EDUCATION
|
Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
B.A. |
1980 |
Social
Work |
|
Hebrew
University School of Social Work,
Israel |
M.A. |
1983 |
Social
Work |
|
Columbia
University School of Social Work, New
York, NY |
D.S.W. |
1989 |
Social
Work |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1988-1990 |
Research
Associate, Columbia University School
of Social Work, New York, NY |
| 1990-1994 |
Research
Scientist, Columbia University School
of Social Work, New York, NY |
| 1994-1996 |
Assistant
Professor, Columbia University School
of Social Work, New York, NY |
| 1996-2003 |
Associate
Professor, Columbia University School
of Social Work, New York, NY |
| 1999-present |
Director,
Social Intervention Group, Columbia
University School of Social Work, New
York, NY |
| 2001-present |
Director,
Center for Intervention and Prevention
Research on HIV and Drug Abuse,
Columbia University School of Social
Work, New York, NY |
| 2003-present |
Professor, Columbia University School
of Social Work, New York, NY |
PUBLICATIONS
El-Bassel, N., & Schilling,
R.F. (1992). 15-month follow-up of women
methadone patients taught skills to reduce
heterosexual HIV transmission. Public Health
Reports, 107, 500-504.
El-Bassel, N., Schilling, R.F., Turnbull,
J.E., & Su, K.H. (1993). Correlates of alcohol
use among methadone patients. Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research, 17,
681-686.
El-Bassel, N., & Schilling, R.F. (1994).
Social support and sexual risk reduction among
female drug users in methadone clinics. AIDS
Education and Prevention, 6, 506-513.
El-Bassel, N., Ivanoff, A., Schilling, R.F.,
Gilbert, L., Borne, D., & Chen, D.R. (1995).
Preventing HIV/AIDS in drug-abusing
incarcerated women through skills building and
social support enhancement: Preliminary
outcomes. Social Work Research, 19, 131-141.
El-Bassel, N., Schilling, R.F., Gilbert, L.,
& Ivanoff, A. (1996). Correlates of crack abuse
among drug-using incarcerated women: Trauma,
social support and coping behavior. American
Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 22, 41-56.
El-Bassel, N., Ivanoff, A., Schilling, R.F.,
Borne, D., & Gilbert, L. (1997). Skills
building and social support enhancement to
reduce HIV risk among women in jail. Criminal
Justice and Behavior, 24, 205-223.
El-Bassel, N., & Schilling, R. F. (1997).
Psychometric properties of the DAST among
working population. Research on Social Work
Practice, 7, 99-114.
Gilbert, L., El-Bassel, N., & El-Bassel, N.,
Schilling, R. F., Irwin, K., Faruque, S.,
Gilbert, L., Serrano, Y., & Edlin, B.R. (1997).
Sex trading and psychological distress among
women recruited from the streets of Harlem.
American Journal of Public Health, 87, 66-70.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial
(El-Bassel, Co-PI). (1997). Collecting sexually
transmitted disease clinic chart data in
multisite studies. AIDS, 11, s59-s63.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial
(El-Bassel, Co-PI). (1997). Definition of
adverse reactions in clinical trials of a
behavioral intervention. AIDS, 11, s55-s57.
El-Bassel, N., Cooper, D., & Chen, D.R.
(1998). Social support and social networks
among women on methadone. Social Service
Review, 72, 379-401.
El-Bassel, N., Cooper, D., Chen, D.R.,
Schilling, R.F., & Su, K.H. (1998). Personal
social networks and HIV status among women on
methadone. AIDS Care, 10, 735-749
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Krishnan, S.,
Gaeta, T., Schilling, R.F., & Witte, S. (1998).
Partner abuse and sexual risk behavior among
women receiving care from emergency
departments. Violence and Victims, 13, 1-17.
El-Bassel, N., Krishnan, S., Witte, S.,
Schilling, R.F., Catan, V., & Poulin, S.
(1998). Correlates of intention to use the
female condom among women taking methadone.
Women's Health Issues, 8, 112-122.
El-Bassel, N., Schilling, R.F., Ivanoff, A.,
Chen, D.R., Bidassie, B., & Hanson, M. (1998).
Stages of change among incarcerated drug using
women. Addictive Behavior, 23, 384-394.
El-Bassel, N., Schilling, R.F., Ivanoff, A.,
Chen, D.R., & Hanson, M. (1998). Assessing the
World Health Organization's alcohol use
disorder identification test among incarcerated
women. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 26,
71-89.
El-Bassel, N., & Witte, S. (1998). Defining
effective HIV prevention strategies for sex
workers. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 12,
599-603.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial
Group (El-Bassel, Co-PI). (1998). The NIMH
Multisite HIV Prevention Trial: Reducing sexual
risk behavior. Science, 280, 1889-1894.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Rajah, V.,
Foleno, A., & Frye, V. (2000). Fear and
violence: Raising the HIV stakes. AIDS
Education and Prevention, 12, 154-170.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wada, T., &
Schilling, R.F. (2000). Drug abuse and partner
violence among women in methadone treatment.
Journal of Family Violence, 15, 209-225.
El-Bassel, N., Schilling, R.F., Gilbert, L.,
Faruque, S., Irwin, K., & Edlin, B.R. (2000).
Sex trading and psychological distress in a
street-based sample of low-income urban men.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 32, 259-267.
Gilbert, L., El-Bassel, N., Rajah, V.,
Fontdevila, J., Foleno, A., & Frye, V. (2000).
The converging epidemics of drug use, HIV and
partner violence: A conundrum for methadone
maintenance treatment. Mount Sinai Journal of
Medicine, 67, 452-464.
Gilbert, L., El-Bassel, N., Schilling, R.
F., Wada, T., & Bennet, B. (2000). Partner
violence and sexual HIV risk behaviors among
women in methadone treatment. AIDS and
Behavior, 4, 261-269.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Rajah, V.,
Foleno, A., & Frye, V. (2001). Social support
among women in methadone treatment who
experience partner violence: Isolation and male
controlling behavior. Violence Against Women,
7, 246-274.
El-Bassel, N., Simoni, J. M., Cooper, D. K.,
Gilbert, L., & Schilling, R. F. (2001). Sex
trading and psychological distress among women
on methadone. Psychology of Addictive
Behaviors, 15, 177-184.
El-Bassel, N., & Witte, S. (2001). Drug use
and physical and sexual abuse of street sex
workers in New York City. Research for Sex
Work, 4, 31-32.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S., Gilbert, L.,
Sormanti, M., Moreno, C., Pereira, L, & Elam,
E. (2001). HIV prevention for intimate couples:
A relationship-based model. Families, Systems
and Health, 19, 379-395.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S., Wada, T., Gilbert,
L., & Wallace, J. (2001). Correlates of partner
violence among female street sex workers:
Substance abuse, history of childhood abuse and
HIV risks. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 15,
41-51.
Gilbert, L., El-Bassel, N., Rajah, C.,
Foleno, A., & Frye, V. (2001). Linking
drug-related activities with experiences of
partner violence: A focus group study of women
in methadone treatment. Violence and
Victims,16, 517-536.
Sormanti, M., Pereira, L., El-Bassel, N.,
Wiite, S., & Gilbert, L. (2001). The role of
community consultants in designing an HIV
prevention intervention. AIDS Education and
Prevention, 13, 311-328.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., & Rajah, V.
(2003) The relationship between drug abuse and
sexual performance among women on methadone:
Heightening the risk of sexual intimate
violence and HIV. Addictive Behaviors, 28,
1385-1403.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Witte, S., Wu,
E., Gaeta, T., Schilling, R., & Wada T. (2003).
Intimate partner violence and substance abuse
among minority women receiving care from an
inner-city emergency department. Women's Health
Issues, 13, 16-22.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert, L., Wu,
E., Chang, M., Hill, J., & Steinglass, P.
(2003). The efficacy of a relationship-based
HIV/STD prevention program for heterosexual
couples. American Journal of Public Health, 93,
963-969.
Wu, E., El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert,
L., & Chang, M. (2003). Intimate partner
violence and HIV risk among urban, minority
women in primary healthcare settings. AIDS and
Behavior, 7, 291-301.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Frye, V., Wu,
E., Go, H., Hill, J., & Richman, B.L. (2004).
Physical and sexual intimate partner violence
among women in methadone maintenance treatment.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18, 180-183.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Golder, S., Wu,
E., Chang, M., Fontdevila, J., & Sanders, G.
(2004) Deconstructing the relationship between
intimate partner violence and sexual HIV risk
among drug involved men and their female
partners. AIDS and Behavior, 8, 429-439.
Sormanti, M., Wu, E., & El-Bassel, N.
(2004). Considering HIV risk and intimate
partner violence among older women of color: A
descriptive analysis. Women and Health, 39,
45-64.
Wu, E., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Sanders,
G., & Piff, J. (2004). Sociodeomographic
disparities in supplemental service utilization
among male methadone patients. Journal of
Substance Abuse Treatment, 26, 197-202.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Go, H. &
Hill, J. (2005). HIV and intimate partner
violence among women on methadone. Social
Science and Medicine, 61, 171-183.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Go, H.,
& Hill, J. (2005). The temporal relationship
between drug use and intimate partner violence
among women on methadone: Implications for HIV
prevention intervention. American Journal of
Public Health, 95, 465-470.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert, L., Wu,
E., Chang, M., Hill, J., & Steinglass, P.
(2005). Long term effects of an HIV/STI sexual
risk reduction intervention for heterosexual
couples. AIDS and Behavior, 9, 1-13.
Fontdevila, J., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L.
(2005). Accounting for HIV risk among men on
methadone. Sex Roles, 52, 609-624.
Wu, E., El-Bassel, N., Witte, S., Gilbert,
L., Chang, M., & Morse, P. (2005). Enrollment
of minority women and their main sexual
partners in an HIV/STI prevention trial. AIDS
Education and Prevention, 17, 41-52.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., & Chang,
M. (in press). A social network profile and HIV
risk among men on methadone: Do social networks
matter? Journal of Urban Health.
Gilbert, L., El-Bassel, N., Mannuel, J., Wu,
E., Go, H., Seewald , R., Sanders , G. (in
press). An integrated relapse prevention and
relationship safety intervention. Violence and
victims.
Witte, S.S., El-Bassel, N. Gilbert, L.,
Chang, M., & Wu, E. (in press). The efficacy of
a relationship- based HIV/STD prevention
program at promoting female condom use among
couples. Perspectives on Sexual and
Reproductive Health.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Terlikbayeva,
A., Erasilova, I., Rozental, E., Wu, E., Chang,
M., & Bakpayev, M. (under review). Couple HIV
prevention intervention with injecting drug
users in Kazakhstan: Outcomes of a pilot
randomized controlled trial. |
