Nenrot S. Gopep is a physician and public health researcher committed to improving health outcomes through evidence-based medicine, prevention, and health equity. Originally trained in Nigeria, her early clinical experiences caring for patients affected by preventable diseases inspired her focus on public health and population-level interventions. She earned her Master of Public Health in epidemiology from Georgia Southern University.
Dr. Gopep’s research spans infectious diseases, cancer prevention, cardiometabolic health, and global health systems. Her work includes studies on the relationship between stress, depression, anxiety, and hypertension, cervical cancer screening after menopause, coinfection dynamics between COVID-19 and monkeypox, and wastewater-based epidemiology for early detection of antimicrobial resistance. Her broader scholarship also examines postoperative infections, HIV prevention strategies, malaria vaccine awareness, obesity trends in U.S. youth, and the gut microbiome.
She shares professional updates on LinkedIn and participates in community outreach through HopeHill Foundation.
Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers we actually know how to prevent. With HPV vaccination, routine screening, and early treatment of precancerous lesions, the disease is largely avoidable. Yet every year, thousands of women still develop cervical cancer, including about 14,000 women in the U.S. alone. When people think about cervical cancer prevention, the focus is usually on younger women: HPV vaccination for adolescents and Pap smears during …
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Menopause and the drop in cervical cancer screening
