24-05-2025
USA Health Institute presents at National HPV Conference
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The University of South Alabama's Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine presented a poster at the 2025 National HPV Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with members from the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute's Cancer Control and Prevention team.
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According to a USA Health news release, the conference gathered healthcare professionals from across the U.S. to discuss human papillomavirus prevention.
Representing USA Health Institute at the event were Casey Daniel, Ph.D., MPH, USA Health Director of Epidemiology and Public Health; research assistant Alyssa Lee, MPH; and medical students Grace Sekaya and Destyni Newson from the Primary Care Pathway Scholars Program at Whiddon College of Medicine.
'Attending the National HPV Conference allowed us to engage with leading experts in the field, share our research, and contribute to the growing body of knowledge on HPV vaccination,' Daniel said. 'It is crucial that we continue to educate and collaborate with others on strategies that will help reduce the burden of HPV-related cancers, particularly in medically underserved areas like ours in South Alabama.'
MCI presented a poster titled 'HPV Vaccination Completion and Parental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions at a Medically Underserved Federally Qualified Health Clinic in South Alabama.'
The poster emphasized the importance of the HPV vaccination in underserved communities and aimed to gain a better understanding of how parental knowledge, attitudes and intentions affect vaccination rates.
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HPV is a major public health issue that is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S.
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