College Overview
* (COPH C Overview faculty)
Sten Vermund, MD, PhD
Dean
Contact Info
- Office: CPH 1004A
- Academic Email: svermund@usf.edu
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Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, Columbia University, 1990
- MPhil, Epidemiology, Columbia University, 1987
- MSc, Community Health in Developing Countries, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1981
- DPH, Public Health, Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 1981
- MD, Medicine, Yeshiva University, 1997
- BA, Human Biology, Stanford University, 1974
Specialization
- Microbial Diseases
- Global Health
- COVID-19
- Child/Adolescent Health
- Climate Change
- HIV/AIDS
- Women's Health
- Infectious Diseases
- Maternal & Child Health
Biography
Dr. Sten Vermund is a pediatrician and infectious disease epidemiologist focused on diseases of low and middle income countries. His work on HIV-HPV interactions among women in Bronx methadone programs motivated a change in the 1993 CDC AIDS case surveillance definition and inspired cervical cancer screening programs launched within HIV/AIDS programs around the world. The thrust of his research has focused on health care access, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, and prevention of HIV transmission among general and key populations, including mother-to-child. Dr. Vermund has become increasingly engaged in health policy, particularly around sustainability of HIV/AIDS programs and their expansion to non-communicable diseases, coronavirus pandemic response and prevention, and public health workforce development. His recent grants include capacity-building for public health in Chad, molecular epidemiology for HIV in Kazakhstan, and COVID-19 vaccine studies in Dominican Republic and Connecticut. He has worked with schools and arts organizations for COVID-19 risk mitigation and institutional safety.