Profile
The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health seeks to nurture
faculty, staff, and student interests in global partnerships for
research, teaching, and service. Dr. Vermund's research interests
lie in infectious disease control and prevention with a focus on
developing countries and underserved areas of the southeastern U.S.
Dr. Vermund's current (2007) funded grants include projects in
Mozambique (PEPFAR-HIV care and treatment in Zambezia Province, via
CDC), Zambia HIV/AIDS/STD/TB-related training (AITRP, via
Fogarty/NIH), Pakistan/Bangladesh/India (HIV risk reduction in
adolescent drug users, cervical cancer screening among HIV-infected
women, HIV/AIDS/STD/TB-related training), and China
(HIV/AIDS/STD/TB-related training, HIV/AIDS epidemic modeling, HIV
incidence surveillance and BED-CEIA validation). He also has strong
ties in Peru (clinical tropical medicine), Jamaica (public health
training), Jordan (pediatric respiratory disease surveillance), and
Costa Rica (ethics training). Dr. Vermund works closely with the
Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for AIDS Research, the V.U. Program in
Medicine, Society, and Health, the Center for Epidemiology, and the
Institute for Medicine and Public Health. He serves PI of a Family
Health International (Research Triangle Park, NC)-Vanderbilt grant
for the HIV Prevention Trials Network Leadership Group sponsored by
the NIAID and collaborating NIH institutes. Dr. Vermund also
spearheads the Vanderbilt-Meharry Global Framework Program to
develop global health training and curricular content throughout
the curricula of both institutions.
Publications
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Featured publications are shown below:
- Efficacy of peer-led interventions to reduce unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men: a meta-analysis. Ye S, Yin L, Amico R, Simoni J, Vermund S, Ruan Y, Shao Y, Qian HZ (2014) PLoS One 9(3): e90788
› Primary publication · 24614809 (PubMed) · PMC3948720 (PubMed Central) - Pediatric malignancies, treatment outcomes and abandonment of pediatric cancer treatment in Zambia. Slone JS, Chunda-Liyoka C, Perez M, Mutalima N, Newton R, Chintu C, Kankasa C, Chipeta J, Heimburger DC, Vermund SH, Friedman DL (2014) PLoS One 9(2): e89102
› Primary publication · 24586527 (PubMed) · PMC3931678 (PubMed Central) - Massive benefits of antiretroviral therapy in Africa. Vermund SH (2014) J Infect Dis 209(4): 483-5
› Primary publication · 24307740 (PubMed) · PMC3903380 (PubMed Central) - Training programs within global networks: lessons learned in the Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars and Fellows Program. Carothers CL, Heimburger DC, Schlachter S, Gardner P, Primack A, Warner TL, Vermund SH (2014) Am J Trop Med Hyg 90(1): 173-9
› Primary publication · 24297815 (PubMed) · PMC3886417 (PubMed Central)