Ana Jafarinia

Ana Jafarinia is a Project Manager at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, where responsibilities include serving as Project Director for the ASPiRE Center and the Tobacco Treatment Program. Previously, Jafarinia worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at UNC Health, focusing on research related to weight stigma and patient outcomes. Additional experience includes roles at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Jafarinia contributed to the ASPiRE project on tobacco retailer density, and positions at Caterpillar Inc. and The Home Depot involving marketing and engineering. Jafarinia holds a Master of Public Health in Global Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, supplemented by a minor in Engineering & Business.