Education

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Ph.D., 2013

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, M.S.P.H., 2010

• Calvin College, B.S., 2006

Background

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

Research Interests

Dr. Ludema's research and training have focused on social and structural contributors to sexually transmitted disease outcomes and causal inference methodology. She has been involved in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), a large prospective cohort of HIV-infected and -uninfected women in the US since 2013. Her current research interests include women's health, health insurance policy, food insecurity, transportation, and HIV control and comorbidities.

Selected Publications

Articles

Ludema, C., Cole, S.R., Eron, J.J. Jr., Holmes, G.M., Anastos, K., Cocohoba, J., Cohen, M.H., Cooper, H.L.F., Golub, E.T., Kassaye, S., Konkle-Parker, D., Metsch, L., Milam, J., Wilson, T.E., Adimora, A.A. Health Insurance Type and Control of Hypertension Among US Women Living With and Without HIV Infection in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Am J Hypertens. 2017 Jun 1;30(6):594-601.

Ludema, C. , Cole, S.R., Eron, J.J., Edmonds, A., Holmes, G.M., Anastos, K., Cocohoba, J., Cohen, M., Cooper, H.L.F., Golub, E.T., Kassaye, S., Konkle-Parker, D., Metsch, L., Milam, J., Wilson, T.E., Adimora, A.A. Health insurance, income and HIV viral load among women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study, 2006-2009. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Nov 1;73(3):307-312

Ludema, C., Doherty, I.A., White, B.L., Villar-Loubet, O., McLellan-Lemal, E., O'Daniels, C.M., Adimora, A.A. Characteristics of African American Women and their Partners with Perceived Concurrent Partnerships in Four Rural Counties in the Southeastern US. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2015 Sep;42(9):498-504

Ludema, C., Doherty, I.A., White, B.L., Simpson, C., Villar-Loubet, O., McLellan-Lemal, E., O'Daniels, C.M., Adimora, A.A. Religiosity, Spirituality, and HIV Risk Behaviors among African American Women from Four Rural Counties in the Southeastern US. J Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved. 2015 Feb; 26(1): 168-181.

Ludema, C., Cole, S.R., Poole, C., Smith, J.S., Schoenbach, V.J., Wilhelmus, K.R. Association between unprotected UV exposure and ocular herpes simplex virus recurrence. Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Jan; 179(2): 208-215.

Ludema, C., Cole, S.R., Poole, C., Chu, H., Eron, J.J. Meta-analysis of randomized trials on the association of prophylactic acyclovir and HIV-1 viral load in individuals coinfected with herpes simplex virus-2. AIDS. 2011 Jun 19; 25(10): 1265-1269.

Keating, K.M., Brewer, N.T., Gottlieb, S.L., Liddon, N., Ludema, C., Smith, J.S. Potential barriers to HPV vaccine provision among medical practices in an area with high rates of cervical cancer. J Adolesc Health. 2008 Oct; 43(4 Suppl): S61-67.