Associate Director for Population Sciences

Roger Anderson, PhD

Roger Anderson, PhD, is the Cancer Center’s Associate Director for Population Sciences. In this role he brings together, organizes and cultivates population sciences research focused on cancer prevention, treatment and outcomes so that UVACCC excels in its mission to improve the health and well-being of the population it serves. Specifically, he works to develop sound knowledge and evidence on how to effectively lower the cancer burden among diverse populations, reduce cancer health disparities locally and nationally, and to facilitate, test and implement the translation of new knowledge and technology to practice in our communities. For his work, he was honored in 2022 as American Cancer Society Researcher of the Year.

He is also Professor of Public Health Sciences and Director of the Department’s Division of Prevention, Equity, and Population Health Outcomes Research, which works to identify social inequities in research and healthcare with a focus on delivering services to underserved groups.

Dr. Anderson is trained in social epidemiology and health services research and has a 30-year background in clinical and population research. His research interests include cancer health disparities, evaluating the benefits of health care and treatments on patient outcomes, access to health care in rural Appalachia, and the healthcare system and policy effects on population health