Clinical Medicine Insights: Women's Health

Nicole Powell-Dunford is an assistant professor of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Bethesda, Maryland, USA) and the current Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General for Women’s Health. She obtained her medical degree at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2001 and is board certified in Family Medicine and Aerospace Medicine. She is a fellow of the American Association of Family Practitioners and holds a Master of Public Health from UTMB Galveston. In 2015 she was awarded the Haley writing award for medical research and was nationally recognized for oral contraceptive pill research in 2002. Her military assignments include international exchange officer, deputy commander for clinical services, brigade surgeon and director of the primary flight surgeon course.

Dr. Powell-Dunford’s interests include women’s health care in the austere setting, oral contraceptive pills, menstrual suppression and cancer screening in women.

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