Overview

Beginning in September 2022, select representatives of southeastern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia) and Puerto Rico—where the rate of HPV vaccination coverage has historically been the lowest—united with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the American Cancer Society and the National HPV Vaccination Roundtable to discuss improving HPV vaccination in these regions to prevent HPV cancers.

By coming together, the southeastern roundtable will focus on:

  • Current conditions surrounding HPV vaccination and HPV cancer prevention
  • Replicating HPV vaccination success stories across the Southeast
  • Overcoming challenges facing HPV vaccination
  • Opportunities to improve HPV vaccination coverage in each state and the overall region

Together, we can change the story about HPV cancer prevention in the southeast.

Stay in the know about the latest activities and events of the HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast.

Upcoming events

Introductory meetings: Join us for three virtual meetings to reconvene southeastern states and improve HPV vaccination coverage.

Virtual meeting series:

  • March 30, 9-11 a.m. CDT 
  • April 27, 9-11 a.m. CDT 
  • May 25, 9-11 a.m. CDT - Register

Email PreventHPV@stjude.org with questions.

Save the date: Reconvening meeting

Following the introductory meetings and building on the momentum generated, the HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast will hold an in-person meeting at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis on December 4-5, 2023. Join the listserv to receive additional information. 

Resources

State Data Profiles

Access the latest HPV vaccination and HPV cancer data for each of the states in the HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast. 

Past events

Southeast Roundtable holds its second meeting ( 4/27/2023)

The HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast hosted the second of three virtual meetings to reconvene southeastern states and improve HPV vaccination coverage. The meeting included Southeastern state updates: Alabama (Nancy Wright, MPH, Alabama Department of Public Health, Francine Walton, MPH, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham), Arkansas(Heather Mercer, Immunize Arkansas), Georgia (Robert Bednarczyk, PhD, Emory University, Gabrielle Darville-Sanders, PhD, National HPV Vaccination Roundtable) and Virginia: Victoria Zwicker, MPH, Virginia Department of Health moderated by Nikki Hayes from the CDC.  The session concluded with a moderated discussion and action steps by Jill Pait, MS, CHES, American Cancer Society. 


Southeast Roundtable holds its first meeting (3/30/2023)

The HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast hosted the first of three virtual meetings to reconvene southeastern states and improve HPV vaccination coverage. The meeting included a presentation overview of HPV Vaccination and HPV cancer data in the Southeast given by Bob Bednarczyk, PhD. Additionally, the meeting included Southeastern state updates: South Carolina (Beth Poore, Med and Kim Hale), Mississippi (Amy Ellis), Tennessee (Dorothy (Dee) Sinard, MD, FAAP and Heather M. Brandt, PhD), and West Virginia (Lindsay Barr and Elaine Darling, MPH), moderated by Nikki Hayes, MPH.  The session concluded with a moderated discussion by Heather M. Brandt, PhD and action steps by Gabrielle Darville-Sanders, PhD, National HPV Vaccination Roundtable and Jennifer Nkonga, MS, American Cancer Society. 


Addressing HPV Vaccination Gaps in the Southeastern U.S. (2/27/2023)

 This seminar leading up to International HPV Awareness Day 2023 focused on gaps in HPV vaccination coverage in southeastern states with a focus on opportunities for action. The seminar was moderated by Fedoria Rugless, PhD with presentations given by Donna L. Williams, MS, MPH, DrPH, Pamela C. Hull, PhD, and Beth L. Sundstrom, PhD, MPH. Co-organizers included the HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast and the Memphis and Shelby County HPV Cancer Prevention Roundtable.

Planning committee

  • Lindsay Barr, West Virginia Center for Rural Health Development (West Virginia)
  • Bob Bednarczyk, Emory University (Georgia)
  • Heather Brandt, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  • Katie Crawford, American Cancer Society
  • Elaine Darling, West Virginia Center for Rural Health Development (West Virginia)
  • Gabby Darville-Sanders, National HPV Vaccination Roundtable
  • Amy Ellis, American Cancer Society (Mississippi)
  • Marcie Fisher-Borne, American Cancer Society
  • Kim Hale, American Cancer Society (South Carolina)
  • Sherrick Hill, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University (Virginia)
  • Duha Magzoub, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  • Jennifer Nkonga, American Cancer Society
  • Jill Pait, American Cancer Society (North Carolina)
  • Dee Sinard, ImmunizeTN (Tennessee)
  • Francine Walton, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama Birmingham (Alabama)
  • Shimeka Chretien-Bass, American Cancer Society
  • Vivian Colon Lopez, Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
  • Nikki Hayes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Pam Hull, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky (Kentucky)
  • Heather Mercer, Arkansas Immunization Action Coalition (Arkansas)
  • Beth Poore, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (South Carolina)
  • Vanessa Sheppard, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University (Virginia)
  • Letitia Thompson, American Cancer Society (Southeast)
  • Susan Vadaparampil, Moffitt Cancer Center (Florida)
  • Donna Williams, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Cancer Prevention and Control Programs (Louisiana)
  • Jennifer Young Pierce, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama (Alabama)

For more information, email PreventHPV@stjude.org