Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center
Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD
Background Information
Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD, specializes in adolescent HIV prevention and is an active researcher on the subject for the BHCRC. She has been a staff psychologist at Hasbro Children's Hospital and an assistant professor at Brown Medical School since 2006.
Tolou-Shams is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego. She earned
her master's degree and doctorate, both in clinical psychology,
from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Tolou-Shams is the director of Rhode Island Family Court's Juvenile Mental Health Clinic.
Honors
- NIH Loan Repayment Program Award (2006)
- NIH Loan Repayment Program Award (2004)
- NIMH Prevention Research Predoctoral Fellowship (2002)
- Honorable Mention, APA Minority Fellowship Program (2002)
- American Psychological Association Graduate Student (APAGS) Outstanding Professional Development Program Award (2002)
- Doctoral Candidacy, departmental commendation, University of Illinois at Chicago (2002)
- National HIV Prevention Conference Scholarship (2001)
- Citation Award Recipient, Society of Behavioral Medicine (2001)
Selected Publications
- Tolou-Shams, M. Brown, L.K., Gordon, G.,Fernandez, I., & Project SHIELD study group (in press) Arrest history as an indicator of adolescent/young adult substance use and HIV risk, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Tolou-Shams, M., Paikoff, R., McKirnan, D.J., & Holmbeck, G.N. (in press). Mental health and HIV risk among African American adolescents: The role of parenting. Social Work in Mental Health
- Baptiste, D., Tolou-Shams, M., McBride, C., & Paikoff, R.L. (in press).Determinants of parental monitoring and preadolescent sexual risk situations among African American families living in urban public housing. Journal of Child and Family Studies
- Brown, L.K., Tolou-Shams, M., Lescano, C., Houck, C., Zeidman, J. , Pugatch, D., Lourie, K., & SHIELD study group (2006). Depressive symptoms as a predictor of sexual risk among African American adolescents and young adults. Journal of Adolescent Health, 9, 444.e1-444.e8.
- McKirnan, D.J., Houston, E., & Tolou-Shams, M. (2006). Is the web the culprit? Psychosocial and contextual mediators of internet sexual risk among gay and bisexual men. AIDS and Behavior, 1-10
- McKirnan, D.J., Tolou-Shams, M., Turner, L., Hope, B., & Dyslin, K. (2006). Vulnerability to cigarette smoking among men who have sex with men: Demographic and psychosocial variables. Substance Use and Misuse, 41, 1197-1208.
- Houck, C., Lescano, C., Brown, L.K., Tolou-Shams, M., Thomson, J., & SHIELD study group (2006). Islands of risk: Identifying subtypes of adolescents at risk for HIV. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31(6): 619-29
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