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HPV, or Human Papillomavirus, is a common virus that can cause six types of cancer. While there is no treatment for HPV, there is a vaccine that can prevent it.\n\nThe HPV vaccine works best when given between ages 9 and 12, for boys and girls, and it is safe, effective, and long-lasting.\n\nJenny Grandis, MD, is at the forefront of translational research in head and neck cancer. She joined the podcast to talk about the prevalence of HPV-associated head and neck cancers, why they can be hard to detect, why the side effects can be so devastating, and why prevention through vaccination is so important.\n\nShe was joined on the podcast by Adrienne Murr, a high school student who recently completed a summer internship in the Grandis lab. Ms. Murr talked about what she took away from her experience in the lab. And she offered helpful advice for parents talking to their children about HPV vaccination. She wrote an op-ed on the subject titled, "HPV is a threat to your children. Vaccines are not.\u201d\n\nJenny Grandis, MD, is the Robert K. Werbe Distinguished Professor in Head and Neck Cancer in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of California, San Francisco. She was named an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor for her seminal contributions to the field.\n\nAdrienne Murr is a senior at Tamalpais High School in San Francisco, California.\n\nFore more information about HPV vaccination, visit: https://www.cancer.org/healthy/hpv-vaccine.html\n\n5:18 \u2013 On the association of head and neck cancers with infection by the human papillomavirus (HPV) \n\n6:52 \u2013 The increasing prevalence of HPV-associated head and neck cancers\n\n9:51 \u2013 Why HPV-associated head and neck cancers are hard to detect\n\n11:15 \u2013 How they are treated, and why the side effects can be problematic\n\n14:07 \u2013 Prevention is the answer\n\n15:28 \u2013 On why the vaccine needs to be administered at ages 9-12\n\n18:14 \u2013 What it was like for Adrienne to work in Jenny\u2019s lab\n\n19:54 \u2013 How her experience in the lab changed her perspective on the HPV vaccine\n\n21:59 \u2013 Why it is so important for girls AND boys to get the vaccine \n\n25:42 \u2013 How parents can talk to their children about HPV vaccination, and some helpful resources to help parents communicate the importance of the vaccine\n\n28:51 \u2013 On the strange but ultimately delightful experience of mentoring a high school student during a pandemic\n\n30:57 \u2013 How her experience interning in Dr. Grandis\u2019s lab informed an op-ed Adrienne wrote, "HPV is a threat to your children. Vaccines are not.\u201d\n\n33:26 \u2013 How funding from the American Cancer Society has impacted Dr. Grandis and her research\n\n36:30 \u2013 Wonderful advice from Adrienne for other young women interested in a research career