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Sevgi Aral, PhD
Associate Director for Science

Biography

saral@cdc.gov

Dr. Aral is responsible for the oversight and direction of all scientific activities including the intramural and extramural research programs and science-program interactions. In addition to her appointment at the CDC, Dr. Aral has served as a professor of sociology in the United States and Turkey. She has served in the role of mentor for both trainees and colleagues needing help with social science perspectives bridging the gap between clinical epidemiology and behavior. She currently serves as a clinical professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Dr. Aral’s work has focused on risk and preventive behaviors, gender differences, societal characteristics that influence STD and HIV rates, contextual issues and effects of distinct types of sexual mixing on STD spread. Her research has been in both domestic and international settings and her writings have included cross-cultural comparative analyses.

Dr. Aral is on the editorial boards of several scientific journals including Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AIDS Education and Prevention, and Sexually Transmitted Infections. In addition she is the Associate Editor of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections. In the past she has served multiple terms on the editorial boards of AIDS and American Journal of Public Health.

Dr. Aral received her PhD and MA in social psychology from Emory University and another MA in demography from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her undergraduate degree from Middle East Tech University in Turkey.

Selected Publications

Ghani AC, Aral SO. Patterns of Sex Worker–Client Contacts and Their Implications for the Persistence of Sexually Transmitted Infections. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2005;191(Suppl 1):S34–41.
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Doherty IA, Padian NS, Marlow C, Aral SO. Determinants and Consequences of Sexual Networks as They Affect the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2005;191(Suppl 1):S42–54.
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Aral SO, St. Lawrence JS, Dyatlov R, Kozlov A.. Commercial sex work, drug use, and sexually transmitted infections in St. Petersburg, Russia. Social Science & Medicine 2005;60(10):2181-2190.
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Lambert E, Normand J, Stall R, Aral SO, Vlahov D. Introduction: New Dynamics of HIV Risk Among Drug-Using Men Who Have Sex With Men. Journal of Urban Health 2005;82(Suppl 1):i1-i8.

Boily MC, Bastos FI, Desai K, Chesson H, Aral S. Increasing prevalence of male homosexual partnerships and practices in Britain 1990-2000: But why? [letter] AIDS 2005;19(3):352-354.