against women.. 2010 June 16 (6):679-90. Epub 1900 01 01.

"I didn't want to put them through that": The influence of children on victim decision-making in intimate partner violence cases

Rhodes, K.V.; Cerulli, C.; Dichter, M.E.; Kothari, C.L.; Barg, F.K.

Journal of Family Violence. 2010; 25(5): 485-493.

Cerulli C, Cerulli J, Santos EJ, Lu N, He H, Kaukeinen K, White AM, Tu X

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA.. 2010 50 (2):200-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cort NA, Cerulli C, He H

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP.. 2010 16 (4):329-36. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kothari CL, Cerulli C, Marcus S, Rhodes KV

Journal of women's health.. 2009 October 18 (10):1639-46. Epub 1900 01 01.

Straus H, Cerulli C, McNutt LA, Rhodes KV, Conner KR, Kemball RS, Kaslow NJ, Houry D

Journal of women's health.. 2009 May 18 (5):625-31. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rhodes KV, Houry D, Cerulli C, Straus H, Kaslow NJ, McNutt LA

Annals of family medicine.. 2009 7 (1):47-55. Epub 1900 01 01.

Houry D, Rhodes KV, Kemball RS, Click L, Cerulli C, McNutt LA, Kaslow NJ

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2008 August 23 (8):1041-55. Epub 02/13/2008.

Houry D, Kaslow NJ, Kemball RS, McNutt LA, Cerulli C, Straus H, Rosenberg E, Lu C, Rhodes KV

Annals of emergency medicine.. 2008 April 51 (4):433-42, 442.e1-7. Epub 03/07/2008.

The Impact of Continuing Education Training on Law Guardian Knowledge, Efficacy, and Practice Behaviors

Cross, W.; Cerulli, C.

Family Court Review. 2007; 45(1): 92-102.

Chan KL, Tiwari A, Leung WC, Ho HW, Cerulli C

Violence and victims.. 2007 22 (3):290-303. Epub 1900 01 01.

Edwards TA, Houry D, Kemball RS, Harp SE, McNutt LA, Straus H, Rhodes KV, Cerulli C, Kaslow NJ

Journal of clinical psychology.. 2006 December 62 (12):1531-43. Epub 1900 01 01.

Privitera M, Weisman R, Cerulli C, Tu X, Groman A

Occupational medicine.. 2005 September 55 (6):480-6. Epub 05/27/2005.

Cerulli C, Conner KR, Weisman R

The Psychiatric quarterly.. 2004 75 (2):139-50. Epub 1900 01 01.

Conner KR, Cerulli C, Caine ED

Violence and victims.. 2002 April 17 (2):115-25. Epub 1900 01 01.

Accommodating death penalty legislation: personal and professional views of assistant district attorneys towards capital punishment.

Callahan, L., Acker, J., & Cerulli, C.

American Journal of Criminal Justice. 2000; 25(1): 15-29.

When Answers Precede Questions: Megan's Laws' Uncertain Policy Consequences

Acker, J.R.; Cerulli, C.

Criminal Law Bulletin. 1998; 34(3): 235-260.

Books

Suicide: Risk Factors and Prevention (2014)

Chapter: Reducing Suicide Risk in the Justice System through Court Based Community-Based Participatory Research

Authors: White, A.M.; Nichols-Hadeed, C.; Steadman, H.J.; Cerulli, C.

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Happauge, NY 2014

Routledge International Handbook on Gender and Crime Studies (2012)

Chapter: Moving Research to Practice: Unlikely Partners in the Conduct of Ethical Research

Authors: Cerulli, C.; Raimondi, C.; Nichols-Hadeed, C.

Publisher: Routledge 2012

Workplace Violence in Mental and General Health Care Setting (2010)

Chapter: Intimate Partner Violence at Work and Economic Impact

Authors: Nichols-Hadeed, C.; Cerulli, C.

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2010

Ethical and Legal Issues in Research with High Risk Populations: (2007)

Chapter: Utilizing State Laws to Our Advantage: What Data is Publicly Available

Authors: Cerulli, C.; Thomas, C.

Publisher: American Psychological Association 2007