Scholars@Duke
Susan Kay Murphy

Susan Kay Murphy

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

Recent Courses

BIOETHIC 700: Research Independent Study in Bioethics and Science Policy
Spring 2025, Fall 2025
NEUROSCI 493: Research Independent Study 1
Fall 2025
NEUROSCI 494: Research Independent Study 2
Spring 2026

Teaching Activities

1994-1997, Medical Microbiology Laboratory Instructor, Wake Forest University

1994-1997, Advanced Topics in Microbiology and Immunology Instructor, Wake Forest University

1997, Medical Microbiology Tutor, Wake Forest University

1997, Fundamentals of Virology, ad hoclecturer, Wake Forest University

2000, Duke University Bioinformatics Shared Resources Seminar Series: An Introduction to Profile          Hidden Markov Models

2004, Duke University Bouncer Program Undergraduate Summer Research Program 

2006, Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy Summer Fellowship Program      (National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates)

2005-2007, Independent Research, Mentor (Honors Research): Imprinted NNAT: a Potential Epigenetic Biomarker of Ovarian Cancer

2012-2014, Independent Research, Mentor (Honors Research): The Role of Imprinted Gene MEG3 in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

2013-2016, Independent Research, Mentor (Honors Research): Male Overweight/Obesity and Sperm Epigenome Disturbances at Differentially Methylated Regions of Imprinted Genes

2017-2018, Independent Research, Mentor (Honors Research):Effects of Cannabis-Linked Changes in DNA Methylation on AHRR Gene Transcription

2018-2019, Independent Research, Mentor (Honors Research): Analyzing the Heritable Effects of Nicotine Exposure on the Sperm Epigenome

2019-2020, Independent Research, Mentor: Let's Be Blunt: The effect of cannabis-associated DNA methylation on downstream transcription of multiple repeats in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AHRR) gene in sperm cells


Lecturer

PATH 786.01 / Duke Merits: 2013, 2016
PATH-786 / Translational Pathobiology: 2017
ENV-537 / Environmental Health : 2015, 2016
CBI-206 / Anesthesiology-445C (Physiology and Medicine of Extreme Environments): 2015
ENV-290 / Special Topics in Environmental Sciences and Policy: 2016
ENV-819 / Mechanisms in Toxicology: 2017
HOUSECS 59.14 /  House Course (Intro to Epigenetics: How Environment Shapes Our Genes): 2018
PATH 787 / Basic Biology of Cells as a Function of Age; Implication for Disease; 2021
ENV/PHARM 815 / Neurotoxicology; 2023