Walter Bockting, PhD
Walter Bockting, PhD, is the Principal Investigator of Convoy Q. He is Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Nursing), Columbia University Irving Medical Center and a Research Scientist with the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He is Co-Director of the Program for the Study of LGBT Health Initiative, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health. Dr. Bockting has over 25 years of clinical experience working with LGBTQ individuals, their families, and communities.
Yaakov Stern, MD
Yaakov Stern is a Professor of Neuropsychology in the Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, and the Taub Institute for the Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Stern directs the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Department of Neurology. Dr. Stern bring my extensive expertise in neuropsychology to the research team.
Jason Krellman, PhD
Jason Krellman, PhD, ABPP (CN, RP) is an Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology (in Neurology) at CUIMC. He serve as a co-investigator for Convoy Q, contributing his expertise in the rigorous assessment of cognitive functioning, developing and implementing the cognitive testing protocol, and participating in refinement of the conceptual model, generation of new hypotheses for testing, and the interpretation and dissemination of findings.
Melanie M. Wall, PhD
Dr. Wall is the director of the Division of Biostatistics in the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) and Columbia University where she oversee a team of 13 biostatisticians collaborating on predominately NIH funded research projects. For Convoy Q, Dr. Wall serves as the lead statistician, and as such will participate in the adaptation and pilot testing of measures and development of the analytic plan, oversee data analysis, and participate in the interpretation and dissemination of study findings.
Anke Ehrhardt, PhD
Dr. Ehrhardt is the Director of the Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health. She is a Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. For over 30 years, Dr. Ehrhardt has been a researcher in the field of sexual and gender development of children, adolescents, and adults; as well as in the clinical and behavioral aspects of HIV prevention. Dr. Ehrhardt founded the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University in 1987 and served as Director for 25 years.
Curtis Dolezal, PhD
Dr. Dolezal is a Research Scientist at the Division of Gender, Sexuality, & Health and has been at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies since 1991. He has been involved in the development of several research instruments, with a particular focus on assessing sexual behavior, in a wide variety of populations. He has extensive experience with programming and managing surveys using computer-assisted technologies. His research interests include sexual risk behavior, substance use, childhood sexual experiences, psychoendocrinology, and methodology/measurement.