 Theresa Exner is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology
in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University,
where she teaches human sexuality to psychiatric
residents and medical students. She also teaches
in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia.
As a Co-investigator with the HIV Center's Interdisciplinary
Research Methods (IRM) Core, Theresa provides consultation
to a variety of researchers and community organizations
on project and intervention development, training
staff on sexuality related issues, and assessment
of sexual behavior.
Theresa has been involved in HIV prevention work
since 1988. Pervious federally funded initiatives
include HIV/STI prevention efforts with women accessing
contraceptive care in medically under-served areas
of NYC; evaluation of a school-based, peer- and
teacher-delivered prevention program for youth
in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; and development
and piloting of an HIV prevention program targeting
Nigerian men. Currently, in partnership with the
NYSDOH AIDS Institute, she is launching a state-wide
structural intervention to promote female condom
use, and, as Co-PI with Dr. Joanne Mantell (PI),
is developing and will pilot-test an intervention
to promote reproductive health among HIV+ women
and men entering primary HIV Care in Capetown,
South Africa.EDUCATION
| LaSalle College, Philadelphia,
PA |
B.A. |
1977 |
Psychology |
| University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT |
Ph.D. |
1986 |
Clinical Psychology |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1979-1980 |
Clinical
Psychology Intern, Spring Grove Hospital
Center, Baltimore, MD |
| 1981-1985 |
Teaching
Assistant in Clinical Psychology, Department
of Psychology, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT |
| 1986-1988 |
Postdoctoral
Fellow, Institute for Rational-Emotive
Therapy, New York, NY |
| 1987-1988 |
Visiting
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
Connecticut College, New London, CT |
| 1987 |
Adjunct Faculty,
Department of Psychology, Hunter College,
New York, NY |
| 1987 |
Adjunct Faculty,
Department of Psychology, Bloomfield College,
Bloomfield, NJ |
| 1987 |
Adjunct Faculty,
Department of Psychology, Connecticut College,
New London, CT |
| 1988-present
|
Research
Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and
Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric
Institute, New York, NY |
| 1988-present
|
Staff Therapist,
Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy,
New York, NY |
| 1991-present
|
Assistant
Professor of Medical Psychology, Dept.
of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New
York, NY |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 1977 |
B.A. summa
cum laude, LaSalle College |
| 1978-1979 |
U.S. Public
Health Service Fellowship |
| 1985 |
Dissertation
Fellowship, University of Connecticut |
| 1988-1989 |
Member, NIMH
Workgroup, Psychosexual Assessment in AIDS
Research |
| 1996-1999 |
Research
Associate Award, New York State |
| 2006 |
John Dondero
Alumni Award, La Salle University, Philadelphia,
PA |
PUBLICATIONS
Exner, T.M.: Book review: An Annotated Bibliography
of Sexuality and Aging by James Wharton. Journal
of Sexuality and Disability, 6:137, 1985.
Ehrhardt, A.A., Exner, T.M.: The impact of HIV
infection on women's sexuality and gender role.
In: S. Blumenthal, A. Eichler, G. Weissman (Eds.),
Women and AIDS. Rockville, MD: National Technical
Information Services, 1991.
Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L, Exner, T.M., Lorenz,
G., Gruen, R.S., Gorman, J.M., Ehrhardt, A.A.:
Sexual risk behavior, sexual functioning, and HIV
disease progression in gay men. Journal of Sex
Research, 28:3-27, 1991.
Cohall, A.T., Exner, T.: Adolescent Sexual Dysfunction.
In: S.B. Friedman, M. Fisher, K. Schonberg (Eds.),
Comprehensive Adolescent Health Care. St. Louis,
MO: Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 1992.
Exner, T.M., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L., Ehrhardt,
A.A.: Sexual self-control as a mediator of high
risk sexual behavior in a New York City cohort
of HIV+ and HIV- gay men. Journal of Sex Research,
29:389-406, 1992.
Rotheram-Borus, M.J., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L.,
Koopman, C., Rosario, M., Exner, T.M., Henderson,
R., Matthieu, M.: Lifetime sexual behaviors among
runaway males and females. Journal of Sex Research,
29:15-29, 1992.
Rotheram-Borus, M.J., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L.,
Koopman, C., Rosario, M., Haignere, C.S., Exner,
T.M., Matthieu, M., Henderson, R., Gruen, R.S.:
Lifetime sexual behaviors among predominantly minority
male runaways and gay/bisexual adolescents in New
York City. AIDS Education and Prevention, Supplement:34-42,
1992.
Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L., Nostlinger, C., Exner,
T.M., Ehrhardt, A.A., Gruen, R.S., Lorenz, G.,
Gorman, J.M., El-Sadr, W., Sorrell, S.J.: Sexual
functioning in HIV+ and HIV- injected drug-using
women. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 19:56-68,
1993.
McKinnon, K., Cournos, F., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L.,
Guido, J., Caraballo, L., Margoshes, E., Herman,
R., Gruen, R., Exner, T.: Reliability of sexual
risk behavior interviews with psychiatric patients.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 150:272-274, 1993.
Ehrhardt, A.A., Exner, T.M., Seal, D.: Analysis
of primary AIDS interventions for at-risk women.
Washington DC: Office of Technology Assessment,
U.S. Congress, 1995.
Ehrhardt, A.A., Nostlinger, C., Meyer-Bahlburg,
H.F.L., Exner, T.M., Gruen, R.S., Yingling, S.A.,
Gorman, J.M., El-Sadr, W., Sorrell, S.J.: Sexual
risk behavior among women with injected drug use
histories. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality,
7:99-119, 1995.
Rosario, M., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L., Hunter,
J., Exner, T.M., Gwadz, M., Keller, A.M.: The psychosexual
development of urban lesbian, gay, and bisexual
youth. The Journal of Sex Research, 33:113-126,
1996.
Exner, T.M., Ehrhardt, A.A., Seal, D.W.: A review
of HIV interventions for at-risk women. AIDS and
Behavior, 2:93-124, 1997.
Cohall, A.T., Exner, T.: Adolescent sexual dysfunction.
In: S.B. Friedman, M. Fisher, K. Schonberg (Eds.),
Comprehensive Adolescent Health Care. St Louis,
Missouri: Quality Medical Publishing Inc., 1998.
Dolezal, C., Ehrhardt, A.A., Meyer-Bahlburg,
H.F.L., Liu, X., Exner, T.M., Rabkin, J.G., Gorman,
J.M., Marder, K., Stern, Y.: Sexual risk behavior
changes among HIV+ and HIV- injecting drug users
over 4 years. Women and Health, 27:1-17, 1998.
Exner, T.: Interventions. In. R.A. Smith (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural,
and Scientific Record of the Epidemic. Chicago
and London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, Inc., pp. 300-304,
1998.
Gillis, J.R., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L., Exner,
T.M., Ehrhardt, A.A.: The predictive utility of
an expanded AIDS risk reduction model (ARRM) among
adult gay and bisexual men. The Canadian Journal
of Human Sexuality, 27:31-49, 1998.
Dolezal, C., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L., Liu, X.,
Ehrhardt, A.A., Exner, T.M., Rabkin, J.G., Gorman,
J.M., Marder, K., Stern, Y.: Changes in sexual
behavior among IDU men. The American Journal of
Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 25:281-303, 1999.
Exner, T.M., Gardos, P.S., Seal, D.W., Ehrhardt,
A.A.: Heterosexual men in the AIDS epidemic: The
forgotten group. AIDS and Behavior, 3:347-358,
1999.
Ehrhardt, A.A., Exner, T.M.: Prevention of sexual
risk behavior for HIV infection with women. AIDS,
14:51-56, 2000.
Hoffman, S., Koslafsky, S., Exner, T.M., Yingling,
S., Ehrhardt, A.A.: At risk or not? Susceptibility
perceptions of women living in an AIDS epicenter.
AIDS and Behavior, 4:389-398, 2000.
Miller, S., Exner, T.M., Williams, S.P., Ehrhardt,
A.A.: A gender specific intervention for at-risk
women. AIDS Care, 12:603-612, 2000.
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.: 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., Levin, B.: A gender
specific HIV/STD risk reduction intervention for
women in a health care setting: Short- and long-
term results of a randomized clinical trial. AIDS
Care, 14, 147-161, 2002.
Ehrhardt, A.A., Exner, T.M., Hoffman, S., Silberman,
I., Yingling, S., Adams-Skinner, J.: 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.M., Hoffman, S., Parikh, K., Leu, C.S.,
Ehrhardt, A.A., Clayton, J.: HIV counseling and
testing: Women's experience and the role of testing
as a prevention strategy, Family Planning Perspectives,
34, 76-83, 2002.
Exner, T.M., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L., Rabkin,
J.G., Williams, J.B.W.: The sexual compulsivity
(SCI) and sexual impulsivity (SII) inventories:
The development and validation of two new measures,
(submitted).
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, 114-135, 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.
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.
Melendez, R., Hoffman, S., Exner, T.M., 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.
Seal, D.W., Exner, T.M., Ehrhardt, A.A.: HIV
sexual risk reduction intervention with heterosexual
men. Archives of Internal Medicine, 163, 738-739,
2003.
Hoffman, S., Mantell, J., Exner, T., Stein,
Z.: Viewpoints: The future of the female condom.
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health,
36, 120-126, 2004.
Goldstein, R.B., Johnson, M.O., Rotheram-Borus,
M.J., Kirshenbaum, S.B., Pinto, R.M., Kittel, L.,
Pequegnat, W., Mickalian, J.D., Weinhardt, L.S.,
Kelly, J.A., Lightfoot, M., NIMH Healthy Living
Team (Exner, T.M., is a member of the Healthy Living
Project Team): Psychological distress, substance
use, and adjustment among parents and nonparents
living with HIV. Journal of the American Board
of Family Practice, 18, 362-373, 2005.
Goldstein, R. B., Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Johnson,
M. O., Weinhardt, L. S., Remien, R. H., Lightfoot,
M., Catz, S., Gore-Felton, C., Kirshenbaum, S.
B., Morin, S. F., the NIMH Healthy Living Project
Team (Exner, T.M., is a member of the Healthy Living
Project Team): Insurance coverage, usual source
of care, and receipt of clinically indicated care
for comorbid conditions among adults living with
HIV. Medical Care, 43, 401-410, 2005.
Gore-Felton, C., Rotheram-Borus, M.J., Weinhardt,
L.S., Kelly, J.A., Lightfoot, M., Kirshenbaum,
S.B., Johnson, M.O., Chesney, M.A., Catz, S.L.,
Ehrhardt, A.A., Remien, R.H., Morin, S.F., the
NIMH Healthy Living Project Team (Exner, T.M.,
is a member of the Healthy Living Project Team):
The Healthy Living Project: An individually-tailored,
multidimensional intervention for HIV-infected
persons. AIDS Education and Prevention, 17 (Supplement
1), 21-39, 2005.
Johnson, M.O., Charlebois, E., Morin, S.F.,
Catz, S.L., Goldstein, G.B., Remien, R.H., Rotheram-Borus,
M.J., Mickalian, J., Kittel, L., Samimy-Muzaffer,
F., Lightfoot, M., Gore-Felton, C., Chesney, M.A.,
NIMH Healthy Living Project Team (Exner, T.M.,
is a member of the Healthy Living Project Team):
Perceived adverse effects of antiretroviral therapy.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 29, 193-205,
2005.
Morin, S.F., Steward, W.T., Charlebois E., Remien,
R.H., Pinkerton, S.D., Johnson, M.O., Rotheram-Borus,
M. J., Lightfoot, M., Goldstein, R.B., Kittel L.,
Samimy-Muzaffar, F., Weinhardt, L., Kelly, J.A.,
Chesney, M.A. (Exner, T.M., is a member of the
Healthy Living Project Team): Predicting HIV transmission
risk among HIV-Infected men who have sex with men:
Finding from the Healthy Living Project. Journal
of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 40, 226-235,
2005.
Dworkin, S.L., Exner, T.M., Melendez, R., Hoffman,
S. Ehrhardt, A.A.: Revisiting "success": Posttrial
analysis of a gender-specific HIV/STD prevention
intervention. AIDS and Behavior, 10, 41-51, 2006.
Harrison, A., Hoffman, S., O'Sullivan, L., Mantell,
J., Exner, T. Smit, J.: Young men's HIV risks in
South Africa: The importance of multiple risk behaviors.
AIDS, 20, 1467-1468, 2006.
Johnson, M.O., Chesney, M.A, Goldstein, R.B.,
Remien, R.H., Catz, S., Gore-Felton, C., Charlebois,
E.D., Morin, S.F., NIMH Healthy Living Project
Team (Exner, T.M., is a member of the Healthy Living
Project Team): Positive provider interactions,
adherence self-efficacy, and adherence to antiretroviral
medications among HIV infected adults: A mediation
model. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 20, 258-268,
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 and Medicine, 63, 1998-2009, 2006.
Melendez, R.M., Exner, T.M., Ehrhardt, A.A.,
Dodge, B., Remien, R.H., Rotheram-Borus, M.J.,
Lightfoot, M., Hong, D., the NIMH Healthy Living
Project Team: Health and health care among male-to-female
transgenders. American Journal of Public Health,
96, 1034-1037, 2006.
Remien, R.H., Exner, T.M., Kertzner, R.M., Ehrhardt,
A.A., Rotheram-Borus, M.J., Weinhardt, L.S., Johnson,
M.O., Goldstein, R.B., Gore-Felton, C., Kittel,
L.E., Pinto, R., Dodge, B., Morin, S.F., Chesney,
M.A., Lightfoot, M., Kelly, J.A.: Depressive symptomatology
among HIV-positive women in the era of HAART: A
stress & coping model. Available online at American
Journal of Community Psychology, DOI: 10.1007/s10464-006-9083-y,
as of September 13, 2006.
Carballo-Diéguez, A., Exner, T., Dolezal, C.,
Pickard, R., Lin, P., Mayer, K.H.: Rectal microbicide
acceptability: Results of a volume escalation trial.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, in press, 2006.
Klitzman, R., Exner, T.E., Kirshenbaum, S, Remien,
R.H., the NIMH Healthy Living Project Team: It's
not just what you say: Relationships of HIV disclosure
and risk reduction among MSM in the post-HAART
era. AIDS Care, in press.
The NIMH Healthy Living Project Team (Exner,
T.A., is a member of the Healthy Living Project
Team): Effects of a behavioral intervention to
reduce risk of transmission among people living
with HIV: The Healthy Living Project randomized
controlled study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndromes, in press.
Exner, T.M., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L., Rabkin,
J.G., Williams, J.B.W.: The sexual compulsivity
(SCI) and sexual impulsivity (SII) inventories:
The development and validation of two new measures,
(submitted).
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