Division of STD Prevention (EIS 2021)

Goal:

The Division of STD Prevention aims to maximize the impact of sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention through integrated programs, science, and policy to achieve healthy populations.

Objectives:

• Lead the response to and delay the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) gonorrhea in the United States
• Develop evidence-based interventions to prevent congenital syphilis

• Modernize STD surveillance through informatics and new opportunities in emerging health information technologies
• Improve outbreak detection and response capacity
• Decrease the STD burden and highlight the need for an integrated approach to STD and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM)
• Decrease the STD burden and mitigate long-term health consequences associated with untreated STDs among sexually active youth and young adults
• Prevent STD-related adverse pregnancy outcomes

Raul A. Romaguera, DMD, MPH

Acting Deputy Director
(EIS 1988)

Sevgi Aral, PhD, MA, MS

Associate Director for Science

Tom Peterman, MD, MSc

(EIS 1984)

Ginny Bowen, PhD, MHS

(EIS 2013)

Alison Ridpath MD, MPH

(EIS 2012)

Laura Quilter, MD, MPH

(EIS 2017)

Robert McDonald MD, MPH

(EIS 2017, Current Future Leaders in Infections and Global Health Threats (FLIGHT) Program)

Winston Abara, MD, PhD

(EIS 2015)

Lizzi Torrone, PhD, MSPH

(EIS 2009)

Gloria Anyalechi, MD, MPH

(EIS 2010)

Kyle Bernstein, PhD, ScM

Branch Chief

Robert Kirkcaldy, MD, MPH

(EIS 2008)

Hillard Weinstock, MD

(EIS 1988)
Branch Chief

Lisa Llata, MD, MPH

(EIS 2007)

Jeremy Grey, PhD

Felicia Lewis, MD

(EIS 2004)

Bruce (“Bryce”) Furness, MD, MPH

(EIS 1998)

Julia (“Julie”) Schillinger, MD

(EIS 1992)

Erin Tromble, MD

(EIS 2016)

Julie Rushmore, PhD, DVM

(EIS 2019)

Anne Kimball, MD

(EIS 2019)

Evonne Woodson, PhD

(LLS 2019)