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
- Vietnamese Community Center of the East Bay, Oakland
- Vietnamese Reach for Health Coalition, Santa Clara County
- Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project's Community Advisory Board, San Francisco
- American Cancer Society Diversity/Disparity Team, California
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

