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Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD

Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health
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Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public 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.

Appointments

Education & Training

PhD
Columbia University, Epidemiology (1990)
MPhil
Columbia University, Epidemiology (1987)
Mellon Foundation Fellowship
Columbia University (1983)
Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (1983)
MSc
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Community Health in Developing Countries (1981)
DPH
Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Public Health (1981)
Pediatrics Internship and Residency
Presbyterian (Babies) Hospital (1980)
MD
Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1977)
BA
Stanford University, Human Biology (1974)

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pediatrics
    Original Certification Date
    1984

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Child Health; Environment and Public Health; Global Health; HIV; Public Health; Women's Health

Public Health Interests

Global Health; Climate Change; HIV/AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Maternal & Child Health; Women's Health; Child/Adolescent Health; COVID-19

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Sten H. Vermund's published research.

Publications

2025

2024

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    HIV Phylogeny

  • honor

    See C.V.

  • honor

    honorary Master of Arts degree (M.A., in privatim)

  • activity

    HIV implementation and prevention science research

Get In Touch

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Yale School of Public Health

P.O. Box 208034

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

Yale School of Public Health

60 College St., Room 431

New Haven, CT 06510-3201

United States

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