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Joanne E.
Mantell, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University
Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

TEL: 212-543-5975
FAX: 212-543-5620

last update: 2/14/07

 

EDUCATION

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA B.A. 1964 French
Columbia University, New York, NY M.S. 1966 Social Work
University of California, Los Angeles, CA M.S.P.H. 1977 Public Health/Behavioral Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles, CA Ph.D. 1982 Public Health/Behavioral Sciences

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1980-1981 Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1983-1985 Research Assistant Professor, University of Southern California School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Research Associate, "Resource Utilization by AIDS Patients in the Acute Care Hospital," funded by Blue Cross to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Department of Nursing, New York, NY
1987-1992 Senior Research Scientist, New York City Department of Health, Division of AIDS Program Services, AIDS Research Unit, Bureau of Disease Intervention Research, New York, NY
1992-1994 Principal Investigator, Perinatal HIV Infection and HIV Risk Reduction and Testing Studies, Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc., New York, NY
1993-1999 Consultant, Psychosocial/Qualitative Assessment Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
1993-2002 Lecturer, Columbia University School of Public Health, Division of Sociomedical Sciences, New York, NY
1994-1999 Principal Investigator, Evaluation of HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement Program, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, NY
1995-1996 Consultant, HIV/AIDS and STD Programme, Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa
1997 Consultant, JSI/SEATS and the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Association, Harare, Zimbabwe
1998-2002 Consultant and Co-Principal Investigator, Association for Reproductive and Family Health, Ibadan, Nigeria
1999-2000 Consultant, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, NY
1999-present Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
2000-2001 Consultant, The Population Council/HORIZONS
2000-2004 Consultant, Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa
2000-present Senior Research Associate, Center for Adherence Support Evaluation, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
2001 Consultant, NGO Networks for Health, Washington, DC, "Delivering Integrated FP/HIV/STI Services", Lusaka, Zambia
2002-present Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology, Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY
2002 Consultant, The Population Council, NY. "Condom Programming"
2004-present Consultant, New York Academy of Medicine

PUBLICATIONS

Mantell, J.E., Akabas, S., Schinke, S.P.: Women and AIDS Prevention. Journal of Primary Prevention, 9:18-40, 1988.

Auerbach, M., Jagemann, C., Mantell, J.: Women and AIDS in New York: An organized community response. In: Managing AIDS Services and Resources. DHHS Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration and The University of South Carolina, School of Public Health, pp. 147-149, 1989.

Mantell, J.E., Shulman, L.C., Belmont, M.F., Spivak, H.B.: Social Work responses to the AIDS epidemic in an acute care hospital: Practice and system implications. Health and Social Work, 14: 41-51, 1989.

Mantell, J.E., DiVittis, A.T.: AIDS Prevention Programs: The need for evaluation in the context of community partnership. In: New Directions for Program Evaluation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1990.

Shulman, L.C., Mantell , J.E., Eaton, C., Sorrell, S.: HIV-related disorders, needle users and the social services, In: C.G. Leukefeld, R.W. Battjes, Amsel (Eds.), AIDS and Intravenous Drug Use: Future Directions for Community-Based Prevention Research. National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph, Series #93, DHHS Publication No. (ADM) 90-1627, pp. 254-267, 1990.

Mantell, J.E., Schinke, S.P.: The crisis of AIDS for adolescents: The need for preventive risk-reduction intervention. In: Albert R. Roberts (Ed.), Contemporary Perspectives on Crisis Intervention and Prevention. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, pp. 185-217, 1991.

Ell, K., Nishimoto, R., Mediansky, L., Mantell, J., Hamovitch, M.: Coping with cancer: A comparison of older and younger patients. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 19:3-27, 1992.

Ell, K., Nishimoto, R., Mediansky, L., Mantell, J., Hamovitch, M.: Social relations, social support and survival among patients with cancer. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 36:1-11, 1992.

Mantell, J.E., DiVittis, A.T.: Behavioral and psychosocial issues and directions in HIV/AIDS in research. In: H. Land (Ed.), AIDS: A Complete Guide to Psychosocial Intervention. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Family Service America, Inc. pp. 281-300, 1992.

Mantell, J.E., Scheepers, E., and Karim, Q.A.: Providing women with a range of choices to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and STD Programme, Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa, Unpublished Training Manual for Health Care Providers, 1996.

Mantell, J. E., DiVittis, A.T., Auerbach, M.I.: Evaluating HIV Prevention Interventions. New York: Plenum, 1997.

Mantell, J.E., Susser, E.: Homeless women: The need for targeting HIV prevention. In: E. Blechman, K. Brownell (Eds.), Behavioral Medicine for Women: A Comprehensive Handbook. New York: Guilford Publications, 1997.

Mantell, J. E., Scheepers, E., Karim, Q. A.: Introducing the female condom through the public health sector: Experiences from South Africa, AIDS Care, 12:589-601, 2000.

Mantell, J.E., Hoffman, S., Weiss, E., Adeokun, L., Delano, G., Jagha, T., Exner, T.M., Stein, Z.A., Karim, Q.A., Scheepers, E., Atkins, K., Weiss, E.: The acceptability of the female condom: Perspectives of family planning providers in New York City, South Africa and Nigeria. Journal of Urban Health, 78:658-668, 2001.

Adeokun, L., Mantell, J.E., Weiss, E., Delano, G.E., Jagha, T., Olatoregun, J., Udo, D., Akinso, S., Weiss, E.: Promoting dual protection in family planning clinics in Ibadan, Nigeria. International Family Planning Perspectives, 28:87-95, 2002.

Mantell, J.E., Hoffman, S., Exner, T.M., Stein, Z.A., Atkins, K.: Family planning providers' perspectives on dual protection. Perspectives in Sexual and Reproductive and Health, 35:71-78, March/April, 2003.

Harrison, A., Smit, J., Exner, T., Hoffman, S., Mantell, J.: The Mpondombili Project: Gender inequalities and young people's sexual health in rural South Africa. Sexual Health Exchange, 3 & 4, 2004.

Hoffman, S., Mantell, J., Exner, T., Stein, Z.: The future of the female condom. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36:120-126, 2004.

Mantell, J., Myer, L., Carballo-Diéguez, A., Stein, Z., Ramjee, G., Morar, N., Harrison, P.: Microbicide acceptability research: Current approaches and future directions. Social Science & Medicine, 60:319-330, 2005.

Chin, J., Mantell, J., Weiss, L., Bhagavan, M., Luo, X.: Chinese and South Asian religious institutions and HIV prevention in New York City. AIDS Education and Prevention, 17(5), 484-502, 2005.

Mantell J.E., Morar N., Myer L., Ramjee G.: "We have our protector": Misperceptions of protection against HIV among participants in a microbicide efficacy trial. American Journal of Public Health 96(6): 1073-1077, 2006.

Harrison A., Hoffman S., O'Sullivan L., Mantell J., Exner T.M., Smit J.: Young men's HIV risks in South Africa: The importance of multiple risk behaviors. AIDS 20 (10): 1467-1468, 2006.

Mannheimer S.B., Mukherjee R., Hirschhorn L., Dougherty J.D., Celano S.A., Ciccarone D., Graham K., Mantell J.E., Mundy L.M., Eldred L., Finkelstein R., Botsko M.: The CASE adherence index: A novel method for measuring adherence to antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Care 18 (7): 853-861, 2006.

Mantell J.E., Dworkin S., Exner T.M., Hoffman S., Smit J.A., Susser I.: The promises and limitations of female-initiated methods of HIV/STI protection. Social Science & Medicine, 63(8):1998-2009, 2006.

Mantell J.E., Harrison, A., Hoffman S., Smit J.A., Stein Z.A., Exner T.M.: The Mpondombili project: Preventing HIV/AIDS and unintended pregnancy among rural South African school-going adolescents. Reproductive Health Matters 14 (28): 1-10, 2006.

Carballo-Diéguez A., Balan I., Morrow K., Rosen R., Mantell J., Gai F., Hoffman S., Maslankowski L.,
El-Sadr W., Mayer K.: Acceptability of tenofovir gel as a vaginal microbicide by male participants in
a phase I clinical trial (HPTN 050). AIDS Care, in press.

Blankenship, K.M., Friedman, S.R, Dworkin, S., Mantell, J.E.: Structural interventions: Concepts, challenges and opportunities for research. Journal of Urban Health, in press.

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