Thersa Sweet
Assistant ProfessorÂ
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
"Dr. Sweet received her MPH and PhD from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, in Molecular Epidemiology. Her work prior to joining the Drexel School of Public Health was primarily in virology, molecular biology, and cancer biology. Since arriving at Drexel, she has been involved in epidemiologic studies involving HIV risk in sexual minorities. She has conducted analyses to identify increased rates of adverse mental health conditions among MSM who have been sexually abused as children—and linking these mediators to incident HIV infection or other STIs in MSM study participants. "
Research Interest
Health Disparities
Publications
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Gualco E, Urbanska K, Perez-Liz G, Sweet T, Peruzzi F, Reiss K, and Del Valle L. IGF-1R dependent activation of Survivin is required for T-Antigen mediated protection from apoptosis and proliferation of neural progenitors.  Cell Death & Differentiation; 17 (3): 439-451, 2010.
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"Sweet, T., & Welles, S. L. Associations of sexual identity or same-sex behaviors with history of childhood sexual abuse and HIV/STI risk in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 59(4), 400-408, 2012. "
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"Sweet T, Polanski M, and Welles SL. Mediation of HIV/STI Risk by Mental Health Disorders Among Persons Living in the US Reporting Childhood Sexual Abuse. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 62(1), 81-89. 2013. "
