Meghan B Skiba, PhD, MS, MPH, RDN

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Assistant Professor, Nursing, Biobehavioral Health Science
Biography
Dr. Meghan Skiba is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing Biobehavioral Health Science Division 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, mixed-methods, and data analysis. Her research has emphasis in biological aging, technology, 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.
Cancer Focus
The goal of my research is to connect cancer survivors and their caregivers to the tools and skills to live their healthiest life. My research has emphasis on healthy aging, women's health, rural populations, and dyadic health. I have formal training in nutritional sciences, health promotion, behavior measurement, and epidemiology. I take an integrative approach to research to understand the synergistic effects of nutrition, exercise, energetics, and bioactives and their roles in managing accelerated biological aging in cancer survivorship. I aim to build an innovative research program that incorporates analysis of large datasets, community-based participatory research methods, and sequential interventions to better understand and mitigate and the biological aging cascade in cancer.
Selected Publications
Skiba, M. B., M. Lopez-Pentecost, S. J. Werts, M. Ingram, R. M. Vogel, T. Enriquez, L. Garcia, and C. A. Thomson, "Health Promotion Among Mexican-Origin Survivors of Breast Cancer and Caregivers Living in the United States-Mexico Border Region: Qualitative Analysis From the Vida Plena Study.", JMIR Cancer, vol. 8, issue 1, pp. e33083, 2022 Feb 24. PMCID: PMC8914737 PMID: 35200150
Winters-Stone, K. M., K. S. Lyons, T. M. Beer, M. B. Skiba, and A. Hung, "A pilot feasibility study of Exercising Together© during radiation therapy for prostate cancer: a dyadic approach for patients and spouses.", Pilot Feasibility Stud, vol. 7, issue 1, pp. 216, 2021 Dec 08. PMCID: PMC8653603 PMID: 34879873
Skiba, M. B., E. T. Jacobs, T. E. Crane, L. M. Kopp, and C. A. Thomson, "Relationship Between Individual Health Beliefs and Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Physical Activity Among Cancer Survivors: Results from the Health Information National Trends Survey.", J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 2021 Aug 05. PMID: 34357819
Skiba, M. B., J. J. McElfresh, C. L. Howe, T. E. Crane, L. M. Kopp, E. T. Jacobs, and C. A. Thomson, "Dietary Interventions for Adult Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.", J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, vol. 9, issue 3, pp. 315-327, 2020 06. PMID: 31904297
Crane, T. E., M. B. Skiba, A. Miller, D. O. Garcia, and C. A. Thomson, "Development and Evaluation of an Accelerometer-Based Protocol for Measuring Physical Activity Levels in Cancer Survivors: Development and Usability Study.", JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, vol. 8, issue 9, pp. e18491, 2020 Sep 24. PMCID: PMC7545325 PMID: 32969828