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HIV Center

Investigators

Richard G. Parker, Ph.D.

Co-Director, Global Community Core

Professor of Anthropology and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Overview Publications Professional Background

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.

 

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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

TEL: 212-305-3616

rgp11@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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