Vermund Blog Post: World AIDS Day Collection
December 1, 2016
Posted in
https://rstmh.org/blog/2016/dec/1/world-aids-day-web-collection-now-live
To acknowledge World AIDS Day, 1 December 2016, a wide variety of papers published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and International Health over the past two years is offered online. Editorial Board member, Professor Sten Vermund, introduces the collection:
Vanderbilt at CROI 2016
February 18, 2016
Posted in
Vanderbilt faculty from across campus will have a strong presence at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). In particular, VIGH core faculty Muktar Aliyu M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H and Kate Clouse Ph.D., M.P.H. and VIGH affiliated faculty will be presenting their work on optimizing the PMTCT cascade. See more details about their work and other Vanderbilt researchers below:
Dr. Heimburger and colleagues co-author commentary on NCDs: Health Affairs Blog
September 17, 2015
Posted in
VIGH Awarded New Training Grants
Congratulations to Dr. Vermund on his post of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Health
April 9, 2015
Posted in
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/04/09/vermund-named-assistant-vice-chancellor-for-global-health/
Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., has been named assistant vice chancellor for Global Health in recognition of the growing importance of globalization to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s research, teaching and patient care missions.
Vermund receives 2015 MLK Award
January 22, 2015
Posted in
VU Biomedical Photonics Seminar: Collaborative opportunities with the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
January 6, 2015
Posted in
Speaker: Dr. Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health
Monday, January 26th 12:10-1 pm
Stevenson Center 5326
ID Grand Rounds: August/September
August 4, 2014
Posted in
Thursday – 12:00pm to 1:00 pm Presented in A-2200 of Medical Center North (MCN) with Video Teleconferencing (VTC) to the 5th Floor Conference Room at 100 Oaks.
August 14 W. David Hardy, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA “HIV and Reproductive Health”
September 4 Sten Vermund, MD Amos Christie Chair and Professor of Pediatrics Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health “Circumcision for HIV prevention: where are we and where do we need to go?”
Vermund receives the 2014 Allan Rosenfield Alumni Award for Excellence from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
April 25, 2014
Posted in
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/04/24/vermund-lands-alumni-award-from-columbia/
Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, has received the 2014 Allan Rosenfield Alumni Award for Excellence from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.
2013 Norman J. Siegel New Member Outstanding Science Award Recipient: Dr. Sten Vermund
May 7, 2013
Posted in
Vermund, Polack elected to American Pediatric Society
February 18, 2013
Posted in
Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Director Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., and Cesar Milstein Chair in Pediatrics Fernando Polack, M.D. were recently elected to the American Pediatric Society.
Vermund elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
November 30, 2012
Posted in
VIGH researchers receive grant to study family-focused approach to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission
November 8, 2012
Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) recently received a two-year, $895,072 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study whether an integrated, family-focused approach can prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV—the AIDS virus—in Nigeria.
Institute of Medicine Elects Vermund to Membership
October 17, 2012
Posted in
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine faculty members, R. Daniel Beauchamp, M.D., chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences, and Sten H. Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, have been elected into the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Membership in the IOM is one of the highest honors presented to elite physician-scientists who demonstrate outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
University of Zambia and VIGH collaborate to build research capacity in Zambia
October 4, 2012
Dr. Sten Vermund, VIGH Director, began involvement in Zambia after attending a research needs assessment conference in 1998. Dr. Vermund co-chaired the HIV Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Working Group with Dr. Chewe Luo and in 2000 he co-founded the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) located in Lusaka.
Vermund attends White House reception during AIDS 2012
August 2, 2012
Posted in
Dr. Vermund was honored to be invited to the White House Reception: "Courage on the Frontlines" during the 19th International AIDS Conference. The reception celebrated people living with HIV/AIDS, the International AIDS Conference, and leadership against the disease.