Michael Newcomb PhD

Michael E. Newcomb, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University. He is the Director of the THRIVE Center for Translational Science in Sexual and Gender Minority Health, a research center within the Northwestern Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH). He is also the Director of the NU-THRIVE Postdoctoral T32 Training Program in Translational Science, HIV, and Sexual and Gender Minority Health. He received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed his pre-doctoral internship in clinical psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Newcomb’s research broadly focuses on health disparities in sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth, particularly in the areas of HIV/AIDS, alcohol and drug use, and mental health problems. His work emphasizes the interpersonal contexts that influence health outcomes, including romantic relationships and families. Dr. Newcomb is PI of a series of grants evaluating 2GETHER, relationship education, and HIV prevention program for young male couples. He is conducting two efficacy trials of 2GETHER, evaluating the program in a face-to-face format in Chicago (R01AA024065) and an online telehealth adaptation for couples across the U.S (DP2DA042417). Most recently, he was funded to conduct a large Hybrid Type I Implementation-Effectiveness trial of an eHealth adaptation of 2GETHER to determine effects on HIV incidence (U01AI156874). Dr. Newcomb is also PI of an R01 from NIMHD (with Dr. Brian Mustanski) that aims to conduct mixed-methods research to characterize racial disparities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence and utilization. He is also site PI of an NIH-funded longitudinal cohort examining intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minority youth assigned female at birth, and he contributes to multiple projects as a Co-Investigator. Dr. Newcomb is a Clinical Psychologist with expertise in couples therapy and mental health treatment in the context of chronic medical conditions.