Dian Gu, PhD

Title(s)Postdoctoral Scholar, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address2320 Sutter Street, #001
San Francisco CA 94115
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    Nanjing Medical University, ChinaBSPublic Health Administration
    Emory University, AtlantaMPHBehavioral Sciences and Health Education
    The University of Texas, HoustonPHDHealth Economics/Health Services Research

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    Dian Gu is a postdoctoral fellow at Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE), UCSF. She received her PhD in Health Economics/Health Services Research from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Along with her PhD study, she was a PhD trainee in MD Anderson Cancer Center. In that role, she gained experience in applying health economics to cancer research, collaborating on manuscripts with clinicians on multiple projects concerned with cancer patients’ healthcare utilization, expenditures, and health outcomes. After finishing her PhD, she joined the Institute for Health & Aging at UCSF. In the work there, she mainly performed data analyses and collaborated on manuscripts with professors on a wide range of tobacco economics research projects. During the fellowship at CTCRE, Dian is interested in 1) Estimating negative consequences of tobacco and substance use among different vulnerable populations; 2) Identifying groups that need more effective tobacco cessation interventions; 3) Evaluating tobacco control policies and interventions on vulnerable populations.

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    Evaluation of a smoking cessation intervention for people experiencing homelessness
    California Tobacco Related Diseases Research Program T33FT6588Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Cigarette smoking status and COVID-19 hospitalization in the context of cannabis use: An electronic health record cohort study in northern California. Addict Behav Rep. 2024 Dec; 20:100565. Gu D, Ha P, Kaye JT, Fiore MC, Tsoh JY. PMID: 39429806; PMCID: PMC11489153.
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    2. Smoking-Attributable Health Care Expenditures for US Adults With Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e2413869. Gu D, Sung HY, Calfee CS, Wang Y, Yao T, Max W. PMID: 38814643; PMCID: PMC11140527.
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    3. Association between tobacco product use and respiratory health and asthma-related interference with activities among U.S. Adolescents. Prev Med Rep. 2024 May; 41:102712. Yao T, Lea Watkins S, Sung HY, Wang Y, Gu D, Chen Lyu J, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 38586468; PMCID: PMC10995971.
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    4. Factors Associated with Smoking Cessation and the Receipt of Cessation Services in a Public, Safety-Net Primary Care System. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jul; 39(9):1657-1665. Gu D, Rafferty H, Vijayaraghavan M. PMID: 38332442; PMCID: PMC11254873.
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    5. Cost-effectiveness analysis of ovarian function preservation with GnRH agonist during chemotherapy in premenopausal women with early breast cancer. Hum Reprod. 2023 06 01; 38(6):1099-1110. Huang Y, Huang X, Huang X, Lin S, Luo S, Gu D, Weng X, Xu X. PMID: 37075316.
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    6. Racial and sociodemographic predictors of COVID-19 compared with influenza, appendicitis, and all-cause hospitalization: retrospective cohort analysis. Ethn Health. 2023 08; 28(6):836-852. Raphael E, Azar KMJ, Gu D, Shen Z, Rubinsky A, Wang M, Pantell M, Lyles CR, Fernandez A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Pressman A, Nasrallah C, Hamad R. PMID: 36907661; PMCID: PMC11472853.
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    7. Association between e-cigarette use and food insecurity among low-income adults. Tob Control. 2023 08; 32(e2):e212-e219. Gu D, Max WB, Yao T, Wang Y, Keeler C, Sung HY. PMID: 35279644; PMCID: PMC9464793.
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    8. Cost-effectiveness of adding daratumumab or bortezomib to lenalidomide plus dexamethasone for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2021 Dec; 27(12):1691-1702. Narsipur N, Bulla S, Yoo C, Do B, Tran K, Gu D, Zhong L, Wilson L. PMID: 34818089; PMCID: PMC10391124.
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    9. The Association of California's Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax Increase With Smoking Behavior Across Racial and Ethnic Groups and by Income. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 11 05; 23(12):2091-2101. Keeler C, Wang Y, Max W, Yao T, Gu D, Sung HY. PMID: 34137859.
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    10. First-Line Durvalumab in Addition to Etoposide and Platinum for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: A U.S.-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Oncologist. 2021 11; 26(11):e2013-e2020. Lin S, Luo S, Gu D, Li M, Rao X, Wang C, Huang P, Xu X, Weng X. PMID: 34431578; PMCID: PMC8571771.
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    11. Prolonged Opioid Use After Surgery for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Oncologist. 2020 10; 25(10):e1574-e1582. Shen C, Thornton JD, Gu D, Dodge D, Zhou S, He W, Zhao H, Giordano SH. PMID: 32390251; PMCID: PMC7543235.
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    12. Association between depression and healthcare expenditures among elderly cancer patients. BMC Psychiatry. 2020 03 23; 20(1):131. Gu D, Morgan RO, Li R, Weber ES, Shen C. PMID: 32293366; PMCID: PMC7092441.
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    13. Factors Associated With Hospital Decisions to Purchase Robotic Surgical Systems. MDM Policy Pract. 2020 Jan-Jun; 5(1):2381468320904364. Shen C, Gu D, Klein R, Zhou S, Shih YT, Tracy T, Soybel D, Dillon P. PMID: 32072012; PMCID: PMC6997967.
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    14. Assessing the Importance of Factors Associated with Cost-Related Nonadherence to Medication for Older US Medicare Beneficiaries. Drugs Aging. 2019 12; 36(12):1111-1121. Gu D, Shen C. PMID: 31686403.
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    15. Racial Differences in the Incidence and Survival of Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumors. Pancreas. 2019 Nov/Dec; 48(10):1373-1379. Shen C, Gu D, Zhou S, Xu Y, Sarshekeh AM, Halperin D, Shih YT, Yao JC, Dasari A. PMID: 31688604.
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    16. Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence and Cost-Reduction Strategies Among Elderly Cancer Survivors with Self-Reported Symptoms of Depression. Popul Health Manag. 2020 04; 23(2):132-139. Gu D, Shen C. PMID: 31287770.
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    17. Impact of serious mental illness on the treatment and mortality of older patients with locoregional high-grade (nonmetastatic) prostate cancer: retrospective cohort analysis of 49 985 SEER-Medicare patients diagnosed between 2006 and 2013. Cancer Med. 2019 05; 8(5):2612-2622. Fried DA, Sadeghi-Nejad H, Gu D, Zhou S, He W, Giordano SH, Pentakota SR, Demissie K, Helmer D, Shen C. PMID: 30945473; PMCID: PMC6536920.
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    18. Pre-existing Symptoms and Healthcare Utilization Prior to Diagnosis of Neuroendocrine Tumors: A SEER-Medicare Database Study. Sci Rep. 2018 11 15; 8(1):16863. Shen C, Dasari A, Xu Y, Zhou S, Gu D, Chu Y, Halperin DM, Shih YT, Yao JC. PMID: 30442902; PMCID: PMC6238007.
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    19. Costs of Cancer Care for Elderly Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors. Pharmacoeconomics. 2018 08; 36(8):1005-1013. Shen C, Dasari A, Gu D, Chu Y, Zhou S, Xu Y, Halperin D, Fu S, Yao JC, Shih YT. PMID: 29682693.
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