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Trang
Q.
Nguyen
,
PhD

Assistant Scientist
Trang Nguyen

Departmental Affiliations

Primary

Trang Quynh Nguyen, PhD '14, MHS '14, MS, uses causal inference methods to contribute to sound and effective research on physical and mental health and social justice.

Contact Info

518 3rd Street NE
Washington
District of Columbia
20002
US        
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2021
MHS
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2014
MS
Harvard School of Public Health
2001
BA
Ha Noi Foreign Trade University
1995
Overview
Methodological research interest: biostatistics, causal inference, latent variable modeling

Broad application scope with focus on health and social justice: mental health, substance use, HIV, sexual and gender minority health and health disparities
Select Publications
Selected publications
  • Nguyen, T. Q., Webb-Vargas, Y., Koning, I. M., & Stuart, E. A. (2016). Causal Mediation Analysis With a Binary Outcome and Multiple Continuous or Ordinal Mediators: Simulations and Application to an Alcohol Intervention. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 23(3), 368–383. doi:10.1080/10705511.2015.1062730
  • Nguyen, T. Q., Bandeen-Roche, K., German, D., Nguyen, N. T. T., Bass, J. K., & Knowlton, A. R. (2016). Negative Treatment by Family as a Predictor of Depressive Symptoms, Life Satisfaction, Suicidality, and Tobacco/Alcohol Use in Vietnamese Sexual Minority Women. LGBT Health, 00(00), lgbt.2015.0017. doi:10.1089/lgbt.2015.0017
  • Nguyen, T. Q., Poteat, T., Bandeen-roche, K., German, D., Nguyen, Y. H., Vu, L. K.-C., … Knowlton, A. R. (2016). The Internalized Homophobia Scale for Vietnamese sexual minority women: Conceptualization, factor structure, reliability, and associations with hypothesized correlates. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0694-6
  • Nguyen, T. Q., & Blum, R. W. (2014). Homosexuality tolerance among male and female Vietnamese youth: An examination of traditional sexual values, self-esteem and demographic/contextual characteristics. Journal of Adolescent Health, 55(6), 823–829. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.07.11
  • Nguyen, T. Q., Weir, B. W., Des Jarlais, D. C., Pinkerton, S. D., & Holtgrave, D. R. (2014). Syringe exchange in the United States: A national level economic evaluation of hypothetical increases in investment. AIDS and Behavior, 18(11), 2144–55. doi:10.1007/s10461-014-0789-9