Jennifer Tsui, PhD

Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Image of Jennifer Tsui, PhD
Is this your profile? Click to edit

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

  • Patient-Physician Communication Experience Modifies Racial/Ethnic Health Care Disparities Among Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Participants With Colorectal Cancer and Multiple Chronic Conditions. Med Care. 2025 03 01; 63(3):256-265.. View in PubMed
  • A Rising Tide Raises All Ships: Was the Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Cancer Outcomes Similar Across Subgroups of Patients With Cancer on Medicaid? AJPM Focus. 2025 Feb; 4(1):100301. Koroukian SM, D . View in PubMed
  • Early COVID-19 Vaccine Initiation and Completion Among Cancer Survivors and Barriers to Vaccine Completion: Implications for Future COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Rates. Cancer Med. 2024 Nov; 13(22):e70428.. View in PubMed
  • Identifying the intersection of parental HPV and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy to inform health messaging interventions in community-based settings. Vaccine. 2024 11 14; 42(25):126129.. View in PubMed
  • Use of concept mapping to inform a participatory engagement approach for implementation of evidence-based HPV vaccination strategies in safety-net clinics. Implement Sci Commun. 2024 Jun 26; 5(1):71.. View in PubMed
  • Understanding Clinic and Community Member Experiences with Implementation of Evidence-Based Strategies for HPV Vaccination in Safety-Net Primary Care Settings. Prev Sci. 2024 04; 25(Suppl 1):147-162.. View in PubMed
  • Examining multilevel influences on parental HPV vaccine hesitancy among multiethnic communities in Los Angeles: a qualitative analysis. BMC Public Health. 2023 03 22; 23(1):545.. View in PubMed
  • Understanding medical mistrust and HPV vaccine hesitancy among multiethnic parents in Los Angeles. J Behav Med. 2023 04; 46(1-2):100-115.. View in PubMed
  • Disparities in HPV vaccine knowledge and adolescent HPV vaccine uptake by parental nativity among diverse multiethnic parents in New Jersey. BMC Public Health. 2022 01 29; 22(1):195.. View in PubMed
  • Predictive Model for 82Rb Generator Bolus Times as a Function of Generator Lifetime. J Nucl Med Technol. 2022 Mar; 50(1):38-42.. View in PubMed