Mountain West HPV Vaccination Coalition (HCI-based)
Org profile — regional coalition & funding landscape
The Mountain West HPV Vaccination Coalition, led by Dr. Deanna Kepka at Huntsman Cancer Institute, is a 500-member regional network (launched 2014, 10th anniversary celebrated) working to raise HPV vaccination rates across the Mountain West. It is a convening and capacity-building body — not itself a grant program — but it anchors the regional population-science landscape where NCI (DCCPS), CDC (cancer prevention), and HRSA (rural health) funding is applied. It is the research community a Kepka-mentored undergraduate enters.
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Mountain West HPV Vaccination Coalition & Regional Landscape
This entry is about context, not a grant you apply to. Understanding the coalition explains where the population-science funding (NCI, CDC, HRSA) gets used in the Mountain West, and the network a Kepka-mentored trainee joins.
The coalition
- Led by Dr. Deanna Kepka, PhD, MPH — HCI investigator and associate professor in the University of Utah College of Nursing; also Director of Global and International Health and inaugural leader of HCI's Global Oncology Initiative (Kepka faculty profile; HCI press release).
- ~500 members, launched 2014 (10th anniversary celebrated), spanning primary-care specialists, health departments, clinics, community and faith organizations, and parents across the region (Mountain West HPV Vaccination Coalition).
- Purpose: improve HPV vaccination by strengthening collaboration among cancer centers, health departments, clinics, religious groups, and community organizations (Springer / J Community Health).
What it is — and is not
The coalition is a convening, training, and capacity-building network. It does not issue research grants. Its value to a trainee is the research community, data, partnerships, and mentorship it provides — the human infrastructure that supports grant-funded population-science projects.
The regional funding landscape it sits within
HPV-vaccination and cancer-prevention work in the Mountain West draws on: