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Impact of intestinal helminth infection on HPV co-infection and the cervico-vaginal environment.

肠道蠕虫感染对 HPV 合并感染和宫颈阴道环境的影响。

基本信息

批准号：
10429029
负责人：
Eva H Clark
金额：
$ 18.91万
依托单位：
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-01-24 至 2026-12-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10429029
关键词：
Adult Advisory Committees Affect Biological Assay Cancer Etiology Cervical Cervical Cancer Screening Cervical dysplasia Cessation of life Childhood Chronic Clinical Clinical Research Communicable Diseases Communities Country Cross-Sectional Studies Data Detection Development Development Plans Environment Epidemiologist Epithelial Cells Female Funding Goals Health Health system Helminths Helper-Inducer T-Lymphocyte High Risk Woman Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination Human Papillomavirus Human papilloma virus infection Immune Immune response Immunity Immunization Programs Immunologics International Intervention Intestines K-Series Research Career Programs Lactobacillus Large Intestine Lead Link Malignant Neoplasms Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri Mediating Medicine Mentors Mentorship Microbiology Molecular Parasitology Pathway interactions Persons Peru Physicians Population Prevalence Prevention strategy Public Health Regulatory T-Lymphocyte Research Resource-limited setting Resources Risk Scientist Soil Specimen Structure Swab T cell response Teacher Professional Development Technology Testing Training Training Activity Tropical Medicine United States National Institutes of Health Vaccination Vagina Virus Virus Replication Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing Woman Work authority cancer risk career career development cell type cervical cancer prevention cervicovaginal cervicovaginal microbiome chronic infection co-infection college cost cytokine disability dysbiosis global health helminth infection high risk improved infection risk innovation intervention cost low and middle-income countries meetings microbiome microbiota novel polarized cell prevent professor programs reproductive tract screening screening program skills treatment program

项目摘要

Project Summary Dr. Clark is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and a physician-scientist trained in immunoparasitology. Her career goal is to become an independent molecular epidemiologist and perform high-quality clinical research that improves the health of people living in low resource settings. The leading cause of cancer death for women in tropical low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is cervical cancer, which is caused by persistent infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV). Cervical cancer rates are particularly high in LMICs with large intestinal helminth burdens, and preliminary data show a significant population level association between intestinal helminth infection and HPV infection. Dr. Clark proposes to evaluate whether intestinal helminth infection facilitates HPV co-infection by altering the cervico-vaginal environment. She will conduct a cross-sectional study of adult women undergoing cervical cancer screening in Peru. This innovative study aims to determine the prevalence of HPV infection, evaluate cervico-vaginal cytokine profiles, and examine the distribution of cervico-vaginal microbiota in women with and without intestinal helminth infection. Results of this work will suggest novel interventions that are urgently needed to prevent cervical cancer in women living in LMICs. Dr. Clark’s unique skill set will allow her to serve as a link between clinical discovery and public health system implementation of new strategies for cervical cancer prevention. From a public health perspective, if intestinal helminth infection increases a woman’s risk for HPV infection and therefore cervical cancer, deworming—a widely available, low- cost intervention—should reduce the cervical cancer rates, thereby increasing the feasibility of cervical cancer screening program implementation and reducing costs associated with early cervical dysplasia detection and treatment programs. To accomplish these goals, Dr. Clark has developed a comprehensive career development plan that combines thorough mentoring and training activities integrated into her clinical research program. She will have regular meetings with her mentorship team, Dr. Elizabeth Chiao, an authority in virus mediated malignancies and HPV screening, and Dr. Peter Hotez, a leader in parasitology and global health, and will receive additional expert-level mentorship from her scientific advisory committee. Mentored research will be supplemented with formal training activities including graduate-level coursework, directed studies, ad participation in scientific meetings. Her career development plan is supported by a world-class scientific environment at BCM, which offers ample opportunities for junior faculty development and provides all the resources needed to achieve her career goals. The proposed mentored career development activities will provide the focused mentorship and career development activities that Dr. Clark requires to succeed as an independently funded molecular epidemiologist conducting high quality, high impact international research.

项目总结