Dejun Su, PhD

Associate Professor & Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities

Department of Health Promotion
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

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, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
• 2010-2012: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX
• 2009-2012: Director, South Texas Border Health Disparities Center, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX
• 2006-2010: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX

Education

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

Research Interests

• Part of my research concerns social determinants of health and mortality, especially how risk exposure in early life, occupational career, social relationships, and life style can help explain health disparities. The second area of my research focuses on disparities in health care access, utilization, and outcomes, and how medical technology such as telemedicine has been impacting these disparities.

Selected Publications

• Zhang, D., Shi, L., Ido, M., Green, D., Li, Y., Su, D., Hess, D. (2019). Impact of Participation in a Telestroke Network on Clinical Outcomes:  Evidence from the Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 12:e005147. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005147
• Siahpush M, Farazi PA, Wang H, Robbins RE, Singh GK, Su D. (Accepted April 2019). “Muscle-strengthening physical activity is associated with cancer mortality: Results from the 1998-2011 National Health Interview Surveys – National Death Index record linkage.” Cancer Causes and Control.
• Wang H, Roy S, Kim J, Farazi PA, Siahpush M, Su D. (Accepted April 2019) “Colorectal cancer screening barriers in rural United States: a systematic review.” The Journal of Rural Health.
• Zhou, J., Britigan, D., Wang, H., Rajaram, S., Su, D. (2019). Changes in Leisure Time Physical Activity Preferences and Hypertension Risk. American Journal of Health Behavior 43(1):145-157 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.43.1.12.
• Su, D., Michaud T, Estabrooks, P., Schwab, R., Hansen, L., DeVany, M., Zhang, D., Li, Y., Pagan, J., Mohammad, S. (2018). Diabetes Management through Remote Patient Monitoring: The Importance of Patient Activation and Engagement with the Technology. Telemedicine and e-Health. http://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2018.0205
• Su, D., Wang, H., Michaud, T., Toure, D., Do, K., Tak, HJ.  (2018). “Acculturation and Unmet Health Needs among Refugees in Omaha, Nebraska”. J Immigr Minor Health. doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-0723-8
• Su, D., Zhou, J., Kelley, M., Michaud, T., Siahpush, M., Kim, J., Wilson, F., Stimpson, J., Pagan, J. “Does Telemedicine Improve Treatment Outcomes for Diabetes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Results from 55 Randomized Clinical Trials” Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 116 (2016) 136-148.
• Su, D. et al. (2016). “Mental Health Disparities within the LGBT Population:  A Comparison between Transgender and Non-Transgender Individuals” Transgender Health. 1(1): 12-20. doi:10.1089/trgh.2015.0001
• Kim, J., Wilson F., ElRayes, WM, Su, D, Oleynikov, D., Morien, M., and Chen, LW. 2015. “Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy”. BMJ Open. 2015; 5(4): e007409. doi:  10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007409
• Su, D., Stimpson, J. P., Wilson, F. 2015. “Racial Disparities in Mortality among Middle-Aged and Older Men: Does Marriage Matter?” American Journal of Men’s Health. 9(4) 289–300 PMID:24963098

Professional Affiliations

• American Public Health Association