American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

In Memoriam

Jeremy T. Goldbach, PhD

Inducted in 2025

Bio

Jeremy Goldbach, a nationally recognized scholar on LGBTQ+ mental health and the inaugural Masters & Johnson Distinguished Professor in Sexual Health and Education at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, died Saturday, June 7, 2025 of cancer. He was 42.

Goldbach also served as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at the Brown School, where his loss is deeply felt across the community.

“The Brown School has lost one of its pillars,” said Dorian Traube, the Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School. “Jeremy was a teacher, researcher, administrative leader, and supremely witty, wholehearted friend.”

For more than 15 years, Goldbach dedicated his career to research and teaching aimed at reducing stigma and advancing the well-being of LGBTQ+ children and adolescents. His work received support from numerous organizations, including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Department of Defense, and several foundations. In 2010, he co-developed Proud & Empowered, a program designed to help empower LGBTQ+ youth and improve school climate.

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