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Quynh Nguyen Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

Quynh Nguyen, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

Associate Professor

Epidemiology and Biostatistics
2234B School of Public Health
College Park , Maryland 20742
Office Phone: 301-405-6425

Education:

  1. Ph.D. in Epidemiology (Concentration: Social Epidemiology), UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2011
  2. M.S.P.H. in Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2009
  3. B.A. in Human Biology (Concentration: Social stratification), Stanford University, 2005

Biography:

Dr. Quynh Nguyen is a social epidemiologist focusing on contextual and economic factors as they relate to health. She has extensive experience using numerous national and international population-based health surveys to examine social and economic predictors of health, and to quantify national and international patterns in health disparities. Her current research program focuses on creating and validating neighborhood indicators constructed from nontraditional Big Data sources such as social media data. She is principal investigator of two NIH K-award career development grants through the Big Data to Knowledge Initiative (BD2K) to pursue this research program (K01ES025433; K01ES025433-03S1).