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Jennifer S. Smith is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Epidemiology, Oncology, Surgery, Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. The main areas of study center on cervical cancer and HPV research, global cancer incidence and screening, hepatitis B virus studies, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, genital health and disease, colorectal and anal carcinomas, and reproductive tract infections research.

Smith has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Effect of HPV self-collection kits on cervical cancer screening uptake among under-screened women from low-income US backgrounds (MBMT-3): a phase 3, open-label, randomised controlled trial (2023) in The Lancet Public Health
  • Perceived Financial Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening and Associated Cost Burden Among Low-Income, Under-Screened Women (2021) in Journal of Women's Health
  • Racial and ethnic differences in cervical cancer screening barriers and intentions: The My Body My Test-3 HPV self-collection trial among under-screened, low-income women (2022) in PLoS ONE
  • Effectiveness of a national mass distribution campaign of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying on clinical malaria in Malawi, 2018-2020 (2021) in BMJ Global Health
  • Evaluating the implementation of cervical cancer screening programs in low-resource settings globally: a systematized review (2020) in Cancer Causes & Control

Frequent co-authors in Smith's body of work include Michael G. Hudgens, Noel T. Brewer, Joseph D. Tucker, Stephanie B. Wheeler, and Lameck Chinula. These collaborators have appeared alongside Smith in multiple research efforts, indicating ongoing collaborative research relationships.

Smith's publications often appear in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • PLoS ONE
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Research Square (Research Square)

The research conducted by Smith spans a substantial number of studies, with a focus on epidemiological and oncological aspects of cervical cancer screening and prevention, especially among underserved and under-screened populations. Their work frequently addresses barriers to access, cost burdens, and racial and ethnic disparities in health screening uptake.

Topics covered in Smith's research include:

  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Genital Health and Disease
  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Reproductive tract infections research

Best Publications

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Human papillomavirus types in invasive cervical cancer worldwide: a meta-analysis.

    G M Clifford;J S Smith;M Plummer;N Muñoz

  • Human papillomavirus type distribution in invasive cervical cancer and high-grade cervical lesions: a meta-analysis update.

    Jennifer S. Smith;Lisa Lindsay;Brooke Hoots;Jessica Keys

  • Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

    Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

  • Worldwide Human Papillomavirus Etiology of Cervical Adenocarcinoma and Its Cofactors: Implications for Screening and Prevention

    Xavier Castellsagué;Mireia Díaz;Silvia de Sanjosé;Nubia Muñoz

  • Comparison of HPV type distribution in high-grade cervical lesions and cervical cancer: a meta-analysis

    G M Clifford;J S Smith;T Aguado;S Franceschi

  • Tobacco and cancer: recent epidemiological evidence.

    Paolo Vineis;M. Alavanja;P. Buffler;E. Fontham

  • Bacterial vaginosis and HIV acquisition: A meta-analysis of published studies

    Julius Atashili;Charles L Poole;Peter M. Ndumbe;Adaora A Adimora

  • Genetic identification of Mom-1, a major modifier locus affecting Min-induced intestinal neoplasia in the mouse.

    William F. Dietrich;Eric S. Lander;Jennifer S. Smith;Amy R. Moser

  • Human Papillomavirus Genotype Distribution in Low-Grade Cervical Lesions: Comparison by Geographic Region and with Cervical Cancer

    Gary M. Clifford;Rashida K. Rana;Silvia Franceschi;Jennifer S. Smith

  • Comprehensive control of human papillomavirus infections and related diseases.

    F. Xavier Bosch;Thomas R. Broker;David Forman;Anna Barbara Moscicki

  • Herpes Simplex Virus-2 as a Human Papillomavirus Cofactor in the Etiology of Invasive Cervical Cancer

    Jennifer S. Smith;Rolando Herrero;Cristina Bosetti;Nubia Muñoz

  • Human papillomavirus type distribution in anal cancer and anal intraepithelial lesions

    Brooke E. Hoots;Joel M. Palefsky;Jeanne M. Pimenta;Jennifer S. Smith

  • Systematic review of human papillomavirus prevalence in invasive penile cancer.

    Danielle M. Backes;Robert J. Kurman;Jeanne M. Pimenta;Jennifer S. Smith

  • Epidemiology and aetiology of gestational trophoblastic diseases.

    Andrea Altieri;Silvia Franceschi;Jacques Ferlay;Jennifer Smith

  • Pan-cancer Alterations of the MYC Oncogene and Its Proximal Network across the Cancer Genome Atlas

    Franz X. Schaub;Varsha Dhankani;Ashton C. Berger;Mihir Trivedi

  • Chlamydia trachomatis and invasive cervical cancer: a pooled analysis of the IARC multicentric case-control study

    Jennifer S. Smith;Cristina Bosetti;Nubia Muñoz;Rolando Herrero

  • Evidence for Chlamydia trachomatis as a Human Papillomavirus Cofactor in the Etiology of Invasive Cervical Cancer in Brazil and the Philippines

    Jennifer S. Smith;Nubia Muñoz;Rolando Herrero;José Eluf-Neto

  • Longitudinal predictors of human papillomavirus vaccine initiation among adolescent girls in a high-risk geographic area.

    Noel T. Brewer;Sami L. Gottlieb;Paul L. Reiter;Annie Laurie McRee

  • Human papillomavirus type-distribution in vulvar and vaginal cancers and their associated precursors.

    Jennifer S. Smith;Danielle M. Backes;Brooke E. Hoots;Robert J. Kurman

Frequent Co-Authors

Noel T. Brewer
Noel T. Brewer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
You-Lin Qiao
You-Lin Qiao Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Chris J.L.M. Meijer
Chris J.L.M. Meijer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter J.F. Snijders
Peter J.F. Snijders Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Joshua Kimani
Joshua Kimani University of Manitoba
Stephen Moses
Stephen Moses University of Manitoba
Anna-Lise Williamson
Anna-Lise Williamson University of Cape Town
Charles Poole
Charles Poole University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Silvia Franceschi
Silvia Franceschi Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Maciej Wiznerowicz
Maciej Wiznerowicz Poznan University of Medical Sciences

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