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Megan C. Roberts

Megan C. Roberts, PhD, is a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member with research interests in evaluating and improving the implementation of genomic medicine. In particular, she is interested in implementation research aimed at improving quality of care and reducing racial disparities in cancer prevention and treatment.

PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
Director, Implementation Science in Precision Health and Society, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program

Area of interest

Megan Roberts, PhD, is an associate professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy and the Director of Implementation Science in Precision Health and Society at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Her research focuses on evaluating and improving the implementation of genomic medicine. In particular, she is interested in implementation research aimed at improving quality of care and reducing racial disparities in cancer prevention and treatment. Her ongoing research assesses:

  1. The extent to which individuals disclose genetic findings to family members
  2. Adherence to genetic testing guidelines for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
  3. Health services use following receipt of genetic results

Currently her funded research focuses on developing and evaluating a toolkit for the implementation of population genetic screening programs across the US (MPI Roberts: 1R01 HG013851-01). In addition, she has ongoing research to adapt an intervention to a to improve cascade screening (i.e., testing of relatives) in families with Lynch Syndrome, a hereditary cancer condition (PI Roberts: 1R21 HG013417-01), as well as a conference grant to convene and build capacity in precision public health (PI/MPI Roberts: R13 CA261073).

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Awards and Honors

  • New Presenter Award, American Public Health Association, Genomics Forum, 2018
  • Gene Orringer Junior Faculty Career Development Program (TraCS KL2) Scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018
  • Collaborative Research Award for Fellows in Training, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, The National Cancer Institute, 2018
  • Fellows Award for Research Excellence, National Institutes of Health, 2017
  • Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program Merit Award, Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, The National Cancer Institute, 2017
  • Trans-fellowship Research Award, Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, The National Cancer Institute, 2017
  • Trans-fellowship Research Award, Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, The National Cancer Institute, 2016
  • Jean G. Yates Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2015
  • Delta Omega Honorary Society of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2015
  • Catalyst Award, Screening and Compound Profiling Department, GlaxoSmithKline, 2011
  • Catalyst Award, Screening and Compound Profiling Department, GlaxoSmithKline, 2011
  • GlaxoSmithKline Bronze Award, for significant scientific contributions to a drug discovery program, GlaxoSmithKline, 2010
  • Bonner Scholar, Bonner Scholarship Program, Davidson College, 2003-2007
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