Melina Windon earned her medical degree at the University of Connecticut and completed an Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery residency and T32 research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. She went on to complete a Head and Neck Cancer and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan, and is now practicing at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Her research interests include head and neck cancer survivorship, quality and delivery in rural areas, and the epidemiology of head and neck cancers, particularly those linked to HPV.