Review his full curriculum vitae here.
Educational History
BA (Phi Beta Kappa. Cum Laude), Columbia University;
MS (Kappa Delta Pi), Hunter College of The City University of New York, Education–Human Development and Learning;
MPhil, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, Educational Psychology;
MPH (Award for Academic Excellence), Public Health–Epidemiology School of Public Health, The City University of New York at Hunter College;
PhD, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York Quantitative Methods in Educational & Psychological Research
Honors/Awards
2023 New Jersey Public Health Association Dennis J. Sullivan Award
2023 I CAN STEM Role Model, New Jersey STEM Pathways Network
2020 APA, Society for the Psychological Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, Distinguished Book Award Out in Time: The Public Lives of Gay men From Stonewall to the Queer Generation
2020 New Jersey Health Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award
2020 American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (Senior Career)
2019 APA Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
2019 LGBT Health Workforce Conference, Health Professional Leadership Award
2018 APA Citizen Psychologist
2017 American Public Health Association (APHA) Carl S. Schultz Award for Lifetime Achievement
2017 CUNY Graduate Center Alumni Achievement Award
2017 APA Psychology for the Study of Men and Masculinity Researcher of the Year
2016 APHA Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Section 2016 Community-Based Leadership Award
2016 Hermann M. Briggs Memorial Award, New York State Public Health Association
2016 Delta Omega, Public Health Honorary Society, New York University
2015 POZ 100 Outstanding Work to the HIV/AIDS Community, POZ Magazine
2015 APA Psychology and AIDS Leadership Award (Distinguished Leader
2014 APA Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award (Senior
2014 APA, Society for the Psychological Study of LGBT Issues, Distinguished Book Award The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience
2013 New York State Department of Health World AIDS Day 2013 Commissioner’s Award
2010 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (Early Career)
2010 APA Society for The Psychological Study LGBT Issues Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training
2010 Society of Behavioral Medicine Research to Practice Dissemination Award
2010 NYU Award for Student Centered Dedication and Advocacy
2006 APA Committee on LGB Concerns Outstanding Achievement Award
2005 The Body.Com HIV Prevention Education Leadership Award
2003 APA Society for The Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Distinguished Research Award
2002 APA Committee on Psychology & AIDS Psychology and AIDS Leadership Award (Emerging Scholar),
1999 American Psychological Foundation Wayne F. Placek Research Award
NJBiz New Jersey Healthcare Power 50 (2024, 2023) #3 (2022) #4 (2021)
NJBiz New Jersey Power 100 #40 (2022)
NJBiz Education Top 50 #1 (2021; 2020)
Insider NJ OUT100 Power List #18 (2022) OUT100 (2021) #8 (2020)