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Patti E. Gravitt is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine, with a notable concentration in epidemiology, oncology, surgery, microbiology, and health sciences. The predominant topic areas in their work include cervical cancer and HPV research, global cancer incidence and screening, reproductive tract infections, genital health and disease, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, ethics in clinical research, and pelvic floor disorders treatments.

The scientist has contributed extensively to medical literature, with a total of 77 publications in the field of medicine. Key subfields where they have made significant contributions include epidemiology with 38 publications, followed by oncology with 17, surgery with 8, microbiology with 7, and health with 5.

Some of the recent papers published by Patti E. Gravitt cover critical topics in public health and cancer prevention, such as:

  • Achieving equity in cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Strengthening health systems using a systems thinking approach, 2021, Preventive Medicine
  • Association of Vaginal Microbiota With Signs and Symptoms of the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause Across Reproductive Stages, 2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Accelerating action on cervical screening in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) post COVID-19 era, 2021, Preventive Medicine
  • Rates of New Human Papillomavirus Detection and Loss of Detection in Middle-aged Women by Recent and Past Sexual Behavior, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • The Acceptability and Preference of Vaginal Self-sampling for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing among a Multi-ethnic Asian Female Population, 2020, Cancer Prevention Research

Throughout their career, Patti E. Gravitt has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Anne Hammer (13 joint publications)
  • Valerie A. Paz-Soldán (12 joint publications)
  • Anne F. Rositch (9 joint publications)
  • Yin Ling Woo (8 joint publications)
  • Joanna Brown (7 joint publications)

Their research has been published in multiple prominent journals, highlighted by repeated contributions in:

  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (4 publications)
  • Preventive Medicine (3 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (3 publications)
  • BMC Women's Health (3 publications)
  • Cancer Prevention Research (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Improved Amplification of Genital Human Papillomaviruses

    P. E. Gravitt;C. L. Peyton;T. Q. Alessi;C. M. Wheeler

  • Persistence of Type-Specific Human Papillomavirus Infection among Cytologically Normal Women

    Allan Hildesheim;Mark H. Schiffman;Patti E. Gravitt;Andrew G. Glass

  • Genotyping of 27 Human Papillomavirus Types by Using L1 Consensus PCR Products by a Single-Hybridization, Reverse Line Blot Detection Method

    P. E. Gravitt;C. L. Peyton;R. J. Apple;C. M. Wheeler

  • Comprehensive control of human papillomavirus infections and related diseases.

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

  • Male Circumcision for the Prevention of HSV-2 and HPV Infections and Syphilis

    Aaron A.R. Tobian;David Serwadda;David Serwadda;Thomas C. Quinn;Godfrey Kigozi

  • The known unknowns of HPV natural history

    Patti E. Gravitt

  • Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection in Adults Is Associated with Sexual Behavior and HIV Serostatus

    Aimee R. Kreimer;Anthony J. Alberg;Richard Daniel;Patti E. Gravitt

  • Association between the vaginal microbiota, menopause status, and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy

    Rebecca M. Brotman;Michelle D. Shardell;Pawel Gajer;Doug Fadrosh

  • Interplay Between the Temporal Dynamics of the Vaginal Microbiota and Human Papillomavirus Detection

    Rebecca M. Brotman;Michelle D. Shardell;Pawel Gajer;J. Kathleen Tracy

  • Viral load of human papillomavirus and risk of CIN3 or cervical cancer.

    Attila T Lorincz;Philip E Castle;Mark E Sherman;David R Scott

  • Determinants of Genital Human Papillomavirus Detection in a US Population

    Cheri L. Peyton;Patti E. Gravitt;William C. Hunt;Rosalina S. Hundley

  • A Prospective Study of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Type 16 DNA Detection by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Its Association with Acquisition and Persistence of Other HPV Types

    Kai Li Liaw;Allan Hildesheim;Robert D. Burk;Patti Gravitt

  • Head and neck squamous cell cancer and the human papillomavirus: summary of a National Cancer Institute State of the Science Meeting, November 9-10, 2008, Washington, D.C.

    David J. Adelstein;John A. Ridge;Maura L. Gillison;Anil K. Chaturvedi

  • Spontaneous regression of high-grade cervical dysplasia: effects of human papillomavirus type and HLA phenotype.

    Cornelia L Trimble;Steven Piantadosi;Patti Gravitt;Brigitte Ronnett

  • Use of PGMY Primers in L1 Consensus PCR Improves Detection of Human Papillomavirus DNA in Genital Samples

    François Coutlée;Patti Gravitt;Janet Kornegay;Catherine Hankins

  • Determinants of genital human papillomavirus infection in low-income women in washington, D.C

    A Hildesheim;P Gravitt;M H Schiffman;R J Kurman

  • A Phase I Trial of a Human Papillomavirus DNA Vaccine for HPV16+ Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2/3

    Cornelia L. Trimble;Shiwen Peng;Ferdynand Kos;Patti Gravitt

  • Hysterectomy-corrected cervical cancer mortality rates reveal a larger racial disparity in the United States.

    Anna L. Beavis;Patti E. Gravitt;Anne F. Rositch

  • Effect of circumcision of HIV-negative men on transmission of human papillomavirus to HIV-negative women: a randomised trial in Rakai, Uganda

    Maria J Wawer;Aaron A R Tobian;Godfrey Kigozi;Xiangrong Kong

  • Comparisons of HPV DNA detection by MY09/11 PCR methods

    Philip E. Castle;Mark Schiffman;Patti E. Gravitt;Patti E. Gravitt;Hortense Kendall

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Schiffman
Mark Schiffman National Institutes of Health
Keerti V. Shah
Keerti V. Shah Johns Hopkins University
Thomas C. Quinn
Thomas C. Quinn Johns Hopkins University
Cosette M. Wheeler
Cosette M. Wheeler University of New Mexico
David Serwadda
David Serwadda Makerere University
Ronald H. Gray
Ronald H. Gray Johns Hopkins University
Aaron A.R. Tobian
Aaron A.R. Tobian Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Maria J. Wawer
Maria J. Wawer Johns Hopkins University
Allan Hildesheim
Allan Hildesheim National Institutes of Health
Nicolas Wentzensen
Nicolas Wentzensen National Institutes of Health

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