Trial to Reduce Cervical Cancer Screening Disparities in Somali American Women

MSI PI Sophia Yohe (associate professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology) is a co-investigator on a clinical trial that aims to reduce disparities in cervical-cancer screening in Somali American women. The team, which includes researchers from the U of M and the University of Washington, was awarded $2.9M from the National Cancer Institute. The researchers are investigating whether offering HPV self-sampling will increase cancer screening rates. A story about this project appears on the Medical School website: NCI Clinical Trial Awarded to Reduce Cervical Cancer Screening Disparities in Somali American Women.

Professor Yohe uses MSI resources for next-generation sequencing to study hematologic malignancies.