Dr. Baptiste's clinical and research interests involve partnering with community groups and agencies to design and implement family-education interventions to increase parental regulation of youth sexual and HIV risks. Dr. Baptiste is principal or co-investigator on several NIH-funded studies involving family-education programs in Chicago and the Caribbean . Dr. Baptiste is a licensed clinical psychologist and licensed marital family therapist (LMFT) and an experienced teacher/trainer in family-systems therapy. She has coordinated family and group therapy training in the Department of Psychiatry for the past 8 years.