Dejun Su, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health
Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities             
College of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center                                                       
                                  
Professional Summary

• 2012- present Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
• 2012- present Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
• 2010-2012  Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA), Edinburg, TX
• 2009-2012 Director of the CDC-Sponsored South Texas Border Health Disparities Center, UTPA, Edinburg, TX
• 2006-2010 Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, UTPA, Edinburg, TX
• Graduate Advisor in the Sociology Master Program from 2007 to 2009

Education

• Ph.D.  Sociology University of Chicago  2006
• M.A. Demography Peking University, China 1999 
• B.A. Sociology Peking University, China 1996        

Research Interests

• Social Demography, Medical Sociology, Health Research and Policy

Selected  Publications

• Su, D., Esqueda O., Li L., Pagan J. A. (2012) “Income Distribution and Obesity Prevalence: Evidence from 31 OECD Countries.” Journal of Biosocial Science 44, 417–432. [PMID: 22214551]
• Su, D. and Wang D. (2012) “Acculturation and Cross-Border Utilization of Health Services”. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 14:563–569. DOI 10.1007/s10903-011-9518-x. [PMID: 21874358]
• Su, D., Richardson C., Wen M., Pagán J. A. (2011) “Cross-Border Utilization of Health Care: Evidence from a Population-Based Study in South Texas” Health Services Research 46 (3):859-876. [PMID: 21158855]
• Su, D. and Li L. (2011) “Trends in the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States: 2002-2007” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 22 (1) 296-310. [PMID: 21317523]
• Su, D., Richardson C., Wang G. (2010) “Assessing Cultural Assimilation among Mexican Americans: How Fast Do Their Gender-Role Attitudes Converge to the U.S. Mainstream?” Social Science Quarterly 91 (3) 762-776. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00718.x
• Pagán, J.A., Su, D., Li L., Armstrong K., Asch D.A. (2009). “Explaining disparities in genetic testing awareness for cancer risk across U.S. ethnic/racial groups.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 37 (6): 524-530. [PMID: 19944919]
• Su, D. (2009). “Occupational Career and Risk of Mortality among Union Army Veterans.” Social Science and Medicine 69 (3): 460-468. [PMID: 19552993]
• Su, D. (2009). “Risk Exposure in Early Life and Mortality at Older Ages: Evidence from Union Army Veterans.” Population and Development Review 35 (2): 275-295. [PMID: 20209063]
• Su, D., Li L, & Pagán JA. (2008). “Acculturation and the use of complementary and alternative medicine.” Social Science and Medicine, 66: 439-453. [PMID: 17923180]

Professional Affiliations

• American Public Health Association
• Population Association of America
• American Sociological Association