Cheryl Godwin De Medina
Clinical Research Coordinator
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Cheryl is a Clinical Research Coordinator working on the Research team for the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment. She has worked on several projects since joining PRHE, including the Chemicals in Our Bodies 2 study and Pregnancy Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (PEEC). She currently works on the ECHO study (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes).

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She coordinates the pregnancy study visits, and follows participants from the second trimester of pregnancy through delivery. Prior to her role at PRHE, she worked on the HPV Teen Study for the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, which studied the effect of HPV on the immune system in adolescent and young women. After graduating from UC Berkeley, she worked as a Rural Public Health volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps in Ecuador, S.A.

Education & Training

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• Bachelor's Microbiology and Immunology University of California, Berkeley 1982

Interests

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• Environment
• Autism
• Social justice
• Maternal/child health
• Reproductive health

Publications (3)

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Polymerase Chain ReactionRisk-TakingVaginal DouchingUterine Cervical NeoplasmsPhotographySelf CarePapillomaviridaeCervix UteriPapillomavirus InfectionsContraception BehaviorVaginal SmearsSexual BehaviorDNA, ViralContraceptives, OralSmoking

• Comparison of natural histories of human papillomavirus detected by clinician- and self-sampling.
  International journal of cancer 2010 Moscicki AB, Widdice L, Ma Y, Farhat S, Miller-Benningfield S, Jonte J, Jay J, de Medina CG, Hanson E, Clayton L, Shiboski S
• The role of sexual behavior and human papillomavirus persistence in predicting repeated infections with new human papillomavirus types.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2010 Moscicki AB, Ma Y, Jonte J, Miller-Benningfield S, Hanson E, Jay J, Godwin de Medina C, Farhat S, Clayton L, Shiboski S
• Factors that influence the rate of epithelial maturation in the cervix in healthy young women.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2009 Hwang LY, Ma Y, Benningfield SM, Clayton L, Hanson EN, Jay J, Jonte J, Godwin de Medina C, Moscicki AB