Clear Harbor Healing and EmpowermentPaul W. Colson
ADVISOR
Social work scholar and public health researcher focused on access to health and mental health services for disadvantaged communities.
The experience behind the work
Paul earned master’s and doctoral degrees in social work from the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
At Columbia University, he directed the Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center at Harlem Hospital and later served as an Associate Research Scientist at ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health.
His NIH-funded research includes HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Community Health Worker interventions to improve adherence among people with HIV or latent tuberculosis infection.
After relocating to Chicago in 2018, Paul continued training Community Health Workers and working on local political issues.
Read Paul’s full biography
Paul W. Colson holds Masters and doctoral degrees in social work from the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago. Following his doctoral work, he relocated to New York City where he worked for over 25 years for Columbia University, serving as the Program Director for the Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center at Harlem Hospital and then as an Associate Research Scientist at ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health.
Dr. Colson has an overarching interest in the delivery of health and mental health services for disadvantaged populations, including behavioral and systemic issues which impact service use. With NIH funding, he has conducted studies of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and of Community Health Worker interventions to increase adherence among patients with HIV and with latent tuberculosis infection. Dr. Colson relocated to Chicago in 2018 where he continues to train Community Health Workers and work on local political issues.