HPV Cancer Prevention Roundtable, Memphis and Shelby County

Overview

The Memphis and Shelby County HPV Cancer Prevention Roundtable is a collaboration of healthcare, community, and advocacy partners with a mission to measurably increase HPV vaccination coverage in Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee. The Roundtable grew out of concern for increased diagnoses of preventable cervical cancers by oncologist Dr. Michael Ulm at West Cancer Center. After a meeting of local HPV partners to address these concerns, the formal Roundtable was established in 2021.

Our guiding principles are:

To engage collectively as a collaborative of local allies and partners to increase HPV vaccination coverage
Work together to increase HPV and HPV vaccination awareness and education to increase HPV vaccination coverage
Build the capacity of Roundtable members to extend the reach of efforts to increase HPV vaccination coverage.

Membership in the Roundtable is extended to individuals and organizations interested in supporting our mission and guiding principles. The Executive Committee is the Roundtable’s governing body that supports the mission, determines the scope of activities, and helps in membership growth. The Planning Committee works on establishing programmatic activities, including the annual Roundtable.

Congratulations to the staff of Primary Care Pediatrics as the inaugural awardee of the 2023 Brooke Morgan Community Champion Award!

photo of group of people in front of balloon arch

Primary Care Pediatrics Clinic is a community champion in the many ways they promote HPV vaccination in Memphis, Shelby County, and beyond. They are committed to cancer prevention and saving lives through HPV vaccination.

The Memphis and Shelby County HPV Cancer Prevention Roundtable invites you to become a member.

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Leadership

Chair
Michelle Bowden , MD
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Vice Chair
Fedoria Rugless, PhD
Amerigroup
Memphis, TN

General Representative
Felicia Williams, MHA
Shelby County Health Department
Memphis, TN

General Representative
Naloni Howard, MBA
BlueCare
Chattanooga, TN

Planning committee

Leanne Alexander
Jennifer Berger
Michelle Bowden

Benita Carney
Robert Clark
Seok Won Jin

JR Sanders
Andrea Stubbs
Michael Ulm

Michelle Whitlock
Felicia Williams
Rana Zakaria

Upcoming events

Roundtable Meetings

Empowering Conversations: Enhancing HPV Vaccine Uptake with the Announcement Approach

Join the Memphis and Shelby County HPV Cancer Prevention Roundtable and the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics as they host Empowering Conversations: Enhancing HPV Vaccine Uptake with the Announcement Approach. This event will be held on November 14, 2024, from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. at Char Restaurant, at 431 S. Highland Street #120 Memphis, TN 38111.

Download flyer (PDF)

Poster for back-to-school. Includes graphic of popsicle

Protect all the Little Pumpkins from HPV cancer this fall

Please email PreventHPV@stjude.org to request printed copies of the poster.

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Roundtable Bylaws
The HPV Cancer Prevention Roundtable bylaws were adopted on Sept. 22, 2022.
Video archive
View videos from meetings and seminars held by the HPV Cancer Prevention Roundtable.