Bonita Iritani, MA, MSS, Sociology/Psychology, Social Psychology, Social Service
Associate Research Scientist
Chapel Hill Center
Chapel Hill, N. Carolina

Phone: (919) 265-2611
Fax: (919) 265-2659
Email: iritani@pire.org


Bonita Iritani serves as Project Coordinator of “Can Church Schools Reduce Risk of HIV Infection for Orphan Girls in Zimbabwe” (funded by NIH-NICHD; Denise Hallfors, P.I.) and as a research associate for “School Support as Structural HIV Prevention for Adolescent Orphans in Kenya” (NIH-NIMH; Hyunsan Cho, P.I.). Both studies conduct and evaluate interventions providing schooling supports for orphans in Africa. Ms. Iritani also serves as data analyst on “Sexual Behavior Trajectories from Adolescence to Adulthood” (NIH-NICHD; Denise Hallfors, co-investigator; Carolyn Halpern, P.I.) and on a study examining associations between alcohol outlet density, drinking behaviors and intimate partner violence among young adults (NIH-NIAAA; Martha Waller, P.I). The last two studies both use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health).

Ms. Iritani is experienced in data management and analysis, manuscript writing and preparation, project coordination, literature search and review, grant proposal assistance, and maintaining human subject protection. Ms. Iritani has been at PIRE since 2002. She received a B.A. in Sociology and Psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1984, an M.A. in Psychology (Social) at Stanford University in 1986, and an M.S.S. (Master of Social Service) at Bryn Mawr College in 1998. Prior to joining PIRE, Ms. Iritani worked as a Social Research Associate in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and as a Data Analyst for the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington.