Eli Coleman, PhD
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Contact Info
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Director and Chair in Sexual Health, Program in Human Sexuality (PHS)
PhD, University of Minnesota
Summary
Eli Coleman, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Program in Human Sexuality. He holds the first and only endowed academic chair in sexual health. Dr. Coleman is the author of numerous articles and books on compulsive sexual behavior, sexual offenders, sexual orientation, gender dysphoria, chemical dependency and family intimacy and on the psychological and pharmacological treatment of a variety of sexual dysfunctions and disorders. He is one of the founding editors of the International Journal of Transgenderism and is the founding and current editor of the International Journal of Sexual Health. He is one of the past-presidents of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the World Association for Sexual Health, the International Academy for Sex Research and the Society for Sex Therapy and Research. He is currently the Chair of the WPATH Standards of Care Revision Committee. He has been a frequent consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (the regional office of WHO), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pronouns: he/him/his
Expertise
Sexual health, impulsive/compulsive sexual behavior, sexual identity and development, transgender health, HIV prevention
Awards & Recognition
United States Sexual Health Award, 2019 US Surgeon General's Exemplary Service Award First Endowed Chair in Sexual Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Gold Medal Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality’s (SSSS) Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award Society for Sex Therapy & Research’s (SSTAR) Masters and Johnson Award Midcontinent Region of the SSSS Alfred E. Kinsey Award Eastern Region of the SSSS John Money Award
Research
Publications
This lists only ten recent publications.
Eisenberg, M. E., McMorris, B. J., Rider, G. N., Gower, A. L., & Coleman, E. (2020). “It’s kind of hard to go to the doctor’s office if you’re hated there.” A call for gender-affirming care from transgender and gender diverse adolescents. Health & Social Care in the Community, 28(3), 1082-1089.https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12941
Coleman, E., Swinburne Romine, R., Dickenson, J., & Miner, M. H. (2020). Compulsive Sexuality Behavior Inventory—13. In R. R. Milhausen, J. K. Sakaluk, T. D. Fisher, C. M. Davis, & W. L. Yarber (Eds.), Handbook of sexuality-related measures (4th ed., pp. 254-257). New York: Routledge.
Bockting, W. O., Miner, M. H., Swinburne Romine, R. E., Dolezal, C., Robinson, B. B. E., Rosser, B. R. S., & Coleman, E. (2020). The Transgender Identity Survey: A measure of internalized transphobia. LGBT Health,7(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2018.0265
Zhang, Q., Goodman, M., Adams, N., Corneil, T., Hashemi, L., Kreukels, B., Motmans, J., Snyder, R., & Coleman, E. (2020). Epidemiological considerations in transgender health: A systematic review with focus on higher quality data. International Journal of Transgender Health, 21(2), 125-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2020.1753136
Miner, M. H., Dickenson, J., & Coleman, E. (2019). Effects of emotions on sexual behavior in men with and without hypersexuality. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 26(1-2), 24-41. doi:10.1080/10720162.2018.1564408
Ford, J. V., Vargas, E. C., Finotelli Jr, I., Fortenberry, J. D., Kosmödi, E., Philpott, A., Rubio-Aurioles, E., & Coleman, E. (2019). Why pleasure matters: Its global relevance for sexual health, sexual rights and wellbeing. International Journal of Sexual Health, 31(3), 217-230. doi:10.1080/19317611.2019.1654587
Eisenberg, M. E., Gower, A. L., Rider, G. N., McMorris, B. J., Coleman, E. (in press). At the intersection of sexual orientation and gender identity: Variations in emotional distress and bullying experience in a large population-based sample of U.S. adolescents. Journal of LGBT Youth. January 17, 2019
Miner, M. H., Dickenson, J., Coleman, E. (in press). Effects of emotions on sexual behavior in men with and without hypersexuality. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, in press Dec. 18, 2018.
Eisenberg, M. E., Gower, A. L., McMorris, B. J., Rider, G. N., & Coleman, E. (2019). Emotional distress, bullying victimization, and protective factors among transgender and gender diverse adolescents in city, suburban, town, and rural locations. The Journal of Rural Health, 35(2), 270-281. doi:10.1111/jrh.12311
Eisenberg, M. E., Gower, A. L., Rider, G. N., McMorris, B. J., & Coleman, E. (2019). At the intersection of sexual orientation and gender identity: Variations in emotional distress and bullying experience in a large population-based sample of U.S. adolescents. Journal of LGBT Youth, 16(3), 235-254. doi:10.1080/19361653.2019.1567435
Coleman, E., et al. (2018). An integrative biopsychosocial and sex positive model of understanding and treatment of impulsive/compulsive sexual behavior. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 25(2-3), 125-152. doi:10.1080/10720162.2018.1515050
Coleman, E., Dickenson, J. (2018). Deviance or normalcy? The relationship between paraphilic thoughts and behaviors, hypersexuality, and psychopathology in a sample of university students. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 15(12), 1824-1825. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.09.014
Clinical
Clinics
Center for Sexual Health