# Nubia Muñoz

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## TL;DR

Colombian epidemiologist whose IARC studies proved HPV causes cervical cancer and identified the types the vaccines target.

## Summary

Nubia Muñoz led the IARC multicentre case-control studies across four continents that established human papillomavirus as the necessary cause of cervical cancer and the 2003 classification of high-risk HPV types that determined which types the prophylactic vaccines should cover. She was a principal investigator in the Costa Rica and quadrivalent vaccine trials and received the Gairdner Global Health Award.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: hpv; epidemiology; prevention; latin-america
- Role: Emeritus Professor, National Cancer Institute of Colombia; former Chief of Field and Intervention Studies, IARC
- Specialisms: HPV epidemiology; Cervical cancer causation; Cancer prevention; Global health

## Sources

- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Munoz%20N%5BAuthor%5D%20human%20papillomavirus%20cervical

## Connected records

- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/)
- technologies: [HPV & HBV vaccination](https://onco.cc/technologies/hpv-vaccine/)
- institutions: [Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (Colombia)](https://onco.cc/institutions/inc-colombia/), [International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC / WHO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/iarc/)
- key papers: [Swedish registry study: HPV vaccination almost eliminates cervical cancer when given before 17](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-hpv-vaccine-sweden-nejm-2020/)

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