Director
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 750
Nashville,
TN
USA
37203
Sten.vermund@vanderbilt.edu
Biographical Sketch:
Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., has been conducting clinical and public health research since 1982. He is known first for his pioneering work in the relationship between HIV and human papillomavirus, illuminating the association and increased cervical disease risk in the late 1980s and co-developing major cervical cancer screening programs nested within PEPFAR programs in Africa in the 2000s. Second is his HIV prevention and clinical research domestically and internationally, initially as a pediatrician with special interests in adolescent medicine and prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and also in issues of women’s reproductive health. Third are his contributions in forging the field of global health and his innovations in HIV training and educational evaluation. He has founded numerous global health research and service entities, particularly focusing on Zambia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, and Jamaica, and he has worked in training and capacity building supporting more than 500 trainees from over two dozen countries. Dr. Vermund was awarded the Superior Service Award of the U.S. Public Health Service, its highest civilian award, and his contributions in infectious disease epidemiology, women’s and children’s health, and global health are presented in over 340 peer reviewed articles and 100 book chapters and other publications.