HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast

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.

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. 

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

Southeast Roundtable holds its third meeting (5/25/2023)

The HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast hosted the last of three virtual meetings to reconvene southeastern states and improve HPV vaccination coverage. The meeting included southeastern state updates: Florida (Taylor Witkowski, MPH, CHES, Moffitt Cancer Center), Kentucky (Kari Blackburn, DNP, Kentucky Department of Public Health), Louisiana (Jennifer Herricks, PhD, Louisiana Families for Vaccines), North Carolina (Jill Pait, MS, CHES, American Cancer Society), Puerto Rico (Vivian Colón - López, PhD, MPH, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center), moderated by Nikki Hayes, MPH. The session concluded with a moderated discussion by Heather M. Brandt, PhD and action steps by Jane Grey, MPH, California Department of Public Health.

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.

For more information, email PreventHPV@stjude.org.