Research Spotlight: Linda Duska, MD, MPH, on Advancing GYN Cancer Care With Clinical Trials

A gynecologic oncologist and researcher, Linda Duska, MD, MPH, has worked to make UVA Health a regional destination for clinical research in gynecologic cancers. In the past year, her research led to FDA approval of a new treatment for advanced cervical cancer, and she was part of a national endometrial cancer trial that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Duska's goal is for every GYN cancer patient here to have the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial and receive access to a novel treatment that might help them.

She discusses how recent clinical trials at UVA Health have advanced the standard of care for cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancer, allowing women with cancer to access new and exciting treatments for their disease. And she answers our questions about what she's working on now, and the most intriguing aspect of her clinical research.

Watch Duska discuss why she loves clinical research as she studies novel therapies for gynecologic cancers.