Cheryl Gore-Felton, Ph.D.

Clinical Focus

• Psychology

Professional Education

• Stanford University Medical Center (1999) CA
• Stanford University School of Medicine (1997) CA
• Palo Alto VA Healthcare System (1996) CA
• Ph.D., Stanford University Counseling & Health Psychology (1997)
• Ed.M., Boston University Counseling Psychology (1989)
• B.A., UCLA Psychology (1986)

Postdoctoral Advisees

• Charles Kamen, Anna Khaylis

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Research Interests

My clinical focus is the treatment of anxiety disorders, including post traumatic stress disorder. My research focuses on developing effective psychotherapy interventions to reduce chronic stress as well as enhance positive health behaviors to reduce morbidity and mortality among patients coping with chronic, medical illnesses which are often life threatening.

Clinical Trials

• Marital Functioning Among Combat Veterans Recruiting

Publications

• Alcohol use and sexual risk behavior among college students: understanding gender and ethnic differences. Randolph ME,  Torres H, Gore-Felton C, Lloyd B, McGarvey EL.  Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse.  2009; 35 (2): 80-4
• Influence of coping, social support, and depression on subjective health status among HIV-positive adults with different sexual identities. Mosack KE,  Weinhardt LS, Kelly JA, Gore-Felton C, McAuliffe TL, Johnson MO, Remien RH, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Ehrhardt AA, Chesney MA, Morin SF.  Behav Med.  2009; 34 (4): 133-44
• Spiritual striving, acceptance coping, and depressive symptoms among adults living with HIV/AIDS. Pérez JE,  Chartier M, Koopman C, Vosvick M, Gore-Felton C, Spiegel D.  J Health Psychol.  2009; 14 (1): 88-97
• Personal values and meaning in the use of methamphetamine among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. Chartier M,  Araneta A, Duca L, McGlynn LM, Gore-Felton C, Goldblum P, Koopman C.  Qual Health Res.  2009; 19 (4): 504-18
• Reactions of Heterosexual African American Men to Women's Condom Negotiation Strategies. Otto-Salaj LL,  Traxel N, Brondino MJ, Reed B, Gore-Felton C, Kelly JA, Stevenson LY.  J Sex Res.  2009; 1-13
• Condom use negotiation in heterosexual African American adults: responses to types of social power-based strategies. Otto-Salaj L,  Reed B, Brondino MJ, Gore-Felton C, Kelly JA, Stevenson LY.  J Sex Res.  2008 Apr-Jun; 45 (2): 150-63
• Lessons learned from more than two decades of HIV/AIDS prevention efforts: implications for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Winningham A,  Gore-Felton C, Galletly C, Seal D, Thornton M.  Am Ann Deaf.  2008; 153 (1): 48-54
• Behavioral mediation of the relationship between psychosocial factors and HIV disease progression. Gore-Felton C,  Koopman C.  Psychosom Med.  2008; 70 (5): 569-74
• Relationships of depression to child and adult abuse and bodily pain among women who have experienced intimate partner violence. Koopman C,  Ismailji T, Palesh O, Gore-Felton C, Narayanan A, Saltzman KM, Holmes D, McGarvey EL.  J Interpers Violence.  2007; 22 (4): 438-55
• Medication adherence and sexual risk behavior among HIV-infected adults: implications for transmission of resistant virus. Remien RH,  Exner TM, Morin SF, Ehrhardt AA, Johnson MO, Correale J, Marhefka S, Kirshenbaum SB, Weinhardt LS, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Catz SL, Gore-Felton C, Chesney MA, Kelly J.  AIDS Behav.  2007; 11 (5): 663-75
• Positive provider interactions, adherence self-efficacy, and adherence to antiretroviral medications among HIV-infected adults: A mediation model. Johnson MO,  Chesney MA, Goldstein RB, Remien RH, Catz S, Gore-Felton C, Charlebois E, Morin SF.  AIDS Patient Care STDS.  2006; 20 (4): 258-68
• Effects of quality of life and coping on depression among adults living with HIV/AIDS. Gore-Felton C,  Koopman C, Spiegel D, Vosvick M, Brondino M, Winningham A.  J Health Psychol.  2006; 11 (5): 711-29
• Depressive symptomatology among HIV-positive women in the era of HAART: a stress and coping model. Remien RH,  Exner T, Kertzner RM, Ehrhardt AA, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Johnson MO, Weinhardt LS, Kittel LE, Goldstein RB, Pinto RM, Morin SF, Chesney MA, Lightfoot M, Gore-Felton C, Dodge B, Kelly JA.  Am J Community Psychol.  2006; 38 (3-4): 275-85
• Perceived partner serostatus, attribution of responsibility for prevention of HIV transmission, and sexual risk behavior with "MAIN" partner among adults living with HIV. Hong DS,  Goldstein RB, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Wong FL, Gore-Felton C.  AIDS Educ Prev.  2006; 18 (2): 150-62
• Predictors of substance use frequency and reductions in seriousness of use among persons living with HIV. Lightfoot M,  Rogers T, Goldstein R, Rotheram-Borus MJ, May S, Kirshenbaum S, Weinhardt L, Zadoretzky C, Kittel L, Johnson M, Gore-Felton C, Morin SF.  Drug Alcohol Depend.  2005; 77 (2): 129-38
• Insurance coverage, usual source of care, and receipt of clinically indicated care for comorbid conditions among adults living with human immunodeficiency virus. Goldstein RB,  Rotheram-Borus MJ, Johnson MO, Weinhardt LS, Remien RH, Lightfoot M, Catz SL, Gore-Felton C, Kirshenbaum S, Morin SF.  Med Care.  2005; 43 (4): 401-10
• Perceived adverse effects of antiretroviral therapy. Johnson MO,  Charlebois E, Morin SF, Catz SL, Goldstein RB, Remien RH, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Mickalian JD, Kittel L, Samimy-Muzaffar F, Lightfoot MA, Gore-Felton C, Chesney A.  J Pain Symptom Manage.  2005; 29 (2): 193-205
• The Healthy Living Project: an individually tailored, multidimensional intervention for HIV-infected persons. Gore-Felton C,  Rotheram-Borus MJ, Weinhardt LS, Kelly JA, Lightfoot M, Kirshenbaum SB, Johnson MO, Chesney MA, Catz SL, Ehrhardt AA, Remien RH, Morin SF.  AIDS Educ Prev.  2005; 17 (1 Suppl A): 21-39
• Demographic characteristics, treatment history, drug risk behaviors, and condom use attitudes for U.S. and Russian injection drug users: the need for targeted sexual risk behavior interventions. Ksobiech K,  Somlai AM, Kelly JA, Gore-Felton C, Benotsch E, McAuliffe T, Hackl K, Ostrovski D, Kozlov AP.  AIDS Behav.  2005; 9 (1): 111-20
• Outcomes of a randomized, controlled community-level HIV prevention intervention for adolescents in low-income housing developments. Sikkema KJ,  Anderson ES, Kelly JA, Winett RA, Gore-Felton C, Roffman RA, Heckman TG, Graves K, Hoffmann RG, Brondino MJ.  AIDS.  2005; 19 (14): 1509-16
• Social support and maladaptive coping as predictors of the change in physical health symptoms among persons living with HIV/AIDS. Ashton E,  Vosvick M, Chesney M, Gore-Felton C, Koopman C, O'Shea K, Maldonado J, Bachmann MH, Israelski D, Flamm J, Spiegel D.  AIDS Patient Care STDS.  2005; 19 (9): 587-98
• Distance communication transfer of HIV prevention interventions to service providers. Kelly JA,  Somlai AM, Benotsch EG, McAuliffe TL, Amirkhanian YA, Brown KD, Stevenson LY, Fernandez MI, Sitzler C, Gore-Felton C, Pinkerton SD, Weinhardt LS, Opgenorth KM.  Science.  2004; 305 (5692): 1953-5
• Sleep disturbances among HIV-positive adults: the role of pain, stress, and social support. Vosvick M,  Gore-Felton C, Ashton E, Koopman C, Fluery T, Israelski D, Spiegel D.  J Psychosom Res.  2004; 57 (5): 459-63
• HIV risk behavior among ethnically diverse adolescents living in low-income housing developments. Sikkema KJ,  Brondino MJ, Anderson ES, Gore-Felton C, Kelly JA, Winett RA, Heckman TG, Roffman RA.  J Adolesc Health.  2004; 35 (2): 141-50
• Trauma symptoms, sexual behaviors, and substance abuse: correlates of childhood sexual abuse and HIV risks among men who have sex with men. Kalichman SC,  Gore-Felton C, Benotsch E, Cage M, Rompa D.  J Child Sex Abus.  2004; 13 (1): 1-15
• HIV transmission risk behavior among men and women living with HIV in 4 cities in the United States. Weinhardt LS,  Kelly JA, Brondino MJ, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Kirshenbaum SB, Chesney MA, Remien RH, Morin SF, Lightfoot M, Ehrhardt AA, Johnson MO, Catz SL, Pinkerton SD, Benotsch EG, Hong D, Gore-Felton C.  J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr.  2004; 36 (5): 1057-66
• Drug use and sexual risk behaviours among female Russian IDUs who exchange sex for money or drugs. Benotsch EG,  Somlai AM, Pinkerton SD, Kelly JA, Ostrovski D, Gore-Felton C, Kozlov AP.  Int J STD AIDS.  2004; 15 (5): 343-7
• The changing age of HIV: sexual risk among older African American women living in rural communities. Winningham A,  Corwin S, Moore C, Richter D, Sargent R, Gore-Felton C.  Prev Med.  2004; 39 (4): 809-14
• Alternative therapies: a common practice among men and women living with HIV. Gore-Felton C,  Vosvick M, Power R, Koopman C, Ashton E, Bachmann MH, Israelski D, Spiegel D.  J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care.  2003 May-Jun; 14 (3): 17-27
• Relationship of functional quality of life to strategies for coping with the stress of living with HIV/AIDS. Vosvick M,  Koopman C, Gore-Felton C, Thoresen C, Krumboltz J, Spiegel D.  Psychosomatics.  2003 Jan-Feb; 44 (1): 51-8
• Correlates of sexually transmitted disease infection among adults living with HIV. Gore-Felton C,  Vosvick M, Bendel T, Koopman C, Das B, Israelski D, Herrera M, Litzenberg K, Spiegel D.  Int J STD AIDS.  2003; 14 (8): 539-46
• The influence of gender on factors associated with HIV transmission risk among young Russian injection drug users. Gore-Felton C,  Somlai AM, Benotsch EG, Kelly JA, Ostrovski D, Kozlov A.  Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse.  2003; 29 (4): 881-94
• Theory-guided, empirically supported avenues for intervention on HIV medication nonadherence: findings from the Healthy Living Project. Johnson MO,  Catz SL, Remien RH, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Morin SF, Charlebois E, Gore-Felton C, Goldsten RB, Wolfe H, Lightfoot M, Chesney MA.  AIDS Patient Care STDS.  2003; 17 (12): 645-56
• Acute stress reactions to recent life events among women and men living with HIV/AIDS. Koopman C,  Gore-Felton C, Azimi N, O'Shea K, Ashton E, Power R, De Maria S, Israelski D, Spiegel D.  Int J Psychiatry Med.  2002; 32 (4): 361-78
• Psychological distress among minority and low-income women living with HIV. Catz SL,  Gore-Felton C, McClure JB.  Behav Med.  2002; 28 (2): 53-60
• An example of maximizing survey return rates. Methodological issues for health professionals. Gore-Felton C,  Koopman C, Bridges E, Thoresen C, Spiegel D.  Eval Health Prof.  2002; 25 (2): 152-68
• Characteristics and predictors of HIV risk behaviors among injection-drug-using men and women in St. Petersburg, Russia. Somlai AM,  Kelly JA, Benotsch E, Gore-Felton C, Ostrovski D, McAuliffe T, Kozlov AP.  AIDS Educ Prev.  2002; 14 (4): 295-305
• Coping, social support, and attachment style as psychosocial correlates of adjustment in men and women with HIV/AIDS. Turner-Cobb JM,  Gore-Felton C, Marouf F, Koopman C, Kim P, Israelski D, Spiegel D.  J Behav Med.  2002; 25 (4): 337-53
• Psychiatric functioning and substance use: factors associated with HIV risk among incarcerated adolescents. Otto-Salaj LL,  Gore-Felton C, McGarvey E, Canterbury RJ.  Child Psychiatry Hum Dev.  2002; 33 (2): 91-106
• HIV: effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine. Power R,  Gore-Felton C, Vosvick M, Israelski DM, Spiegel D.  Prim Care.  2002; 29 (2): 361-78
• Acute stress reactions to everyday stressful life events among sexual abuse survivors with PTSD. Koopman C,  Gore-Felton C, Classen C, Kim P, Spiegel D.  J Child Sex Abus.  2001; 10 (2): 83-99
• HIV disease, violence, and post-traumatic stress. Gore-Felton C,  Butler LD, Koopman C.  Focus.  2001; 16 (6): 5-6
• Sociodemographic characteristics associated with medical appointment adherence among HIV-seropositive patients seeking treatment in a county outpatient facility. Israelski D,  Gore-Felton C, Power R, Wood MJ, Koopman C.  Prev Med.  2001; 33 (5): 470-5
• Relationships of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse to emotional and behavioral problems among incarcerated adolescents. Gore-Felton C,  Koopman C, McGarvey E, Hernandez N, Canterbury RJ.  J Child Sex Abus.  2001; 10 (1): 73-88
• Relationships of perceived stress to coping, attachment and social support among HIV-positive persons. Koopman C,  Gore-Felton C, Marouf F, Butler LD, Field N, Gill M, Chen XH, Israelski D, Spiegel D.  AIDS Care.  2000; 12 (5): 663-72
• Improving the quality and quantity of life among patients with cancer: a review of the effectiveness of group psychotherapy. Blake-Mortimer J,  Gore-Felton C, Kimerling R, Turner-Cobb JM, Spiegel D.  Eur J Cancer.  1999; 35 (11): 1581-6
• Psychologists' beliefs about the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse: the influence of sexual abuse history, gender, and theoretical orientation. Gore-Felton C,  Arnow B, Koopman C, Thoresen C, Spiegel D.  Child Abuse Negl.  1999; 23 (8): 803-11