Dr. Allison Grimes

Avanzando Center Research Scholar Project: “Multi-Level Action to Reduce HPV Disparities among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors and Address Social Determinants of Health”

The goal of this study is to provide a multi-level HPV vaccine intervention aimed at increasing vaccination among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors at the Mays Cancer Center (MCC) setting regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

This will be accomplished by: 1) implementing an oncology provider training program for strong HPV vaccine recommendations to AYA cancer survivors (age 18-45); 2) increasing HPV vaccinations among eligible AYA survivors age 18-45; and 3) evaluating whether the addition of HPV vaccine recommendations delivered by a virtual agent is more effective than provider recommendation alone in increasing HPV vaccination among AYA survivors.