Anh N. Tran, PhD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Vice Chief of Education for the Division of Community Health, and a faculty member of the Duke Cancer Institute. She serves as Associate Director of the Primary Care Leadership Track (PCLT) and leads the PCLT Third Year Research Study Program.  Dr. Tran received her MPH in Community Health Sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed a Fogarty International Center fellowship in Vietnam focused on HIV/AIDS research with youth. She earned her PhD in Health Behavior and Health Education from the UNC-Chapel Hill, where she was a predoctoral fellow in the NCI Cancer Control and Education Program at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Tran is a leader in health professions education and workforce development, with extensive experience designing and directing interdisciplinary training programs for current and future health professionals. Dr. Tran directs the Johnson & Johnson–sponsored national Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Program and serves as faculty lead for one of the Family Medicine Residency Program’s signature training components, the Population Health Improvement Teamwork (PHIT) project.  Her education leadership roles also include directing the Duke Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Leadership Program and previously leading the Duke Advanced Practice Provider Leadership Institute (APPLI) and the Duke–Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program for advanced practice nurses and their teams. Dr. Tran teaches across programs, including community-engaged health curricula for medical, physician assistant, and graduate students. 

In parallel, Dr. Tran leads community-engaged research and implementation initiatives focused on advancing health equity in underserved populations. With more than three decades of experience, her work spans domestic and international settings and addresses culturally responsive care, patient–provider communication, mental health, cancer health disparities, and chronic and infectious disease prevention. Her work emphasizes translating evidence into practice through scalable, community-partnered interventions that improve patient-centered outcomes in real-world settings.