2023
COVID-19 vaccine equity in Africa
Turyasingura N, James W, Vermund S. COVID-19 vaccine equity in Africa. Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2023, 117: 470-472. PMID: 36622662, PMCID: PMC10235805, DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trac130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine equitySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Severe COVID-19 infectionRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicSyndrome coronavirus 2COVID-19 vaccination ratesCOVID-19 infectionDisease 2019 pandemicLower COVID-19 vaccination ratesCoronavirus 2Vaccination ratesVaccine developmentVaccine distributionGlobal health discourseHealth discourseHigh-income nationsHospitalizationInfection
2020
Prevention of Firearm Injury through Policy and Law: The Social Ecological Model
Durkin A, Schenck C, Narayan Y, Nyhan K, Khoshnood K, Vermund SH. Prevention of Firearm Injury through Policy and Law: The Social Ecological Model. The Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2020, 48: 191-197. PMID: 33404312, DOI: 10.1177/1073110520979422.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial ecological modelFuture policy interventionsDifferent social contextsPublic health frameworkPolicy interventionsEcological modelSocial contextHigh-income nationsFirearm legislationLegal approachState levelHealth frameworkComplex causal pathwaysUnited StatesContextFirearm injuriesPolicyNationsCausal pathwaysLegislation
2013
Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States: Analysis of the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile
Tankwanchi AB, Özden Ç, Vermund SH. Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States: Analysis of the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile. PLOS Medicine 2013, 10: e1001513. PMID: 24068894, PMCID: PMC3775724, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician MasterfileAmerican Medical Association Physician MasterfileAMA Physician MasterfileYears of practicePhysician emigrationPhysician dataPhysiciansActive physiciansLength of timeEditors' SummarySSA countriesMasterfilePhysician workforceSaharan AfricaWorkforce statisticsUnited StatesImplementation yearResidency dataYearsHigh-income nationsSub-Saharan AfricaUS entryGreat need
2012
The HIV Epidemic: High-Income Countries
Vermund SH, Leigh-Brown AJ. The HIV Epidemic: High-Income Countries. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives In Medicine 2012, 2: a007195. PMID: 22553497, PMCID: PMC3331688, DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a007195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug useHIV epidemicDrug useNeedle/syringe sharingReceptive anal intercourseDifferent risk groupsRecent explosive epidemicsAntiretroviral therapyChild transmissionSyringe sharingAffected subgroupRisk groupsAnal intercourseVaginal intercourseHIV vulnerabilityExplosive epidemicsDiagnostic screeningEpidemicIncome countriesIntercourseUnited StatesSpecific strainsHigh-income nationsHIVTherapy