Francine Cournos, M.D.

ACADEMIC TRAINING

1967: B.S. Chemistry, City College of New York
1971: M.D. New York University School of Medicine

INTERNSHIP

1971-1972: Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York

RESIDENCY

1972-1973: Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York
1973-1976: Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute-Columbia University, New York, NY

OTHER TRAINING

2001-2003: Affiliate Scholar, Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Columbia University

BOARD QUALIFICATION

1978: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

1998-Present: American Association of Community Psychiatrists
1996-Present: New York Psychiatric Society
1996-Present: American Psychopathological Association
1995-Present: Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
1990-Present: American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
1985-Present: New York Academy of Medicine
1976-Present: American Psychiatric Association

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1995-Present: Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

2005-2006: Vice Chair of Psychiatry for the New York State Psychiatric Institute

1989-1995: Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

1979-1989: Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

1976-1979: Instructor in Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

2006-Present: Director, Washington Heights Community Service, New York State Psychiatric Institute

1995-Present: Attending Psychiatrist, New York Presbyterian Hospital

2005-2006: Deputy Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute

2003-2004: Interim Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute

1978-2003: Director, Washington Heights Community Service, New York State Psychiatric Institute

1989-1995: Associate Attending Psychiatrist, Presbyterian Hospital

1976-1989: Assistant Attending Psychiatrist, Presbyterian Hospital

1976-1978: Director, Community Service Inpatient Unit, New York State Psychiatric Institute

1972-1976: Screening, Triage and General Medical work: Presbyterian Hospital, Morrisania Hospital, Martin Luther King Health Center, Health Insurance Plan of New York

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

2006-Present: Principal Investigator, New York/New Jersey AIDS Education and Training Center

1997-1999: Chair, State Board for Medicine, New York State Education Department; Vice-Chair 1995-1997; Member, 1989-1999

1986-1989: Psychiatric Consultant, New York City Regional Office of the New York State Office of Mental Health

1982-1986: Chief Medical Officer, New York City Regional Office of the New York State Office of Mental Health

HONORS

1963: Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, City College of New York
1986: Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine
1991: Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
1995: John J. Weber Memorial Lecture, Visiting Nurse Service, New York
1997: Rachel Gundry Visiting Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore
1998: Paul F. Briscoli Memorial Lecture, University of Massachusetts, Worcester
1999: Psychiatric Administrator Award, New York City Chapter of the American Association of Psychiatric Administrators
1999: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
1999: American Association of Community Psychiatrists Janssen Pharmaceutical Award
2000: American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecturer
2001: The Samuel W. Perry III Memorial Lecture, Cornell University School of Medicine, New York
2001: Thompson Memorial Lecture, North Shore University Hospital, New York
2002: Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
2004: NYSPI/Columbia University Department of Psychiatry Alumni Award

DIRECT GRANT SUPPORT

5 H4AHA00071-05-00, 2006-2010, $11,301,789, Principal Investigator, HRSA New York/New Jersey AIDS Education and Training Center

NIMH 2R01 MH65163-5A1, 2006-2011, $2,227,813, Co-Investigator (10% effort, years 1-4), RCT of a Brazilian HIV Prevention Intervention for the SMI, (Principal Investigator, Milton Wainberg)

NIMH R01 MH65163, 2002-2006, $1,197,783, Co-Principal Investigator, Brazilian HIV Prevention for the Severely Mentally Ill, (Principal Investigator, Milton Wainberg)

Ford Foundation, 2003, $20,000, Principal Investigator, Use of Mental Health Services Among Muslims Attending Mosques in New York City Following September 11

NIMH MH55936, 1999-2003, $60,000, Principal Investigator on subcontract to ongoing RO1 (Principal Investigator of parent grant, Improving HIV Treatment for the Seriously Mentally Ill: Paul Koegel Ph.D., Rand Corporation).

SAMSHA SM52311, 1998-2003, $645,000, Principal Investigator, Columbia University HIV/AIDS Mental Health Training Project

NIMH MH58917, 1998-2002, $1,244,000, Co-Principal Investigator, Sexual Risk Reduction Among Men with Mental Illness, (Principal Investigator, Ezra Susser)

NIDA DA10539, 1997-2002, $1,410,344, Co-Investigator, Service Needs in Early Psychosis and Drug Use (Principal Investigator, Carol Caton)

SAMSHA SM19983, 1995-1998, $568,000, Principal Investigator, Columbia University HIV Mental Health Training Project

New York Community Trust, 1994, $50,000 Co-Principal Investigator, Children of Deinstitutionalization (Principal Investigator, Carol Caton)

NIMH MH43520, 1993-1998, $903,000, Co-Principal Investigator, Critical Time Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk Behavior Among Homeless Mentally Ill (Principal Investigator, Ezra Susser, component of Psychiatric Institute HIV Center, Principal Investigator Anke Ehrhardt)

SAMSHA MH19845, 1992-95, $470,000, Principal Investigator, HIV Training for Providers to the Severely Mentally Ill

NIMH MH44705, 1990-1993, $451,600, Co-investigator, Service Use and Homelessness in Chronic Mental Illness (Principal investigator, Carol Caton)

NIMH MH46251, 1989-1993, $388,000, Principal Investigator, HIV seroprevalence and Risk Factors in the Severely Mentally Ill

Dreyfus Foundation, 1987-1988, $37,000, Funding for service activities by the Mobile Geriatric Team, Washington Heights Community Service

Morgan Guaranty Trust, 1988, $10,000, Funding for the "Seniors Helping Hands" program, Mobile Geriatric Team, Washington Heights Community Service

DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

1993-Present: Cabinet/Extended Cabinet, New York State Psychiatric Institute

1978-Present: Executive, Research Chiefs, and Directors and Chiefs Committees, New York State Psychiatric Institute

1976-2006: Search Committee for the Director of Programs in Occupational Therapy, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 2000-2001; Faculty Council, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1994-1997; Team Leader, Planning Committee for New Building Inpatient and Clinical Support Space Psychiatric Institute,1992-1998; Physician Privileging and Credentialing Committee, Psychiatric Institute,1991-1994; Co-chairperson, Annual Scientific Conference at Arden House,1990-1998, Psychiatric Institute; Search Committee, Director of Research in Mental Health Policy, Psychiatric Institute, 1988-1990; Search Committee, Director of Nursing, Psychiatric Institute,1987; Search Committee, Director of Social Work, Psychiatric Institute, 1986; Schizophrenia Task Force, Psychiatric Institute,1985-1986; Biomedical Research Support Grant Awards Committee, Psychiatric Institute,1980; Clinical Staff, Psychiatric Institute,1976-1979

TEACHING

1976-Present: Lecturer and/or Visiting Professor for more than one thousand grand rounds/talks/consultations in local, national, and international settings (Brazil, Canada, China, Italy, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Spain).

1987-Present: Supervisor of psychiatric residents for long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy

1978-Present: Oversight of clinical rotations on Washington Heights Community Service (WHCS) for all educational programs, which annually train more than 100 students, including psychiatric residents, medical students, psychology externs, social work students, occupational therapists

1989-2003: Mentor of pre- and post-doctoral students in the area of HIV and severe mental illness

1976-1998: Supervisor and Preceptor: Psychiatric residents and psychology interns: inpatient and outpatient evaluation and treatment

Preceptor/lecturer in the following courses

1988-Present: PI PGY II psychiatric residents—Schizophrenia
1986-Present: PI public psychiatry fellows: Section on public sector careers
1984-Present: PI PGY III psychiatric residents--Career Options
1980-2002: PI PGY II psychiatric residents—Family Therapy, 2001-2002; CU occupational therapy students: Psychopharmacology, AIDS, 1985-1998; PGY-III Creedmoor psychiatric residents: Legal and Ethical Issues, 1992-1997; P&S medical students: Psychosocial Treatments, 1992-1993; PI PGY IV psychiatric residents: Current Issues of National Importance in Psychiatric Care (co-director), 1988-1997; PI PGY IV psychiatric residents: Administration,1986-1989; PI PGY II psychiatric residents: The Chronic Patient (Co-director), 1985-1987; P&S medical students: Introduction to the Patient,1980-1987; P&S medical students: Introduction to the Practice of Medicine,1980-1985.
Faculty Member, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

1996-2001: Research Faculty Member
1991-1996: Collaborating Faculty Member
1992-1993: Analytic Candidates: Elective on Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Behavior in Small and Large Organizations (Co-Director)

Other Educational Activities

1996-2005: Member, CME Committee, New York Academy of Medicine

1980-2003: Interviewer, PI psychiatric resident recruitment (Team Leader, 1989-2003)

1992-1997: Organizer, CME Programs, Advisory Committee of the Section on Psychiatry, New York Academy of Medicine (1994-95, Secretary; 1995- 1996, Chair)

1988-1990 Member, Adult Program Committee, Annual Meeting, American Orthopsychiatric Association

MEMBERSHIPS, BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

2007-Present: Member, Board of Directors, Project Samaritan AIDS Services, Inc (PSI/HELP).

2005-Present: Member, Board of Directors, the Fostering Connection

2003-Present: Chair, Board of Directors, Youth Advocacy Center, New York City (member since 1999)

1995-Present: Member, Board of Directors, August Aichhorn Residential Center, New York, New York

2003-2005 Member, Board of Directors, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP)

2001-2006 Member, Board of Directors, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

1999-2005 Member, Board of Directors, New York State Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

ACTIVITIES WITHIN NEW YORK CITY AND STATE GOVERNMENT

2003-Present: Member, State Board of Mental Health Practitioners, New York State Education Department

2002-Present: Member, Mental Health Guidelines Committee, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health (Co-Chair 2003-2005, Chair 2005-2007)

1999-present: Member, International Medical School Site Visit teams, State Board for Medicine, New York State Education Department (Antigua, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Hungary, India, Mexico, Nepal)

1992-1995: The Mayor's HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council Mental Health Work Group, New York City

1992-1994: Chairperson, Task Force on Ambulatory ECT, New York State Office of Mental Health

1991-1992: Member, Alcohol Drug and Mental Health Block Grant Advisory Council, State of New York Executive Chamber

1989-1991: Member, Dialogues on Recovery, New York State Office of Mental Health

1989-1997: Member, Chief Medical Officer's Clinical Subcabinet, New York State Office of Mental Health

1988-1995: Member, HIV Coordinating Committee, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY

1987-1988: Member, Medical Malpractice Mediation Panel, New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County, NY

1986: Member, Tardive Dyskinesia Task Force, New York State Office of Mental Health

1983-1987: Member, Human Services Cabinet Planning Group, Community Board 12, New York, NY

1983-1984: Member, Task Force on Inpatient Staffing Standards, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

2006-Present: Member, Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with HIV/AIDS, American Psychiatric Association.

2006-Present: Consultant, Committee on AIDS, American Psychiatric Association

2002-Present: Member and Co-Chair, Committee on Disaster, New York County District Branch, American Psychiatric Association.

1993-2006: Member/Consultant, Commission on AIDS, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC (Vice-Chair, 1999-2002; Chair, 2002-2006)

1997-2000: Member, Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with HIV/AIDS, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC

1993-1999: Corresponding Member, Committee on Homelessness, American Psychiatric Association

1990-1992: Member, Hospital and Community Psychiatry Achievement Awards, American Psychiatric Association, (Chairperson, 1992)

1990-1993: Chairperson, Task Force on Consent to Voluntary Hospitalization, American Psychiatric Association

1983-1984: Member, Committee on Legislation, New York County District Branch, American Psychiatric Association

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2004-Present: Temporary Advisor, World Health Organization

1996-Present: Member, Mental Health Advisory Committee, Visiting Nurse Service, New York, New York

JOURNAL REVIEWER/EDITORIAL BOARD POSITIONS

2000-Present: Founding Editor/Editor/Co-Editor, Frontline Reports, Psychiatric Services
1988-Present: Reviewer: African Journal of AIDS and Behavior, American Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Public Health, Archives of General Psychiatry, Community Mental Health Journal, Comprehensive Psychiatry, eJournal International AIDS Society, General Hospital Psychiatry, Global Public Health, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, Journal of AIDS, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, The Lancet, New York State Journal of Medicine, Practical Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Psychiatric Practice, Psychiatric Services
1993-2001: Member, Editorial Board, Hospital and Community Psychiatry/Psychiatric Services
1991-2005: Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless