PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program
Area of Interest
Anissa I. Vines, PhD, has research interests in community-based research, chronic disease epidemiology and cancer.
She has extensive experience developing and leading initiatives to reduce and eliminate barriers to health access through research engagement with the community; programs to train health scholars; and development and use of innovative research methods and approaches.
Her epidemiological research centers on understanding the effects of stress and coping on chronic conditions such as uterine fibroids, obesity and Type 2 diabetes. In addition, she uses peer support as an approach in her community-engaged scholarship to address cancer access and barriers.
