Dr. Susan Sherman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology who focuses on improving the health of marginalized populations, particularly that of drug users and sex workers. Her research among drug users has largely focused on harm reduction, HIV prevention, economic development, and overdose prevention and response. She has been involved in several large, randomized, peer outreach intervention trials that has aimed to reduce HIV and related risk behaviors among drug users. She is also working to examine the effects of economic empowerment on reducing sexual risk behaviors among sex workers in India. She utilizes both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. She is also interested in the relationship between gender norms and sexual risk behaviors among adolescents.

injection drug users, drug users, social networks, interventions, social epidemiology, behavioral sciences, sex workers, women, Thailand, Pakistan, India, peer outreach interventions, economic empowerment, microenterprise, overdose prevention

Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognitions Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2006 Delta Omega Society, 2002 NIMH Predoctoral Training Grantee, Office of AIDS, 1997-2000. Department Tuition Awardee, Department of Health Policy and Management, BSPH, 1996-2000. Outstanding Student Award, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC Chapel Hill, 1996. North Carolina Governor’s Task Force on Substance Abuse Public Policy Scholar, 1996. Dean’s List of Academic Honors, University of Michigan, 1989

Sherman SG, Sutcliffe CG, Srirojn B, Latkin CA, Aramratanna A, Celentano DD (2009). Evaluation of a peer network intervention trial among young methamphetamine users in Chiang Mai Thailand. Social Science and Medicine. 68: 69-79.

Latkin, CL, Donnell D, Metzger D, Sherman SG, Aramrattana A, Davis-Vogel A, Vu Mihn Q, Gandham S, Vongchak T, Perdue, T, Celentano DD (2008). The efficacy of a network intervention to reduce HIV risk behaviors among drug users and risk partners in Chiang Mai, Thailand andPhiladelphia, USA. Dec 12 [Epub ahead of print]. Social Science and Medicine.

Sherman SG, Sutcliffe CG, German D, Srirojn B, Aramratanna A, Celentano DD. Patterns of risky behaviors associated with methamphetamine use among young Thai adults: A latent class analysis. Manuscript accepted in Journal of Adolescent Health.

Gindi R, Rucker GM , Serio-Chapman C, Sherman SG. Utilization patterns and correlates of single-visit usage among clients of the needle exchange program in Baltimore, Maryland. Manuscript accepted in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Celentano DD, Sirirojn B, Sutcliffe CG, Thomson N, Taechareonkul S., Sherman SG, Aramrattana A. Incidence of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections and Risk Factors for Acquisition among Young Methamphetamine Users in Northern Thailand. Manuscript accepted in Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Sutcliffe CG, Aramrattana A, Sherman SG, Sirirojn B, German G, Wongworapat K, Quan VM, Keawvichit R, Celentano DD. Incidence of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections and Risk Factors for Acquisition among Young Methamphetamine Users in Northern Thailand/ Manuscript accepted in Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Towe V, ul-Hasan S, Zafar T, Sherman SG. Street Life and Drug Risk Behaviors Associated with Exchanging Sex Among Male Street Children in Lahore, Pakistan. Manuscript accepted in Journal of Adolescent Health.

Beyrer C, Sherman, SG, Barel S. (2008). Harm reduction, human rights, and public health. HIV Prevention. A Comprehensive Approach. K. H. Mayer and H. F. Pizer. Oxford, UK, Elsevir: 501-524.

Sherman SG, Gann D, German D, Sirirojn B, Thompson N, Aramrattana A, Celentano D. (2008). A qualitative study of sexual behaviours among methamphetamine users in Chiang Mai, Thailand: a typology of risk. Drug and Alcohol Review. 27(3): 263-269.

Sherman SG, Gann, DS, Tobin K, Latkin CA, Welsch C, Bielenson P. (2008). “The life they save may be mine:” Diffusion of overdose prevention information from a city sponsored programme. In press. International Journal of Drug Policy.

Tobin K, Sherman SG, Latkin CA, Welsch C, Bielenson P. (2008). Evaluation of the Staying Alive Program: Training Injection Drug Users to Properly Administer Naloxone and Save Lives. In press. International Journal of Drug Policy.

Howard DL, Strobino D, Sherman SG, Crum RM. (2008). Within the Correctional Setting Is There an Association Between the Quantity of Prenatal Care and Infant Birth Weight? Manuscript accepted in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 22(4): 369-377.

Welsh C, Sherman SG, Tobin KA. (2008). A Case of Heroin Overdose Reversed by Sublingually-Administered Buprenorphine/Naloxone (Suboxone®). Addiction. 103:1226-1228.

Sherman SG, Spittal P, bte Kamarulzaman A. (2008). Women and harm reduction: Spanning the Globe. Women and drugs across the globe: A need for action. International Journal of Drug Policy. 19: 97–98. Guest Editor of issue.

German D, Sherman SG, Latkin CA, Sirirohn B, Thompson N, Aramrattana A, Celentano DD. (2008). Young Thai women who use methamphetamine: Intersection of sexual partnerships, drug use, and social networks. International Journal of Drug Policy. 19: 122-129. Celentano DD, Aramrattana, A, Sutcliffe CG, Sirirojn B, Quan, V.M., Sherman SG. Sintupat, K., K., V.M., Thomson N, Latkin CL. (2008). Associations of substance abuse and sexual risks with self-reported depressive symptoms in young adults in northern Thailand. Manuscript accepted to Journal of Addictive Medicine.

Celentano DD, Sirirojn B, Sutcliffe CG, Quan VM, Thomson N, Keewvichit R, Wongworapat K, Latkin, C, Taechareonkul S, Sherman SG, Aramrattana A (2008). Sexually transmitted infections and sexual and substance use correlates among young adults in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 35(4): 400-405.

Sherman SG, Gann D, Scott GS, Carlberg S, Bigg D, Heimer R. (2008). Qualitative exploration of experiences with overdose and using naloxone. Harm Reduction Journal. 5:2.

Sherman SG, German D, Sirirohn B, Thompson N, Aramrattana A, Celentano DD (2007). Initiation of methamphetamine among young Thai drug users: A qualitative study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 42(1): 36-42.

Baral SD, Sherman SG, Millson P, Beyrer C. (2007). Vaccine Immunogenicity in Injecting Drug Users: A Critical Review of the Evidence. The Lancet. 7:667-674.

Sherman SG, Cheng Y, Kral AH. (2007). Prevalence and correlates of opiate overdose among young injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 88(2-3):182-187.