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Sten Vermund, MD, PhD
Sten Vermund, MD, PhD

    Dr. Sten Vermund is professor of pediatrics, medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and preventive medicine, and the Amos Christie Chair of Global Health at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

    He has served as chief of the epidemiology branch of the AIDS division of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and as United States' chair of the U.S.-Japan Panel on AIDS. He is the recipient of the Public Health Service's (PHS) Superior Service Award and the NIAID/National Institutes of Health (NIH)/PHS Meritorious Service Award, among numerous other honors.

    His research interests lie in infectious disease control and prevention with a focus on developing countries and underserved areas of the southeastern United States. Dr. Vermund works closely with the Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for AIDS Research, the Vanderbilt University Program in Medicine, Society, and Health, the Center for Epidemiology, and the Institute for Medicine and Public Health. He serves as principal investigator of a Family Health International-Vanderbilt grant for the HIV Prevention Trials Network Leadership Group sponsored by the NIAID and collaborating NIH organizations. Dr. Vermund also spearheads the Vanderbilt-Merharry Global Framework Program to develop global health training and curricular content throughout the curricula of both institutions.

    Dr. Vermund received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed his pediatric internship and residency, as well as a fellowship in epidemiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He also earned his master's and doctoral degrees in epidemiology from Columbia University in New York.

    Schedule29 Mar 2024