Eli Coleman

Eli Coleman
Coleman in 2021
Born (1948-08-25) August 25, 1948
CitizenshipUSA
AwardsSurgeon General's Exemplary Service Medal
Gold Medal of the World Association for Sexual Health
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, Sexology
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota

Eli Coleman is an American psychologist and sexologist. He is professor emeritus and former director of the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health (formerly the Program in Human Sexuality) in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. In 2007, he was appointed the first endowed Chair in Sexual Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He has published research on sexual orientation, sexual dysfunction and compulsivity, gender dysphoria, and sex offenders.