Robyn Anderson, Ph.D, MS, MPH

Professor, Director of BS in Public Health

Education

Ph.D. in Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh
M.P.H. in Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh
M.S. in Exercise and Sport Science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
B.S. in Health and Physical Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Biography

Robyn Anderson teaches graduate and undergraduate students as a full-time professor in public and community health at Liberty University where she specializes in epidemiology. For 22 years she taught undergraduate students as a professor in the integrative physiology and health science department at a private college in mid-Michigan. During this time Professor Anderson also engaged in school-based research conducting surveillance of cardiovascular risk factors in youth.

Professional Memberships

American Association of Public Health
Society for Public Health Education

Courses Taught

HLTH 350: Introduction to Public and Community Health
HLTH 503: Principles of Epidemiology
HLTH 650: Field Epidemiology
HLTH 552: Chronic Disease Prevention and Management

Research Interests

Overweight/Obesity in Youth
Physical Activity
Epidemiology as Prevention for Chronic Disease

Select Publications

Accuracy of Self-Reported Weight Compared to Measured BMI among Rural Middle School Students in Michigan, Journal of Public Health, 2018.
The Effects of an Eight-Week Aquatic Exercise Program on Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) in the Elderly Population, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2013.
The Effects of Land and Water Exercise Programs on Functional Balance in Older Adults, International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 2010.