Nabila El-Bassel
Professor of Social Work
M.S.W., Hebrew University
D.S.W., Columbia University
E-mail: ne5@columbia.edu
Telephone: (212) 851-2391
Office: Room 814
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Bio:
Dr. Nabila El-Bassel is a Professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work and the Director of the Social Intervention Group (SIG), which was established in 1990 as a multi-disciplinary research center on HIV and drug abuse. She is the Director of the NIMH HIV training program for racial ethnic minority researchers She is also the Director of the recently established Columbia University Global Health Research Center (CUGHRC) in Central Asia. Based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, CUGHRC serves Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. The Center brings together leading multidisciplinary global health experts and creates crosscutting partnerships among government, NGOs, and academic institutions in Central Asia and Columbia University.
Over the past 17 years, Dr. El-Bassel has designed and tested HIV prevention strategies in clinical trials for women, men, and couples recruited from drug-treatment programs, primary care, criminal justice and international settings. In the past eight years , Dr. El-Bassel has been studying the co-occurring problems on of HIV, violence/trauma , and drug abuse among women and men.
Research Interests:
- Substance abuse
- HIV/AIDS with women, men, couples, families
- Partner violence with men and women on methadone
- Social support
- Social network interventions
- Evidence-based practice
- Health disparities
- HIV and substance abuse research with people with history of criminal justice
- International global health (HIV, substance abuse, HCV, TB, STIs etc.)
- Migrant workers in Central Asia and China
- Co-occurring problems: Violence, Trauma, Drug abuse and HIV
- Training of racial Ethnic Minority researchers
Current Projects:
Recent Publications & Presentations:
Books and Chapters
Alegria, M., Vila, D., Train, S., Williams S., El-Bassel.N. Epidemiology of HIV (2006). In Francisco Fernandez and Pedro Ruiz (Eds). Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E. (2003). The intersecting public
health problems of HIV and intimate partner violence among women on methadone: Implications for HIV prevention intervention. In Strategies to improve the replicability, sustainability, and durability of HIV prevention interventions for drug users. Rockville, MD: National Institute of Drug Abuse.
Journal Articles
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Chang, M. (2006). A Social network profile and HIV risk among men on Methadone: Do Social Networks Matter? Journal of Urban Health, 83(4), 602-613.
Gilbert, L., El-Bassel, N., Manuel, J., Wu, E., Golder, H., Seewald, R., Sanders, G. (2006). An Integrated Relapse Prevention and Relationship Safety Intervention. Violence and Victims, 21(5), 657-672.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Chang, M., Gomaz C., Vincour, D. (2007). Intimate partner violence prevalence and HIV risk among women receiving care in emergency departments: Implications for IPV and HIV screening. Emerg. Med. 24, 225-259.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Chang, M., and Fontdevila, J. (in press). Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence among Men in Methadone Treatment Programs. American Journal of Public Health.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Go, H., & Hill, J. (2005). The temporal relationship between drug use and intimate partner violence among women on methadone: Implications for HIV prevention intervention. American Journal of Public Health. 95(3), 465-470.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Chang, M., Hill, J., & Steinglass, P. (2005). Long-term effects of an HIV/STI sexual risk reduction intervention for heterosexual couples. AIDS and Behavior. 9(1), 1-13.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Go, H. & Hill, J. (2005). HIV and intimate partner violence among methadone-maintained women in New York City. Social Science and Medicine. 61(1), 171-183.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Frye, V., Wu, E., Go, H., Hill, J, & Richman, B. (2004). Physical and sexual intimate partner violence among women in methadone maintenance treatment. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18(2), 180-183.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Golder, S., Wu, E., Chang, M., Fontdevila, J., & Sanders, G. (2004). Deconstructing the relationship between intimate partner violence and sexual HIV risk among drug-involved men and their female partners. AIDS and Behavior. 8(4), 429-439.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Chang, M., Hill, J., & Steinglass, P. (2003). The efficacy of a relationship-based HIV/STD prevention program for heterosexual couples. American Journal of Public Health, 93(6), 963-969.
El-Bassel N, Gilbert L, Witte S, Wu E, Gaeta T, Schilling R, & Wada T. (2003). Intimate partner violence and substance abuse among minority women receiving care from an inner-city emergency department. Women's Health Issues, 13(1), 16-22
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., & Rajah, V. (2003). The relationship between drug abuse and sexual performance among women on methadone: Heightening the risk of sexual intimate violence and HIV. Addictive Behavior, 28(8), 1385-1403.
El-Bassel, N. (2003). Small group skills training increases female condom use. Evidence-Based Healthcare, 6(3), 99-100.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S., Gilbert, L., Sormanti, M., Moreno, C., Pereira, L, & Elam, E. (2001). HIV prevention for intimate couples: A relationship-based model. Families, Systems and Health, 19(4), 379-395.
El-Bassel, N., Fontdevila, J., Gilbert, L., Voisin, D., Richman, B., & Pitchell, P. (2001). HIV risks of men in methadone maintenance treatment programs who abuse their intimate partners: A forgotten issue. Journal of Substance Abuse, 13, 1-15.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Rajah, V., Foleno, A., & Frye, V. (2001). Social support among women in methadone treatment who experience partner violence: Isolation and male controlling behavior. Violence Against Women, 7(3), 246-274.
Frye, V., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Rajah, V., Christie, N. (2001). Intimate partner sexual abuse among women on methadone. Violence and Victims,16(5), 553-564.
Gilbert, L., El-Bassel, N., Rajah, C., Foleno, A., & Frye, V. (2001). Linking drug-related activities with experiences of partner violence: A focus group study of women in methadone treatment. Violence and Victims, 16(5), 517-536.
Sormanti, M., Pereira, L., El-Bassel, N., Witte, S., & Gilbert, L. (2001). The role of community consultants in designing an HIV prevention intervention. AIDS Education and Prevention, 13(4), 311-328.
El-Bassel, N., Simoni, J. M., Cooper, D. K., Gilbert, L., & Schilling, R. F. (2001). Sex trading and psychological distress among women on methadone. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 15(3), 177-184.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S., Wada, T., Gilbert, L., & Wallace, J. (2001). Correlates of partner violence among female street sex workers: Substance abuse, history of childhood abuse and HIV risks. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 15(1), 41-51.
El-Bassel, N., & Witte, S. (2001). Drug use and physical and sexual abuse of street sex workers in New York City. Research for Sex Work, 4, 31-32.
Presentations
Science of intervention Research. Rochester University School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, January 2007.
Gender-Based intervention for drug-involved women. Congressional Briefing, Washington, DC, July 2006.
Gender based HIV risks among drug involved women: Implications for prevention. AIDS International conference, Toronto, Canada, July 2006.
Risk factors among drug-involved women. APA, New Orleans, LA, August 2006.
Last updated December 03, 2007.
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