Patti Gravitt, PhD, began her life-long career dedicated to global human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer research and prevention from a young age. Most recently, she has shifted her research focus to advocating for implementation science and systems approaches to tackle global cervical cancer health disparities. Gravitt is trained as a molecular epidemiologist, implementation scientist, and currently is the Senior Advisor of Populations and System Sciences at the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health. In this episode, Gravitt discusses her career path in global health, her cervical cancer research, and how implementation science research can help achieve global health equity in cancer.