Shobha S. Krishnan, MD, FAAFP is the founder and president of GIAHC. She is a board-certified family physician and a gynecologist. She has been involved in the areas of primary care and women’s health for over 30 years. She has extensive experience both nationally and internationally in the field of HPV and HPV related diseases. Dr. Krishnan served on the Board of Directors at the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) from 2019-2023. She was also the chair of the Us vs. HPV Prevention Week in the US from 2018-2023.

She is a member of the Advocacy and Campaign committee at the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS). She sits on the Advisory Board of HPV Cancers Alliance and the planning committee of National HPV Conference in the US, slated to be held in April 2025. She also represents GIAHC as one of the founding members of the Cervical Cancer Action for Elimination (CCAE) network, the Asia-Pacific Women’s Cancer Coalition and as a proud member of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), amongst many others. In the past, she has served as a member of the STD research-working group at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, member of the advisory committee of Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and as a surveillance physician for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

She is the author of the award-winning book, The HPV Vaccine Controversy: Sex, Cancer, God, and Politics (Praeger 2008). The book is the recipient of the 2009 Book of the Year Award from the American Journal of Nursing and is the winner of two 2010 International Book Awards. Details of the book and other pertinent information can be found at thehpvbook.com. She has also contributed a chapter in the award-winning book, Cancer Screening in the Developing World (Dartmouth University Press, May 2018) which outlines GIAHC’s experiences with cervical cancer screening and early treatment rural India.