Megan Benka-Coker is an Associate Professor in Health Sciences at Gettysburg College. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania in Health Sciences and Globalization Studies in 2009, and obtained her Master’s Degree in Public Health from Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health in Global Health with a concentration in community development in 2011. She also received a graduate certificate in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She earned her Ph.D. from Colorado State University in Environmental Health and Epidemiology. Her work focuses on household air pollution and the health impacts of exposure to biomass burning.