As Acting Deputy Director of the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, Dr Anderson has an interest in cancer registration working internationally in this area. Her research focuses on infection and immunoepidemiology. Ongoing research includes infectious agents and their association with oesophageal cancer, HPV and oropharyngeal cancer outcomes, cervical cancer screening and trends in cervical pre-malignancy diagnosis. Dr Anderson’s research also focuses on cancer research in low and middle income countries including Angola, Africa and Vietnam.