Her research among drug users, in which she utilizes both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, has largely focused on harm reduction, HIV prevention, economic development, and overdose prevention and response. She has been involved in several large, randomized, peer outreach intervention trials that has aimed to reduce HIV and related risk behaviors among drug users in Thailand, Baltimore, and Pakistan. Dr. Sherman is also working to examine the effects of economic empowerment on reducing sexual risk behaviors among sex workers and is interested in the relationship between gender norms and sexual risk behaviors among adolescents. Dr. Sherman has been BSHRC’s volunteer advisor since their founding in early 2011.