Alice Guan, PhD, MPH

Title(s)Assistant Researcher, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #2846
San Francisco CA 94158
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-9075-4230 Additional info
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    University of California, San FranciscoPhD2024Epidemiology

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    A lifecourse approach to evaluating the effect of structural stigma on cancer risk factors among sexual minorities
    NIH F31CA257351Aug 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Latino Enclaves and Healthcare Accessibility: An Ecologic Study Across Five States. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Sep 16. Guan A, Shariff-Marco S, Henry KA, Lin K, Meltzer D, Canchola AJ, Arizpe A, Rathod AB, Hughes AE, Kroenke CH, Gomez SL, Hiatt RA, Stroup AM, Pinheiro PS, Boscoe F, Zhu H, Pruitt SL. PMID: 39285075.
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    2. Opioid overdose deaths are prominent in urban counties within the USA: an observational cross-sectional study. Br J Anaesth. 2024 Aug 28. Patankar AV, Octaviano R, Gurachar N, Chen AW, Guan A, Hung GA, Kikuta N, Jamal A, Srinivasan M, Bacong AM, Huang RJ, Kim GS, Palaniappan LP, Gross ER. PMID: 39209699.
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    3. Inequities in food access during the COVID19 pandemic: a multilevel, mixed methods pilot study. Res Sq. 2024 Aug 09. Aepala MR, Guan A, Cruz T, Sowell J, Mattias B, Lin K, Hassberg AH, Shariff-Marco S, DeRouen MC, Akom A. PMID: 39149448; PMCID: PMC11326391.
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    4. Acculturating to multiculturalism: a new dimension of dietary acculturation among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA. BMC Public Health. 2024 Aug 06; 24(1):2128. Tan JY, Guan A, Albers AE, Canchola AJ, Allen L, Shariff-Marco S, Gomez SL. PMID: 39107722; PMCID: PMC11302078.
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    5. A validation study for measuring Asian- and Hispanic-serving sociocultural institutions in neighborhoods using business listing data and potential implications for health. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Sep; 356:117143. Morey BN, Garcia S, Lin K, Canchola AJ, Alexeeff SE, Kurtovich EM, Uong S, Aoki RF, Guan A, Torres JM, Shariff-Marco S, Yao S, Kushi LH, Gomez SL, Kroenke CH. PMID: 39032193; PMCID: PMC11330724.
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    6. Lessons Learned from Immigrant Health Cohorts: A Review of the Evidence and Implications for Policy and Practice in Addressing Health Inequities among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Annu Rev Public Health. 2024 May; 45(1):401-424. Guan A, Talingdan AS, Tanjasiri SP, Kanaya AM, Gomez SL. PMID: 38109517; PMCID: PMC11332134.
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    7. Patient and physician perspectives on treatments for low-risk prostate cancer: a qualitative study. BMC Cancer. 2023 Dec 05; 23(1):1191. Guan A, Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Chung BI, Shim JK, Allen L, Kuo MC, Lau K, Loya Z, Brooks JD, Cheng I, DeRouen MC, Frosch DL, Golden T, Leppert JT, Lichtensztajn DY, Lu Q, Oh D, Sieh W, Wadhwa M, Cooperberg MR, Carroll PR, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. PMID: 38053037; PMCID: PMC10696696.
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    8. Asian American Women's Experiences of Discrimination and Health Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Immigr Minor Health. 2024 Apr; 26(2):421-425. Wang K, Guan A, Seto J, Oh DL, Lau K, Duffy C, Castillo E, McGuire V, Wadhwa M, Tepper CG, Wakelee HA, DeRouen MC, Shariff-Marco S, Cheng I, Gomez SL. PMID: 37882970; PMCID: PMC10937770.
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    9. Dignified Resources and Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Qualitative Study of Racially and Economically Marginalized Communities. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Oct 16. Guan A, Cruz T, Sowell J, Mathias B, Hassberg AH, Shariff-Marco S, Akom A, DeRouen MC. PMID: 37843779.
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    10. Asian American Enclaves and Healthcare Accessibility: An Ecologic Study Across Five States. Am J Prev Med. 2023 12; 65(6):1015-1025. Guan A, Pruitt SL, Henry KA, Lin K, Meltzer D, Canchola AJ, Rathod AB, Hughes AE, Kroenke CH, Gomez SL, Hiatt RA, Stroup AM, Pinheiro PS, Boscoe FP, Zhu H, Shariff-Marco S. PMID: 37429388; PMCID: PMC10921977.
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    11. Understanding the Predictors of Low Take-Up of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): A Nationwide Longitudinal Study. Matern Child Health J. 2023 Oct; 27(10):1795-1810. Guan A, Batra A, Seligman H, Hamad R. PMID: 37286848; PMCID: PMC10247269.
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    12. Predictors of WIC uptake among low-income pregnant individuals: a longitudinal nationwide analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 06; 117(6):1331-1341. Collin DF, Guan A, Hamad R. PMID: 37088228; PMCID: PMC10447486.
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    13. Factors that influence treatment decisions: A qualitative study of racially and ethnically diverse patients with low- and very-low risk prostate cancer. Cancer Med. 2023 03; 12(5):6307-6317. Guan A, Shim JK, Allen L, Kuo MC, Lau K, Loya Z, Brooks JD, Carroll PR, Cheng I, Chung BI, DeRouen MC, Frosch DL, Golden T, Leppert JT, Lichtensztajn DY, Lu Q, Oh DL, Sieh W, Wadhwa M, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. PMID: 36404625; PMCID: PMC10028041.
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    14. Effects of the revised WIC food package on women's and children's health: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Nov 02; 22(1):806. Guan A, Batra A, Hamad R. PMID: 36324108; PMCID: PMC9628263.
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    15. Engaging Asian American Communities During the COVID-19 Era Tainted With Anti-Asian Hate and Distrust. Am J Public Health. 2022 11; 112(S9):S864-S868. Cheng J, Tsoh JY, Guan A, Luu M, Nguyen IV, Tan R, Thao C, Yu E, Lor D, Pham M, Choi J, Kim M, Stewart SL, Burke NJ. PMID: 36108257; PMCID: PMC9707711.
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    16. Commentary: Racism and structural violence: Interconnected threats to health equity. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:958436. Abdiwahab E, Guan A, Hong C, Gomez SL. PMID: 36148358; PMCID: PMC9485596.
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    17. An economic evaluation of cabazitaxel versus a second androgen receptor-targeted agent (ARTA) for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer previously treated with docetaxel and an ARTA: the United States payer perspective. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Jul 14; 22(1):916. Morgans AK, Hutson T, Guan AKD, Garcia D, Zhou A, Drea E, Vogelzang NJ. PMID: 35836170; PMCID: PMC9284907.
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    18. Asian American/Pacific Islander and Hispanic Ethnic Enclaves, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in California: An Update. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 02; 31(2):382-392. Sangaramoorthy M, Yang J, Guan A, DeRouen MC, Tana MM, Somsouk M, Thompson CA, Gibbons J, Ho C, Chu JN, Cheng I, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. PMID: 34853019; PMCID: PMC8825691.
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    19. An investigation of quantitative methods for assessing intersectionality in health research: A systematic review. SSM Popul Health. 2021 Dec; 16:100977. Guan A, Thomas M, Vittinghoff E, Bowleg L, Mangurian C, Wesson P. PMID: 34869821; PMCID: PMC8626832.
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    20. Individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic status and risk of aggressive breast cancer subtypes in a pooled cohort of women from Kaiser Permanente Northern California. Cancer. 2021 12 15; 127(24):4602-4612. Aoki RF, Uong SP, Gomez SL, Alexeeff SE, Caan BJ, Kushi LH, Torres JM, Guan A, Canchola AJ, Morey BN, Lin K, Kroenke CH. PMID: 34415571; PMCID: PMC8997171.
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    21. Appropriate Use of the Asian American Demographic Category in Health Disparities Research. Am J Public Health. 2021 Jun; 111(6):e15-e16. Guan A, Mukherjea A. PMID: 33950726; PMCID: PMC8101574.
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    22. Neighborhood Ethnic Composition and Self-rated Health Among Chinese and Vietnamese American Immigrants. J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Jun; 23(3):574-582. Guan A, Kim-Mozeleski JE, Vyas P, Stewart SL, Gildengorin G, Burke NJ, Ma K, Pham AT, Tan J, Lu Q, McPhee SJ, Tsoh JY. PMID: 32617753; PMCID: PMC8208464.
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    23. The Revised WIC Food Package and Child Development: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Pediatrics. 2021 02; 147(2). Guan A, Hamad R, Batra A, Bush NR, Tylavsky FA, LeWinn KZ. PMID: 33495370; PMCID: PMC7906068.
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    24. Disentangling individual and neighborhood differences in the intention to quit smoking in Asian American male smokers. Prev Med Rep. 2020 Jun; 18:101064. Vyas P, Tsoh JY, Gildengorin G, Stewart SL, Yu E, Guan A, Pham A, Burke NJ, McPhee SJ. PMID: 32226728; PMCID: PMC7093831.
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    25. Unpacking the 'black box' of lay health worker processes in a US-based intervention. Health Promot Int. 2020 Feb 01; 35(1):5-16. Burke NJ, Phung K, Yu F, Wong C, Le K, Nguyen I, Nguyen L, Guan A, Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY. PMID: 31916578; PMCID: PMC7245050.
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    26. Unpacking the 'black box' of lay health worker processes in a US-based intervention. Health Promot Int. 2020 02 01; 35(1):173. Burke NJ, Phung K, Yu F, Wong C, Le K, Nguyen I, Nguyen L, Guan A, Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY. PMID: 30715323; PMCID: PMC8204647.
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    27. Breast Cancer in San Francisco: Disentangling Disparities at the Neighborhood Level. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 12; 28(12):1968-1976. Guan A, Lichtensztajn D, Oh D, Jain J, Tao L, Hiatt RA, Gomez SL, Fejerman L, San Francisco Cancer Initiative Breast Cancer Task Force. PMID: 31548180; PMCID: PMC6891202.
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    28. Serious quit attempts and cessation implications for Asian American male smokers. Addict Behav. 2020 01; 100:106129. Guan A, Kim-Mozeleski JE, Tan JY, McPhee SJ, Burke NJ, Sun A, Cheng JW, Tsoh JY. PMID: 31627162; PMCID: PMC7354905.
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    29. Unpacking the 'black box' of lay health worker processes in a US-based intervention. Health Promot Int. 2018 Dec 01. Burke NJ, Phung K, Yu F, Wong C, Le K, Nguyen I, Nguyen L, Guan A, Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY. PMID: 30508130.
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