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Aaron S. Breslow, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Area of research
- LGBTQ, Transgender and Nonbinary, Minority Stress, Minority Strengths, Mental Health Disparities, HIV Criminalization
Phone
Location
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1225 Morris Park Avenue Van Etten 4A-49 Bronx, NY 10461
Research Profiles
Professional Interests
Dr. Aaron Samuel Breslow (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor with the PRIME Center for Health Equity, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research. As a Licensed Psychologist, he received his PhD from Teachers College, Columbia University and currently runs a gender-affirming clinical service for transgender adults at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Breslow completed his pre-doctoral clinical training at Columbia University Medical Center and Montefiore, as well as a Postdoctoral Fellowship with dual affiliation at Einstein and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Breslow's research aims to measure and mitigate disparities in mental healthcare, specifically for transgender and nonbinary people. He is currently conducting studies on the mental health impact of HIV criminalization as well as intersex minority stress. Dr. Breslow serves on the Board of InterACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, and is Co-Founder of Queer Anga, a community-based wellness collective in Brooklyn, NY.
Selected Publications
Breslow, A. S., Wojcik, H., Cox, R., Tran, N. M., & Brewster, M. E. (2021). Toward Nonbinary Nuance in Research and Care: Mapping Differences in Gender Affirmation and Transgender Congruence in an Online National US Survey. Transgender Health, 6(3), 156-163.
Bhattacharyya, S., Breslow, A. S., Carrasco, J., & Cook, B. (2021). When Structural Inequity Is Ubiquitous, Can Force Ever Be Compassionate?. AMA Journal of Ethics, 23(4), 340-348.
Restar, A. J., Breslow, A. S., Jin, H., Quilantang, M. I., Sison, O., Bermudez, A. N., ... & Nazareno, J. (2021). Transgender-specific developmental milestones and associated experiences of violence, discrimination, and stigma among Filipinx transgender women who are sexually active with men. PLoS one, 16(3), e0248248.
Breslow, A. S., & Brewster, M. E. (2020). HIV is not a crime: Exploring dual roles of criminalization and discrimination in HIV/AIDS minority stress. Stigma and Health, 5(1), 83.
Breslow, A. S., Sandil, R., Brewster, M. E., Parent, M. C., Chan, A., Yucel, A., ... & Glaeser, E. (2020). Adonis on the apps: Online objectification, self-esteem, and sexual minority men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 21(1), 25.
Breslow, A. S., Tran, N. M., Lu, F. Q., Alpert, J. E., & Lê Cook, B. (2019). Depression treatment expenditures for adults in the USA: A systematic review. Current psychiatry reports, 21(10), 1-11.
Breslow, A. S., Brewster, M. E., Velez, B. L., Wong, S., Geiger, E., & Soderstrom, B. (2015). Resilience and collective action: Exploring buffers against minority stress for transgender individuals. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2(3), 253.