Dr. Stein, Professor of Public Health (in the division of Epidemiology and the Sergievsky
Center) and of Psychiatry at Columbia University, is Co-Director of the HIV Center for Clinical
and Behavioral Studies. She is also Associate Dean of Research and Academic Affairs of the
Columbia University School of Public Health and the Director of the Department of
Epidemiology of Brain Disorders at New York State Psychiatric Institute. Her work in the
international arena builds on her varied research experience in epidemiology, especially
epidemiology of reproductive and developmental disorders, mental health, environmental
hazards, and, since the early 1980s HIV infection. Dr. Stein has been a leader both at the HIV
Center and worldwide in the movement to provide women with methods for protection
against transmission of HIV that are under their control (e.g., vaginal microbicides and the
female condom).
With her involvement, grants on HIV infection and AIDS in the international arena have been
funded for study of HIV/AIDS prevention and infection in Thailand, Uganda, and South Africa.
She is the Principal Investigator of a training grant funded by the Fogarty Center that is focused
on epidemiology related to AIDS in South Africa. Dr. Stein has consulted frequently for
international organizations such as WHO and UNICEF and has served on the study sections
of NIMH, NIEHS, NIOSH, NICHD, and on several committees of the National Academy of
Sciences. She is also the Principal Investigator of the NIMH funded training grant, Behavioral
Research in HIV Infection, in the HIV Center and Department of Psychology at Columbia
University.
EDUCATION
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University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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B.A.
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1941
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History |
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University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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M.A.
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1942
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History |
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University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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M.B., B.Ch.
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1950
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
PUBLICATIONS
Stein, Z.A.: HIV prevention: The need for methods women
can use. American Journal of Public Health, 80:460-462,
1990.
Gollub, E.L., Stein, Z.: Commentary: The new female
condom - Item 1 on a women's AIDS prevention agenda.
American Journal of Public Health, 83:498-500, 1993.
Stein, Z.: HIV prevention: An update on the status of
methods women can use (Editorial). AJPH, 83:1379-1382, 1993.
Stein, Z.: Vaginal microbicides and prevention of HIV
infection (letter to the Editor). The Lancet, 343:362-363,
1994.
Coutsoudis, A., Bobat, R., Coovadia, H., Kuhn, L., Tsai,
W.Y., Stein, Z.: The effects of vitamin A supplementation on
the morbidity of children born to HIV-infected women.
American Journal of Public Health, 85:1071-1076, 1995.
Gollub, E.L., Stein, Z.: Short-term acceptability of the
female condom among staff and patients at a New York City
hospital. Family Planning Perspectives, 27:155-158, 1995.
Kuhn, L., Stein, Z.: Mother-to-infant HIV transmission:
Timing, risk factors and prevention. Pae Per Epi, 9:1-29,
1995.
Marder, K., Liu, X., Stern, Y., Dooneief, G., ell, K.,
Schofield, P., Sactor, N., Todak, G., Freidman, R.,
Ehrhardt, A., Stein, Z., Gorman, J., Mayeux, R.:
Neurological signs and symptoms in a cohort of gay men
followed for 4.5 years. Neurology, 45:261-267, 1995.
Marder, K., Liu, X., Stern, Y., Malouf, R., Dooneief, G.,
Bell, K., Todak, G., Joseph, M., Sorrell, S., El Sadr, W.,
Williams, J.B.W., Ehrhardt, A., Stein, Z.: Risk of human
immunodeficiency virus type 1-related neurologic disease in
a cohort of intravenous drug users. Archives of Neurology,
52:1174-1182, 1995.
Stein, Z.: More on women and the prevention of HIV
infection (Editorial). Am J Public Health, 85:1485-1488,
1995.
Stein, Z., Saez, H.V.: The HIV vaginal virucide. Current
Issues in Public Health,1:110-113, 1995.
Stein, Z., Saez, H.V.: Methods of protection against
sexual acquisition of HIV: Options available for women. In:
Global Challenge of AIDS: Ten Years of HIV/AIDS Research.
pp.219-224, 1995.
Stein, Z., Tsai, R.T., Singh, T., Tsai, W-Y, Kuhn, L.,
Williams, R.: Changes over time in survival of children
after AIDS diagnosis in New York City. American Journal of
Preventative Medicine, 11:30-33, 1995.
Liu, X., Marder, K., Stern, Y., Malouf, R., Dooneief, G.,
Bell, K, Todak, G., Joseph, M., Sorrell, S., El Sadr, W.,
Ehrhardt, A., Stein, Z., Gorman, J., Mayeux, R.: Gender
difference I HIV neurological progression in a cohort of
injecting drug users followed for 3.5 years. Journal of
Neuro-AIDS, 1:17-30, 1996.
Stein Z.: Editorial: Family planning, sexually
transmitted diseases, and the prevention of AIDS -- Divided
we fail? American Journal of Public Health, 86:783-784,
1996.
Stein, Z., Kuhn, L.: HIV in women: What are the gaps in
knowledge? In: J. Mann, D. Tarantola (Eds.), AIDS In the
World, Vol.2, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 229-235,
1996.
Just, J., Abrams, E., Louie, L., Urbano, R., Wara, D.,
Nicholas, S.W., Stein, Z., King, M.C.: Influence of host
genotype on progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
among children infected with human immunodeficiency virus
type 1. Journal of Pediatrics, 127:544-549, 1997.
Kuhn, L., Stein, Z.: Infant survival, HIV infection, and
feeding alternatives in less-developed countries. American
Journal of Public Health, 87:926-931, 1997.
Rousseau, C.M., Just, J.J., Abrams E.J., Casabona, J.,
Stein, Z., King M.C.: CCR5del32 in perinatal HIV-1
infection. Journal of Acquired Immunology Deficiency
Syndrome and Human Retrovirology, 16:239-242, 1997.
Stein, Z., Susser, M.: AIDS-an update on the global
dynamics (editorial). American Journal of Public Health,
87:901, 1997.
Stein, Z., Susser, M.: Annotation: Prevention of HIV,
other sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted
pregnancy-testing physical barriers available to women.
American Journal of Public Health, 88:872-874, 1998.
Stein, Z.: Silicone breast implants: Epidemiological
evidence of sequelae. American Journal of Public Health,
89:484-487, 1999
Stein, Z., Saez, H., El-Sadr, W., Healton, C., Mannheimer,
S., Messeri, P., Scimeca, M.M., VandeVanter, N., Zimmerman,
R., Betne, P.: Safer sex strategies for women: The
hierarchical model in methadone treatment clinics. Journal
of Urban Health, 76:62-72, 1999.
Abool Karim, Q., Stein, Z.: Women and HIV/AIDS: A global
perspective. Epidemiology, risk factors and challenges. In:
M Goldman, M. Hatch (Eds.), Women and Health. San Diego:
Academic Press, 420-427, 2000.
Carballo-Diéguez, A., Stein, Z., Saez, H., Dolezal, C.,
Nieves-Rosa, L., Diaz, F.: Frequent use of lubricants for
anal sex among men who have sex with men: The HIV prevention
potential of a microbicidal gel. American Journal of Public
Health, 90:1117-1121, 2000.
Gollub, E.L., French, P., Loundou, A., Latka, M., Rogers,
C., Stein, Z.: A randomized trial of hierarchical counseling
in a short, clinic-based intervention to reduce the risk of
sexually transmitted diseases in women. AIDS, 14:1249-1255,
2000.
Kennedy, C., Coutsoudis, A., Kuhn, L., Pillay, K., Mbuni,
A., Stein, Z., Coovadia, H.: Randomized controlled trial
assessing the effect of vitamin A supplementation on
maternal morbidity during pregnancy and post-partum among
HIV infected women. Journal of AIDS, 24:37-44, 2000.
Latka, M., Gollub, E., French, P., Stein, Z.: Male-condom
and female-condom use among women after counseling in a
risk-reduction hierarchy for STD prevention. Sexually
Transmitted Diseases, 27:431-437, 2000.
Stein, Z.: International Women's Health. In: M. Goldman,
M. Hatch, (Eds.), Women and Health. San Diego: Academic
Press, 391-394, 2000.
Susser, I., Stein, Z.: Culture, sexuality, and women's
agency in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa.
American Journal of Public Health, 90:1042-1048, 2000.
Stein, Z., Susser, M.: The risks of having children in
later life (editorial). British Medical Journal,
320:1681-1682, 2000.
Durkin, M.S., Stein, Z.: Classification of mental
retardation. In: J. Jacobson, (Ed.). Mental Retardation and
Development Disabilities Manual on Diagnosis and
Professional Practice. Washington, D.C., Amer Psychol Assoc,
67-73, 2001.
Kennedy-Oji, C., Coutsoudis, A., Kuhn, L., Pillay, K., Mburu, A., Stein, Z.,
and Coovadia, H.: Effects of vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy and
early lactation on body weight of South African HIV-infected women. J Hlth Popu
Nutr, 19:167-176, 2001.
Gollub, E.L., French, P., Latka, M., Rogers, C., and Stein, Z.: Achieving
safer sex with choice: Studying a women's sexual risk reduction hierarchy in an
STD clinic. J Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine, 10:771-783, 2001.
Susser, M., and Stein, Z.: Civilization and peptic ulcer. Int J Epidemiol,
30:13-17, 2001.
Moreira, E.D., Stein, Z., and Susser, E.: Reporting on methods of subgroup
analysis in clinical trials: A survey of four scientific journals. Brazilian J
Med Biol Res, 34:1441-1446, 2001.
Susser, M., and Stein, Z.: Civilization and peptic ulcer: 40 years on
(Commentary). Int J Epidemiol, 31:18-21, 2002.
Stein, Z., Abdool-Karim, Q., and Susser, M.: The life course of Black women
in South Africa in the 1990s: Generation, age, and period in the decade of HIV
and political liberation. In: D. Kuh and R. Hardy (Eds.). pp. 374-389. A Life
Course Approach to Women's Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Stein, Z., Myer, L., and Susser, M.: The design of prophylactic trials for
HIV: The case of microbicides. Epidemiology, 14:80-83, 2003.
Stein, Z., Susser, M., and Myer, L.: Reply to "The need for a condom-only
control group in microbicide trials." Letter by Jones H., van de Wifgert J.,
Kelvin E. Epidemiology, 14:505-506, 2003.
Mantell, J.E., Hoffman, S., Exner, T.M., Stein Z., and Atkins, K.: Family
planning providers' perspectives on dual protection. Perspectives on Sexual and
Reproductive Health, 35:71-78, 2003. Kuhn, L., Stein, Z., and Susser, M.:
Preventing mother-to-child transmission in the new millennium: The challenge of
breast feeding. Paed Perinat Epidemiol, 18:10-16, 2004.
Susser, I., Stein, Z.: Culture, sexuality, and women's agency in the
prevention of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. In: E. Kalipeni, S. Craddock, J.R.
Oppong, J. Ghosh (Eds). pp. 133-143. HIV & AIDS in Africa. Oxford: Blackwell
Publishing, 2004.
Hoffman, S., Mantell, J., Exner, T., and Stein, Z.: The future of the female
condom. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36:120-126, 2004.
Stein, Z., and Susser, M.: Letter to the editor in response to "Regulating
challenges in microbicide development." Science, 306:1890, 2004.
Stein, Z.., and Susser, M.: Essay Review. Measured intelligence in
childhood, social class and adult outcomes across Poland's sociopolitical
transitions, 1945-1995. Int J Epidemiol 33:227-230, 2004. Review of
Intelligence and Success in Life by Anna Firkowska-Mankiewica. Warsaw: IfiS
Publishers, 2002.
Mantell, J.E., Myer, L., Carballo-Dieguez, A., Stein, Z., Ramjee, G., Morar,
N.S., and Harrison, P.: Microbicide acceptability research: Current approaches
and future directions. Soc Sci Med, 60:319-330, 2005.
Stein, Z.., and Susser, M.W.: Control groups in microbicide trials: In
defense of orthodoxy. Correspondence. J Infec Dis, 191:1377-1378, 2005.
Susser, M., and Stein, Z.: Commentary: Donald Budd Armstrong (1886-1968) -
pioneering tuberculosis prevention in general practice. Int J Epidemiol, 2005.
Myer, L., Kuhn, L., Stein, Z., Wright, T.C., Jr., and Denny, L.:
Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and women's susceptibility to HIV
infection: Epidemiological evidence and biological mechanisms. Lancet Infect
Dis, 5:786-794, 2005.
Stein, Z.: Misconceptions: Condoms are for men. The Yale Journal of Public
Health, 3:7, 2006.
Stein, Z., and Susser, M.: Emily Kark (neé Jaspan) 1913-2006: Remembrance
and reminiscence. Adler Museum Bulletin, 32:5-9, 2006.
Tsiouris, S.J., Austin, J., Toro, P., Coetzee, D., Weyer, K., Stein, Z., and
El-Sadr, W.M.: Results of tuberculosis-specific IFN-γ assay in children at high
risk for tuberculosis infection. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 10:939-941, 2006. |
