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Susan K. Murphy, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Reproductive Sciences in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center.  Dr. Murphy has secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Pathology and in the Duke Nicholas School of the Environment, Division of Environmental Science and Policy.  The Murphy Lab is studying ovarian cancer biology, including ovarian cancer stem cells and dormancy, the establishment and maintenance of DNA methylation in humans and how epigenetic deregulation is associated with neurodevelopment and disease.