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Susie
Hoffman, Dr.P.H., is a Research Scientist at the HIV Center for Clinical and
Behavioral Studies. She has been
engaged in HIV/STD prevention research among adult women since 1990, most
recently as a Co-Investigator of the study "Increasing Dual Protection Among
Low-Income Minority Women" and prior to that, on the assessment team in
Project FIO (The Future Is Ours). She has special expertise in interview
development and evaluation design, and has conducted both quantitative and
qualitative data analyses. Current
interests include using STD biologic markers as intervention outcomes,
microbicide acceptability, alternate strategies for women and the role of
emergency contraception as a component of dual protection.
Prior to her work at
the HIV Center, Dr. Hoffman developed and conducted an evaluation of a community
based AIDS education program in a high seroprevalence neighborhood in Brooklyn
and was engaged in clinic-based health services research. She has
extensive community organizing experience and has served on the Board of the
Public Health Association of New York City and on the Section Council, Medical
Care, American Public Health Association.
EDUCATION
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The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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B.A.
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1968
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Anthropology |
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Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY
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M.P.H.
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1979
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Health Administration |
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Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY
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Dr.P.H.
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2000
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Epidemiology |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1968-1969 |
Community Organizer, American Friends Service Committee, Pembroke, NC |
| 1970-1973 |
Research Assistant, Whitney Young Community Health Center, Albany, NY |
| 1979-1982 |
Staff Assistant, General Medical Outpatient Services, Division of General Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY |
| 1982-1986 |
Research Associate, General Medical outpatient Services, Division of General Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY |
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1986-1991 |
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1986-1989 |
Project Director, Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY |
| 1990-1992 |
Co-Investigator, Loss of Access
to Primary Care, Society for General Internal Medicine |
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1989-1992 |
Principal Evaluator, AIDS Education/Prevention Project, United Community Centers, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1992-present |
Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY |
| 2000-present |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology (in
Psychiatry), Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 1968 |
- B.A. with Honors
- Senior Women's Honor Society
- Phi Beta Kappa
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1979 |
Master's Essay Honors |
| 1994 |
Columbia University School of Public Health Alumni Scholarship |
PUBLICATIONS
Greene, M.G.,Adelman, R., Hoffman, S.: Ageism in the medical encounter: An
exploratory study of the doctor-elderly patient relationship. Language and
Communication, 6:113-124, 1986.
Fein, O.T., Hoffman, S., Goldman, F., Greene, M., Lieb, E.: Hospital-based group
practice: Does it change patterns of care? Journal of General Internal Medicine,
2:11-19, 1987.
Greene, M.G., Hoffman, S., Charon, R., Adelman, R.: Psychosocial concerns in the
medical encounter: A comparison of the interaction of doctors with their old and
young patients. The Gerontologist, 27:2:164-168, 1987.
Kelsey, J.L., Hoffman, S.: Risk factors for hip fracture. New England Journal of
Medicine, 316:404-406, 1987.
Mandelblatt, J., Adler, R., Bennett, N., Fein, O.T., Hoffman, S., Mattimore, T.:
Divisions of general medicine: Ambulatory care activities and responses to cost
containment. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2:388-393, 1987.
Fein, O.T., Hoffman, S., Barzel, E.: Looking at the patient in the mix: Is case
mix methodology unfair to the hospital OPD? Journal of General Internal
Medicine, 3:471-475, 1988. Kelsey, J.L., O'Brien, L.A., Grisso, J.A., Hoffman, S.: Issues in carrying out
epidemiologic research in the elderly. American Journal of Epidemiology,
130:857-866, 1989.
Grisso, J.A., Kelsey J.L., Strom, B.L., Chiu, G.Y., Maislin, G., O'Brien, L.A.,
Hoffman, S., Kaplan, F.: Risk factors for falls as a cause of hip fracture in
women. New England Journal of Medicine, 324:1326-1331, 1991.
Hoffman, S., Grisso, J.A., Kelsey, J.L., Gammon, M.D., O'Brien, L.A.: Parity,
lactation and hip fracture. Osteoporosis International, 3:171-176, 1993.
Hoffman, S., Hatch, M.C.: Stress, social support and pregnancy outcome: A
reassessment based on recent research. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology,
10:380-405, 1996.
Hoffman, S., Koslofsky, S., Exner, T.M., Yingling, S., Ehrhardt, A.A.: At risk
or not? Susceptibility perceptions of women using family planning services in an
AIDS epicenter. AIDS and Behavior, 4:389-398, 2000.
Hoffman, S., Hatch, M.C.: Depressive symptomatology during pregnancy: Evidence
for an association with decreased fetal growth in pregnancies of lower social
class women. Health Psychology, 19:535-543, 2000.
Hogue, C., Hoffman, S., Hatch, M.C.: Stress and preterm delivery: A conceptual
framework. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 15(Suppl 2):30-40, 2001.
Mantell, J.E., Hoffman, S., Weiss, E., Adeokun, L., Delano, G., Jagha, T.,
Exner, T.M., Stein, Z.A., Abdool Karim, Q., Scheepers, E., Atkins, K., Weiss,
E.: The acceptability of the female condom: Perspectives of family planning
providers in New York City, South Africa, and Nigeria. Journal of Urban Health,
78:658-668, 2001.
Ehrhardt, A.A., Exner, T.M., Hoffman, S., Silberman, I., Leu, C-S, Miller, S.M.,
Levin, B.: A gender-specific HIV/STD risk reduction for women in a primary
health care setting: Short- and long-term results of a randomized clinical
trial. AIDS Care, 14: 147-161, 2002.
Ehrhardt, A.A., Exner, T.E., Hoffman, S., Yingling, S., Silberman, I., Yingling,
S., Skinner, J.A., Smart-Smith, L.: HIV/STD risk and sexual strategies among
women family planning clients in New York: Project FIO. AIDS and Behavior,
6:1-13, 2002.
Exner, T.E., Hoffman, S., Parikh, K., Ehrhardt, A.A., Clayton, J.: HIV
counseling and testing: women's experiences and the perceived role of testing as
a prevention strategy. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 34:76-83,
2002.
Mantell, J.E., Hoffman, S., Exner, T.M., Stein, Z.A., Atkins, K.: Family
planning providers' perspectives on dual protection. Perspectives in Sexual and
Reproductive Health, 35:71-78, 2003.
Hoffman, S., Exner, T.M., Leu, C.S., Ehrhardt, A.A., Stein, Z.: Female condom
use in a gender-specific family planning clinic trial. American Journal of
Public Health, 93:1897-1903, 2003.
Melendez, R., Hoffman, S., Exner, T., Leu C-S, Ehrhardt, A.A.: Intimate partner
violence and safer sex negotiation: Effects of a gender-specific intervention.
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 32:499-511, 2003.
Exner, T.M., Hoffman, S., Dworkin, S.L., Ehrhardt, A.A.: Beyond the Male Condom:
The evolution of gender-specific HIV interventions for women. Annual Review of
Sex Research, 14:114-136, 2003.
Hoffman, S., Mantell, J., Exner, T., Stein, Z.: The future of the female condom.
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36:120-126, 2004.
Dworkin, S.L., Exner, T.M., Melendez, R., Hoffman, S., Ehrhardt, A.A.:
Revisiting "success": Post-trial qualitative results from a gender-specific HIV
intervention. AIDS and Behavior, 10, 41-51, 2006. Harrison, A., Hoffman, S.,
O'Sullivan , L., Mantell, J., & Exner, T.: Young men's HIV risks in South
Africa: The importance of multiple risk behaviors. Response to Lane et al.
AIDS, 20, 1467-1468, 2006.
Harrison, A., O'Sullivan, L.F., Hoffman, S., Dolezal, C., & Morrell, R.:
Gender role and relationship norms among young adults in South Africa:
Measuring the context of masculinity and HIV risk. Journal of Urban Health, 83,
709-722, 2006.
Hoffman, S., O'Sullivan, L., Harrison, A., Dolezal, C., & Monroe-Wise, A.:
HIV risk behaviors and the context of sexual coercion in young adults' sexual
interactions: Results from a diary study in rural South Africa. Sexually
Transmitted Diseases, 33, 52-56, 2006.
Mantell, J.E., Dworkin, S., Exner, T.M., Hoffman, S., Smit, J.A., & Susser,
I.: The promises and limitations of female-initiated methods of HIV/STI
protection. Social Science & Medicine, 63, 1992-2009, 2006.
O'Sullivan, L.F., Hoffman, S., Harrison, A., & Dolezal, C.: Men, multiple
sexual partners, and young adults' sexual relationships: Understanding the role
of gender in the study of risk. Journal of Urban Health, 83, 695-708, 2006.
Shedlin, M.G., Drucker, E., Decena, C.U., Hoffman, S., Bhattacharya, G.,
Beckford, S., & Barreras, R.: Immigration and HIV/AIDS in the New York
Metropolitan Area. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of
Medicine, 83, 43-58, 2006.
Beckford, S.T., O'Sullivan, L.F., & Hoffman, S.: Gender scripts in sexual
relationships: Caribbean Americans. In D. Roberts, R. Reddock, & D. Douglas
(Eds.), Gender, sexuality, and implications for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, in
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