A member of the University for over 20 years, Dr. Schensul assumed the directorship of the Center for International Community Health Studies (CICHS) in 1986 and since that time has overseen the training of over 1000 health professionals from 80 countries. He has conducted training workshops on HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and research methodology both in the United States and abroad. Professor Schensul has focused his career on community-based, applied health research which has been conducted in Northern Minnesota, Southwestern Uganda, a Westside Mexican American community in Chicago, multi-ethnic communities in Miami, the African American and Puerto Rican communities in Hartford, the shantytown communities of Lima, Peru and Nairobi, Kenya, and in urban communities in Mauritius, Sri Lanka and India. Dr. Schensul is the author of numerous articles, books, and book chapters on applied health research, community development, and sexual risk.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
MA	University of Minnesota	Anthropology
BA	Hunter College of The City University of New York	Anthropology
PhD	University of Minnesota	Anthropology

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Career Achievement Award	Society for Medical Anthropology
Provost’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Public Engagement	University of Connecticut
Honorary Chair of United Nations Day for Connecticut	Appointment by Governor Jodi Rell
Founding Star Award	25th Anniversary of the Charter Oak Health Center
International Editorial Board (2003-present)	Cultural Health and Sexuality
Award of Recognition for 18 years of contribution to the Hispanic Health Council	Hispanic Health Council
Team Residency on Youth and Sexuality in the Developing World	Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Rockefeller Mansion, Lake Como, Italy
Solon T. Kimball Award for Public & Applied Anthropology. Co-recipient with Dr. Jean J. Schensul of the Solon T. Kimball Award for Anthropology and Public Policy presented at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, “An award offered on even-numbered years which recognizes outstanding achievement that has contributed to anthropology as an applied science.”	American Anthropological Association
Award of Appreciation for Contributions as Co-Founder of Hispanic Health Council in Hartford, CT	Hispanic Health Council
Award presented in appreciation for skill and time given in the development of El Centro	El Centro de la Causa
Special Commendation Award in appreciation for the support and interest in the development of the Latino community	Chicano Mental Health Training Program and El Centro de la Causa
Certificate of Award in appreciation for voluntary contributions to the community program	B.A.S.T.A. Drug Abuse Program

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special Emphasis Panel	Study Section	Member	External	National	2005	2005
Special Emphasis Panel (PAR-03-089), NIAID, Center for AIDS Research	Study Section	Member	External	National	2005	2005
Academic Advancement Committee	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2005
Colorectal Advisory Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2005	2007
Health Services and Organizational Delivery Study Section	Study Section	Appointed Standing Member	External	National	2004	2010
Medical School, Medical/Dental Student Research Day	Advisory Committee	Co-Chair	UConn Health	University	2003
Medical School Faculty Council	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2003	2006
Continuing Education Advisory Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2003	2004
Community Research Training for Health Academy students at Bulkeley High School in Hartford in collaboration with the Institute for Community Research	Advisory Committee	Coordinator	External	Local	2002	2003
MPH Curriculum Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2002	2006
RISHTA (Research and Intervention in Sexual Health: Theory to Action, an acronym meaning “relationship in Hindi and Urdu) at the International Institute for Population Sciences in Mumbai, India	Professional/Scientific Organization	Co-Founder and Developer	UConn Health	International	2001
HIV/AIDS Workshop, Yerevan, Armenia	Workshop/Conference	Lead Trainer	UConn Health	International	2001	2001
Maternal and Child Health Workshop, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	Workshop/Conference	Lead Trainer and Organizer	UConn Health	International	2001	2001
Special Emphasis Panel, Fogerty International Center, NIH, “International Research Scientist Award”	Advisory Committee	Member	External	National	2000	2000
Fourth-Year Medical Selectives Committee and Head of the Research Selectives Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2000	2003
Youth Action Research Institute	Professional/Scientific Organization	Participant instructor	External	Local	1998	2002
Medical/Dental Student Research Day	Workshop/Conference	Member	UConn Health	University	1998	2003
Health Project Follow-up Workshop, Moscow, Russian Federation	Workshop/Conference	Lead Trainer and Organizer	UConn Health	International	1995	1995
IMPAX, Student global health interest group	Advisory Committee	Advisor	UConn Health	University	1995
Center for Intersectoral and Community Health Studies, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka	Advisory Committee	Co-Founder	UConn Health	International	1991	1991
Triangle Program (Universities of Connecticut, Peradeniya, and Antwerp) for Health Social Sciences funded by the European Union	Education Committee		External	International	1991	1993
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru	Visiting Professorship	Professor	External	University	1986	1986
Instituto Investigaciones en Salud Publica, Cayetano Heredia University, Lima Peru	Advisory Committee	Co-Founder	UConn Health	International	1984	1986
Charter Oak Terrace/Rice Heights Health Center (Hartford), Board of Directors	Advisory Committee	Member	External	Local	1984	1985
Hartford Community Mental Health Centers (National Institute of Mental Health) Board of Directors	Advisory Committee	Member	External	Local	1981	1985
Hartford Community Mental Health Centers (National Institute of Mental Health)	Advisory Committee	Co-Developer	External	Local	1980	1983
Charter Oak Terrace/Rice Heights Health Center (Hartford).	Advisory Committee	Co-Founder/Co-Developer	External	Local	1979	1983
Hartford Primary Care Consortium	Advisory Committee	Co-Founder	External	Local	1979	1979
Hartford Comprehensive School Health Plan (Passed by Board of Education-City of Hartford in December 1979)	Advisory Committee	Co-Developer	External	Local	1978	1979
Latina-Mother Infant Education Project: “Dar a Luz.” Mujeres Latinas en Accion. (Welbolt Foundation Grant)	Advisory Committee	Co-Developer	External	Local	1978	1985
Hispanic Health Council	Advisory Committee	Co-Founder/Co-Developer	External	Local	1977	1986
Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY	Visiting Professorship	Professor	External	University	1976	1976
Research and Program Development Team (1975-1976). In The association with Organized Migrants in Community Action (OMICA) in Homestead and Immokalee migrant labor camps	Advisory Committee	Organizer	External	Regional	1975	1976
Jackson Memorial Hospital Community Mental Health Program	Advisory Committee	Director	External	Regional	1974	1976
Clinical-Community Development Teams (1974-1976). In African American, Bahamian, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Haitian and senior citizen communities in northwest Miami	Advisory Committee	Developer	External	Local	1974	1976
Brotherhood against Slavery to Addiction (BASTA), National Institute of Mental Health Grant	Advisory Committee	Co-Developer	External	National	1973
El Centro de la Causa (Office of Education grant to youth and education center)	Advisory Committee	Co-Founder/Co-Developer	External	Regional	1973
The Chicano Mental Health Training Program (National Institute of Mental Health Grant)	Advisory Committee	Co-Founder/Co-Developer	External	Regional	1972	1976
American Anthropology Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Fellow	External	National
Society for Applied Anthropology	Professional/Scientific Organization	Fellow	External	National
Society of Medical Anthropology	Professional/Scientific Organization	Fellow	External	National
American Public Health Association; International Health Section, APHA	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International

Dr. Schensul is the principal investigator of a five-year (2007-2012) NIMH grant addressing the prevention of HIV/STI transmission within marriage in India. The project deals with culturally-based concepts of women’s health that show a significant association with a difficult life situation and HIV/STI risk.

This project follows a six-year (2001-2007) NIMH funded project focused on married men in Mumbai. As a part of this project, non-allopathic providers (ayurvedic, unani and homeopaths) were trained in HIV/STI counseling and education and syndromic management to address men’s culturally defined symptoms related to sexual health that showed a significant association with sexual risk behavior. Prior research on cultural concepts of sexual risk and health have been conducted in Mauritius (1991-1994) and in Sri Lanka (1995-1999).

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