Research at Teal

Our work is deeply rooted in clinical research

Teal is built on scientific integrity, backed by rigorous clinical trials, peer-reviewed publications, and premier medical presentations.

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Evidence-Based Innovation

Teal Research

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2025
Podium Presentation

Cervical cancer at-home self-collected screening: clinical validation and usability of a unique device and telehealth system

Awarded Top 3 Abstract for the meeting
NAPCRG (North American Primary Care Research Group) Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, GA
Youri Hwang, PhD, APRN, FNP
2025
Podium Presentation

At-home HPV self-collection and telehealth leverages digital health to close screening gaps in cervical cancer screening

APHA (American Public Health Association Conference)
Washington, DC
Elizabeth Swenson, MD, FACOG, MSCP
2025
Published Paper

At-home self-collection device offers an effective and preferred method to engage high BMI women in cervical cancer screening: method comparison study

SPRINGER NATURE
2025
Published Paper

Experiences and Preferences Reported with an At-Home Self-Collection Device Compared with In-Clinic Speculum-Based Cervical Cancer Screening in the United States

Women's Health Reports
2025
Podium Presentation

Leveraging At-Home Self-Collection and Telemedicine to Improve HPV-Related Cervical Cancer Screening Engagement and Outcomes for Hispanic/Latinx Populations

National HPV Conference
Indianapolis, IN
LaShonda Crane
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Investigators & advisors

Some of the clinicians behind the data

Principal investigators and senior advisors who participated in the trial and authored resulting publications.

Portrait of Christine Conageski.

Christine Conageski, MD, MSc

OB/GYN and Associate Professor
Portrait of Ann S. Collins.

Ann S. Collins, MD, FACOG

OB/GYN, Centre Obstetrics and Gynecology
Portrait of Elizabeth Sutton.

Elizabeth Sutton, PhD

Director of Scientific Research

Woman's Hospital
Portrait of Ronald W. Orso.

Ronald W. Orso, MD

OB/GYN

Birmingham Obstetrics &
Gynecology, P.C.
Portrait of Catherine Behrens.

Catherine Behrens, MD, PhD, FACOG

OB/GYN and Clinical Development Advisor
Portrait of Emeline Aviki.

Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA

Medical Director, Network Integration and Strategy & Gynecologic Oncologist
Portrait of Sangini S. Sheth.

Sangini S. Sheth, MD, MPH,FACOG

Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Portrait of Summer Dewdney.

Summer Dewdney, MD

Gynecologic Oncologist
Trial · SELF-CERV
Clinical Validation of a Vaginal Cervical Cancer Screening Self-Collection Method for At Home Use

16 SITES

PRIMARY HPV

CIN2+ MEASURED

Design

Prospective, method-comparison trial

Sites

16 US academic & community centers

Participants

600+ women, ages 25–65. Diverse in age, race, & screening history

Assay

Roche cobas® HPV

Comparator

Paired clinician collection, same visit

Status

Complete · published 2025

The pivotal trial

SELF-CERV clinical trial

The results from the SELF-CERV trial supported the FDA-authorization of the Teal Wand. It compared self-collection with the Teal Wand to a clinician-collected sample taken at the same visit, with both samples analyzed on the same FDA-approved primary HPV test.

Press coverage

The trial, covered.

September 5, 2024

Why your next trip to the gyno might be different: There’s an alternative to Pap smears

January 5, 2026

U.S. Endorses Home Pap-Smear Alternative to Prevent Cervical Cancer

October 9, 2025

Teal Health Named One of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025

May 10, 2025

The FDA approves first U.S. at-home tool as a Pap-smear alternative

Skip the stirrups

Screen for cervical cancer, without the speculum.

Self-collect at home and mail to the lab for Primary HPV testing, on your timeline, with results reviewed and shared by a Teal Medical provider.

An over-the-shoulder view of a woman unboxing her Teal Health at-home cervical cancer screening kit. The opened box displays the Teal Wand device, a collection vial, a return mailer envelope, and an inside lid reading "Welcome to a more comfortable cervical cancer screening."