Lynn Ponton

Dr. Lynn Elisabeth Ponton (born 3 October 1951) is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the author of the books '' The Sex Lives of Teenagers'' and '' The Romance of Risk''. Her work in the area of adolescent risk-taking has had a high profile at a time of newfound sexual conservatism. Her media publications include MTV, ''Salon.com'', '' 60 Minutes'', and many more.

Education

*1969–1973 University of Wisconsin, Madison: B.A., cum laude, biochemistry
*1973–1974 Pasteur Institute, Paris, France: research assistant, biochemistry
*1974–1978 University of Wisconsin, Madison: M.D., medicine
*1977–1978 Maudsley and King's College Medical School
*1978–1979 St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City: resident, pediatrics
*1979–1980 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: resident, adult psychiatry
*1980–1981 University of California, San Francisco: resident, adult psychiatry
*1981–1983 University of California, San Francisco: fellow, child and adolescent psychiatry
*1983–1992 San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute: psychoanalytic trainee

Faculty appointments

*1994–present, professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
*1988–1994, adjunct professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
*1983–1988, adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco

Books

*''The Romance of Risk: Why Teenagers Do The Things They Do'' (1997)
*''The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the Secret World of Adolescent Boys and Girls'' (2000)
*''Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior (Issues in Clinical Child Psychology)'' (1996, Edited by Ralph DiClemente, William B. Hansen and Lynn E. Ponton)

See also

*Adolescent sexuality
*Culture wars
* Adolescent psychology

External links

Lynn Ponton WebsiteLynn Ponton profile at UCSF
* ttps://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/health/a-conversation-with-lynn-ponton-an-expert-s-eye-on-teenage-sex-risk-and-abuse.html A Conversation with Lynn Ponton, New York Times

American psychiatrists
1951 births
Living people
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
University of California, San Francisco faculty
American women psychiatrists
21st-century American women

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