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Zena A. Stein, M.B., B.Ch.

HIV Center Co-Director Emerita

Member, HIV Center Strategic Planning Group

Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, Emerita
Overview Publications Professional Background

EDUCATION

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa B.A. 1941 History
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa M.A. 1942 History
University of Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa
M.B., B.Ch. 1950 Medicine

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  

1959-1962      Senior Research Fellow, Mental Health Research Fund in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
1962-1965    Research Fellow, Medical Research Council, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
1966-1973    Associate Professor (Epidemiology), Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY
1968-1998    Director, Epidemiology of Brain Disorders Research Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
1973-1996    Professor of Public Health (Epidemiology), Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY
1977-1996    Professor of Public Health (Epidemiology), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY
1986-1991    Associate Dean, Research and Academic Affairs, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY
1987-2002    Co-Director, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
1991-1996    Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY
1993-1995   Acting Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY
1996-present    Professor Emerita, Psychiatry and Public Health, (Epidemiology), Columbia University, New York, NY
2003-present   Co-Director Emerita, HIV Center for Clinical & Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY


 

HONORS AND AWARDS  

1988      Honorary Fellow, Peruvian Association of Psychiatrists
1992      Wade Hampton Frost Award and Lecture, American Public Health Association
1993    Doctor of Science in Medicine (honoris causa), University of Witwaterstrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
1994    College of Physicians and Surgeons Distinguished Service Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
1997    75th Jubilee Medal, University of Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa
1999    Senior Member, Institute of Medicine
1999    John Snow Award, American Public Health Association,
1999    Honorary Professor, Escuela Nacional de Sanidad (The National School of Public Health of Spain), Madrid, Spain
2001   "Turning the World Around." Symposium in honor of Mervyn Susser and Zena Stein. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
2001   Celebration. Zena Stein, Mervyn Susser and epidemiology: Observation, causation and action. Int J Epidemiol 2002;31:34
2001   Special Award "Tribute to Zena Stein," International Conference on Microbicides Organizing Committee, Antwerp, Belgium
2001   Africa Center for Health and Population Studies, Hlabisa, KwaZulu, South Africa
2001   Auditorium dedicated to Professors Mervyn Susser and Zena Stein
2003   Voices: A conversation with Zena Stein by Allen Wilcox. Epidemiology, 14:498-502, 2003
2004   Dedication of auditorium to Mervyn Susser and Zena Stein, University of KwaZulu Natal Medical School, Durban, South Africa
2007   University of Kwa Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa. Symposium on HIV/AIDS dedicated to the contributions of Meryn Susser and Zena Stein.

 

 

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Zena A. Stein, M.B., B.Ch.

HIV Center Co-Director Emerita

Member, HIV Center Strategic Planning Group

Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, Emerita

TEL: 212-543-5850
FAX: 212-543-6003

zas2@columbia.edu

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