NAU Researcher Tests Text Messages to Boost HPV Vaccines

Could a simple text message help prevent a cancer diagnosis? Naomi Lee hopes so. With 5,000 in funding from Merck & Co., Lee, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at NAU, is developing a text message campaign that will raise awareness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among historically underserved Arizonans, including people from rural and Native American backgrounds who suffer from some of the highest rates of cancers caused by the virus. “I’ve seen a major disparity between Indigenous people and other groups when it comes to cancers overall, and especially HPV-associated cancers,” Lee said....

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