Margaret (Maggie) Prior grew up in Michigan and studied Biology as an undergraduate at DePaul University in Chicago. She then completed graduate work in Pharmacology and her MD at Wayne State University in Detroit. She graduated from the OB/Gyn residency program at Beaumont Health in the Detroit area. During her residency, she became interested in global health while spending time working in Kenya with a particular interest in HPV testing and cervical cancer research. In her free time, she is an avid runner, and loves to travel and read. She is a fellow at Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo in Malawi and at the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico.