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Institute for Sexual and Gender Health
1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 180
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Michael Ross, MD, PhD, MPH, MHPEd, MSt, is a professor at the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health (ISGH) and was the Joycelyn Elders Chair in Sexual Health Education from 2014-2020. He holds 11 degrees, including a MedDr, a PhD in cross-cultural health psychology, and degrees in criminology and health education. Ross has studied sexuality and sexual and mental health for more than 30 years in several countries: India, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam. Ross has also published more than 500 publications and books. Additionally, he worked extensively in prison environments and wrote a book about prison physical and mental health. Ross has also practiced as a clinical psychologist and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the British Psychological Society.
Pronouns: he/him/his
MD, Malmö University
Major: Health and Society
M.St. , Other, University of Cambridge
Major: Applied Criminology
Diploma in Applied Criminology , Other, University of Cambridge
Major: Prison Studies
Diploma in STDs, Other, Prince of Songkla University
Major: Tropical Clinical STDs
M.H.P.Ed., Other, University of New South Wales
Major: Health Personnel Education
MPH, University of Adelaide
Major: Epidemiology
Diploma in Tertiary Ed. , Other, University of New England
Major: Adult Education
PhD, University of Melbourne
Major: Health Psychology
BS, University of the State of New York
Major: Medical Sociology
MA, Victoria University of Wellington
Major: Social-Clinical Psychology
BA, Massey University
Major: Psychology
Ross, M. W., 2005. Typing, doing, and being: sexuality and the internet.. Journal of sex research, 42 (4): 342-52.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490509552290
PubMed ID: 19827239
Essien, E. J., Ross, M. W., Fernández-Esquer, M. E., Williams, M. L., 2005. Reported condom use and condom use difficulties in street outreach samples of men of four racial and ethnic backgrounds. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 16 (11): 739-743.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1258/095646205774763135
Dawson, A. G., Ross, M. W., Henry, D., Freeman, A., 2005. Evidence of hiv transmission risk in barebacking men-who-have-sex-with-men: Cases from the internet. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, 9 (3-4): 73-83.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1300/J236v09n03_05
Hamra, M., Ross, M. W., Karuri, K., Orrs, M., D'Agostino, A., 2005. The relationship between expressed HIV/AIDS-related stigma and beliefs and knowledge about care and support of people living with AIDS in families caring for HIV-infected children in Kenya. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 17 (7): 911-922.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120500100593
Ross, M. W., Månsson, S. A., Daneback, K., Cooper, A., Tikkanen, R., 2005. Biases in internet sexual health samples: comparison of an internet sexuality survey and a national sexual health survey in Sweden.. Social science & medicine (1982), 61 (1): 245-52.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.01.019
PubMed ID: 15847976
Ross, M. W., Fernández-Esquer, M. E., 2005. Ethnicity in sexually transmitted infections and sexual behaviour research. Lancet, 365 (9466): 1209-1210.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74789-9
Ross, M. W., Månsson, S. A., Daneback, K., Tikkanen, R., 2005. Characteristics of men who have sex with men on the Internet but identify as heterosexual, compared with heterosexually identified men who have sex with women. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 8 (2): 131-139.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.2005.8.131
Johnson, R. J., Ross, M. W., Taylor, W. C., Williams, M. L., Carvajal, R. I., Peters, R. J., 2005. A history of drug use and childhood sexual abuse among incarcerated males in a county jail. Substance Use and Misuse, 40 (2): 211-229.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1081/JA-200048457
Williams, M. L., Atkinson, J., Klovdahl, A., Ross, M. W., Timpson, S., 2005. Spatial bridging in a network of drug-using male sex workers.. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 82 (1 Suppl 1): i35-42.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jurban/jti022
PubMed ID: 15738322
Ross, M. W., Rosser, B. S., Stanton, J., Konstan, J., 2004. Characteristics of Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men on the Internet Who Complete and Drop Out of an Internet-Based Sexual Behavior Survey. AIDS Education and Prevention, 16 (6): 526-537.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.16.6.526.53793
Ross, M. W., Courtney, P., Dennison, J., Risser, J. M., 2004. Incomplete reporting of race and ethnicity in gonorrhoea cases and potential bias in disease reporting by private and public sector providers [1]. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 15 (11): 778.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1258/0956462042395168
McFarlane, M., Ross, M. W., Elford, J., 2004. The Internet and HIV/STD prevention.. AIDS care, 16 (8): 929-930.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120412331292516
PubMed ID: 29532666
Ross, M. W., Rosser, B. R., Stanton, J., 2004. Beliefs about cybersex and Internet-mediated sex of Latino men who have Internet sex with men: relationships with sexual practices in cybersex and in real life.. AIDS care, 16 (8): 1002-11.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120412331292444
PubMed ID: 15511732
Schönnesson, L. N., Ross, M. W., Williams, M., 2004. The HIV Medication Self-Reported Nonadherence Reasons (SNAR) index and its underlying psychological dimensions. AIDS and Behavior, 8 (3): 293-301.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:AIBE.0000044076.98833.64
Ross, M. W., Elford, J., Sherr, L., Hart, G., 2004. The TREND statement: Social science, communication and HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 16 (6): 667-668.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120412331269512
Cochran, S. D., Ackerman, D., Mays, V. M., Ross, M. W., 2004. Prevalence of non-medical drug use and dependence among homosexuality active men and women in the US population. Addiction, 99 (8): 989-998.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00759.x
Essien, E. J., Ross, M. W., Williams, M. L., Meshack, A. F., Fernández-Esquer, M. E., Peters, R. J., Ogungbade, G., 2004. Primary source of income is associated with differences in HIV risk behaviors in street-recruited samples.. International journal for equity in health, 3 (1): 5.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-3-5
PubMed ID: 15202942
Ross, M. W., Henry, D., Freeman, A., Caughy, M., Dawson, A. G., 2004. Environmental influences on safer sex in young gay men: A situational presentation approach to measuring influences on sexual health. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 33 (3): 249-257.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ASEB.0000026624.69223.5f
Crisp, B. R., Williams, M., Timpson, S., Ross, M. W., 2004. Medication compliance and satisfaction with treatment for HIV disease in a sample of African-American crack cocaine smokers. AIDS and Behavior, 8 (2): 199-206.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:AIBE.0000030250.33931.af
Harzke, A. J., Williams, M. L., Nilsson-Schönnesson, L., Ross, M. W., Timpson, S., Keel, K. B., 2004. Psychosocial factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral medications in a sample of HIV-positive African American drug users. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 16 (4): 458-470.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120410001683394
Chartered Psychologist, United Kingdom Registration
Licensure/Certification Number: 16754
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Past President
American Psychological Association, Chair, Fellows Committee, Division 44
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, President
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, President Elect
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Midcontinent region Board member