Rate My Professor Allison Anbari

Allison B. Anbari, PhD, RN, is an Assistant Professor in Health Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia's Sinclair School of Nursing. She earned her PhD in Nursing from the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing in 2017, with a graduate minor in Nursing Education, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Lester L. Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences in 2004, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a finance emphasis from Truman State University in 2001. Her career includes serving as Assistant Research Professor at the Sinclair School of Nursing from 2018 to 2021, Assistant Professor at Missouri State University School of Nursing from 2016 to 2018, and various clinical nursing roles such as Research Nurse at the Sinclair School and staff nurse positions at institutions including Cox Health and Select Specialty Hospital. Anbari's research program centers on the cancer care continuum from prevention to survivorship, with a particular emphasis on breast cancer survivors in rural settings. She investigates public health communications about alcohol and cancer risk, survivorship comorbidities such as lymphedema, cardiac symptoms, weight gain, pain, and fatigue, and strategies to enhance quality of life and access to resources for underserved populations.