Jill Huppert, MD, MPH

Co-Investigator

Dr. Huppert is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Since 2007 she has been the Medical Director of the CDC funded Cincinnati STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. Her interests are in adolescent health and sexually transmitted infections. After a satisfying clinical career in OB/GYN, she obtained her MPH at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, and then completed a research fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology in 2003. Since then, she has secured funding from private grant agencies, industry and the NIH, and successfully published her research findings. 

Dr. Huppert's current research effort focuses on better detection of Trichomonas vaginalis, rapid tests and self collected specimens, as well as the acceptability of self testing for STIs in adolescent women. For this grant, she will be supervising studies on self-administered vaginal swab collection and testing for Trichomonas vaginalis and other POCT devices in clinical settings involving adolescent women.

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