Narissa Nonzee, Ph.D.
Duarte Cancer Center
Duarte, CA 91010
2018, Ph.D., Health Policy and Management, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2011, M.A., Public Policy and Administration, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2005, B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology and Spanish, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2019-2020, Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Health Policy and Management, Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity
2021-present, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Equities, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2020-present, Research Scientist, Department of Health Policy and Management, Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
2016, Teaching Assistant, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
2014-2018, Graduate Researcher, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
2013, Clinical Research Associate, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University
2011-2013, Research Project Manager, The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
2006-2010, Project Coordinator, The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University
2017-2020, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Fellowship
2013-2017, NIH/NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Institute Fellowship
2008, Clinical Research Poster Competition 2nd Prize, National Cancer Institute Cancer Health Disparities Summit
2005, High Distinction for Spanish Honors Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2001-2005, Dean’s List, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2001-2005, James Scholar Honors Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2004, Sigma Delta Pi Spanish National Honor Society, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2004, Dean’s Office Asian Pacific American Leadership Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2004, Dean’s Office Best Asian Pacific American Program Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Bastani R, Glenn BA, Singhal R, Crespi C, Nonzee NJ, Tsui J, Chang LC, Herrmann AK, Taylor VM. Increasing HPV Vaccination among Low-income, Ethnic Minority Adolescents: Effects of a Multicomponent System Intervention through a County Health Department Hotline. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Oct 14;cebp.1578.2020. PMID: 34649960. PMCID – In process
- Glenn BA, Nonzee NJ, Tieu L, Pedone B, Cowgill BO, Bastani R. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Decision-Making in the Transition between Adolescence and Adulthood. Vaccine. 2021 Jun 8;39(25):3435-3444. PMID: 33992435. PMCID – In process.
- Glenn BA, Nonzee NJ, Hamilton AS, Tieu L, Maxwell AE, Crespi C, Chang LC, Deapen D, Bastani R. Cancer surveillance and preventive services in a diverse sample of breast and colorectal cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2021 Apr;15(2):213-223. PMID: 32794009. PMCID: PMC7882005
- Thiel de Bocanegra H, Navarro S, Nonzee NJ, Vangala S, Zhou X, Chang C, Moscicki AB. Trends in cervical cancer screening in California’s family planning program. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2018 Jul;22(3):171-177. PMCID: PMC6014881
- Thiel de Bocanegra H, Navarro S, Nonzee NJ, Vangala S, Zhou X, Chang C, Moscicki AB. Trends in cervical cancer screening in California’s family planning program. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2018 Jul;22(3):171-177. PMCID: PMC6014881
- Kominski GF, Nonzee NJ, Sorensen A. The Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Access to Insurance and Health Care for Low-income Populations. Annu Rev Public Health. 2017 Mar 20;38:489-505. PMID: 27992730. PMCID: PMC5886019
- Nonzee NJ, Ragas DM, Luu TH, Phisuthikul AM, Tom L, Dong XQ, Simon MA. Delays in cancer care among low-income minority women despite access. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Jun;24(6):506-14. PMCID: PMC4490771
- Simon MA, Tom LS, Nonzee NJ, Murphy KR, Endress R, Dong X, Feinglass J. Evaluating a bilingual patient navigation program for uninsured women with abnormal screening tests for breast and cervical cancer: implications for future navigator research. Am J Public Health. 2015 May;105(5):e87-94. PMCID: PMC4386517
- Simon MA, Nonzee NJ, McKoy JM, Liu D, Luu TH, Byer P, Eklund EA, Richey EA, Wu Z, Dong X, Rademaker AW. Navigating veterans with an abnormal prostate cancer screening test: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 Aug 15;13(1):314. PMCID: PMC3844412 (Contributed equally)
- Nonzee NJ, McKoy JM, Byer P, Luu TH, Liu D, Richey EA, Samaras AT, Panucci G, Dong X, Simon MA. Design of a Prostate Cancer Patient Navigation Intervention for a Veterans Affairs Hospital. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012 Sep 25;12(1):340. PMCID: PMC3517303
- Shankaran V, Luu TH, Nonzee NJ, Richey E, McKoy JM, Graff Zivin J, Ashford A, Lantigua R, Frucht H, Scoppettone M, Bennett CL, Sheinfeld Gorin S. Costs and cost effectiveness of a health care provider-directed intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 10;27(32):5370-5. PMID: 19826133. PMCID: PMC2773222
- Nonzee NJ, Dandade NA, Patel U, Markossian T, Agulnik M, Argiris A, Patel J, Munshi H, Kern R, Calhoun EA, Bennett CL. Evaluating the supportive care costs of severe radiochemotherapy-induced mucositis and esophagitis: Results from a Northwestern University Costs of Cancer Care Program pilot study with head and neck and non-small cell lung cancer patients who received care at a county hospital, a VA hospital, or a comprehensive cancer care center. Cancer. 2008 Sep 15;113(6):1446-52. PMID: 18683883