Bio
Dr. Hsing is a professor of medicine at Stanford University. A senior fellow for the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford University, Dr. Hsing has conducted population-based epidemiological studies on four continents, including North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. She is a leading expert in the epidemiology and etiology of prostate, hepatobiliary, and thyroid cancers as well as in hormonal carcinogenesis and circadian rhythm. Throughout her 22-year tenure at National Cancer Institute, Dr. Hsing developed extensive expertise in molecular epidemiology, global oncology, cancer prevention, and population-based studies in international settings. She has served on numerous committees and advisory boards, most recently as a member of the Editorial Board of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention and as an academic editor of PLOS ONE. She also has served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Epidemiology and the Department of Urology at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., as well as in the Department of Public Health of Fu Jen Catholic University’s School of Medicine in Taiwan. Dr. Hsing has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, written seven book chapters, and mentored over 50 post-doctoral fellows and scholars.
Dr. Hsing currently serves as PI on the following funded projects:
• Stanford WELL for Life Study - a longitudinal study of 30,000 individuals in 5 countries (US, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Thailand) to advance the science of well-being
• A study to assess patterns and trends of liver cancer in the Greater Bay area and in California and to project liver cancer burden in 20 years;
• A pilot study in the Bay area to investigate non-viral factors of liver cancer;
• A pilot study to investigate the clinical utility of ctNDA in post-treatment surveillance of liver cancer in Mongolia;
• A whole genome sequencing study of aggressive thyroid cancer to identify novel prognostic factors;
She also serves as the Stanford PI of a consortium study of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of prostate cancer in the African countries of Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, and South Africa. More recently, her her work involves big data studies using such resources as the National Health Insurance Research Database, SEER-Medicare, and other large administrative claims and medical record databases to identify clinically relevant questions to help inform clinical practice.
Academic Appointments
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Professor (Research), Medicine
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Professor (Research), Epidemiology and Population Health
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Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Administrative Appointments
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Chair, Pacific Rim Alliances for Population Health (PRAPH) (2017 - Present)
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Faculty Fellow, Center for Population Health Sciences (2017 - Present)
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Co-leader, Population Sciences Program, Stanford Cancer Institute (2015 - 2019)
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Faculty Fellow, Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford School of Medicine (2015 - Present)
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Chair, LDCT Lung Cancer Screening Working Group, Stanford Cancer Institute (2015 - Present)
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Chair, Liver Cancer Working Group, Stanford Cancer Institute (2014 - Present)
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Chief Scientific Officer, Cancer Prevention Institute of California (2012 - 2015)
Honors & Awards
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Member, American Epidemiological Society
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Member and Chair, Membership Committee, American Epidemiological Society (2016)
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Member, American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Cancer Prevention Committee
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Chair, American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) Membership Committee
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Fellow, American College of Epidemiology
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Senior Fellow, Center for Innovation in Global Health
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NIH, Merit Award
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NIH, Mentoring Award
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NIH, Women in Science Monograph
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NCI, Special Award for leadership as Women Scientist Adivsor
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NCI, Women Scientist Advisor Achievement Award
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Member, Editorial Board, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
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Academic Editor, PLOS ONE
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Cancer Prevention Committee, American Society of Preventive Oncology (2015 - Present)
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Member and Chair of Membership Committee, American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) (2012 - Present)
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Member, American Epidemiological Society (AES) (2003 - Present)
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Member, African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) (2000 - Present)
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Member, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (1984 - Present)
Professional Education
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Post-doctoral Fellowship, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology
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Post-doctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Molecular Epidemiology
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Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Epidemiology
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M.P.H., University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Biostatistics
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B.S., Summa Cum Laude, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Public Health