Aimée Rebecca Kreimer (born August 19, 1975) is an American cancer epidemiologist who researches the etiology and prevention of human papillomavirus infection (HPV) and

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. She is a senior investigator in the infections and immunoepidemiology branch at the

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Kreimer was born August 19, 1975, in

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She completed a B.S. in Animal Science with a minor in Biology and a concentration in pre-veterinary medicine at the

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 mas ...

in May 1997. Kreimer earned a M.S. from the department of health evaluation sciences, division of biostatistics and epidemiology at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

in May 1998. Her thesis was titled, ''Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Treatment with Cortisol in Physiologic Doses in Patients with Naturally Acquired Influenza A''. Kreimer received a Ph.D. in infectious disease epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her 2003 dissertation was titled, ''The descriptive epidemiology of oral human papilloma virus (HPV) infection: associations with high-risk sexual behaviors and HPV serostatus''. Anthony J. Alberg was her doctoral advisor and

Maura L. Gillison Maura Lianne Gillison is an American medical oncologist and molecular epidemiologist. She is credited as the first investigator to establish a connection between HPV and oral cancer. Early life and education Gillison was born in Canada but moved ...

was her mentor. Kreimer conducted postdoctoral research at the

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and the

(NCI). Kreimer is a senior investigator in the NCI infections and immunoepidemiology branch (IIB). She studies the etiology and prevention of

human papillomavirus Human papillomavirus infection (HPV infection) is caused by a DNA virus from the ''Papillomaviridae'' family. Many HPV infections cause no symptoms and 90% resolve spontaneously within two years. In some cases, an HPV infection persists and res ...

(HPV) and cancers at multiple sites, including the head and neck and

anogenital The perineum in humans is the space between the anus and scrotum in the male, or between the anus and the vulva in the female. The perineum is the region of the body between the pubic symphysis (pubic arch) and the coccyx (tail bone), includin ...

region, with a particular focus on translational research and

. In 2018, she received the

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(NIH) Director's Award in the category of Science/Medicine for her outstanding achievements in HPV cancer research and leadership in the Costa Rica HPV Vaccine Trial. In 2021, she was elected by her peers to serve a three-year term as NCI division of cancer epidemiology and genetics (DCEG) Woman Scientific Advisor, and elected to the executive board of the International Papillomavirus Society.

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