2023
Implementation of a Hardware-Assisted Bluetooth-Based COVID-19 Tracking Device in a High School: Mixed Methods Study
Li D, Shelby T, Brault M, Manohar R, Vermund S, Hagaman A, Forastiere L, Caruthers T, Egger E, Wang Y, Manohar N, Manohar P, Davis J, Zhou X. Implementation of a Hardware-Assisted Bluetooth-Based COVID-19 Tracking Device in a High School: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Formative Research 2023, 7: e39765. PMID: 36525333, PMCID: PMC10131711, DOI: 10.2196/39765.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchContact tracingPilot implementation studyPublic health toolMixed-methods evaluationTechnical difficultiesSignificant numberQualitative focus group discussionsClose contactInfectious diseasesHealth toolsLarge-scale pandemicMixed-methods studyImplementation outcomesCOVID-19Significant differencesImplementation studyEmotional reassuranceFocus group discussionsMost contactMixed methods designMethods studySustained useCase interviewsMaintenance frameworkHabits
2022
Projected outcomes of universal testing and treatment in a generalised HIV epidemic in Zambia and South Africa (the HPTN 071 [PopART] trial): a modelling study
Probert W, Sauter R, Pickles M, Cori A, Bell-Mandla N, Bwalya J, Abeler-Dörner L, Bock P, Donnell D, Floyd S, Macleod D, Piwowar-Manning E, Skalland T, Shanaube K, Wilson E, Yang B, Ayles H, Fidler S, Hayes R, Fraser C, Team H, Hayes R, Fidler S, Beyers N, Ayles H, Bock P, El-Sadr W, Cohen M, Eshleman S, Agyei Y, Piwowar-Manning E, Bond V, Hoddinott G, Donnell D, Floyd S, Wilson E, Emel L, Noble H, Macleod D, Burns D, Fraser C, Cori A, Sista N, Griffith S, Moore A, Headen T, White R, Miller E, Hargreaves J, Hauck K, Thomas R, Limbada M, Bwalya J, Pickles M, Sabapathy K, Schaap, Dunbar R, Shanaube K, Yang B, Simwinga M, Smith P, Vermund S, Mandla N, Makola N, van Deventer A, James A, Jennings K, Kruger J, Phiri M, Kosloff B, Mwenge L, Kanema S, Sauter R, Probert W, Kumar R, Sakala E, Silumesi A, Skalland T, Yuhas K. Projected outcomes of universal testing and treatment in a generalised HIV epidemic in Zambia and South Africa (the HPTN 071 [PopART] trial): a modelling study. The Lancet HIV 2022, 9: e771-e780. PMID: 36332654, PMCID: PMC9646978, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(22)00259-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard of careHome-based testingCluster-randomised trialHigh-prevalence communitiesHIV incidenceHIV epidemicNational guidelinesNational InstituteUniversal testingHIV care cascadeAntiretroviral therapy uptakeUS President's Emergency PlanGeneralised HIV epidemicPresident's Emergency PlanPopART interventionCare cascadeART eligibilityArm BTherapy uptakeTrial interventionTrial dataInfectious diseasesAIDS ReliefIntervention impactDrug abuse
2021
Leveraging HIV Care Infrastructures for Integrated Chronic Disease and Pandemic Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Brault MA, Vermund SH, Aliyu MH, Omer SB, Clark D, Spiegelman D. Leveraging HIV Care Infrastructures for Integrated Chronic Disease and Pandemic Management in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2021, 18: 10751. PMID: 34682492, PMCID: PMC8535610, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182010751.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-communicable diseasesNon-communicable disease careInfectious diseasesHIV care infrastructureTropical infectious diseasesHIV/AIDS epidemicIntegrated service delivery modelCOVID-19Future pandemic threatsLow-cost interventionMinistry of HealthDisease careChronic diseasesCardiovascular diseaseSuch careIntegrated careAIDS ReliefHealth systemSub-Saharan AfricaDiseaseService delivery modelsPandemic threatAIDS epidemicCare infrastructureHealthcare model
2020
Pathways Linking Nutritional Status and Infectious Disease: Causal and Conceptual Frameworks
Humphries D, Scott M, Vermund S. Pathways Linking Nutritional Status and Infectious Disease: Causal and Conceptual Frameworks. Nutrition And Health 2020, 3-22. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56913-6_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHost nutritional statusNutritional statusInfectious diseasesExperience of infectionImpact of nutritionInfluence of nutritionImmunological responseDrug interventionEpidemiological studiesHost responseDisease severityInfectionMechanisms of causalityDiseaseMicrobial pathogenesisFuture studiesStatusUnderstanding of causationNutritionPathogensSame populationPathogenesisMalnutritionSeverityResponsePublic Health and Clinical Implications of Nutrition-Infection Interactions
Vermund S, Scott M, Humphries D. Public Health and Clinical Implications of Nutrition-Infection Interactions. Nutrition And Health 2020, 459-481. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56913-6_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfectious agentsNutritional statusClinical implicationsRole of obesityDefinitive risk factorsSeverity of malariaSuboptimal nutritional statusMajor infectious agentsHealth of personsClinical courseClinical managementRisk factorsClinical nutritionHigh mortalityInfectious diseasesCOVID-19ObesityPublic healthInfectionDiseaseSeverityNutritionHealthBacterial diseasesStatus
2018
Curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders
Wainberg ML, Helpman L, Duarte CS, Vermund SH, Mootz JJ, Gouveia L, Oquendo MA, McKinnon K, Cournos F. Curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders. The Lancet Psychiatry 2018, 5: 940-944. PMID: 30316807, PMCID: PMC6433373, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30342-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Nurturing the Global Workforce in Clinical Research: The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Clinical Scholars and Fellows Program
Heimburger DC, Carothers CL, Gardner P, Primack A, Warner TL, Vermund SH. Nurturing the Global Workforce in Clinical Research: The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Clinical Scholars and Fellows Program. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2011, 85: 971-978. PMID: 22144429, PMCID: PMC3225173, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth research partnershipsChronic disease researchClinical research settingClinical trialsObservational studyGlobal health expertsClinical investigatorsInfectious diseasesClinical researchTranslational researchHealth expertsInternational investigatorsNational InstituteFogarty International Clinical Research ScholarsHealth researchClinical scholarsDisease researchGlobal health researchResearch settingsHigh-impact journalsInvestigatorsTraining opportunitiesDiseaseTrials
2001
Prevalence of infectious diseases in Bangladeshi women living adjacent to a truck stand: HIV/STD/hepatitis/genital tract infections
Gibney L, Macaluso M, Kirk K, Hassan MS, Schwebke J, Vermund SH, Choudhury P. Prevalence of infectious diseases in Bangladeshi women living adjacent to a truck stand: HIV/STD/hepatitis/genital tract infections. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2001, 77: 344. PMID: 11588280, PMCID: PMC1744386, DOI: 10.1136/sti.77.5.344.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenital tract infectionHuman immunodeficiency virusHerpes simplex 2Tract infectionsCommercial sex workersHepatitis BPhysical examinationInfectious diseasesBangladeshi womenTejgaon truck standHigh-risk behaviorsPrevalence of infectionTests of urineHepatitis D.Hepatitis CCervical swabsImmunodeficiency virusBacterial vaginosisCervical specimensSerology testsHigh prevalencePrevention interventionsHigh riskBlood samplesInfection rateHIV/AIDS Research
Vermund S, Wiener H, Lawson M, Bhatta M. HIV/AIDS Research. 2001, 404-430. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195121124.003.0020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfectious agentsInfectious diseasesVaccine-preventable diseasesAcute infectious diseasesRisk of measlesPublic health activitiesHIV/AIDS researchCommunity prevalenceTreatment adherencePreventable diseaseClinical diseaseLifelong infectionVaccination adherenceImmune personsSusceptible individualsHealth activitiesDiseaseMethodologic challengesAIDS researchBehavioral factorsVirus epidemiologyInfectionDisease researchersAdherenceAgents
1999
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1
Stringer J, Vermund S. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. Current Opinion In Obstetrics & Gynecology 1999, 11: 427-434. PMID: 10526917, DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199910000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild transmissionHIV-1Infant formula supplementationPrevention of motherHIV-1 transmissionCombination drug regimensResource-poor settingsFormula supplementationAntiretroviral therapyCesarean deliveryAntiretroviral agentsBreast feedingDrug regimensRandomized trialsPoor settingsInfectious diseasesInfant survivalSubstantial proportionPreliminary dataMothersLower ratesCost implicationsDeliveryRegimensPatients
1994
The role of prevention research in HIV vaccine trials.
Vermund SH. The role of prevention research in HIV vaccine trials. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 1994, 10 Suppl 2: s303-5. PMID: 7865326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine trialsLarge-scale vaccine trialsHIV vaccine efficacy trialsPrevention researchVaccine efficacy trialsHIV vaccine trialsPrevention clinical trialsHIV prevention researchSexual transmissionClinical trialsEfficacy trialsNeedle useHIV researchInfectious diseasesBlood contaminationPotential trial sitesTrialsNational InstituteObservational researchTrial sitesSame criteriaPrevention technologiesAllergyVaccineInfection
1992
Recent Scientific Contributions to Understanding HIV/AIDS from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
Detels R, Phair J, Saah A, Rinaldo C, Murioz A, Kaslow R, Seminara D, Schrager L, Vermund S. Recent Scientific Contributions to Understanding HIV/AIDS from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Journal Of Epidemiology 1992, 2: 11. DOI: 10.2188/jea.2.2sup_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMulticenter AIDS Cohort StudyAIDS Cohort StudyCohort studyPublic healthPrincipal investigatorComprehensive cancer centerNational Cancer InstituteHIV/AIDSCancer CenterUniversity Medical SchoolCancer InstituteJohns Hopkins University SchoolInfectious diseasesJohns Hopkins SchoolPittsburgh Graduate SchoolNational InstituteUniversity SchoolHealthHygieneInvestigatorsUniversity of CaliforniaProject officersMedical schoolsAllergyAIDS