Investigators
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Theo Sandfort, Ph.D. Director, Training Program Co-Director, Development Core Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry) |
EDUCATION
| Catholic University, Nijmegen, Netherlands | M.A. | 1979 | Social Psychology |
| Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands | Ph.D. | 1988 | Social Sciences |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE and honors
| 1977-1979 | Student Assistant, Department of Social Psychology, Catholic University, Nijmegen, Netherlands | |
| 1980-1981 | Research Assistant, Sociological Institute, Utrecht University, Netherlands | |
| 1981-1988 | Research Assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology and Personality Theory, Utrecht University | |
| 1988-1989 | Researcher, Interfaculty Department of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Utrecht University | |
| 1988-1993 | Co-director of research programme social-scientific AIDS research, Utrecht University | |
| 1993-1997 | Chair of Interfaculty Department of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Utrecht University | |
| 1996-2001 | Director of research programme "Diversity, lifestyles and health", Netherlands Institute of Social Sexological Research, Utrecht, Netherlands | |
| 1998-2001 | Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University | |
| 2001-present | Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY | |
| 2001-present | Associate Professor, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY | |
| 2001-2010 | Associate Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry), Departments of Psychiatry and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY | |
| 2002-2003 | President, International Academy of Sex Research | |
| 2002-present | Fellow, American Psychological Association | |
| 2003-2010 | Training Director, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY | |
| 2008 | John Money Award (Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality) |
| 2010-present | Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry), Departments of Psychiatry and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY |
| 2010-present | Principal Investigator, Postdoctoral Training Program, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY | |
| 2011-present | Member of the HPTN MSM Working Group |
Theo Sandfort, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (in
Psychiatry)
TEL: 212-543-5925
FAX: 212-543-6003
tgs2001@columbia.edu
Contact
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