Director of the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research (CMMHR) at Cambridge Health Alliance
Position:
Not Clearly Pro or Con
to the question "Should prostitution be legal?"
Reasoning:
"Little is known about the psychological status of sex workers, partly as a result of the difficulty of recruiting such individuals given the stigmatization they experience and the coercive actions taken against them."
Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, other relevant advanced degrees, and government officials with significant involvement in, or related to, prostitution issues.
Involvement and Affiliations:
Director, Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research (CMMHR), Cambridge Health Alliance, 2002-present
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 2002-present
Vice Chair, AcademyHealth, 2007
Mental Health Section Award, American Public Health Association (APHA), 2003
President's Award as Distinguished Investigator, University of Puerto Rico, 2002
Director, Center for Evaluation and Sociomedical Research, University of Puerto Rico, 1988-2002
Professor, University of Puerto Rico, 1987-2002
President's Award in Arts and Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, 2001
President's Award in Science and Technology, University of Puerto Rico, 2000
Twenty Most Distinguished Women in Puerto Rico (Contributions to Health), El Nuevo Día, 1996
Psi Chi National Honor Society, Georgetown University, 1978
Cowritten with Hansen, H., and Lopez-Iftikhar, M., "The Economy of Risk and Respect: Accounts by Puerto Rican Sex Workers of HIV Risk Taking," Journal of Sex Research, Nov. 2002
Cowritten with Vera, M., Freeman, D.H.; Robles, R., et al, "HIV infection, Risk Behaviors, and Depressive Symptoms Among Puerto Rican Sex Workers," American Journal of Public Health, Dec. 1994
