Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, MSN'17, incoming DUSON dean, will be a participant of the report release webinar for the forthcoming report "Sexually Transmitted Infections: Adopting a Sexual Health Paradigm" on March 24 from 11 a.m. to noon. Guilamo-Ramos is the professor and associate vice provost of Mentoring and Outreach Programs and director and founder, Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health, New York University. This event is presented by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

One in five people in the United States will have a sexually transmitted infection in a given year, with nearly 68 million estimated infections in 2018. STIs are often asymptomatic (especially in women) and are therefore often undiagnosed and unreported. Untreated STIs can have severe health consequences, including chronic pelvic pain, infertility, miscarriage or newborn death, and increased risk of HIV infection, genital and oral cancers, neurological and rheumatological effects. In light of this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, through the National Association of County and City Health Officials, commissioned the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to examine the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections in the United States and provide recommendations for action.

Members of the committee who wrote the report will give an overview of key issues, conclusions, and recommendations. Register online to attend.