Meghan Work, M.P.H., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health School of Health Sciences & Practice

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Meghan Work, M.P.H., Ph.D., is an epidemiologist, researcher, and medical affairs professional in the pharmaceutical industry, with positions of increasing responsibility at Bayer and Daiichi Sankyo, focusing on oncology drug products. Prior to her pursuit of her Ph.D., Dr. Work was employed as a healthcare consultant and strategist in the New York City and Boston areas.

As a Ph.D. student, Dr. Work assisted in the instruction of Master's students at Columbia University, teaching introductory and advanced epidemiology courses, as well as cancer epidemiology. She was awarded predoctoral fellowships by the National Institutes of Health in both Cancer Prevention and in Translational Sciences. Dr. Work completed her dissertation research focusing on the risk of breast cancer biomarkers and received her Ph.D. in 2018.

Dr. Work has also served as an adjunct faculty at Montclair State University in New Jersey, teaching epidemiology to undergraduate students.

Education

B.A., Biology & Society, Cornell University
M.P.H., Columbia University
Ph.D., Epidemiology, Columbia University

Honors and Awards

Clinical and Translational Sciences Award, National Institutes of Health
Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Grant, National Cancer Institute, Cancer Prevention Fellow

Publications

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Recent Presentations

“Differences in mammographic density decline over time in breast cancer cases and women at high risk for breast cancer.” Poster Presentation, American Society for Preventive Oncology, March 2013
“Breast-feeding reduces risk for ER-/PR- breast cancer,” analysis from the breast cancer family registry.” Poster Presentation, AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention, October, 2012 Selected for Press Release by AACR
“Oral contraceptive use and parity associations with uncommon breast cancer histologies in the Breast Cancer Family Registry: the role of family history.” Oral Presentation, American Society for Preventive Oncology Annual Meeting, March 2011.
“Oral contraceptive use and breast cancer tumor subtypes: the impact of considering multiple tumor characteristics.” Poster Presentation, Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, May 2010

Teaching Responsibilities

Introduction to Epidemiology
Doctoral Research Seminar