Eli Coleman, PhD

Eli Coleman
Professor
Director of Program in Human Sexuality
colem001@umn.edu 
612-625-1500

Primary Research Themes: Compulsive sexual behavior disorder, sexual orientation, psychological and pharmacological treatment of a variety of sexual disorders including the paraphilas, sexual health promotion. 

Education Activities: Director of the Program in Human Sexuality and also the Behavioral Science Program in the Family Medicine residencies; course co-director for Human Sexuality, a required course for all first-year medical students; coordinates post-doctoral clinical/research fellowship in human sexuality and behavioral medicine; advises post-doctoral fellows and graduate students in counseling psychology.

Current Grants

Minnesota Department of Health, "Non-Compliant Health Behaviors Posing Threat to Others”

NIMH Center for AIDS Research, “Internet HIV Prevention for Internet-Using Latino Men”

NIMH Center for AIDS Research, “HIV Prevention for HIV Positive MSM”

NIDA, “Gender Identity and HIV Risk”

Selected Publications

Coleman, E. (2007) Sexual Health: Definitions and Construct Development. In Tepper, M. & Owens, A. F. (Eds.) Sexual Health, Volume 1: Psychological Foundations; Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, pp. 1-15.

Miner, M., Coleman, E., Center, B. & Ross, M. W, & Rosser, B. R. S. (2007) The compulsive sexual behavior inventory.  Psychometric properties. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 4, 579-587.

Coleman, E., Horvath, K.J., Miner, M., Ross, M.W., Rosser B. R. S. and the Men’s INTernet Study (MINTS-II) Team. Compulsive sexual behavior and risk for unsafe sex in online liaisons for men who use the Internet to seek Sex with Men: Results of the Men’s INTernet Sex (MINTS-II) Study. Abstracts of the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 17, 2006, #ThPDC06. (Poster presentation and discussion).

Ross, M. W., Rosser, B. R. S., Coleman, E. & Mazin, R.  (2006).  Misrepresentation on the Internet about sex and HIV: A study of Latino Men who have sex with men. Culture, Health and Sexuality.

Edwards, W. M. and Coleman, E.  (2004)  Defining sexual health:  A descriptive overview. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 33(3), 189-195.

Raymond, N. C., Coleman, E., & Miner, M.  (2003). Psychiatric comorbidity and compulsive/impulsive traits in compulsive sexual behavior.  Comprehensive Psychiatry. 44(5), 370-380.

Coleman E. (2003).  Promoting sexual health:  The public health challenge.  Minnesota Medicine. 86(7), 12-15.

Education

PhD, University of Minnesota, Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology, 1978

Selected Professional Activities and Awards

Past president, World Association for Sexology, 2001-2005.

Past president, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, 2000-2003.

Patrick Carnes Award—Awarded by the National Council for Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity in recognition of outstanding work in the field of sexual addiction and compulsivity, September 27, 2003.

Surgeon General's Exemplary Service Award for Outstanding Support of the United States Surgeon General as a Contributing Senior Scientist on "Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior," released June 28, 2001. Awarded January 18, 2002.

Excellence in Professional Standards Award, American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, May 4, 2002. 

Alfred E. Kinsey Award (2001) for Distinguished Scientific Achievement, Education, Clinical Work and Public Health in Psychology and Human Sexuality.  Presented by the Midcontinent Region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. Awarded June 14, 2002.

Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Orlando, Florida, November 11, 2001.

Editor, International Journal of Sexual Health, 1988-present.

Editor, International Journal of Transgenderism, 1997-present.        

Editor, Human Sexuality Book Series. New York: Haworth Press, 1996-present.