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Darrell P. Wheeler, MSW, Howard University; MPH
and PhD, Social Work, University of Pittsburgh,
is the Associate Dean for Research and an
Associate Professor at the Hunter College
School of Social Work, where he teaches courses
on community organizing and on research methods.
Prior to his professorship at Hunter, Dr.
Wheeler held faculty positions at Columbia
University; the University of North Carolina,
Greensboro; and the University of California
San Francisco. Additionally he was a research
scientist for the New York State Department
of Health AIDS Institute and a psychotherapist
with a specialization in adults and family
interventions. Dr. Wheeler’s overall research
agenda and publications focus on the identification
and exploration of individual and communal
resiliency in HIV prevention and intervention.
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. Dr. Wheeler has provided
professional consultations on program development
and evaluation to numerous local, state and
national entities. He has served on the NYC
Prevention Planning Group and on review panels
for the CDC, NIH, and the University of California;
he 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. 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.
PUBLICATIONS:
Wheeler, D. P., Lauby, J, L., Liu, K., Van
Sluytman, L., & Murrill, C. (in press).
A Comparison of Characteristics of Sexual
Risk among Black men who have sex with men
and Black men who have sex with men and women
in New York City and Philadelphia. Archives
of Sexual Behavior.
Wheeler, D.P. and Patterson, G. (2008) Prisoner
reentry. Health and Social Work, 33(2), 145-147.
Wheeler, D.P. & Bragin, M. (2007). Bringing
it all back home: Social Work and the Callenge
of Returning Veterans. Health and Social Work,
32(4) 297-300.
Wheeler, D.P., & Goodman, H. (2007).
Health and mental health social works need
information literacy skills. Health and Social
Work, 32(3), 235-237.
Wheeler, D.P. (2007). HIV and AIDS Today:
Where is social work going? Health and Social
Work, 32(2), 155-157.
Wheeler, D.P., Carter, R.E., Cobb, V.L.,
Louis, B.E. (2007). Engaging African American
Youth in Smoking Prevention Efforts. American
Journal of Health Studies, 22(2), 114-120.
PRESENTATIONS:
Brothers y Hermanos: Findings
from a Multi-Site Collaborative Study of HIV
Risk among Black and Latino MSM and Implications
for Future HIV Interventions. 2007 National
HIV Prevention Conference: Atlanta, GA.
December 2007.
Delivering High Quality Evidence-Based Care
in a CBO setting. The United States Conference
on AIDS 2007: Palm Springs, CA. November 2007.
Histories of Sexual Violence among Black
Men Who Have Sex with Men (BMSM).
Male Survivor Conferences: New York, NY. October
2007.
Maximizing Social Work Research Potential
through Community Collaborations.
Poster presentation at the Nineteenth Annual
National Conference on HIV/AIDS, Albuquerque,
NM May 2007.
Exploring HIV prevention needs for non-gay-identified
Black and African-American men who have sex
with men: Indiana University. April 2007.
Using Respondent-Driven sampling (RDS) to
Increase Diversity in Sampling Black Men who
have sex with men (MSM). Annual Conference
of the Society for Social Work and Research:
San Francisco, CA. January 2007.
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