Meghan B Skiba

Biography

Dr. Meghan Skiba is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona. She received her doctorate in Health Behavior Health Promotion from the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has additional formal graduate training in epidemiology and nutritional sciences, and completed post-doctoral training at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Skiba has experience delivering remote diet and physical activity interventions as well as health coaching, accelerometry, community-engaged research, and advanced data analytics. Her research has emphasis in biological aging, digital health, and dyads. She is interested in addressing cancer health disparities by connecting cancer survivors and their caregivers to the skills and behaviors to live their healthiest and longest life.

Degrees

• Postdoctoral Fellowship Exercise Oncology
• Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States
• MPH Epidemiology
• University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Oxylipins and Adenoma Status in Individuals at Risk for Colorectal Cancer
• Ph.D. Health Behavior Health Promotion
• University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Exploration of Lifestyle and Health Behaviors in Cancer Survivorship Populations
• Dietetic Internship Medical Nutrition Therapy
• University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
• Graduate Certificate College Teaching
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
• M.S. Nutritional Sciences
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Dietary Associations with Biomarkers of Breast Cancer Risk in Women on Adjuvant Tamoxifen Therapy
• B.S. Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States

Awards

• Early Investigator Advancement Program (EIAP)
• Center to Reduce Cancer Health DisparitiesNational Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute, Spring 2025
• Outstanding Poster Award
• Arizona Rural Health Professionals, Spring 2023