Dorothy Wiley

Dorothy Wiley, a professor with the UCLA School of Nursing, has clinical expertise in community and public health prevention strategies, including the sexually transmitted diseases HIV and HPV. In her research, Dr. Wiley has worked to develop strategies to help the body better fight HPV infections. She led UCLA’s randomized clinical trial study site that contributed to the first HPV vaccine approved for use in the U.S. She now focuses on early diagnosis and treatment for HPV-related anal pre-cancer. She proactively educates clinicians and the public in negative misconceptions about the HPV disease and HPV vaccine. She hopes to reduce compliance gaps in vaccine recommendations among youth and adults, as the vaccine has shown to prevent the genital HPV infections that cause most cases of cervical and anogenital cancers and genital warts.