Biographical Sketch
Name: Raymond E. Weston, Ph.D.

Education:

1967 to 1971 City College of New York, New York, New York 1971 Bachelors of Arts, Psychology
1971 to 1972 Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts
24 credits toward MSW degree
1972 to 1977 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey
1976 M.S. in Clinical Psychology
1977 Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

Postdoctoral Training:

1993 to 1996 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Psychiatric Service, Department of Neurology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
1994 - 1996 Chief Research Fellow
1993 - 1994 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Academic Appointments

1984 to 1985 Supervising Faculty - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Piscataway, New Jersey
1984 to 1985 Special Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Long Island University Graduate School, Brooklyn, New York
1996 to 1998 Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Cornel University Medical College, New York, New York
2000 to Present Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Nutrition, Brooklyn College of City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York

Clinical Appointments:

1976 to 1978 Staff Psychologist
George and Robert Carter Community Health Center, Jamaica, New York
1977 to 1978 Associate Psychologist
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, Brooklyn, New York
1978 to 1980 Coordinator Court Referral Unit
Bedford Stuyvesant CMHC, Brooklyn, New York
1980 to 1985 Director
On-Site Residential Program, South Beach Psychiatric Center, Staten Island, New York
1985 to 1988 Clinic Director
Bedford Stuyvesant CMHC, Brooklyn, New York
1991 to Present Clinical Consultant
Park Slope Center for Mental Health, Brooklyn, New York

Research Appointments:

1974 to 1976 Intern in Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology, Brooklyn Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Brooklyn, New York
1988 to 1994 Research Scientist
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention American Health Foundation, New York, New York
1996 to 1998 Clinical Assistant Psychologist
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Memorial Sloan Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, New York
1999 to 2000 Associate Director of Training and Research
Human Resources Development Department Queens Health Network, Jamaica, New York
1999 to Present Senior Research Consultant
EVAXX, Inc., New York, New York

Professional Association Memberships:

  Association of Black Psychologists
New York Association of Black Psychologists
American Psychological Association
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy

PUBLICATIONS

A.        Journals:

1.         Liberman, H. J., Campanelli, P. C., Hahn, D., Beck, J., Weston, R., Sacks, J. Y., Gordon, A. and Tabot, A. (1985). The Community Residential Treatment Service: Developing a Continuum of Prosthetic Environments for the Chronically Disabled. Journal of Community Psychology. 13:46‑53.

2.         Schinke, S. P., Orlandi, M. A., Gordon, A. N., Weston, R., E., Moncher, M. S., and Parms, C. A. (1989). AIDS Prevention via Computer‑Based Intervention. Computers in Human Services. 5:147-156.

3.         S. P., Schinke, Gordon, A. N. and Weston, R. E. (1990). Self‑Instruction to Prevent HIV Infection Among African‑American and Hispanic‑American Adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 58:432-436

4.         Weston, R.E., Ray, K., Landers, C., Vaccaro, D., Futterman, R., Haley, N.J., & Orlandi, M.A. (1992).  Mobilization and Educational Strategies in a Model Community Cholesterol Education Program. Health Values, the Journal of Health Behavior, Education and Promotions. 16:8-21.

5.         Resnicow, K., Vaughan, R., Futterman, R., Weston,  R.E., Royce, J., Parms, C., M., Freeman, H., Orlandi, M.A. (1996). Smoking prevalence in Harlem, New York.  American Journal of Health Promotion. 10(5):343-346.

6.                  Resnicow, K., Vaughan, R., Futterman, R., Weston, R.E., Royce, J., Parms, C., Davis-Hearn, M., Freeman, H.P., Orlandi, M.A. (1997).  A Self-Help Smoking Cessation Program for Inner-City African Americans: Results from the Harlem Health Connection Project.   Health Education and Behavior.  24(2):201-217.

B.        Book Chapters:

1.         Orlandi, M. A., Landers, C., Weston, R., and Haley, N. A. (1990). Diffusion of Health Promotion Innovations.  Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research and Practice. K. Glanz, F.M. Lewis and B. K. Rimer  (Eds.). 400‑436. San Francisco, CA:Jossey‑Bass Inc.

2.         Weston, R.E., Rapkin, B.D., Potts, R.G., Smith, M.Y. (1998). The Role of Psycho-Oncology in medically underserved communities. In Holland, J. (Ed.) Textbook of Psycho-Oncology: Psychological Care of the Patient with Cancer. New York:Oxford University Press.

C.        Books Edited:

1.         Orlandi, M.A., Weston, R.E., Epstein, L.G. (EDS.).(1992).  Cultural Competence for Evaluators: A Guide for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Practitioners Working with Ethnic/Racial Communities.  Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, Division of Community Prevention and Training.  DHHS Printing Office, Publication No. (ADM) 92-1884, Washington, D.C.

D.        Research Abstracts:

1.         Weston, R.E., Orlandi, M.A., Haley, N.J., Landers, C. The Mount Vernon CARES Project: Cholesterol Intervention in a Bi‑Racial Community.  Proceedings of the American Heart Association Conference, 1988, Washington, D.C.

2.         Weston, R.E., Orlandi, M.A., Futterman, R., Murphy, D., Resnicow, K., Parms, C., Ray, K.  The Harlem Health Connection: A Smoking Cessation Initiative in an African American Community.  Proceedings of the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, 1992, Washington, D.C.

3.         Weston, R.E., Rapkin, B.D., Ortez-Torres, B., Mantel, J., Tross, S.  Reference Group Orientation, Racial Identity, and Tobacco/Alcohol Use in African American Women:  Data from the Cultural Network Project. Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer, 1995, Washington, D.C.

4.         Weston, R.E., Orlandi, M.A., Futterman, R., Murphy, D., Resnicow, K., Parms, C., Ray, K.  A Smoking Cessation Initiative in an African American Community: The Harlem Health Connection.  Third World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 1996, New York.

5.         Weston, R.E. Rapkin, B.D., Ortez-Torres, B., Mantel, J., Tross, S.  Reference Group Orientation and Tobacco/Alcohol Related Cancer Risk in Women of African Descent.    Eighty-eighth annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Inc.  April 12 - 16, 1997.

6.         Weston, R.E., Rapkin, B.D., Potts. R. Psycho-oncology in undeserved population: In search of meaningful paradigms. Cancer and Leukemia Group B Spring meeting. June 20- 22, 1997. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.