The Importance of Cervical Cancer Screening in the U.S.

This is a podcast episode titled, The Importance of Cervical Cancer Screening in the U.S.. The summary for this episode is: <p>The importance of cervical cancer screening in the U.S.Why is cervical screening so important in the U.S. and globally? And how has the pandemic affected that screening?&nbsp;</p><p>Today’s episode features Chris Beddard, VP of US Marketing at BD. She joins the podcast today to discuss a product she and her team have been working on to improve the lives of women. Chris is passionate about bringing awareness about health options to women around the world.&nbsp;</p><p>Listen to the episode to hear what Chris has to say about why the test she’s been working on is special, what kinds of challenges a team faces when developing these tests, and why cervical cancer screening is so important.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Some of the highlights of today’s episode include:</strong></h3><ul><li>What BD is doing and how Chris is working with it</li><li>How to go about choosing specific treatments to target</li><li>What makes the current test special</li><li>Cervical screening focus on women in Africa</li><li>Challenges in developing tests</li><li>Why cervical cancer screening matters so much</li><li>The ongoing impact of the pandemic on testing</li><li>Advice for medical health professionals in the process of long-term development</li></ul><h3>Memorable quotes from Chris Beddard:</h3><p><em>“Extended genotyping provides different information, information that’s critical to a clinician to basically manage a woman’s risk for developing cervical cancer or precancer.”</em></p><p><em>“In order to get all three testing paradigms approved through the FDA, there was an extensive clinical trials that did take place, again spanning many years.”</em></p><p><em>“HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States.”</em></p><p><em>“We’re seeing women returning to testing; we’re seeing –again –our view of healthcare changing based on the pandemic.”</em></p><h3>Links:</h3><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-beddard-17543a17/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris Beddard</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bd.com/en-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BD</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/etiennenichols/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Etienne Nichols LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="http://etienne.nichols@greenlight.guru/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">etienne.nichols@greenlight.guru</a></p><p><a href="http://community.greenlight.guru/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MedTech Excellence Community</a></p><p><a href="http://academy.greenlight.guru/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greenlight Guru Academy</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greenlight.guru/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greenlight Guru</a></p>