Anna E. Epperson

Anna E. Epperson is an Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of California, Merced, affiliated with the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. She earned her Ph.D. (2016) and M.A. (2012) from UC Merced and California State University, Stanislaus, respectively, and a B.A. from UC Berkeley (2002).

Her research focuses on:

• Community-driven strategies to reduce risk behavior
• Racial/ethnic health disparities
• Tobacco use prevention
• Vaccine hesitancy
• Social and cultural factors in health behavior
• Indigenous/American Indian and Latine/Latino/a health
• Rural health interventions
• Targeted health messaging

She leads the Epperson Lab, which emphasizes community-guided approaches to addressing health disparities through culturally tailored strategies and partnerships with underserved populations.