Investigators
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Richard G. Parker, Ph.D. Co-Director, Global Community Core Professor of Anthropology and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
EDUCATION
| University of California, Berkeley, CA | B.A. | 1980 | Anthropology |
| University of California, Berkeley, CA | M.A. | 1981 | Anthropology |
| University of California, Berkeley, CA | Ph.D. | 1988 | Anthropology |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1981-1985 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA | |
| 1985-1988 | Teaching Associate, University of California, Berkeley, CA | |
| 1987 | Visiting Lecturer, Colorado College, CO | |
| 1987-1988 | Lecturer, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA | |
| 1988-1994 | Consultant, The Ford Foundation, New York, NY | |
| 1989-1990 | Consultant, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 1989-1991 | Consultant, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD | |
| 1989-1991 | Visiting Professor and Researcher, Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 1990-1992 | Consultant, AIDSCOM, The Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC | |
| 1992 | Unit Chief, Prevention Unit, National STD/AIDS Program, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil | |
| 1992-1995 | General Coordinator, Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 1992-present | Professor of Medical Anthropology and Human Sexuality, Department of Health Policy and Institutions, Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 1993-present | Consultant, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL | |
| 1995-1997 | Chairperson, Department of Health Policy and Institutions, Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 1996-1998 | Secretary General, Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 1997-1999 | Senior Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY | |
| 1997-2002 | Associate Professor of Public Health, Sociomedical Sciences Division, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY | |
| 1997-present | Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY | |
| 1998-1999 | Associate Director, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA | |
| 1998-present | President and Director, Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 2001-2008 | Chair, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA | |
| 2002-2007 | Director, International Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY | |
| 2002-present | Professor, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA | |
| 2005-2007 | Advisor, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, USA | |
| 2005-present | Editor-in-Chief, Global Public Health – An International Journal for Research Policy and Practice. Published by Routledge (of the Taylor & Francis Group), London, UK | |
| 2008-present | Co-Director, Global Community Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY | |
| 2009-present | Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Anthropology (with tenure), Columbia University, New York, NY, USA | |
| 2010-present | Member, Columbia University Committee on Global Thought, New York, NY | |
| 2011 | Award for Outstanding Mentoring to Junior Faculty Members in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY | |
| 2011-present | Director, Center for the Study of Culture, Politics and Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 1991 | Ruth Benedict Prize, Outstanding Book of the Year (for Bodies, Pleasures, and Passions: Sexual Culture in Contemporary Brazil), Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists (SOLGA) | |
| 1996 | Honorary Visiting Lecturer, STD Centre and Department of Political Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 2001-present | Member, Brazilian National HIV/AIDS Research Advisory Committee, National Coordination for STD/AIDS, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil. |
Richard G. Parker, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Global Community Core
Professor of Anthropology and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
TEL: 212-305-3616
rgp11@columbia.edu
Contact
Co-Director, Global Community Core
Professor of Anthropology and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
TEL: 212-305-3616
rgp11@columbia.edu
Contact
Meeting the challenges of global HIV/AIDS at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and mental health



