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

• Work ME, Reimers LL, Quante AS, et. al. "Changes in mammographic density over time in breast cancer cases and women at high risk for breast cancer." International journal of cancer, 135(7), (2014) 1740-4. doi: 10.1002/ijc.28825
• Work ME, John EM, Andrulis IL, et. al. "Reproductive risk factors and oestrogen/progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer in the Breast Cancer Family Registry." British journal of cancer, 110(5), (2014) 1367-77. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.807
• Work ME, Andrulis IL, John EM, et. al. "Risk factors for uncommon histologic subtypes of breast cancer using centralized pathology review in the Breast Cancer Family Registry." Breast cancer research and treatment, 134(3), (2012) 1209-20. doi: 10.1007/s10549-012-2056-y

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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