Only a small portion of biomedical research is translated into science. The Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science (CMIPS) at Yale School of Public Health aims to solve this issue.
Identifying effective and cost-effective triage algorithms for cervical cancer screening and treatment
The effectiveness of triage algorithms for HPV-based cervical cancer screening programs warrants further research, especially in low- and middle-income countries where prevalence is relatively high and resources relatively scarce. With Ph.D. student Leticia Ibara Torres, for whom I serve as a primary thesis advisor, we are working to assess the performance of three strategies for the triage of hrHPV+ women: (1) liquid-based cytology (LBC), (2) HPV16/18 genotyping and (3) a sequential algorithm of HPV16/18 genotyping and reflex LBC, in the FRIDA Study in Ministry of Health in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Currently, we are preparing a manuscript on our findings to date, and have submitted an abstract to an international conference on cervical cancer to be held later in 2018.