Sessions
Anal Cancer Screening; The Data is in!
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Thu
HPV testing and self-sampling
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Fri
Dr. Lisa Flowers is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fellowship Director of the Lower Anogenital Screening and Treatment Fellowship, Director of the Colposcopy and Anoscopy clinics at the Grady Cancer Center of Excellence, Emory University Healthcare Systems, and the Ponce Infectious Disease Center. She is a gynecologist specializing in HPV related cancers, women with a genetic risk for ovarian and endometrial cancer and health disparities especially in HIV populations. She has been a clinical specialist and translational researcher in the screening, detection and treatment of HPV related precancers and cancer. She is the Emory site Principal Investigator (PI) for the AIDS Malignancy Consortium (AMC) testing novel treatments to stop the development of virally mediated cancers and site PI for the NIH/NCI multi-site study ANCHOR (Anal Cancer/HSIL Outcomes Research Study) focusing on HPV related precancerous cells in women and men with HIV. She was awarded an R01 on oral microbiome and periodontal diseases in oral HPV infection among people living with HIV, R01 on screening strategies and social determinants of health among people with high risk of anal cancer