Megan Huchko
Hollier Family Associate Professor of Global Health
Overview
Megan Huchko, MD, MPH, holds a dual appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Duke Global Health Institute. Dr. Huchko was an undergraduate at Duke before moving to New York City to complete medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and residency training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. She completed her fellowship in Reproductive Infectious Disease the University of California, San Francisco, and was a faculty member there.
Dr. Huchko practices as an ob/gyn generalist and specializes in cervical cancer prevention through her clinical work and global women’s health research. Her research focuses on optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer among vulnerable women in settings where health disparities occur. She has been working with the Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) program in the Nyanza Province of western Kenya since 2006.
She designed and implemented a cervical cancer screening and prevention (CCSP) program for HIV-infected women enrolled in care at FACES. The CCSP program has provided a clinical resource, as well as a cohort to evaluate the epidemiology of cervical cancer among HIV-infected women, the feasibility of integrating cervical cancer prevention programs into HIV and general outpatient clinics, the safety of various diagnostic and treatment modalities, the efficacy of low-cost/low-resource screening modalities in HIV-infected women and provider and patient-level barriers and facilitators to uptake of cervical cancer prevention activities.
Currently, she is carrying out several large studies in central Uganda and western Kenya to evaluate the optimal implementation strategy for HPV-based cervical cancer screening in rural settings. At Duke, she leads the Center of Excellence in Global Women’s Health through the Global Health Institute and serves as Director for the Ob/Gyn Clinical Research Unit (CRU).
Positions
Hollier Family Associate Professor of Global Health in the School of Medicine
2021 School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine
2022 School of Medicine
Associate Research Professor of Global Health in the Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
2016 Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2017 School of Medicine
Education
B.A. 1997
1997 Duke University
M.D. 2002
2002 Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
M.P.H. 2007
2007 University of California - Berkeley
Publications, Grants & Awards
- Grants (10)
- Academics Articles (86)
- Conference Pages (8)
- Book Sections (1)
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
University of California - San Francisco
US Agency for International Development
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Int Urogynecol J
J Cancer Educ
Jmir Formative Research
Jmir Public Health and Surveillance
Bmc Women'S Health
Jmir Formative Research
Bmc Women'S Health
Bmc Women'S Health
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Preventive Medicine Reports
Scientific Reports
Jco Glob Oncol
Jco Glob Oncol
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Mdm Policy & Practice
Global Health, Science and Practice
Bmc Women'S Health
Jama Internal Medicine
Bmc Women'S Health
Journal of Global Oncology
Contemporary Ob/Gyn
J Low Genit Tract Dis
Infectious Agents and Cancer
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
Journal of Global Oncology
Bmc Women'S Health
Bmc Health Services Research
Gynecologic Oncology Reports
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Obstet Gynecol
Global Health Action
Med Clin North Am
J Cancer Educ
Obstet Gynecol
J Community Health
Patient Educ Couns
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Journal of the International Aids Society
Bmc Women'S Health
Social Science and Medicine
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Bull World Health Organ
Int J Cancer
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Plos Medicine
Aids Res Hum Retroviruses
J Low Genit Tract Dis
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstet Gynecol
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Sexually Transmitted Infections
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Symposia Presentations
Gynecologic Oncology
Gynecologic Oncology
Gynecologic Oncology
American Journal of Epidemiology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse
Offices & Contact
Durham, NC
27708 Box 90519
Durham, NC
27708