Anika Hines PhD, MPH, MEd

Dr. Anika L. Hines is a published interdisciplinary public health researcher focused on chronic stress within the context of neighborhoods and the broader social environment. Using a multidisciplinary approach and community-based participatory methods, she seeks to: 1) understand mechanisms by which stress facilitates chronic disease progression among racial/ethnic groups; 2) identify modifiable targets for intervention; and 3) devise responsive, multi-level, evidence-based strategies to eliminate health disparities. Upon graduation from the Johns Hopkins General Internal Medicine Fellowship, she was awarded the 2018 Fatemeh Vahabzadeh Award for her cross-collaborative research in these areas. She holds a Ph.D. in Health and Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an MPH in Health Policy and Administration from Yale University, a Master of Education in Counseling from VCU, and a BS degree in biological sciences from the Hampton University Honors College.