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HIV Center

Investigators

Claude Ann Mellins, Ph.D.

Research Scientist and Director, Family Studies Program

Professor of Clinical Psychology
Overview Publications Professional Background

EDUCATION

Brown University, Providence, RI B.A. 1982 Psychology
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA
Ph.D. 1990 Clinical Psychology

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1981-1982     Research Assistant, Brown University Child Study Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
1981-1982   Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Brown University, Providence, RI
Summers,
1981-83
  Program Director, Camp Ramapo, NY
1982-1983   Research Assistant, Psychoendocrinology Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
1984-1985   Assistant Director, Preschool, San-Miguel, CA
Summer,
1986
  Director of Research, Camp Ramapo, NY
1985-1987   Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1987-1989   Research Assistant, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1988-1989   Psychology Intern, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
1989-1990   Psychology Intern, Pediatric Psychiatry, Babies Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
1990-1991   Research Scientist, Child Neurology Clinic, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
1990-1992   Research Fellow, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY
1992-1995   Aaron Diamond Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York, NY
1992-2004   Assistant Professional in Psychiatry, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
1992-present   Co-Director and Director of Research, Special Needs Clinic for Children and Families Affected by HIV, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
1994-2004   Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY
1994-present   Psychologist in Psychiatry, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
1994-2007   Member of the neurodevelopment sub-committee of the Women and Infants Transmission Study, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
1995-present   Supervisor of Neurodevelopment, Women and Children's Care Center, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
1998-present   Member of the Coordinating Center (P.I. James Bell) for a multisite HIV-AIDS Cost Study funded by SAMHSA, NIMH, NIDA, and HRSA.
2003-2004   Consultant, NIMH, Office of AIDS Research, on issues related to Pediatric AIDS
2004-2010   Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Departments of Psychiatry and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, NY, NY
2005-2008   Member Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
2005-2008   Member, National Institute of Mental Health Data Safety and Monitoring Board for the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group protocol PACTG 1055, entitled "Psychiatric Co-morbidity in Perinatally HIV-infected Children"
2005-present   Member of Scientific Leadership Committee, Member of Executive Committee, NIH-funded (NICHD, NIMH, NIDA), Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PI: Russ Van Dyke, MD)
2006-2007   Member, External Scientific AIDS Workgroup, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
2009-present   Standing member , Behavioral and Social Consequences of HIV/AIDS Study Section, National Institutes of Health
2010-present   Professor of Clinical Psychology, Departments of Psychiatry and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, NY, NY

 

HONORS AND AWARDS  

1988-1989     All University Dissertation Fellowship Award, University of Southern California
1989-1990   Viola Bernard Award for Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
1992-1995   Aaron Diamond Foundation, Fellowship Award, New York, NY
2007-2010   Featured in Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare

 

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Claude Ann Mellins, Ph.D.

Research Scientist and Director, Family Studies Program

Professor of Clinical Psychology

TEL: 212-543-5383
FAX: 212-543-6003

cam14@columbia.edu

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Meeting the challenges of global HIV/AIDS at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and mental health
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