Dr. Anne Helene Skinstad is a Co-Director of the YMSM + LGBT Center of Excellence. She is the Project Director of the first National American Indian and Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Community & Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, at the University of Iowa.

Her work has focused primarily on substance use disorders in women, substance use disorders in Native American and Alaska Natives, and substance use disorders among members of the LGBT community.  Dr. Skinstad received both her PhD and Cand.Psychol. degree (equivalent to Psy.D.) from the College of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.

Anne Helene enjoys skiing, playing the piano, and most of all spending time with her granddaughter, who was born in October 2014.  Anne Helene lives in Iowa City with her husband Peter and two Australian Shepherds, Sasha and Stella.  The photo is of Anne Helene and her husband.