Dr. Debby Herbenick is an internationally recognized sexual and reproductive health professor, researcher, and educator. She is a Provost Professor at the Indiana University School of Public Health and director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion. For more than 25 years, she has dedicated her efforts to understanding how people experience their bodies and sexual lives.

Among her 225+ peer-reviewed scientific publications, she has published on population-level sexual health issues (including Zika knowledge and adolescent/young adult sexuality education), college sexual health, and changing sexual behavior trends. Dr. Herbenick has also developed and validated measurement scales to assess genital self-image (which can be thought of as how people feel about their genitals and is relevant to people’s willingness to seek healthcare) as well as sexual pleasure.