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  • CPRIT awards $2.4 million grant to Dr. Berenson

    February 21, 2024, 12:00 PM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

    CPRIT awards Dr. Abbey Berenson a $2.4 million cancer prevention grant for the expansion of a multi-pronged intervention to increase HPV vaccination rates among adolescents from rural and medically underserved areas in Texas.

  • CPRIT 2023 Annual Report highlights UTMB HPV project

    February 1, 2024, 08:00 AM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

    CPRIT 2023 Annual Report: Prevention Highlights include Abbey Berenson' grant to provide up-to-date, accurate, and credible data to inform the design of programs and interventions to address the high rate of incomplete HPV vaccine series.

  • CPRIT awards $2.4 million grant to Dr. Berenson

    August 17, 2023, 00:00 AM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

    CPRIT awards Dr. Abbey Berenson a $2.4 million grant for the continuation and expansion of a highly successful postpartum HPV vaccination program at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health) conducted in collaboration with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).

  • CPRIT 2022 Annual Report highlights UTMB project

    February 1, 2023, 09:17 AM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

    The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) 2022 Annual Report on Prevention Outreach featured Dr. Abbey Berenson's HPV prevention outreach project. The project investigated the impact of HPV vaccination on the incidence of HPV-related OPSCC in the U.S. among male and female adults from different age groups.

  • CPRIT announces $1.9M grant to UTMB Health's Dr. Berenson

    February 16, 2022, 00:00 AM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

    The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) awarded Dr. Abbey Berenson $1.9 million academic research grant for "A Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing the Immunogenicity of 2 doses vs 3 doses of the 9-Valent HPV Vaccine in Females 27 to 45 Years of Age."

  • CPRIT 2021 Annual Report highlights UTMB projects

    February 16, 2022, 00:00 AM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

    The CPRIT 2021 Annual Report: Awards & Prestigious Appointments for CPRIT Grantees report and the Prevention Outreach in FY 2021 report recognize Abbey Berenson for being named a 2021 Immunization Champion by ACOG, as well as being featured in the National Cancer Institute's official blog Cancer Currents for her HPV vaccination projects.

  • CPRIT funded HPV vaccination project recognized by HHS

    February 3, 2021, 00:00 AM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

    Texas Department of Health and Human Services recognized Bay Colony Pediatrics as Number 1 in Galveston County for 2019 vaccination rates, putting that clinic in the Top 10% statewide.

  • ORWH Announces UTMB Health's FY2020 BIRCWH Program Renewal

    August 31, 2020, 00:00 AM by Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH)

    The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) renews Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) mentored career-development program at UTMB Health for FY2020.

  • CPRIT awards $1.9 million grant to UTMB Health's Dr. Berenson

    August 19, 2020, 00:00 AM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

    The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) awarded Dr. Abbey Berenson a $1.9M cancer prevention grant to expand a successful postpartum HPV vaccination project to women in the Rio Grande Valley.

  • CPRIT Awards $1.9M grant to UTMB Health's Dr. Abbey Berenson

    February 19, 2020, 00:00 AM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

    The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) awarded $1.9M cancer prevention grant to Abbey Berenson for maximizing opportunities for HPV vaccination in medically underserved counties in Southeast Texas.

  • New cancer research funding for HPV vaccine

    March 5, 2019, 00:00 AM by UTMB Health, Galveston Daily Times

    CPRIT announced that Dr. Abbey Berenson received a nearly $1.5M research grant and Dr. Ana Rodriguez received a nearly $2M prevention grant.

  • CPRIT awards $3.9M in grants to UTMB

    February 21, 2019, 00:00 AM by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

    The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) awarded UTMB's Dr. Abbey Berenson a $1.4M research grant and $2.4M cancer prevention grant.

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