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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Ann Rogers, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion

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Ann Rogers, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Promotion of the UNMC College of Public Health. Previously, she was a Research Group Project Manager in the Department of Health Promotion.
  • 2023, PhD, Health Practice and Medical Education Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • 2019, MPH, Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • 2016, BS, Nutrition & Exercise Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Improvement of physical activity and nutrition behaviors among children and adolescents for the prevention of cancer and other chronic conditions
  • Measurement of community and setting characteristics and their influence on preventive health behaviors
  • Whole-of-community interventions, particularly in rural communities
  • Local surveillance, including the collection, feedback, and use of data to inform population health improvement efforts
  • Essay, A. M., Schlechter, C. R., Mershon, C. A., Fial, A. V., Ellison, J., Rosenkranz, R. R., & Dzewaltowski, D. A. (2021). A scoping review of whole-of-community interventions on six modifiable cancer prevention risk factors in youth: A systems typology. Preventive Medicine153, 106769.

  • Schenkelberg, M. A., Essay, A. M., Rosen, M. S., Bavari, A. E., Norgelas, S. J., Rosenkranz, R. R., Welk, G. J., & Dzewaltowski, D. A. (2021). A protocol for coordinating rural community stakeholders to implement whole-of-community youth physical activity surveillance through school systems. Preventive Medicine Reports24, 101536. 

  • Essay, A. M., Schenkelberg, M. A., Von Seggern, M. J., Rosen, M. S., Schlechter, C. R., Rosenkranz, R. R., & Dzewaltowski, D. A. (2023). A protocol for a local community monitoring and feedback system for physical activity in organized group settings for children. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 20(5), 385–393. 

  • Rosen, M. S., Rogers, A. E., Von Seggern, M. J., Grimm, B. L., Ramos, A. K., Schenkelberg, M. A., Idoate, R. E., & Dzewaltowski, D. A. (2024). Investigate-Design-Practice-Reflect: An Iterative Community-Engaged Action Process to Improve Population Health. Journal of Community Health

  • Rogers, A. E., Wichman, C. S., Schenkelberg, M. A., & Dzewaltowski, D. A. (2024). Inequality in Children’s Physical Activity Across Time-Segmented Youth Sport Practice. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1–13. 

  • International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences