Anne Elizabeth Glassgow, PhD

Anne Elizabeth Glassgow, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics in the University of Illinois College of Medicine at UIC. Her research focuses on individual, spatial and structural determinants of health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities who have historically been underrepresented in research. She was the Project Director and co-investigator on the P60 Center of Excellence in Eliminating Cancer Disparities, P60 ARRA Supplement-Comparative Effectiveness Research for Eliminating Disparities, and P60- Environmental Supplement, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). She led the research and analysis related to diagnostic resolution of abnormal mammography on a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of patient navigation in early detection and treatment of breast cancer in women residing in medically underserved areas. She is the Executive Director of the HRSA funded Illinois Maternal Health Innovation Program, Innovations to Improve Maternal Outcomes in Illinois (I-PROMOTE-IL). In addition, she is the Medical Director of the UI Health Two-Generation Clinic, a clinic she helped develop to improve the health and mental health of postpartum mothers, fathers and their infants. She is Co-Principal Investigator of the NIH funded U54 University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence. Her research in social epigenetics examines how social experiences and adversity impact biology and increase the risk for disease, poor health and mental health, and ultimately contribute to maternal health disparities.