August 2024- The University of South Florida announced the appointment of Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, as the new dean of the USF Health College of Public Health.

Dr Vermund joins USF after serving as the Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, as dean of the Yale School of Public Health from 2017 to 2022, and as professor in pediatrics and clinical professor in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the Yale School of Medicine. He is also the current president of the Global Virus Network, which recently moved its international headquarters to USF.

Dr. Vermund will join USF in January 2025 as Distinguished University Health Professor, senior associate vice president of USF Health, and dean. The College of Public Health, which consists of approximately 4,700 students and more than 400 faculty and support staff, is among four colleges and a faculty medical practice plan that make up USF Health.

“We are incredibly fortunate that Dr. Sten Vermund has agreed to become the next dean of the USF Health College of Public Health, and I am confident that he will elevate Florida’s first and finest College of Public Health to even greater heights,” said Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, executive vice president of USF Health and dean of the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.

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“My connections with several faculty at USF’s College of Public Health and Morsani College of Medicine run deep,” Dr. Vermund said. “It is a privilege to join them and my new colleagues in our efforts to train the next generation of public and global health leaders. The research at USF is phenomenal and the service to our state is inspiring. I thank all those who have made it possible for me to join the USF family.”