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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
  • 2017 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Overview

Nubia Muñoz is affiliated with the International Agency For Research On Cancer in France and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine. Their scholarly output spans several subfields, including Surgery, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

The main topics of their research focus on Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, Genital Health and Disease, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, Urological Disorders and Treatments, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, as well as Head and Neck Cancer Studies and Head and Neck Surgical Oncology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nubia Muñoz include:

  • F. Xavier Bosch
  • Diego F. Sánchez
  • María José Fernández-Nestosa
  • Sofía Cañete-Portillo
  • Antonio L. Cubilla

Key journals where Nubia Muñoz has published multiple works include:

  • BMC Proceedings
  • Colombia medica
  • Human Pathology
  • European Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Laboratory Investigation

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Nubia Muñoz are:

  • "Prevention and control of HPV infection and HPV-related cancers in Colombia- a meeting report," 2020, BMC Proceedings
  • "COVID-19 in Latin America: a first glance to the mortality," 2020, Colombia medica
  • "Genetic polymorphisms in the cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori and risk of stomach cancer and high-grade premalignant gastric lesions," 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • "Concordance of p16INK4a and E6*I mRNA among HPV-DNA-Positive Oropharyngeal, Laryngeal, and Oral Cavity Carcinomas from the ICO International Study," 2022, Cancers
  • "Reduction of HPV16/18 prevalence in young women after eight years of three- and two-dose vaccination schemes," 2021, Vaccine

Nubia Muñoz received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2017, recognizing contributions in their field.

Best Publications

  • Human papillomavirus is a necessary cause of invasive cervical cancer worldwide.

    J. M. M. Walboomers;M. V. Jacobs;M. M. Manos;F. X. Bosch

  • Epidemiologic Classification of Human Papillomavirus Types Associated with Cervical Cancer

    Nubia Muñoz;F. Xavier Bosch;Silvia de Sanjosé;Rolando Herrero

  • The causal relation between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer

    F X Bosch;A Lorincz;N Muñoz;C J L M Meijer

  • Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus in Cervical Cancer: a Worldwide Perspective

    F X Bosch;M M Manos;N Muñoz;M Sherman

  • Human papillomavirus genotype attribution in invasive cervical cancer: a retrospective cross-sectional worldwide study

    Silvia de Sanjose;Wim G.V. Quint;Laia Alemany;Daan T. Geraets

  • Quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus to prevent high-grade cervical lesions

    Luisa L. Villa;Gonzalo Perez;Susanne K. Kjaer;Jorma Paavonen

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

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

  • Worldwide prevalence and genotype distribution of cervical human papillomavirus DNA in women with normal cytology: a meta-analysis.

    Silvia de Sanjosé;Mireia Diaz;Xavier Castellsagué;Gary Clifford

  • HPV in the etiology of human cancer

    Nubia Munoz;Xavier Castellsague;Amy Berrington De Gonzalez;Lutz Gissmann

  • Chapter 1: HPV in the etiology of human cancer.

    Nubia Muñoz;Xavier Castellsagué;Amy Berrington de González;Lutz Gissmann

  • Against which human papillomavirus types shall we vaccinate and screen? The international perspective.

    Nubia Muñoz;F. Xavier Bosch;Xavier Castellsagué;Mireia Díaz

  • Environmental co-factors in HPV carcinogenesis.

    Xavier Castellsagué;F.Xavier Bosch;Nubia Muñoz

  • Human papillomavirus and oral cancer: the International Agency for Research on Cancer multicenter study.

    Rolando Herrero;Xavier Castellsagué;Michael Pawlita;Jolanta Lissowska

  • Worldwide distribution of human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal women in the International Agency for Research on Cancer HPV prevalence surveys: a pooled analysis.

    G. M. Clifford;S. Gallus;R. Herrero;N. Muñoz

  • Epidemiology and natural history of human papillomavirus infections and type-specific implications in cervical neoplasia.

    F. Xavier Bosch;Ann N. Burchell;Mark Schiffman;Anna R. Giuliano

  • Male circumcision, penile human papillomavirus infection, and cervical cancer in female partners

    Xavier Castellsagué;F. Xavier Bosch;Nubia Muñoz;Chris J.L.M. Meijer

  • Effect of oral contraceptives on risk of cervical cancer in women with human papillomavirus infection: the IARC multicentric case-control study

    Victor Moreno;F Xavier Bosch;Nubia Muñoz;Chris J L M Meijer

  • Role of parity and human papillomavirus in cervical cancer: the IARC multicentric case-control study.

    Nubia Muñoz;Silvia Franceschi;Cristina Bosetti;Victor Moreno

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

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

  • Epidemiology and molecular pathology of gallbladder cancer.

    Eduardo C. Lazcano-Ponce;J. F. Miquel;Nubia Muñoz;Rolando Herrero

Frequent Co-Authors

F. Xavier Bosch
F. Xavier Bosch Open University of Catalonia
Silvia Franceschi
Silvia Franceschi Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Silvia de Sanjosé
Silvia de Sanjosé University of Barcelona
Rolando Herrero
Rolando Herrero Costa Rican Agency for Biomedical Research, INCIENSA Foundation
Chris J.L.M. Meijer
Chris J.L.M. Meijer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Xavier Castellsagué
Xavier Castellsagué University of Barcelona
Keerti V. Shah
Keerti V. Shah Johns Hopkins University
Susanne K. Kjaer
Susanne K. Kjaer University of Copenhagen
Peter J.F. Snijders
Peter J.F. Snijders Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mauricio Hernández-Avila
Mauricio Hernández-Avila Johns Hopkins University

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