Dr. Golub is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and Co-Director of the Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST). She is also a member of the doctoral faculty in the Neuropsychology and Social-Personality subprograms at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Dr. Golub’s research interests include the social-cognitive factors that impact clinical, psychological, and behavioral outcomes among individuals living with HIV and those at-risk for future infection. Currently, Dr. Golub is principal investigator of a grant funded by the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) focusing on neurocognitive factors in the relationship between drug use and risky sex. She is co-investigator on two NIDA funded projects: a) the Young Men’s Health project (designed to reduce sexual and drug-related risk behaviors among young men who have sex with men) and b) Project PLUMS (designed to improve treatment adherence among methamphetamine-using HIV+ men). She is currently piloting a project exploring physical, behavioral, and affective outcomes associated with serosorting among HIV-positive individuals.

At Hunter College, Dr. Golub runs the Laboratory for Applied Social Psychology and Health. The laboratory explores research questions at the intersection of social psychology and public health, focusing on the cognitive and emotional strategies individuals use to cope with chronic illness. Current projects include: a) investigating the ways in which internal conflict (e.g. between competing desires, between personal values and perceived social norms) can impact risk-taking; and b) examining the role of immigration experiences on the health behavior and psychological wellbeing of college students who came to the U.S. after the age of 5.

Dr. Golub has experience in both HIV prevention and treatment, having worked at Mount Sinai Medical Center (Department of Community Medicine; AIDS Center), Dominican Sisters Family Health Services (in the South Bronx), the Teen RAP HIV Prevention program (on Staten Island) and Fenway Community Health (in Boston, Massachusetts). She has consulted for the NYS AIDS Institute, the Boston Public Health Commission, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She has extensive training in biostatistics and multivariate data analysis, and serves as CHEST’s resident biostatistician.

Selected Publications:

Golub, S.A., Tomassilli, J.C., and Parsons, J.T.  (in press)  Partner Serostatus and Disclosure Stigma: Implications for Physical and Mental Health Outcomes.  AIDS and Behavior.

Parsons, J.T., Golub, S.A., Rosof, E., & Holder, C. (2007). Motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioral therapy to improve HIV medication adherence among hazardous drinkers: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 46(4) 443-450.

Golub , S.A . , Rosenthal, L., Cohen, D.E., & Mayer, K.H. (2007). Determinants of High-Risk Sexual Behavior during Post-Exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV Infection. AIDS and Behavior [Epub ahead of print].

Grov, C., Debusk, J., Bimbi, D. S., Golub, S. A., Nanin, J. E., & Parsons, J. T. (2007). Barebacking, the Internet and harm reduction: An Intercept survey with gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles and New York City. AIDS and Behavior, 11, 527-536.

Golub, S.A , Indyk, D., & Wainberg, M.L. (2006). Reframing HIV adherence as part of the experience of illness. Social Work in Health Care, 42, 163-184.