Megan Huchko
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
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Education:
B.A. 1997
M.D. 2002
M.P.H. 2007
Grants:
Developing a tool to measure cervical cancer stigma among HIV+ women in Kenya
mHealth-supported telecolposcopy for cervical cancer screening in low-resource settings
mHealth-supported telecolposcopy for cervical cancer programs in low-resource settings.
Evaluating a Community-Driven Cervical Cancer Prevention Strategy in Western Kenya
Developing a tool to measure cervical cancer stigma among HIV+ women in Kenya
Publications:
Development and initial validation of a pictorial survey to assess for symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence in western Kenya.
Mobile Phone Ownership and Use Among Women Screening for Cervical Cancer in a Community-Based Setting in Western Kenya: Observational Study.
Uptake and correlates of cervical cancer screening among women attending a community-based multi-disease health campaign in Kenya.
Iterative Development of a Mobile Phone App to Support Community Health Volunteers During Cervical Cancer Screening in Western Kenya: Qualitative Study.
Developing a framework to describe stigma related to cervical cancer and HPV in western Kenya.
