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HIV Center

Investigators

Pamela Y. Collins, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Epidemiology, Columbia University
Overview Publications Professional Background

EDUCATION

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN B.A. 1986 Psychology
Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY M.D. 1991 Medicine
Columbia University New York, NY Residency 1995 Psychiatry
Columbia University/NYSPI, New York, NY Postdoctoral Fellowship 1995-1998 Clinical Research
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY M.P.H. 1997 Public Health

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1994   Consultant, Ministry of Health, Province of Neuquen, Argentina
1995-1998   NIH Post-doctoral Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New
York, NY
1996     World Health Organization Meeting of Advisers for Educational Programs on Psychological Problems in General Health Care, Geneva, Switzerland and Madrid, Spain
1996   WHO Task Force Meeting on Epidemiologic Strategies to address World Mental Health Problems in Under Served Populations, New York, NY
1998   Fogarty International Center AIDS International Research Training Fellow, Center for Health Policy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
1998   Mental Health Directorate of the Republic of South Africa, Advisory Group for Pilot Project on Deinstitutionalization and Community Mental Health Development
1999   Research Fellow in Cultural Psychiatry and Medical Anthropology, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1999-present   Assistant Attending Psychiatrist, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
1999-present   Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Epidemiology, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
2000   Mental Health Directorate of the Republic of South Africa, Task Team for Policy Guidelines on HIV/AIDS in Psychiatric Institutions
2002   U.S. Delegate for Inaugural Meeting on Psychiatric Issues of the African Diaspora, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2002-2005   MTCT-Plus HIV Care Initiative, Secretariat member and trainer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
2003   Consultant, Pan-American Health Organization Mental Health Case Histories Project in Rio Negro, Argentina
2004-2006   WHO 3x5 Initiative, Mental Health Working Group
2005-present   Director, Global Health Program for the Master of Public Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health,New York, NY

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

1986      Phi Beta Kappa
John Hadley Award for the Most Outstanding Psychology Student
Magna Cum Laude with Honors Graduate
National Achievement Scholarship
1989-1990    Pew Nutrition Fellow, Rockefeller University
1995    Laughlin Fellow/American College of Psychiatrists Award for Outstanding Psychiatric Residents
1997    American Psychiatric Association Young Investigator's Colloquium Award
1997   Echoing Green Foundation Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs
1997    American College of Neuropsychopharmacology/APA Travel Fellow
2003   Calderone Junior Faculty Research Prize, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

 

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Pamela Y. Collins, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Epidemiology, Columbia University

TEL: 212-342-0446
FAX: 212-342-5170

pyc1@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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