Two new members joined the Faden lab at the start of 2022.

Dipon Das, PhD received his PhD in cancer biology from KIIT University, India where he studied DNA damage/repair pathways. He completed post-doctoral training at Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA. His postdoctoral training focused on identifying the host factors that are essential for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) replication in cervical and head & neck cancers and delineating their mechanism of action. Prior to joining the Faden Lab as a Staff...

Dr. Faden's point-of-care HPV vaccination program was highlighted as one of Boston Medical Center's exceptional programs. The initiative aims to understand HPV vaccine hesitancy, increase vaccination rates and ultimately, prevent the development of HPV-associated head and neck cancers later in life. All patients who visit the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department are asked to complete a survey to assess their knowledge about HPV, the HPV vaccine, and the association between HPV and head and neck cancer. If they indicate interest, patients are...

As described in a new manuscript published in the journal Cancers, 26% of sinonasal squamous cell carcinomas have detectable HPV. Interestingly, HPV prevalence was higher in subsites with high exposure to secretion flow compared to low exposure subsites and HPV prevalence followed the global distribution of HPV+ oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. This manuscript is the largest analysis of HPV in...