Professor Anne Kavanagh is a medically trained epidemiologist who is well-known for her work on health inequalities and cancer screening programs.
Her research on health inequalities focusses on the importance of gender and social and economic disadvantage in relation to a range of health behaviours such as physical activity and diet and outcomes including diabetes, heart disease and mental health and wellbeing. Her work concentrates on the effects a range of social determinants of health including disability, the built environment, and housing.