Isabella Rosa-Cunha, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and a faculty member of the NCI-designated Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. She serves as Director of Clinical Research at the Miller School of Medicine, Medical Director of the Clinical Core of the University of Miami Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), and Co-Chair of the Infection and Cancer Working Group at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Her clinical and research work focuses on HIV, HPV infection, and HPV-associated malignancies, with a particular focus on anal cancer prevention and populations at increased risk. She established Anal Dysplasia Clinics at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Jackson Memorial Hospital and serves as the local Principal Investigator for the NCI-sponsored ANCHOR study.
Dr. Rosa-Cunha was a member of the IANS task force that developed the IANS anal cancer screening guidelines and currently serves on the IANS Board and as Co-Chair of the IANS Anal Cancer Prevention Guidelines Implementation Committee.
She is the Contact Principal Investigator of the NCI-funded U54 SPORE PROMISE (PeRsonalized Outreach and Multifaceted Interventions for Screening Enhancement) in anal and cervical cancer prevention and Principal Investigator of an NIH-funded R01 examining anal cancer screening strategies and social and structural factors among populations at increased risk for anal cancer. Her work spans clinical care, cancer prevention research, and the translation of evidence into clinical practice.