ASTDA is the proud sponsor of:
June 27, 2013
James Blanchard, MD, MPH, PhD
In an effort to encourage new investigators to pursue careers in STD research, ASTDA offers Developmental Awards. Awards with budgets of up to $55,000 (direct costs) are offered annually, for 1 or 2 years, for research on sexually transmitted infections. Funds can be used for salary, technical support, laboratory supplies, travel, and equipment. Awardees should plan to use data derived from these funds as the basis for seeking independent funding from NIH or other sources.
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Renata Sanders, MD
Positions: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
Impact of STD Diagnosis on First Same-Sex Sexual Satisfaction and Behavior in Young African American (AA) MSM
Yonatan Grad, MD
Positions: Instructor in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
Genomic epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with elevated MICs to cefixime
Christina Muzny, MD
Positions: Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
Sexually Transmitted Infections Among African American Women Who Have Sex with Women
Vanessa Schick, PhD
Positions: Assistant Research Scientist, Applied Health Science Department
Indiana University Bloomington
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
Sexual Risk Factors amongst Women who have Sex with Men and Women
Lorenzo Giacani, PhD
Positions: Acting Instructor, Department of Medicine, Allergy, and Infectious Diseases
University of Washington
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
T. pallidum envelope stress response
Ank Nijhawan, MD, MPH
Positions: Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Div of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Adjunct Instructor in Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
The Prevalence and predictors of trichomonas infection in incarcerated women
Bree Ashley Weaver, MD
Positons: Assistant Research Professor of Medicine/Part-time Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics/Dept of Internal Medicine, Div of Infectious Diseases /Dept of Pediatrics,Section of Adolescent Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
Acquisition of Genital and Oral Human Papillomavirus in Adolescent Males
Eric Buhi, MPH, PhD
Positions: Assistant Professor, Dept of Community and Family Health/College of Public Health
University of South Florida
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
Internet sex-seeking behaviors and associated STD risks among youth visiting publicly funded teen health clinics
Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD, MSPH
Positions: Assistant Research Scientist, HIV/STI Prevention and Control, Denver Public Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
Detecting Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection Using Respondent Driven Sampling
Loida Bonney, MPH, MD
Positions: Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health
ASTDA Funded Research Project Title:
Identifying Barriers and Facilitators of HPV Vaccination of Minority Women