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Megan S. McHenry

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1991
HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsGlobal Maternal and Child HealthChild Nutrition and Water AccessGlobal Health and SurgeryHIV Research and Treatment

Publications

125

Citations

1,135

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1991

Research summary
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Megan S. McHenry conducts global child health research, focusing on how HIV exposure and other early-life factors affect the neurological and cognitive development of children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya. Her work includes developing screening tools and service delivery models for children with disabilities and studying pregnancy and newborn health outcomes. She also contributes to policy statements on children affected by armed conflict and human trafficking.

Pediatric HIV and neurodevelopmentGlobal maternal and child healthNeurodevelopmental screening in low-resource settingsChildhood disability and service deliveryGlobal health education and equity

Publication activity has grown over the past decade, rising from around 6-9 papers per year in the late 2010s to a peak of 18 in 2025, with an average of about 12 per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through January 2027 — about under a year of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH R01HD104552through Jan 2027 · $650k awarded

    Predicting neurodevelopmental risk in children born to mothers living with HIV in Kenya

3 earlier awards
  • NIH R21AI180840Jan 2024 – Nov 2025 · $295k awarded

    Assessing the Impact of Treatment of Asymptomatic Malaria Infections on Inflammation and Cognition in Schoolchildren

  • NIH R21MH127570Jul 2021 – Jul 2024 · $158k awarded

    Advancing the science of neurocognitive physiology in adolescents living with HIV

  • NIH K23MH116808Sep 2018 – Apr 2023 · $178k awarded

    Neurodevelopmental screening in children born to HIV-infected mothers in Kenya

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 5,073 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 1,135cohort median 2,525
h-index: 17cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 12.4cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~7 · 4% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 54 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.4/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 9 publications202021: 13 publications212022: 12 publications222023: 13 publications232024: 10 publications242025: 18 publications18252026: 9 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 4 collaborators at the same institution2020: 14 collaborators at the same institution2021: 2 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 8 collaborators at the same institution2024: 6 collaborators at the same institution2025: 6 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of IMPRS×10
  • PEDIATRICS×5
  • Research Square×5
  • PLoS ONE×4
  • Cureus×4
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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