Alex Hernandez, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator
Neurology
School of Medicine

Publications (6)

Top publication keywords:
Uterine Cervical NeoplasmsFocus GroupsOral HealthEarly Detection of CancerPapillomavirus InfectionsDNA, ViralOropharyngeal NeoplasmsAnus NeoplasmsQualitative ResearchVaginal SmearsHomosexuality, MaleHealth EquityContinuity of Patient CareSpecimen HandlingColonic Neoplasms

• Is there a difference in sample adequacy when vaginal HPV DNA samples are self-collected at home, a health post, or a primary care health center in rural Ethiopia? Implications for community cervical cancer screening.
  BMC women's health 2026 Hernandez A, Burrowes S, Gelaw B, Abede T, Alemu HS, Lakew AM, Habitu YA, Teka B, Ramezani I, Sisk M, Dao B, Adefris M, Kassahun D, Bekele T, Eshetie S, Atnafu A, Mahmoud E
• "I just assumed that was the same as colon cancer." Lack of knowledge about anal HPV infection, anal cancer, and anal cancer screening in older MSM: a qualitative study.
  BMC public health 2025 Nguyen C, Miguel D, Weatherly CS, Burrowes S, Jimenez JL, Gonzalez R, Palefsky JM, Hernandez AL
• Coordinating under constraint: a qualitative study of communication and teamwork along Ethiopia's cervical cancer care continuum.
  BMC health services research 2025 Burrowes S, Seyoum Alemu H, Khokhar N, McMillian G, Hamade S, Dmitriyev R, Pham K, Whitney S, Galew B, Mahmoud E, Hernandez AL
• Using an anti-racist research framework to design studies of oral human papillomavirus and oropharyngeal cancer in San Francisco: rationale and protocol for the Health Equity and Oral Health in People living with HIV (HEOHP) qualitative study.
  BMJ open 2024 Hernandez AL, Lingas EO, Juarez W, Villa A, Palefsky J
• Prevalence of Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection and Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions Among Men Who Have Sex With Men 50 Years and Older Living With or Without HIV.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024 Hernandez AL, Hilton JF, Weatherly CS, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Jay N, Brickman C, Wang CJ, Kauffman J, Calderon J, Farhat S, Da Costa M, Akha AS, Darragh T, Palefsky JM
• Rationale and design of the Anal HPV, HIV and Aging (AHHA) study: Protocol for a prospective study of anal HPV infection and HSIL among men who have sex (MSM) or trans women living with and without HIV, ages 50 and older.
  Frontiers in epidemiology 2022 Hernandez AL, Weatherly CS, Gonzalez R, Farhat S, Da Costa M, Calderon J, Kauffman J, Akha AS, Hilton JF, Palefsky JM