UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Moon S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D., M.P.H. View profile as PDF

Moon S. Chen, Jr.

Clinical/Research Interests

Title:

Professor in Residence/Professor, Associate Director, Population Research and Cancer Disparities, Cancer Center

Specialty:

Hematology and Oncology, Cancer, Internal Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation:

Address:

Facilities Support Services Building
4800 2nd Ave., Suite 2200
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

916-734-3772

Other Languages:

Cantonese, Chinese, Mandarin

Education:

Texas Woman's University
Denton, Texas
Ph.D. 1979

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
M.P.H. 1974

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
M.S. 1970

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
B.S. 1968

Select Recent Publications:

Aoki CA, Geller A, Chen MS Jr. Melanoma and Primary Hepatocelluar Carcinoma (Chapter 10) in Toward the Elimination of Cancer Disparities. Howard K. Koh, Editor, Springer 2009; pp. 227-56.

Tong EK, Tang H, Tsoh J, Wong C, Chen MS Jr. Smoke-free policies among Asian-American women: Comparisons by education status. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2009 Aug; 37 (2S):S144-S150.

Umutyan A, Paterniti DA, Chiechi C, Turrell C, Morain C, Horan N, Montell L, Gonzalez J, Davis S, Gandara DR, Wun T, Chen MS Jr., Beckett LA, & Primo N. Lara, Jr. Overcoming barriers to cancer clinical trial accrual: Impact of a mass media campaign. Cancer 112: 212-9. 2008

Robbins AS, Daily MF, Aoki CA, Chen MS Jr., Troppmann C, Perez RV. Decreasing disparity in liver transplantation among White and Asian Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma, California, 1988-2005. Cancer 2008; 113 (15 Oct 08): 2173-79.

Chu KC, Chen MS Jr., Dignan M, Taylor E, Partridge E and Community Network Principal Investigators. Parallels between therapeutic drug development and cancer health disparities: Implications for explaining disparities reduction. Cancer 2008 Nov 15; 113(10): 2790-6.

McCracken M, Olsen M, Chen MS Jr., Jemal A, Thun M, Cokkinides V, Deapen D, Ward E. Cancer incidence, mortality and associated risk factors among Asian Americans of Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese ethnicities. CA: A Journal for Clinicians; 2007; 57: 190-205.

Chen MS Jr., Tang H. Review of smoking cessation research among Asian Americans: The state of the research. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2007; 9 (Suppl 3): S485-S493.

Zhu SH, Wong S, Tang H, Shi C-W, Chen MS. High quit ratio among Asian immigrants in California: Implications for population tobacco cessation. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2007; 9 (Suppl 3): S505-S514.

Nguyen TT, Taylor V, Chen MS Jr., Bastani R, Maxwell AE, McPhee SJ. Hepatitis B awareness, knowledge, and screening among Asian Americans. J Cancer Education 2007; 22(4) 266-272.