Hill Crest Endowed Chair in Mental Health
Contact Information
Office: Little Hall
Email: bebride@ua.edu
Phone:
Research Areas and Expertise
- Traumatic stress
- Mental health
- Substance use
- Child welfare
- HIV/AIDS
Education
- M.P.H. (Harvard University)
- Ph.D. (University of Georgia)
- MSW (Florida State University)
- B.S. (University of Florida)
Bio
Brian E. Bride, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.P.H. is the Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Chair in Mental Health in the School of Social Work at the University of Alabama. His research has focused
on the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative programs and practices in the areas of mental health, substance misuse, and HIV prevention and intervention. Dr. Bride is particularly passionate about his research related to the mental health and well-being of the behavioral health and social services workforces. He is internationally recognized for his work on the conceptualization, measurement, and epidemiology of secondary traumatic stress. He is the developer of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, which has been translated into more than two dozen languages. Dr. Bride has been named as one of the “world’s top 2% of scientists” and among the “top 50 global social work scholars.” His work has been featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Newsweek, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post.