Anne is a full Professor in the School of Nursing at Memorial University of Newfoundland where she teaches community health. Her primary two areas of research are breast screening effectiveness, particularly population-based mammography screening, and the worklife of nurses.
Previous roles at Memorial include Director of the Centre for Nursing Studies, Co-director of the Centre for Collaborative Health Professional Education, and Principal of an Atlantic-wide graduate program in applied health services research.
She has served on a number of local, provincial, national and international boards of directors, primarily related to breast cancer, and has done international work in Nicaragua and Malawi.