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Hunter College > Schools of the Health Professions > Brookdale Science Center > Center for Community & Urban Health > RHISC > Faculty | |||||
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Mentoring Faculty
Philip Alcabes, PhD Areas of expertise: Statistical methods for nested and longitudinal research designs, guidance on data analysis and analytic sections of applications and publications. Workshops: Statistical methods for nested research designs. In addition, Dr. Alcabes will assist with establishment of statistical methods and guiding analysis of data for presentations, applications, and publications, and will be available for ongoing consultation, as needed. Bio: Philip Alcabes is an infectious-disease epidemiologist with over 20 years of experience researching social aspects of AIDS, TB and other communicable epidemic diseases. He has authored or co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed research articles in the American Journal of Epidemiology, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Lancet, and other journals. Currently, his research examines the history of contagion control and the social construction of epidemics, a topic on which he is currently writing a book. Dr. Alcabes is a member of Hunter College’s Human Subjects Research Committee and serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee to the World Trade Center Health Registry Project of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Martin Dornbaum, MS Areas of expertise: Utilizing media for health promotion, technology, conference presentations, research poster design. Workshops: Utilizing media for health promotion. In addition, Mr. Dornbaum will review proposed interventions for the appropriate incorporation of media and for proposed media strategies for dissemination. He also will be available for ongoing consultation regarding the development and use of media for purposes of intervention, dissemination and presentation, as needed. Bio: Martin Dornbaum has an extensive resume as a filmmaker, focusing especially on health education and on stopping the intergenerational transmission of hatred. He was Producer and Director of Stay Tuned: The Challenge of Hearing Loss and of In Care of: Families and Their Elders, and the Associate Producer of the critically acclaimed film A Life Apart: Hasidism in America. He has collaborated with School of Health Sciences and with School of Nursing faculty on a variety of health productions, including In Control, a videotape to promote adherence to a healthy diabetic lifestyle for minority elders, and with Dr. Roye on a video intervention called Reality Check, which teaches the importance of dual protection for pregnancy and HIV/STDs. Under his direction, HPEC serves as the School of Health Science’s and the School of Nursing’s beta review site for film and video created by major health media producers, and evaluates software for faculty for instructional design and platform compatibility.
Roseanne Flores, PhD Areas of expertise: of low-literacy interventions, strategies to effectively work with schools and other governmental entities, principles of measurement, real world strategies for developing applications. Workshops: Mentoring workshop for Institute faculty and for home institution mentors. Summer Institute workshops on the design of low-literacy interventions, strategies to effectively work with schools and other governmental entities, and principles of measurement. Dr. Flores will be available for ongoing consultation regarding these subjects; will also review measures, as needed; and will assist individuals with the development of real world strategies to address these issues. Bio: Roseanne Flores researches the effect of poverty on children's cognitive and linguistic development, the influence of parent-child discourse practices on children's cognitive and linguistic development, and the role of teachers’ reading styles on children's cognition. She has worked in day care centers with children of homeless families, and has developed an expertise in working with low literacy populations, schools and agencies. She currently serves as co-chair of the Hunter College Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Beatrice J. Krauss, PhD Areas of expertise: HIV stigma, adolescent sexual risk behavior, role of familial and social networks in HIV prevention and education, models of community/researcher relations and dissemination. Workshops: Scientific and methodological aspects of HIV-related research; effective community outreach; ethics; grant writing. In addition, Dr. Krauss will participate in “science in a fishbowl” peer review sessions; conduct concept paper and pilot proposal reviews; provide guidance regarding pilot projects, career planning, and development of grant applications; conduct other mentoring activities, as needed; and assist with publication, grant writing and dissemination activities. Bio: Beatrice Krauss’ research focuses on HIV prevention, on adjustment to HIV in highly affected communities, on the effects of HIV stigma on people living with HIV as well as on their caregivers and support networks, on methodological issues in field research and on the dissemination of research-supported interventions. For the last 12 years, she has followed 375 minority parents and 375 of their children in the Lower East Side of New York City, evaluating long-term outcomes of interventions for parents designed to assist them in their role as family health educators, a project selected by NIH for HIV-prevention training for its own staff. Recently she has looked at the multiple stresses (health, community violence, disaster) faced by such families. Her highly regarded NIMH-funded Parent/Preadolescent Training for HIV Prevention (PATH) has been replicated in Mexico City under World AIDS Foundation funding, in Miami with Cuban immigrant families under NIMH funding, and in Mumbai under both World AIDS Foundation and NIMH funding. Dr. Krauss has served on multiple NIH review panels, and is a member of Hunter College’s IRB.
Jeffrey T. Parsons, PhD Areas of expertise: Substance use, sexual risk, medication adherence, reaching hidden communities, intervention development, evaluation. Workshops: Substance use, reaching hidden communities, and substance use and mental health measures. In addition, Dr. Parsons will participate in “science in a fishbowl” peer review sessions; conduct concept paper and pilot proposal reviews; conduct site visits to funded projects; provide guidance regarding pilot projects, career planning, publication, and development of grant applications; conduct additional mentoring activities, as needed; and assist with publication and dissemination activities. Bio: Jeffrey Parsons’ research centers on sexual risk behavior change, reducing alcohol and other drug use, and improving adherence to HIV medications. He has also examined factors related to adolescent risk-taking, sexual behaviors and other issues facing gay/bisexual male sex workers, and HIV issues among persons with hemophilia. For over 10 years. Dr. Parsons has been involved in the development and testing of behavioral interventions designed to impact the lives of those living with HIV. He is a member of the International Association of Motivational Interviewing Trainers (IAMIT) and has provided numerous MI trainings and consultations to HIV clinics, medical and psychosocial providers, and other individuals incorporating MI into their clinical work. He is actively involved in the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (www.sexualscience.org) and is a member of the Behavioral and Social Consequences of HIV/AIDS Study Section for the National Institutes of Health.
Lynn Roberts, PhD Areas of expertise: Adolescent and women’s health, violence prevention, community organizing and development, health disparities. Workshops: Qualitative research methods, adolescent sexual behavior, and critical analysis of risk messages in popular culture. In addition, Dr. Roberts will be available for ongoing consultation, as needed; will assist individuals with qualitative data analysis issues; and will provide guidance for mentees involved in research related to adolescent risk behaviors. Bio: : Lynn Roberts’ current research examines the intersection of race, class and gender and the resulting impact of multiple oppressions on the dating relationships and sexual risk taking behaviors of young women and men of color. She is a Board Member of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective. From 2000-2002, she was a Visiting Professor at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California (San Francisco). Dr. Roberts previously served as Senior Program Coordinator at the New York AIDS Consortium, as Program Director for the Visiting Nurse Service’s First Steps Program, and as Project Director for a New York State AIDS Institute project to provide HIV/AIDS education to incarcerated high school and foster care youth.
Carol Roye, EdD, RN, CPNP Areas of expertise: Measuring biological outcomes, home visiting, clinic intervention models addressing adolescent sexual risk behaviors. Workshops: Biological outcomes, home visiting, and clinic intervention models. In addition, Dr. Roye will participate in “science in a fishbowl” peer review sessions; conduct pilot proposal reviews; provide guidance regarding pilot projects, career planning, publications, and development of grant applications; conduct additional mentoring activities, as needed; and assist fellows with publication and dissemination activities. Bio: Carol Roye is a practicing pediatric nurse practitioner who provides reproductive health care to adolescent girls in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. She is the author of many publications on a range of topics in adolescent reproductive health, including Adolescent Sexual Development and Sexuality: Assessment and Interventions, a popular book for professionals who work with teenagers around issues of sexuality. Her research focuses on issues pertinent to adolescents, including teen pregnancy prevention and working with mothers of pregnant and parenting teens to improve outcomes for their daughters. Her work is featured by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and appears in the National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth. She has appeared on radio and television to talk about adolescent and women’s health issues and has spoken at numerous national and international conferences. She is currently at work on a book which examines the genesis of current, unfavorable reproductive health policies and the adverse impact they have on child health in the U.S. and overseas.
Darrell Wheeler, PhD, MPH Areas of expertise: Careers of minority researchers, designing grounded/culturally sensitive interventions, ethics. Workshops: Careers of minority researchers, designing grounded/culturally sensitive interventions, and ethics. In addition, Dr. Wheeler will participate in “science in a fishbowl” peer review sessions; conduct pilot proposal reviews; meet with community partners; provide guidance regarding pilot projects, career planning, publications, and development of grant applications; conduct additional mentoring activities, as needed; and assist with publication and dissemination activities. Bio: Darrell Wheeler’s research focuses on the identification and exploration of individual and communal resiliency in HIV prevention and intervention, with particular emphasis on African American and Black gay, bisexual and transgender communities. He was the co-principal investigator of Brothers y Hermanos, a CDC epidemiologic HIV/AIDS research study of Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in New York City, which investigated factors associated with HIV risk behaviors unique to this population. He is a recent co-recipient of an American International Health Alliance partnership award to develop the capacity of social service programs in Nigeria for orphaned and other vulnerable youth. Dr. Wheeler is a member of, and has held nationally elected positions in, the American Public Health Association and the National Association of Social Workers; has served on the NYC Prevention Planning Group and on review panels for the CDC, NIH, and the University of California; and currently serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, International Journal of Men’s Health, and Journal of HIV/AIDS in Social Services. Consortium and Consultant Faculty Enriching the Summer Institute
Ann Biddlecom, PhD Workshops: Anticipating public policy implications of research, communicating to a broad range of audiences, and preparing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publications. Bio: Ann Biddlecom is a Senior Research Associate at the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. She recently directed a multi-country study of HIV and pregnancy prevention among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa and has authored or co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles on contraceptive use, men’s reproductive roles and adolescent sexual behaviors. She has worked at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, conducting analysis in the areas of reproduction and family support, and at the Population Council, where she performed quantitative and qualitative research on contraceptive use with colleagues in Sub-Saharan Africa. She was also on the team fielding the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth.
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MSW Workshops: Design, development and evaluation of community- and family-based approaches to reducing HIV vulnerability among Latino and African-American families. In addition, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos will provide ad hoc mentoring. Bio: Vincent Guilamo-Ramos’ research interests are related the role of families in promoting Latino and African American adolescent health, with a special focus on preventing HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies. Additional research interests include parent-adolescent communication, intervention research, HIV prevention, and alcohol and drug use. Dr. Guilamo-Ramos has conducted research primarily in urban, resource-poor settings, such as the South Bronx, Harlem and Lower East Side communities of New York City. More recently, he has extended his focus to HIV-prevention among vulnerable populations in the Dominican Republic and in India. Dr. Guilamo-Ramos also has worked at the Hetrick Martin Institute, a social service agency dedicated to meeting the unique needs of gay, lesbian, transgender, and questioning youths, and was a national trainer and an Advisory Committee member for the National Association of Social Worker’s HIV/AIDS Spectrum Project, which provides the necessary HIV and mental health practice skills for people working in social work, mental health, and substance abuse fields to enhance and promote culturally competent practice with individuals, families, and communities affected by HIV/AIDS.
Robert Kaplan, PhD Workshops: Assist Dr. Krauss in conducting grant writing workshops and in conducting workshops on other forms of writing and research used in public health. Dr. Kaplan will work closely with fellows on manuscript, poster and application preparation, and will provide guidance on the summarization of qualitative data. Bio: Robert Kaplan is a freelance scientific grant writer and editor, and is the former Director of Writing and Communications at the Hunter College Center for Community and Urban Health, responsible for reviewing and editing all grants, articles, project reports, concept papers, presentations, curricula, and other written documents. Prior to joining the Center, he worked in the Hunter College Program in Urban Public Health, helping faculty to develop writing-based public health curricula, and assisting undergraduate and graduate students to develop the critical writing, reading, and thinking skills needed by public health professionals.
Mary McKay, PhD, LCSW Workshops: Family models of intervention and community collaborations. In addition, Dr. McKay will provide ad hoc mentoring. Bio: Mary McKay is a Professor of Psychiatry and Community Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and has held professorships at Columbia University and University of Illinois at Chicago. One of her most successful research projects is the CHAMP (Collaborative HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project) Family Program, a collaborative effort between university and community members to provide HIV prevention and mental health promotion services in urban, low income communities; CHAMP began in Chicago and is now being replicated in New York City, South Africa, and Trinidad. Dr. McKay also has conducted extensive research around practices to improve engagement with mental health services in urban areas. She has worked closely with NYS Office of Mental Health, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and NIMH to create evidence-based engagement interventions and to test models of dissemination and training for mental health professionals in engagement best practices.
Thomas Mehnert, MBA Workshops: Budget development, financial tracking, variance reporting and program planning within a complex regulatory environment; assist Dr. Krauss in conducting grant writing workshops. In addition, Mr. Mehnert will provide ad hoc consultation on budget preparation. Bio: Thomas Mehnert is the former Chief Financial Officer of the Hunter College Center for Community and Urban Health. He has twenty-five years of experience in operations, regulatory compliance and quality improvement, primarily in the outpatient clinical service setting. In addition to establishing a Quality Assurance Department at a major rehabilitation center, he has developed two successful outpatient clinics for two different organizations that focus on individuals with special needs. Mr. Mehnert was the Assistant Project Director for the International Center for the Disabled’s (ICD) landmark survey Bringing Disabled Americans into the Mainstream, the first national survey to ask individuals with disabilities about societal access and barriers, the results of which were cited by the U.S. Congress as the statistical justification for the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990). If you have any questions about RHISC, please contact Joanne O’Day at (212) 481-4075 or joday@hunter.cuny.edu.
RHISC is funded by NIMH R25 training grant, "Minority Researcher Skills in Youth, Community, Family and HIV," and is hosted exclusively at the Hunter College Center for Community and Urban Health, City University of New York. All materials © 2008, Hunter College Center for Community and Urban Health. |
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Research in HIV Intervention: Skills for the Community (RHISC)
