Brittney Dixon’s research interests include identifying priority health issues and concerns in rural areas (all aspects of rural health including obesity, health insurance and end stage renal disease), health care access, health care policy, health care disparities, and the intergenerational transmission of eating habits. She hopes to find health care solutions to help those in rural and underserved areas, create health care policies and educate the next generation of public health workers and researchers. She is an alumna of Florida State University where she received both her BS degree in criminology and an MPH. After receiving her MPH, she was a Program Coordinator for Healthy Families Florida, a program that provides expectant parents and the parents of newborns with educational materials, community resources and provides needed support to families throughout the child’s developmental process up until the age of five.