David DuBois, PhD — Professor, Community Health Sciences
David L. DuBois, PhD, is a professor in the Division of Community Health Sciences and the Associate Dean for Research within the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is also an Associate Director at the Institute for Health Research and Policy.
He received his doctorate in clinical-community psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research examines the contribution of protective factors — particularly self-esteem and mentoring relationships — to resilience and holistic positive development and on translating knowledge in this area to the design of effective youth programs. Dr. DuBois has authored numerous peer-reviewed studies on these topics, including two ground-breaking meta-analyses of the effectiveness of youth mentoring programs. He is lead co-editor of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring (Sage Publications) and is co-author of “After-School Centers and Youth Development: Case Studies of Success and Failure” (Cambridge University Press, 2012), each of which received awards from the Society for Research on Adolescence. He serves as Chair of the Research Advisory Committee of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America as well as the Research Board of the National Mentoring Resource Center. He very much enjoys contributing to the positive development and empowerment of youth in his personal life as well through activities such as being a mentor in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. His other passion areas include family, biking, films, and nature. Dr. DuBois is partnering with Great Life Mentoring to conduct rigorous and informative evaluations of the program and its impacts