Mya L. Roberson

Mya L. Roberson, PhD, MSPH serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, contributing to one of the nation's premier public health institutions through research and academic leadership.

Her academic credentials include:

• BA with honors in Public Health from Brown University (2016)
• MSPH in Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2018)
• PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2021)

Dr. Roberson's research program fundamentally addresses healthcare disparities through innovative methodological approaches, specializing in cancer care delivery systems and health equity frameworks. She actively applies epidemiologic methods to health services research while pioneering patient-engaged methodologies in genomic service delivery and cancer survivorship studies. Her work critically examines administrative healthcare data to identify systemic barriers and develop precision medicine interventions that advance equitable public health outcomes.

Her research portfolio spans nine interconnected domains where Cancer and Health Equity serve as foundational pillars, supported by specialized expertise in Social Epidemiology and Administrative Healthcare Data analysis. These fields synergistically integrate Healthcare Delivery systems research with Patient-Engaged Research methodologies, extending into Cancer Survivorship models, Precision Medicine implementation, and strategic Public Communication frameworks for vulnerable populations.