Oral HPV Continuum: Epidemiology of Oral HPV Infection, Persistence and HPV-related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

NIDCR Clinical Research Fellowship Grand Rounds Oral HPV infection now causes the majority of oropharyngeal (tonsillar) cancers in the U.S. The incidence of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer is increasing significantly, with men disproportionately affected. This talk reviews what is known about oral HPV infection, its natural history, and the epidemiology of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers. Gypsyamber D ’ Souza is an associate professor in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a joint appointment in the departments of International Health and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has an MS in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MPH in disease control from the University of Texas-Houston, and a PhD in infectious disease epidemiology from Johns Hopkins. Dr. D ’ Souza leads a research program on infectious causes of cancer, global cancer, screening and prevention of cancer, and risk reduction among high risk populations. She is a member of the NIH National Cancer Institute HPV Vaccine Trial Working Group, and the American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs ’ Cancer& Debilitating Diseases Subcommittee. She is one of the PIs of the datacenter for the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), the longest observational epidemiologic study of HIV in the U.S. Dr. D ’ Souza is a recognized expert on oral HPV infection and its ...
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