Sue E Kim, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

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Overview

Sue Kim, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at USC. As a health services researcher, she has been leading research projects that focus on health care service delivery and management, health care reform and policy, particularly with emphasis on cancer prevention and health care utilization in low-income and ethnically diverse communities. She also leads the Health Services and Policy concentration in the MPH program and teaches courses in health care delivery and quality in health care.

Education and Training

  • University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA — PhD
  • University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA — MPH

Publications

  • Bariatric surgery in patients with breast and endometrial cancer in California: population-based prevalence and survival. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Jan; 18(1):42-52.. View in PubMed
  • Insurance coverage change and survivorship care among young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Health Serv Res. 2022 02; 57(1):159-171.. View in PubMed
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis of Allowing Additional Time in Cleaning Hospital Contact Precautions Rooms. Hosp Top. 2021 Jul-Sep; 99(3):130-139.. View in PubMed
  • Assessing Disparities in Lung Cancer Incidence for Gender Minority Individuals Using California Cancer Registry Data. Chest. 2021 06; 159(6):2491-2493.. View in PubMed
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Case to Cover Undocumented Immigrants in California. Health Equity. 2020; 4(1):500-504.. View in PubMed
  • Evaluation of a Digital Diabetes Prevention Program Adapted for Low-Income Patients, 2016-2018. Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 11 27; 16:E155.. View in PubMed
  • Insurance Coverage, and Having a Regular Provider, and Utilization of Cancer Follow-up and Noncancer Health Care Among Childhood Cancer Survivors. Inquiry. 2019 Jan-Dec; 56:46958018817996.. View in PubMed
  • Evaluation of a digital diabetes prevention program adapted for the Medicaid population: Study design and methods for a non-randomized, controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2018 Jun; 10:161-168.. View in PubMed
  • A Survey of Self-Management and Intrusiveness of Illness in Native Americans with Diabetes Mellitus. Care Manag J. 2014 12; 15(4):170-183.. View in PubMed
  • Telephone care management’s effectiveness in coordinating care for Medicaid beneficiaries in managed care: a randomized controlled study. Health Serv Res. 2013 Oct; 48(5):1730-49.. View in PubMed