Dr. Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH

Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion, School of Public Health at Indiana University


Dr. Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH

Dr. Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH is Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion, School of Public Health at Indiana University and lead investigator of the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB), which TIME Magazine called “the most comprehensive survey of its kind in nearly two decades.”

Dr. Herbenick served as president of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) from 2016-2018 and is an AASECT-certified sexuality educator. She is also a recipient of Indiana University’s 2018 Outstanding Faculty Collaborative Research Award and was honored in 2018 as a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. Additionally, she is co-producer on the Emmy-nominated documentary Hot Girls Wanted.