Prevalence of Genital HPV Infection in Males Following Introduction of Universal Male HPV Vaccination [ 2015 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Eric Chow (Principal investigator)

Brief description As Australia is the first and only country to implement a free universal school based male human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program (in 2013), this project has the unique opportunity to be first to study to assess the effectiveness of the male HPV vaccination program in Australia by measuring a change in the prevalence of HPV among young (aged 17-20) heterosexual and homosexual men following the implementation of the vaccination program.

Funding Amount $309,436.00

Funding Scheme Early Career Fellowships

Notes Public Health (Australia) ECF