STD Research - Semaan, Salaam

Research:

Salaam Semaan, DrPH
Deputy Associate Director for Science

Biography

Dr. Semaan reviews and approves the division’s intramural and extramural research and programmatic protocols, grant-related documents, and scientific manuscripts to ensure adherence to scientific and ethical principles, CDC policies and procedures, and federal requirements for the protection of study participants.

Dr. Semaan’s primary interests include the science and ethics of HIV and STD prevention. Her research covers different vulnerable populations including women in resource-poor and at-risk communities as well as drug users. Dr. Semaan serves as a peer reviewer for several journals, including the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Medical Science Monitor, Women and Health, and AIDS and Behavior.

Prior to her appointment to DSTDP, Dr. Semaan was a behavioral scientist in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at CDC. Dr. Semaan also worked as a senior research associate with Philadelphia Health Management Corporation and as a research associate with the University of Pennsylvania and Albert Einstein Medical Center. In terms of international work, Dr. Semaan served as a primary health care officer with Save the Children Federation, Beirut, Lebanon and as a survey researcher and analyst with the Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain.

Dr. Semaan received her undergraduate degree and masters in public health from the American University of Beirut and her doctorate in public health from The Johns Hopkins University.

Selected Publications

Semaan S, Klovdahl A, Aral SO. Protecting the privacy, confidentiality, relationships, and medical safety of sex partners in partner notification and management studies. The Journal of Research Administration 2004;35(1):39-53.

Semaan S, Lauby J, Liebman J. Street and network sampling in evaluation studies of HIV-risk reduction interventions. AIDS Reviews 2002;4:213-223.
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Semaan S, Des Jarlais DC, Sogolow E, Johnson W, Hedges L, Ramirez G, Flores S, Norman L, Sweat M, Needle R. A meta-analysis of the effect of HIV prevention interventions on the sex behaviors of drug users in the United States. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2002;30(suppl 1):S73-S93.
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Semaan S, Kay L, Strouse D, Sogolow E, Mullen P, Neumann M, Flores S, Peersman G, Johnson W, Lipman P, Eke A, Des Jarlais D. A profile of U.S.-based trials of behavioral and social interventions for HIV risk reduction. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2002;30(suppl 1):S30-S50.
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Des Jarlais DC, Semaan S. HIV prevention research: cumulative knowledge or accumulating studies? An introduction to the HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis supplement. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2002;30(suppl 1):S1-S7.