Megan Rich Hu, PhD

Megan Rich Hu, PhD has diverse work experience in various roles and industries. From 2022 onwards, they serve as the Principal Investigator at Root Healing | Iboga, where they lead research efforts. In 2021 and 2022, they worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Megan'sresearch involved developing and implementing a protocol for noninvasive drug and gene delivery to target brain regions using focused ultrasound. Megan applied this technique to destabilize fear memory traces in a rodent model of PTSD. Prior to that, from 2014 to 2021, they held multiple roles at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, including Postdoctoral Researcher and Graduate Research Assistant in the field of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience. Megan also worked as a Researcher I at Denver Health from 2011 to 2014. Additionally, Megan has volunteered as a Voting Member of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) from 2013 to 2014, overseeing and reviewing animal research protocols. In earlier years, they held positions as a Community Access Facilitator at Jewish Family Service and as a Residential Counselor at Imagine!

Megan Rich Hu, PhD began their education in 2005 at East Carolina University, where they pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Megan continued their studies in psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2007 to 2010, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 2014, Megan enrolled at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where they pursued a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biomedical Sciences with a specialization in Neuroscience. Megan successfully completed their PhD in 2020.