Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Pediatric Grand Rounds set for April 19

Dr. Tamera Coyne-Beasley, the Derrol Dawkins MD Endowed Chair in Adolescent Medicine and professor of pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will present the next pediatric grand rounds.

Her lecture, "HPV Vaccination - Reducing Health Disparities and Cancer," is set for 8 a.m. Friday, April 19, in the Strada Patient Care Center first-floor conference room.

Dr. Coyne-Beasley will discuss the health disparities caused by human papillomavirus, the newest HPV vaccine recommendation, and strategies to increase HPV vaccination in their healthcare environments.

Pediatric grand rounds is every third Friday of the month. The event is open to USA faculty, staff and students. A light breakfast, coffee and beverages will be provided.

For more information, contact Nicole Laden at nladen@health.southalabama.edu or (251) 415-8688.