St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program Celebrates Five Years

On International HPV Awareness Day, the St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program celebrates our five-year anniversary—an important milestone that reflects the dedication of St. Jude to cancer prevention. We celebrate five years of action, reach, and impact through the following major initiatives to increase HPV vaccination coverage locally, regionally, and nationally with like-minded partners:

• Kids Aren’t Thinking about HPV, national public awareness program promoting on-time HPV vaccination for all children
• Preventing HPV Cancers with Rural Populations, national focus on ensuring children in rural areas are protected against HPV cancers
• HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast, provide backbone support for a roundtable of people and partners from 12 states and two jurisdictions across the Southeastern U.S.
• Memphis and Shelby County HPV Cancer Prevention Roundtable, provide backbone support for a roundtable of people and partners in Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee
• Survivor Proud, a multi-channel campaign to encourage HPV vaccination among childhood cancer survivors

Hear from senior director of the HPV Cancer Prevention Program, Heather Brandt, PhD, as she reflects on the progress of the program over the last five years and looks forward to the future.

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This seminar outlines the program’s rural HPV vaccination strategy through data, delivery, and dialogue showing how rural-relevant data, strengthened vaccination delivery, and trusted partnerships improve outcomes. It also highlights how monitoring policy, funding, and vaccination trends enhances each driver and supports adaptive rural HPV cancer-prevention efforts.

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Nicole Williams, MPH
Program Coordinator
St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program

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This seminar reviews the HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast’s regional Call to Action for eliminating HPV cancers, starting with cervical cancer as a public health concern. Learn how these elimination resources may guide state-level elimination planning, align with global cervical-cancer elimination goals, and support the collaborative actions needed to strengthen prevention pathways and move toward an HPV-cancer-free future.

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Maddy McNee, MPH
Program Coordinator
St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program

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This seminar spotlights efforts to advance HPV cancer prevention in Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee by exploring local data trends, sharing effective communication strategies, and emphasizing the power of collaborative community partnerships through the Memphis and Shelby County HPV Cancer Prevention Roundtable.

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Akeria Taylor, MPH
Program Coordinator
St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program

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This seminar provides an overview of Survivor Proud highlighting the importance of survivorship, preventive care, and actionable strategies to support childhood cancer survivors in reducing future cancer risk and thriving throughout their lifespan, including with HPV vaccination.

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This seminar highlights the NCI-Designated Cancer Centers Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) perspective on HPV prevention, featuring three key initiatives highlighted throughout the series. In addition, we will provide important context about the funding opportunity that helped advance this work.

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