Dr. Warner K. Huh

Warner K. Huh, MD is Professor and Division Director in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and the Margaret Cameron Spain Endowed Chair in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and a Senior Scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research interests revolve around screening and prevention of HPV related diseases as well as novel immunotherapeutic approaches for pre-­invasive disease of the cervix as well as cervical cancer. He has authored or co-­authored over 185 articles including numerous publications in the area of prophylactic HPV vaccination including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Lancet Oncology, Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research, Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Dr. Huh is the prior recipient of an R01 research grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (RO1CA133749-­01) and an American Cancer Society Research Scholars Grant. Both of these grants were in the area of HPV vaccination. He serves as co-­PI of the Johns Hopkins-­UAB Cervical Cancer Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) program (2P50CA098252-­06A1). Two of the major projects in this SPORE program are based on novel preventive HPV vaccines. Dr. Huh serves on the editorial boards of Gynecologic Oncology and The Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. He currently sits on the Executive Committee for the ASCCP. Dr. Huh is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Cervical and Uterine Cancers Panel.