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Susan Kay Murphy

Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Sciences
Duke PO Box 90534, the Chesterfield Building, Durham, NC 27701
701 W. Main Street, Suite 510, Room 5140, Durham, NC 27701

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Impacts of Cannabis Use on Spermatogenesis - National Institute on Drug Abuse Course: Frontiers in Addiction Research and Pregnancy · June 8, 2021 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Virtual
The paternal preconception environment: Don't discount dads - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Epigenetics and Stem Cell Laboratories Seminar Series · February 18, 2021 Invited Talk Virtual
Packing a Punch: Preconception Paternal Priming of Potential Prental and Postnatal Problems from Partaking in Pot - Beyond Genes: Heritable Impacts of Tobacco, Cannabis and Related Products · November 20, 2020 International Meeting or Conference Virtual
Our Heritage: Beyond Our Father’s Genes? · October 20, 2020 National Scientific Meeting Womxn'sHealthCollaborative, Virtual
Cannabinoids and the sperm epigenome - Altered States of Cannabis Regulation: Informing Policy with Science · April 17, 2019 Invited Talk Duke Center on Addiction & Behavior Change, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Durham, NC
Is Smoking Weed Destroying Your Sperm? - Sunday Night Live with Cormac Moore · February 3, 2019 - February 3, 2019 Interview FM104 Dublin, Ireland
Paternal cannabinoid exposure alters the sperm methylome - Advanced Genetics, Genomic Medicine Conference · 2019 National Scientific Meeting Baltimore, MD
Keynote: Cannabis Use and the Sperm Epigenome - GradX Talks at Duke · April 4, 2018 Keynote/Named Lecture Society of Duke Fellows, Environment Hall, Duke University
Are there Earlier Origins of Early Origins? - Reproductive Sciences Laboratories Seminar Series · 2018 Invited Talk National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Research Triangle Park, NC
Cannabis Use Modifies the Human Sperm Methylome - Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Annual Meeting · 2017 Invited Talk Raleigh, NC
Environmental Influence on Preconceptional and Gestational DNA Methylation Profiles - Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Annual Meeting · 2016 Invited Talk Kansas City, Missouri
Communicating the Complexities of Scientific Research - Dissemination and Integration Session · 2016 Invited Talk Environmental Health Sciences Fest, 50-Year Anniversary Festival Honoring the NIEHS, Durham, NC
Epigenetic Impacts of Exposure, Past, Present and Future - United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cutting Edge Talk · 2016 Invited Talk Research Triangle Park, NC
Life Course of the Methylome - Barretos Cancer Hospital Research Seminars · 2016 International Meeting or Conference Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
#duetoepigenetics #whatdoesthatmean #mustbevoodooscience - Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units joint meeting with the Children’s Environmental Health Centers · 2015 Invited Talk Washington, DC
Life Cycle of the Epigenome - Toxicology Seminar Series · 2015 Invited Talk North Carolina State University
Communicating Epigenetics to the Public - Science Retreat on Epigenetics · 2015 Invited Talk National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Extramural Research and Training, Research Triangle Park, NC
Epigenetics and Imprinting in Preterm Birth: Implications for the Future, - Annual Meeting, Satellite Symposium · 2013 Invited Talk Society of Gynecologic Investigation, Orlando, FL
Dynamics of the Epigenome - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2012 Invited Talk University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO
DNA Methylation at Imprinted Gene Regulatory Regions: Utility as Biosensors for Historical Exposures - Qiagen Automation Roadshow · 2011 Invited Talk Qiagen, NC Biotech Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
Epigenetic Mechanisms and Genomic Imprintin - Epigenetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Current Knowledge, Existing Opportunities and Future Directions · 2011 Invited Talk Autism Speaks, Washington, DC
Seeking the Silenced in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer - Cellular and Molecular Biology Seminar Series · 2010 Invited Talk National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Research Triangle Park, NC
The Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST) - Qiagen Seminar · 2009 Invited Talk Qiagen Facility, Germantown, MD
The Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST) - Qiagen Roadshow · 2009 Invited Talk NC Biotech Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
Methylation of the IGF2/H19 Imprinted Domain in Early Development: the Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST). · 2008 Invited Talk Association of Molecular Pathology Meeting
Alteration of Cancer Causing Genes: Mutation and Promoter Methylation · 2005 Invited Talk Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 36th Annual Meeting, Miami, FL
Alteration of Cancer Causing Genes: Mutation and Promoter Methylation · 2005 Invited Talk Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 36th Annual Meeting, Miami, FL
Sequence-Dependent and -Independent Features of the Paramyxovirus Promoter that Govern Viral RNA Replication - Triangle Virology Spring Symposium · 1998 Invited Talk North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park, NC

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Bass Connections Team Leader - Impacts of Maternal Exposure to E-waste on Birth Outcomes · 2020 - 2021 Projects & Field Work flag China Global Health
Before Conception: Impact of Exposure on the Methylome - NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Webinar Series · 2017 Community Outreach
Epigenetic links between secondhand smoke exposure and ADHD - EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers Webinar Series · 2014 Community Outreach
Traffic Cops of the Genome - Periodic Tables Science Café · 2012 Community Outreach Durham Museum of Life and Science, Durham flag North Carolina
Speaker - Gail Parkins Memorial Ovarian Cancer Awareness Educational Forum · 2011 Community Outreach Raleigh flag North Carolina

Service to the Profession


Member, Grants Committee - Society for Reproductive Investigation · 2022 - 2025 Committee Service
Reviewer, Pennsylvania Department of Health · 2021 Other
NIH Study Section, ad hoc reviewer. - ZRG1 PSE-C (02) M NICHD Infectious Disease, Reproductive Health, Cancer and Aging · 2021 Committee Service National Institutes of Health
Chair - Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology · 2020 - 2021 Event/Organization Administration
Advisor · November 2019 Consulting Ohana Biosciences, Boston, MA
NIH Study Section, ad hoc member. Infectious Diseases, Reproductive Health, Asthma and Pulmonary Conditions (IRAP) · 2019 Committee Service National Institutes of Health
NIH Study Section, ad hoc member - ZES1 LWJ-K (U)2 NIEHS Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (HHEAR) U2Cs UnTargeted Analysis Review Committee · 2019 Other
NIH Study Section, ad hoc member - ZES1 LWJ-K (U2)2, NIEHS Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (HHEAR) U2Cs Targeted Analysis Review Committee · 2019 Other
Co-Chair - Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology · 2018 - 2019 Event/Organization Administration
Grant Reviewer · 2018 - 2019 Other John Templeton Foundation
Grant Reviewer · 2018 Other Pennsylvania Department of Health
NIH Study Section, ad hoc member - ZHD1 DSR-L (50) NICHD Integrative Research in Gynecology Health · 2017 Other
NIH Study Section, ad hoc member - ZGM1 RCB-Y (C1) NIGMS Review of COBRE Applications · 2017 Other
Grant reviewer - Target Ovarian Cancer (UK), Innovation in Ovarian Cancer Award · 2016 Other
Organizer - EHS Fest, Dissemination and Integration Panel · 2016 Event/Organization Administration National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham Convention Center, Durham, NC
NIH Study Section, ad hoc member - ZES1 LWJ-J (UC) Environmental Evaluation and Support Review Committee · 2015 Other
Peer Reviewer - Cancer and the Environment, DOHaD, Environmental Epigenetics, JCI, Nature Communications, Neurotoxicology, Placenta, Reproductive Toxicology, Epigenetics, Epigenomics, iScience · 2015 Editorial Activities
Editorial Review Board - Environmental Epigenetics · 2015 Editorial Activities Oxford Academic
Editorial Board - Genetics and Epigenetics · 2014 Editorial Activities Libertas Academica
Leader - Epigenetics Working Group · 2014 - 2017 Committee Service NIH/USEPA Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers
Organizer - Cognitive Impairment Caused by Developmental Neurotoxic Exposure: Mechanisms, Consequences and Therapeutic Treatment · 2014 Event/Organization Administration Durham, NC
Director - Duke Epigenetics and Epigenomics Program · 2014 - 2015 Event/Organization Administration Duke University
Grant reviewer - Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program, ECI Panel Member · 2014 Other
Grant reviewer - The John Templeton Foundation · 2014 Other
Grant reviewer - University of California at Los Angeles Seed Grant for Biomedical Research · 2014 Other
Grant reviewer - University of North Carolina Nutrition Center Grant · 2014 Other
Grant reviewer - Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research · 2013 Other
Organizer - How Epigenomic Effects Mediate Persisting Actions of Developmental Toxicants · 2013 Event/Organization Administration Durham, NC
Grant reviewer - Autism Speaks Basic and Clinical Grants Review Meeting · 2012 Other
NIH Study Section, ad hoc member - ZRG1 GGG-R (02) S Genes, Genomes and Genetics Review Group · 2012 Other
Grant reviewer - Mary Kay Foundation Innovative/Translational Research Grants · 2011 Other
Executive Committee Member - Duke Epigenetics and Epigenomics Program · 2011 Event/Organization Administration Duke University
Organizer - Environmental Epigenetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders Meeting · 2011 Event/Organization Administration Autism Speaks, Washington, DC
Grant reviewer - Autism Speaks Basic and Clinical Grants Review Meeting · 2011 Other
NIH Study Section, ad hoc member - ZRG1 OBT-A (55) R, Recovery Act Limited Competition · 2010 Other
Discussant - Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 39th Annual Meeting · 2008 Other Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, Tampa, Florida
Consultant - United States Department of Justice Autism vs. Secretary of Health and Human Services · 2008 Consulting
Grant Reviewer - Cancer Research UK · 2006 Other
Session Moderator - Stem Cells session; Environmental Epigenomics, Imprinting and Disease Susceptibility Conference · 2006 Event/Organization Administration National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC
Abstract Coordinator and Senior Reviewer - Environmental Epigenomics, Imprinting and Disease Susceptibility Conference · 2006 Event/Organization Administration National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Study section member - Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program OC-1 Panel Member · 2005 Other
NIH Study Section, ad hoc member - ZHD1 DRG-D (SG) Special Emphasis Panel Review Committee · 2004 Other
Treasurer - Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society · 1989 - 1991 Event/Organization Administration University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Service to Duke


Co-Leader . PRIME Faculty Mentoring / Coaching Committee · 2022 Professional Development Obstetrics and Gynecology
Curriculum Review Committee, Duke University Program in Environmental Health (Program) · 2021 Committee Service
Reviewer, Duke REACH Equity Career Development Awards · 2020 Other
Duke Women’s Reproductive Health Research Advisory Committee (Department) · 2020 Committee Service
Chair, Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program Admissions Committee (Program) · 2020 Committee Service Duke University
Academic Programs Committee (University) · 2018 - 2021 Committee Service Office of the Provost, Duke University
Charles Hammond Research Fund Committee (Department) · 2015 Committee Service Obstetrics and Gynecology
MGM702 Pathogenesis and Immunity Study Section · 2014 Editorial Activities School of Medicine
Director and Organizer . Duke Epigenetics and Epigenomics Program (DEEP) Mini-Symposium: Environmental Epigenetics · 2014 Event/Organization Administration Duke University
Director . Duke Epigenetics and Epigenomics Program · 2014 - 2015 Event/Organization Administration School of Medicine
Director and Organizer . Duke Epigenetics and Epigenomics Program Monthly Journal Club · 2014 - 2015 Other Duke University
DCI Gynecologic Cancer Research Meetings · 2012 - 2015 Event/Organization Administration Gynecologic Oncology
Reviewer . Path to Independence / K Club · 2011 Professional Development School of Medicine
Judge . AOA Medical Honor Society Scientific Research Symposium · 2011 - 2012 Event/Organization Administration School of Medicine
Executive Committee . Duke Epigenetics and Epigenomics Program (DEEP) · 2011 Event/Organization Administration School of Medicine

Academic & Administrative Activities


2020-2021       Faculty Advisor, DevilThon, Fundraising Organization for Duke Children’s Hospital, Part of the  Children’s Miracle Network

2020-               Co-PI, T32ES021432 Training Grant, Duke University Program in Environmental Health