Megan’s work on a national level includes expert testimony consultation and teaching on issues ranging from sexual violence, intimate partner violence, human trafficking and strangulation. Megan also served as the Principal Investigator for the Women’s Health Study, a national research project seeking to better understand the recovery process after sexual assault, as well the Nonfatal Strangulation Study, aiming to increase recognition of the acute and delayed complications of strangulation, and to identify standards of care. Megan served as the Director of the Colorado SANE/SAFE Project, which provides medical forensic education to healthcare providers throughout Colorado. This team provides medical forensic care to over 2,300 patients per year who are victims of violence. Megan served as the Clinical Manager of the Forensic Nurse Examiner Team at Memorial Hospital, University of Colorado Health in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Dual board certified as a SANE-A and a SANE-P. She became a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in 2007. She earned her doctorate in nursing leadership in 2020 from Grand Canyon University, and her MSN and CNS in Forensic Nursing from The University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in 2008. Megan has been practicing as a nurse for 24 years and as a forensic nurse for 14 years. Megan Lechner DNP, APRN, CNS, SANE-A, SANE-P
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