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Bang Hai Nguyen, Dr.P.H. Research Scientist, Northern California Cancer Center Consulting Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Dept. of Health Research & Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine Member, Stanford Cancer Center

2201 Walnut Avenue, Suite 300
Fremont, California 94538-2334
E-mail: bnguyen@nccc.org
Phone: 510-608-5000
Fax: 510-608-5085

Research Interests:

• Cancer prevention and control
• Intervention to promote nutrition, physical activities, tobacco control, and colorectal, breast and cervical cancer and hepatitis B screening.
• Community-based participatory research, dissemination, health disparities, and the medically underserved 

Selected Research Projects:

All research projects (3)


Selected Research Publications:

Somkin CP, McPhee SJ, Nguyen T, Stewart S, Shema SJ, Nguyen B, Pasick R. The effect of access and satisfaction on regular mammogram and Papanicolaou test screening in a multiethnic population. Med Care 2004;42:9: 914-26.   

Walsh JM, Kaplan CP, Nguyen B, Gildengorin G, McPhee SJ, Pérez-Stable EJ. Barriers to colorectal cancer screening in Latino and Vietnamese Americans. Compared with non-Latino white Americans. J Gen Intern Med 2004;19:2: 156-66.   

Nguyen BH, Vo PH, Doan HT, McPhee SJ. Using focus groups to develop interventions to promote colorectal cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans. J Cancer Educ 2006;21:2: 80-3.   

Nguyen BH, McPhee SJ, Stewart SL, Doan TH.  Colorectal cancer screening in Vietnamese Americans.  J Cancer Educ  2008;23: 37-45.

Chang ET, Nguyen BH, So SKS. Attitudes toward hepatitis B and liver cancer prevention among Chinese Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.  Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev 2009;9: 1-8.

 All publications (10)


Education:

Professional Memberships, Professional Activities, and Awards:
1989-1998 Co-founder and Chair, Board of Directors, Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center
2003 Ad hoc member, Scientific Review Committee, NCI
2003-2006  Member, Institutional Review Board, Northern California Cancer Center
2006-2009 Member, American Cancer Society, California Division, Diversity/Disparities Team
2005-2007  Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Seton Senior Center
2006-2009 Chair, Board of Directors, Vietnamese American Community Center of the East Bay
2004-present  Senior Advisor, Pan Asian Council Member, Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training
2006-present  Member, Vietnamese REACH Health Coalition
1990-present  Member, American Public Health Association
2005-present  Member, American Society of Preventive Oncology


Web site Links:
Stanford website for Dr. Nguyen:
http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bang_Nguyen/



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