Dejun Su, PhD
Dr. Dejun Su is a Professor in the Department of Health Promotion at the College of Public Health, UNMC.
From 2012 to 2022, Dr. Su served as the Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the College of Public Health, UNMC. His leadership at the center was recognized by the University of Nebraska System President’s Excellence Award in Innovation, Development, and Engagement that Dr. Su received in 2023.
Prior to joining UNMC in 2012, Dr. Su was an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas-Pan American where he also served as the Director of the South Texas Border Health Disparities Center.
- PhD. in Sociology, University of Chicago, 2006
- M.A. in Demography, Peking University, China, 1999
- B.A. in Sociology, Peking University, China, 1996
As a medical sociologist, Dr. Su’s research centers on the economic, social, cultural, and technological factors underlying disparities in health and healthcare access, as indicated by his over 100 peer-reviewed publications on these topics. Part of Dr. Su’s work focuses on developing community health workforce to address health disparities, as indicated by his receiving a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to train 240 community health workers across Nebraska.
Dr. Su received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the UNMC Chancellor in 2022.
- Ern J, Chaidez V, Tout K, Karsting K, Su D. (2023). Perspectives on Certification of Community Health Workers: a Statewide Mixed-Methods Assessment in Nebraska. Public Health Nursing, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13198
- Alshehri, K., Wen, M., Michaud, T., Chen, B., Li, H., Qu, J., Chen, L., Li, J., Zhang, D., Li, Y., Chen, Z., Han, X., Shi, L., & Su, D. Experience of Racial Discrimination Was Associated with Psychological Distress and Worsening Sex Life among Adult Americans During COVID-19. The Journal of Sex Research. 2023. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2221673
- Su D, Alshehri K, Ern J, Chen B, Chen L, Chen Z, Han X, King K, Li H, Li J, Li Y, Michaud T, Shi L, Ramos AK, Wen M, Zhang D (2022). Racism experience among American adults during COVID-19: a mixed-methods study, Health Equity 6:1, 1–10, DOI: 10.1089/heq.2022.0070.
- Michaud TL, Estabrooks PA, You W, Ern J, Scoggins D, Gonzales K, King KM, Dai H, Su D. (2022). Effectiveness of incentives to improve the reach of health promotion programs- a systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107141.
- Su D, Alshehri K, Pagan JA. (2022). Income inequality and the disease burden of COVID-19: Survival analysis of data from 74 countries. Preventive Medicine Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101828.
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