Bonus Episode | Feb. 23, 2021 | 44 min.
One in five Americans has a sexually transmitted infection, many of which are unaware of their condition. In today's episode, Dr. Ina Park, an Associate Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Medical Director at the California Prevention Training Center, and a Medical Consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Division of STD Prevention, joins Wendy to talk about Human papillomavirus infection, also known as HPV, and other STIs. Wendy and Dr. Ina discuss talking about STIs in your relationships, transmission, prevention, and more.
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Dr. Ina Park is an Associate Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Medical Director at the California Prevention Training Center and a Medical Consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Division of STD Prevention. She received her MD from the UCLA School of Medicine and MS in Clinical Research from the University of Minnesota-School of Public Health. Dr. Park was a co-author of the 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines and a contributor to the first Federal STI Strategic Plan (2021-2025). A fierce advocate for public health, she lives in Berkeley, CA with her husband and two sons. She published her first book, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs, in February 2021.
Website: InaPark.net
Twitter: @inaparkmd
