John Santelli, MD, MPH

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Chairman, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
60 Haven Avenue, B-2
New York, NY
USA 10032
Email: js2637@columbia.edu

Biographical Sketch:
Dr. John Santelli is a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist. Prior to coming to New York, he was the Chief of the Applied Sciences Branch in the Division of Reproductive Health at U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He has conducted research on HIV/STD risk behaviors, programs to prevent STD/HIV/unintended pregnancy among adolescents and women, school-based health centers, clinical preventive services, and research ethics. Selected Publications: John S Santelli, Mary Ott Maureen Lyon, Jennifer Rogers, Daniel Summers, Rebecca Schleifer. "Abstinence and Abstinence-Only Education: A Review of US Policies and Programs. " . J Adolescent Health 38 83-87 2006 Santelli JS, Abma J, Ventura S, Lindberg L, Morrow B, Anderson JE, Lyss S, Hamilton BE "Can changes in sexual behaviors among high school students explain the decline in teen pregnancy rates in the 1990s?" J Adolescent Health 35 80-90 2004 Santelli JS, Kaiser J, Hirsch L, Radosh A, Simkin L, Middlestadt S "Initiation of sexual intercourse among middle school adolescents: the influence of psychosocial factors" Journal of Adolescent Health 34 200-208 2004 Santelli JS, Smith Rogers A, Rosenfeld WD, DuRant RH, Dubler N, Morreale M, English A, Lyss S, Wimberly Y, Schissel A "Guidelines for adolescent health research. A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine." Journal of Adolescent Health 32 443-451 2003 Santelli JS, Nystrom RJ, Brindis C, Juszczak L, Klein JD, Bearss N, Kaplan DW, Hudson M, Schlitt J "Reproductive health in school-based health centers: findings from the 1998-99 census of school-based health centers" Journal of Adolescent Health. 32 443-451 2003 Burstein GR, Lowry R, Klein JD, Santelli JS "Missed opportunities for sexually transmitted diseases, human immunodeficiency virus, and pregnancy prevention services during adolescent health supervision visits" Pediatrics 111 996-1001 2003 Santelli JS, Rochat R, Hatfield-Timajchy K, Gilbert BC, Curtis K, Cabral R, Hirsch J, Schieve L, and other members of the Unintended Pregnancy working group. "The measurement and meaning of unintended pregnancy" Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 35 94-101 2003 Santelli JS, Klein JD, Graff CA, Allan MJ, Elster AB "Reliability in adolescent reporting of clinician counseling, health care use, and health behaviors" Medical Care 40 26-37 2002 Santelli JS, Ginn E, Speers M "An evaluation of human subjects protection at CDC/ATSDR" IRB 22 1-7 2000