Milton L. Wainberg, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University
Investigator and Research Scientist, The New York State Psychiatric Institute
Co-Director of the Implementation Science and Outcomes Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
Director of Medical Education, HIV Mental Health Training Project
Scientific Co-Director, Global Mental Health Program at Columbia University
Email: milton.wainberg@nyspi.columbia.edu
Phone: (646) 774 - 6430
Milton L. Wainberg is a Venezuelan, American and Brazilian researcher, clinician, and educator whose work has focused on bringing research to practice within public mental health systems of care and on training the next generation of mental health of clinicians and researchers. Dr. Wainberg is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute. He is Co-Director of the Implementation Science and Outcomes Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University, Scientific Co-Director of the Global Mental Health Program at Columbia University, and Director of Medical Education, HIV Mental Health Training Project also at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Dr. Wainberg has led a research portfolio concentrating on the intersection of HIV and mental health (funded by NIMH, NIAAA, NIDA and CDC). This work – conducted among some of the most vulnerable populations (e.g., adults and adolescents with mental illness and substance use disorders, sexual minorities) in both the US and Latin America – has brought evidence-based HIV prevention interventions to mental health care systems. His research also addresses the burden of mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries as Principal Investigator of two NIH global mental health implementation science training grants, one focused in the US (T32 Post-Doctoral Fellowship) and the other in sub-Saharan Africa (D43 FIC/NIMH), and an NIMH funded sub-Saharan Africa hub that combines mental health implementation science capacity building in five countries (Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia), and a large population-based implementation study examining best strategies to bring comprehensive mental health care in three Provinces in Mozambique, a country with about 29 million inhabitants and 13 local psychiatrists. The goal of these innovative implementation science training and research programs is to decrease the global mental health treatment gap as well as the global mental health research gap. Dr. Wainberg has expanded the reach of his efforts across cultures and geographical regions that include resource-poor areas of the U.S.; Central and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela); sub-Saharan Africa (Angola, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Malawi, Mozambique, San Tome, South Africa and Zambia); and Europe (Spain).
EDUCATION
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
MD - 1987, Valedictorian
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1987: Valedictorian, Medical School, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
1989-1993: Psychiatry Residency, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
1991: Mead Johnson Fellowship in Community Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association
1992-1996: Couples with AIDS Therapy Group Co-Leader, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, New York, NY
1993: Burroughs Wellcome Award for Outstanding Leadership in Community Service, American Medical Association
1993: Dr. Donald T. Brown Memorial Scholarship, American Group Psychotherapy Association
1993-1994: Psychotherapy Fellowship, Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Medical Director-Clinic Director, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinic for Holocaust Survivors and their offspring, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
1993-1998: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Hemophilia Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
1993-1996: Interventionist, CDC Puerto Rico Adolescent Project: HIV Behavior Intervention Research, CDC (G3-5645)
1994-1995: Instructor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
1994-1996: Founder and Director, Group Program for Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and their relatives/friends, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
1994-1998: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, AIDS Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Assistant Director, Division of Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
1995-1998: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
1996-1999: Advisory Board Member, Center for Diseases Control & Prevention funded Project S.T.A.G.S.-HIV risk evaluation, New York Site
1998-1999: Director, Behavioral and Mental Health, HIV/AIDS Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center, New York, NY
1998-2005: Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
1999-present: Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
Director of Medical Education, HIV Mental Health Training Program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY
2000-2003: Co-chair, Special Interest Group for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Issues (S.I.G.G.L.B.I.) American Group Psychotherapy Association
2001-2004: Chair, Mental Health Workgroup, HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council of New York City
2001-2002: Member, AIDS Commission, American Psychiatric Association
2002-2007: Member, Committee on AIDS, American Psychiatric Association (former AIDS Commission)
2003: Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
2005-present: Director, HIV Mental Health Training Program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY
July 2005-June 2017: Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Institutional Review Board (IRB), New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), New York, NY
2007-2012: Corresponding Member, Committee on AIDS, American Psychiatric Association
2002-present: Member, Mental Health Guidelines Committee, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health (Co-Chair 2005-2009, Chair 2010-2016)
2010: Humanism in Psychiatry Award, presented by the graduating class of the Columbia University Adult Psychiatry Residency Program.
2014-2015: Chair and Founder, APA Caucus on Global Mental Health and Psychiatry
2014-present Principal Investigator, Postdoctoral Training Program, Global Mental Health Implementation Science, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY
Principal Investigator, Fogarty International Center and NIMH Mental Health Implementation Science Training Program, Portuguese-speaking African countries
2015-present: Scientific Co-Director of the Global Mental Health Program at Columbia, Columbia University, New York, NY
July 2017-present: Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
2017-present: Principal Investigator, NIMH-Mental Health Implementation Science Hub (PRIDES SSA - Partnerships in Research to Implement and Disseminate Sustainable and Scalable Evidence Based Practices in sub-Saharan Africa)
2018-present: Co-Director, Implementation Science and Health Outcomes (ISHO) Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
