Ludema, Christina

B.S. Calvin College 2006
M.S.P.H. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2010
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2013

• 2022-present Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington
• 2016-2022 Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington
• 2013-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Scholarly Interest

Dr. Ludema's expertise is in social and structural influences on infectious disease-related health behaviors, with a special focus on women's health. Her current primary line of research is understanding patterns of lactation mastitis treatment and promoting antibiotic stewardship (NIH NICHD R03). She also has lines of research in causal inference, health equity, food insecurity, SARS-CoV-2, and HIV control and comorbidities.

Chen C, Rosenberg M, Li M, Macy JT, Ludema C. Patterns and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among college students at Indiana University—Bloomington. BMJ open. 2025 Sept 1;15 (9), e091418

Yin DE, Cole SR, Ludema C, Brookhart MA, Golin CE, Miller WC, McKinney RE Jr. A Per-Protocol Analysis using Inverse Probability of Censoring Weights in a Randomized Trial of Initial PI versus NNRTI Regimens in Children. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Jun 2;192(6):916-928.

Kwee SA, Wong LL, Ludema C, Deng CK, Taira D, Seto T, Landsittel D. Target trial emulation: a design tool for cancer clinical trials. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 2023 Jan; 7, e2200140

Ludema C**, Rosenberg M**, Macy JT, Kianersi S, Luetke M, Chen C, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Ables E, Maki K, David B. Allison DB. Does receiving a SARS-CoV-2 antibody test result change COVID-19 protective behaviors? Testing risk compensation in undergraduate students with a randomized controlled trial. PLOS ONE. 2022 Dec 20;17(12):e0279347.

Ludema C, Macy JT, Chen C, Rosenberg M. Relationship between high-risk alcohol consumption and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroconversion: a prospective sero-epidemiological cohort study among American college students. Addiction. 2022 July;117(7):1908-1919.

Rosenberg M, Chen C, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Carroll A, Menachemi N, Ludema C. SARS-CoV-2 reinfections in a US university setting, Fall 2020 to Spring 2021. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2022; 22(1): 1-7.

Richards M, Weigel M, Li M, Rosenberg M, Ludema C. Household Food Insecurity and Antepartum Depression in the National Children’s Study Cohort. Ann Epi. 2020 Apr; 44:38-44.e1.

Ludema C, Wilson CM, Michelle A. Lally MA, Jacob J. van den Berg JJ, and J. Dennis Fortenberry JD. Prior incarceration associated with missed HIV care visits among young people living with HIV in the US. AIDS Care. 2020 Sep; 32(9): 1150-1154.

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