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Gail E. Henderson, PhD

Professor of Social Medicine

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Office:
347A MacNider
CB# 7240
Chapel, NC 27599

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Gail E. Henderson, PhD

Professor of Social Medicine

Areas of Interest

Genomics and society, bioethics

About

Dr. Henderson’s research on health care in China has spanned three decades. In 1984, she co-authored The Chinese Hospital, and in 1989 was co-investigator on the NICHD-funded China Health and Nutrition Survey. She served as a consultant to the China CDC National Center for AIDS Prevention and Control, and the Malawi National Health Research Council, organizing ethics and IRB training workshops, which were foundations for her work with the UNC CFAR. In 2007, her work on the social aspects of HIV/AIDS in China was extended through an NICHD R24, “Partnership for Social Science Research on HIV/AIDS in China,” in which she collaborated with the Peoples University of China and the Nanjing National Center for STD Control, and produced a special issue of AIDS and Behavior in 2014. Her decision-making study for HIV cure trials in Bangkok addresses ethical issues raised by high-risk, low-benefit clinical research in a global context. With RTI social scientist, Dr. Holly Peay, she was funded by NIMH from 2021-2024 to create a decision aid for people considering HIV cure trials.

Education 

  • Undergraduate

    Oberlin College

  • M.A.

    University of Michigan