Jennifer Tsui, PhD

Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

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Overview

Dr. Tsui is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine at USC and Cancer Control Program Co-Leader and Director of Cancer Care Delivery Research and Implementation Science at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is also a faculty member of the USC Gehr Family Center For Health Systems Science And Innovation. Dr. Tsui is a health services researcher and implementation scientist with a focus on reducing inequities in cancer care access, quality, and outcomes through implementation of evidence-based strategies and health system, community, and policy level interventions, particularly among marginalized populations served in safety-net health care settings. Dr. Tsui currently leads a National Cancer Institute funded study that examines implementation of evidence-based strategies for HPV vaccination in safety-net settings. She is also MPI on a National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities study to examine structural racism and healthcare inequities among cervical cancer survivors. Dr. Tsui received her PhD in Health Policy & Management from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and her MPH in Epidemiology from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Research Funding

  • Assessing Cervical Cancer Healthcare Inequities in Diverse Populations: The ACHIEVE Study
    NIH · 5R01MD01825 · May 5, 2023 – Nov 30, 2027 · Role: Principal Investigator (MPI)
  • Advancing the implementation of evidence-based strategies for HPV vaccination in safety-net primary care settings
    NIH · R37CA242541 · Aug 20, 2020 – Apr 30, 2024 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Geographic access to care and HPV vaccine uptake among ethnic minority girls
    AHRQ · Sep 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 · Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

  • Building capacity for equitable cervical cancer screening and follow-up in an FQHC-NCI cancer center partnership: a mixed-methods study of multilevel implementation determinants. BMC Prim Care. 2026 May 22; 27(1).. View in PubMed
  • Modification and validation of the teen vaccine hesitancy scale toward vaccines for adolescents. Vaccine. 2026 Apr 02; 77:128385.. View in PubMed
  • Nonadherence to Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines in Commercially Insured US Adults, 2013-2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Dec 01; 8(12):e2548512.. View in PubMed
  • Erratum: Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among New Jersey Medicaid Enrollees: 2017-2022. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2025 Sep; 9:e2500256.. View in PubMed
  • Provider and Organizational Factors Impacting Routine Cancer Screening Among Older Medicaid Enrollees. Health Serv Res. 2026 Apr; 61(2):e70030.. View in PubMed
  • Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among New Jersey Medicaid Enrollees: 2017-2022. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2025 08; 9:e2500055.. View in PubMed
  • Association of Medicaid expansion with colon cancer care: treatment patterns and survival in non-metastatic cases from state registry-claims data. Cancer Causes Control. 2025 Oct; 36(10):1263-1274.. View in PubMed
  • Structural Racism in Cervical Cancer Care and Survival Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Inequities and Barriers. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2025; 12(1):7.. View in PubMed
  • Methods for community-engaged data collection and analysis in implementation research. Implement Sci Commun. 2025 Apr 07; 6(1):38.. View in PubMed
  • Assessing multilevel barriers and facilitators to implementing strategies for cancer screening among Asian Americans in federally qualified health centers: a case study of a community-clinic partnership to improve care for safety-net patients. Transl Behav Med. 2025 Jan 16; 15(1).. View in PubMed