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.

Anbari has secured notable funding, including the Survey of Missouri Breast Cancer Survivors grant as Principal Investigator from 2025 to 2027, Doolin Nurse Research Fellow award for 2024-2025, Missouri Center for Addiction Research and Engagement project as Multiple Principal Investigator from 2023 to 2024, and University of Missouri Early Career Development Fellowship from 2022 to 2025. Her key publications include "Exploring the Influence of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Women’s Perceptions and Experiences with Perinatal Cannabis Use: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis" (Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2026), "‘This needs to be told to everyone’: Content Analysis of Written Immediate Responses from an Online Experiment Examining Health Warning Messages about Alcohol Consumption and Breast Cancer Risk" (PLoS One, 2025), "Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema and Quality of Life: A Qualitative Analysis over Years of Survivorship" (Chronic Illness, 2021), and "Breast Cancer Survivorship in Rural Settings: A Systematic Review" (Supportive Care in Cancer, 2020). She contributes to university committees including Budget, Search, and PhD Curriculum, advancing nursing education and research in cancer survivorship.