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Sten Vermund, MD, PhD

Dr. Sten Vermund serves as the Amor Christie Chair and Director of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Institute for Global Health, and is a Professor in the Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics. 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 funded grants include projects focused on HIV care and prevention in multiple countries across the globe. 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 as 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. Following graduation from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Vermund completed residency training in Pediatrics at the Presbyterian Hospital, NY NY, and fellowship training in Pediatric Epidemiology at Columbia University. Dr. Vermund obtained his D.Ph. from the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, UK, M.S. from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, as well as M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.