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

  • One in four California adolescent girls have had human papillomavirus vaccination. Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2009 Feb.. View in PubMed
  • Country recommendations on the inclusion of HPV vaccines in national immunization programmes among high-income countries, June 2006-January 2008. Vaccine. 2008 Dec 02; 26(51):6529-41.. View in PubMed
  • Cervical cancer screening among Thai women in Northern California. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Apr; 17(3):393-401.. View in PubMed
  • Cervical cancer screening among foreign-born women by birthplace and duration in the United States. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Dec; 16(10):1447-57.. View in PubMed
  • A content analysis of news coverage of the HPV vaccine by U.S. newspapers, January 2002-June 2005. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2006 Sep; 15(7):803-9.. View in PubMed