 Susan Tross, Ph.D., is an Assistant
Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Departments of Psychiatry and
Pediatrics at Columbia University. She is currently the Co-Director of the
Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and
Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. In addition,
she is the Principal Investigator of the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA)-funded research project "Imipramine and Relapse Prevention in
Depressed Methadone Patients." Since 1986, Dr. Tross has conducted several HIV
intervention or substance abuse intervention research programs. She has
particularly worked on peer-based and street-outreach programs programs among
injecting drug users and their partners on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
EDUCATION
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Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY
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B.A.
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1972
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American Studies |
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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Ed.M.
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1975
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Psychology |
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Yeshiva University, New York, NY
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Ph.D.
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1983
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Clinical Psychology |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1977-1980 |
Research Assistant, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York, NY |
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1978-1980 |
Research Assistant, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY |
| 1980-1981 |
Clinical Psychology Intern, Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY |
| 1981-1982 |
Clinical Psychology Fellow, Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY |
| 1982-1983 |
Chief Clinical Psychology Fellow, Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY |
| 1983-1984 |
Fellow of Psychology (in Psychiatry), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY |
| 1983-1986 |
Instructor in Psychology (in Psychiatry), Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY |
| 1984-present |
Private practice in Psychological testing and evaluation, psychotherapy, consultation and supervision, New York, NY |
| 1984 |
Psychologist, New York State certification # 007872-1 |
| 1984-1989 |
Clinical Asst. Psychologist, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY |
| 1985 |
Founding member, AIDSFILMS, a non-profit film production company, New York, NY |
| 1986-1989 |
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, New York, NY |
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1989-1993 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NJ College of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ |
| 1993-present |
Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY |
| 1994-present |
Asst. Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 2000-present |
Supervising Psychologist,
Addiction Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Beth
Israel Medical Center, New York, NY |
GRANTS
| 1983-1984 |
Project Coordinator, Controlled Study of Psychological Adjustment in AIDS Patients, National Institute of Mental Health |
| 1984-1986 |
Project Coordinator, Controlled Follow-Up of Psychological Adjustment in AIDS Patients, National Institute of Mental Health |
| 1984-1987 |
Consulting Investigator, Neurological Complications of AIDS, New York State Institute |
| 1986-1988 |
Principal Investigator, Psychological Skills Training/Media Program to Reduce AIDS Risk Behavior, Centers For Disease Control |
| 1987-1989 |
Co-Principal Investigator, Heterosexual Transmission of HIV, Centers For Disease Control |
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1989-present |
Principal Investigator, Lower East Side Health Project, Centers For Disease Control |
| 1991-1993 |
Principal Investigator, Affective Domain of Hands On Care, ADHOC Program, National Institute of Mental Health |
| 1993-present |
Principal Investigator, Psychosocial/Qualitative Assessment Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NIMH |
| 1993-1996 |
Clinical Director/Co-Principal Investigator for Comprehensive Care Center for Addicted Women and Infants, NIDA |
| 1996-present |
Principal Investigator, Imipramine and Relapse Prevention in Depressed Methadone Patients, NIDA |
PUBLICATIONS
Tross, S.: Psychological impact of HIV disease. In:
Symposium. Psychological Aspects of AIDS. Society for
Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, 1988.
Tross, S.: Psychological response to AIDS and HIV
disease. In: Symposium AIDS Update: Neuropsychiatric
Aspects. American Psychiatric Association, 1988.
Tross, S., Abdul-Quader, A., Friedman, S., Bartelme, S.,
Gaber, J., Des Jarlais, D., Marmor, M.: Lack of
neuropsychological impairment in HIV seropositive
asymptomatic drug users. IV International Conference on
AIDS, 1988.
Tross, S., Hirsch, D.A.: Psychological distress and
neuropsychological complications of HIV infection and AIDS.
American Psychologist, 43: 929-934, 1988.
Tross, S., Price, R., Gold, J., Hirsch, D., Zazula, T.,
Sidtis, J.: Neuropsychological characterization of the AIDS
Dementia Complex: A preliminary report. AIDS, 2:81-88, 1988.
Tross, S.: Site specific psychological issues: Acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Kaposi's sarcoma. In:
J.C. Holland, J. H. Rowland (Eds.), Psychological Care of
the Patient with Cancer: Handbook of Psycho-Oncology, New
York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Tross, S.: Stage specific psychological issues: Long
survival and cure. In: J.C. Holland, J.H. Rowland (Eds.),
Psychological Care of the Patient with Cancer: Handbook of
Psycho-Oncology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
1989.
Abdul-Quader, A.S., Tross, S., Friedman, S.R. et al.:
Street recruited intravenous drug users and sexual risk
reduction in New York City. AIDS, 4:1075-1079, 1990.
Tross, S.: Neuropsychological complications of AIDS. In:
L. Temoshok, A. Baum (Eds.), Psychosocial Aspects of AIDS
and HIV Disease. New Jersey: Erlbaum Publishers, 1990.
Tross, S.: Determinants of needle sharing change in
street-recruited New York City IV drug users. VII Annual
Conference on AIDS, 1991.
Tross, S., Abdul-Quader, A.S. et al.: Determinants of
condom use in female sexual partners of IV drug users in New
York City. VIII International Conference on AIDS, Amsterdam,
the Netherlands, 1992.
Tross, S., Abdul-Quader, A., Silvert, H., Des Jarlais,
D.: Condom use among male injecting drug users - New York
City. Morbidity and Mortality Annual Report, 41:617-620,
1992.
Sherwin, L., Tross, S.: Psychosocial research concerning
children, families, and HIV/AIDS. In: N. Boyd-Franklin, G.
Steiner, M. Boland (Eds.), Children, Families and HIV/AIDS.
NY: Guilford Press., pp. 291-310, 1995.
Krauss, B., Wolitski, R., Tross, S., Corby, N., Fishbein,
M., Bradley, J.S., and the AIDS Community Demonstration
Projects: Getting the message: HIV information sources of
women who have sex with injecting drug users - A two-site
study. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 88:
661-667, 1996.
Tross, S., as part of The AIDS Community Demonstration
Projects: Community-level prevention of human
immunodeficiency virus infection among high-risk
populations: The AIDS community demonstration projects.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 45:1-25, 1996.
Tross, S., Herndon II, J., Korzun, A., Kornblith, A.,
Della, D., Holland, J.R., Raich, P., Johnson, A., Kiang, D.T.,
Perloff, M., Norton, L., Wood, W., Holland, J.C.:
Psychological symptoms and disease-free overall survival in
women with stage II breast cancer. Journal of the National
Cancer Institute, 88:661-667, 1996.
Tross, S.: Women at heterosexual risk for HIV in
inner-city New York: Reaching the hard to reach. AIDS and
Behavior, 5(2):131-139, 2001.
Des Jarlais, D., Stuber, J., Tracey, M., Tross, S., and Galea, S.: Social
factors associated with AIDS and SARS. Emerging Infectious Diseases,
11(11):1767-9, 2005.
DesJarlais, D., Galeas, S., Tracey, M., Vlahov, D., and Tross, S.:
Stigmatization of newly emerging infectious diseases: AIDS and SARS. AJPH,
96(3):561-567, 2006.
Tross, S., Ehrhardt, A.A.: New interventions for couples:
Addressing sex within relationships, (submitted).
Tross, S., Krauss, B., Abdul-Quader, A., Rapkin, B.,
Rosenbluth, L., Simons, P., Sanchez, M., Andiz, J.: Changing
consistent condom use norms among inner-city female sexual
partners of injection drug users: The companera program HIV
prevention newsletter distribution/peer outreach project
(submitted).
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