Tung T. Nguyen, MD

Research Summary

Dr. Nguyen is the Stephen J. McPhee, MD Endowed Chair in General Internal Medicine and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). A general internist with a panel of diverse patients, Dr. Nguyen teaches medical students and residents about medicine, health disparities, and community-based participatory research (CBPR). He has conducted CBPR and intervention research with diverse populations including Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans on cancer control, tobacco control, hepatitis B and C screening, nutrition and physical activity, and end-of-life care.

Dr. Nguyen is the UCSF Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA and also the Director of the UCSF CTSI Research Action Group for Equity (RAGE) Program, which aims to increase diversity among UCSF research participants.

At the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Nguyen is CoLeader of the Cancer Control Program (http://cancer.ucsf.edu/research/programs/cancer-control/) and Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA).

Dr. Nguyen is Director of the Asian American Research Center on Health (ARCH; www.asianarch.org), which has over 40 individual and organizational members dedicated to improving the health of Asian Americans.

Through these roles, Dr. Nguyen has addressed health disparities and health equity through research, training, and community engagement.

Dr. Nguyen served as a Commissioner on President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from 2011 to 2014 and as the Chair of the Commission from 2014 to 2017.

Research Funding

• July 18, 2016 - June 30, 2026 - Clinical and Translational Science Institute , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: UL1TR001872
• September 15, 2020 - May 31, 2025 - Access and use of long-term services and supports for older adults living alone with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias from four racial/ethnic groups , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01AG069147
• September 26, 2014 - June 30, 2024 - SF BUILD: Enabling full representation in science , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: TL4GM118986
• September 26, 2014 - June 30, 2024 - SF BUILD: Enabling full representation in science , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: UL1GM118985
• September 26, 2014 - June 30, 2024 - SF BUILD: Enabling full representation in science , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: RL5GM118984
• September 1, 2018 - June 30, 2023 - University of California Minority Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) Development and Trial Center (UCaMP) to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U54CA233306
• September 30, 1997 - June 30, 2023 - Center for Aging in Diverse Communities: Ending Health Inequities in Older Adults , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P30AG015272
• August 5, 1999 - May 31, 2023 - Cancer Center Support Grant , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P30CA082103
• September 1, 2014 - November 30, 2021 - A Family-Focused Intervention for Asian American Male Smokers , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01DA036749
• September 13, 2010 - December 31, 2017 - AANCART: The National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Health Disparitie , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U54CA153499
• September 1, 2009 - July 31, 2015 - Lay Health Workers and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Chinese Americans , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA138778
• March 1, 2011 - February 28, 2014 - A family intervention to reduce smoking among Chinese and Vietnamese men , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R21DA030569
• March 12, 2008 - January 31, 2014 - Reducing disparities in colorectal cancer screening in Vietnamese Americans , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA132660
• July 6, 2010 - September 30, 2013 - Expanding Vietnamese Community and Academic Infrastructure for Health Research , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: RC4MD005709
• September 14, 2007 - August 31, 2013 - Statewide Communication to Reach Diverse Low Income Women , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA129096
• May 6, 2005 - September 29, 2012 - ASIAN AMERICAN NETWORK FOR CANCER AWARENESS RESEARCH &TRAINING , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U01CA114640
• September 29, 2006 - August 31, 2012 - Liver Cancer Control Interventions for Asian Americans , Project Leader . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P01CA109091
• July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2010 - SFSU/UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Partnership Program , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U56CA096216
• April 4, 2000 - March 31, 2006 - ASIAN AMERICAN NETWORK FOR CANCER AWAREN, RESEARCH &TRG , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U01CA086322