Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Institution Review Board, Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC) (2003 - 2006)
Professional Education
| DrPH: | UC Berkeley, Public Health (1998) |
| MPP: | Harvard University, Public Policy (1986) |
| BA: | UCLA, Economics (1983) |
Community and International Work
- Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training's Pan Asian Council, San Francisco&suffix=researcher
- Vietnamese Community Center of the East Bay, Oakland&suffix=researcher
- Vietnamese Reach for Health Coalition, Santa Clara County&suffix=researcher
- Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project's Community Advisory Board, San Francisco&suffix=researcher
- American Cancer Society Diversity/Disparity Team, California&suffix=researcher
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Dr. Nguyen is interested in prevention and early detection of breast, cervical, colorectal, and liver cancer. He is a principal investigator on a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a lay health worker intervention supported by a media campaign to increase colorectal cancer screening in Vietnamese Americans.
Publications
- Colorectal cancer screening in Vietnamese Americans. J Cancer Educ. 2008 Jan-Mar; (1): 37-45
- Using focus groups to develop interventions to promote colorectal cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans. J Cancer Educ. 2006; (2): 80-3
- Barriers to colorectal cancer screening in Latino and Vietnamese Americans. Compared with non-Latino white Americans. J Gen Intern Med. 2004; (2): 156-66
- The effect of access and satisfaction on regular mammogram and Papanicolaou test screening in a multiethnic population. Med Care. 2004; (9): 914-26
- Validation of recall of breast and cervical cancer screening by women in an ethnically diverse population. Prev Med. 2002; (5): 463-73
- Abnormal Pap smear follow-up in a high-risk population. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001; (10): 1015-20
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