Ha Nguyen, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Interests
Dr. Nguyen is a social scientist with a wide range of interests in the area of health disparities and gerontology. She has investigated the effects of physical health on cognitive performance and overall quality of life, depressive symptoms and increased risk of mortality, and psychometric properties of questionnaires used in minority groups. More recently, her work has begun to focus on functional competency and well-being among older Hispanic Americans and the elderly in Vietnam.
Education
| 1994 |
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
B.A. Degree, Psychology |
| 1997 |
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
M.S. Degree, Human Development and Family Studies |
| 2000 |
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Ph.D. Degree, Human Development and Family Studies |
| 2006 |
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD
M.P.H Degree, Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
Academic Career
| 2000 – 2002 |
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Texas Medical Branch
Sealy Center on Aging
Galveston, TX |
2002 – 2007
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Intramural Research Fellow
Cognition Section, Laboratory of Personality & Cognition
National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging |
2007 – present
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Assistant Professor
Dept. of Family & Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC |
Selected Publications
Arcury T, Grzywacz J, Neiberg R, Lang W, Nguyen H, Altizer K, Stoller E, Bell R, & Quandt S. Daily use of complementary and other therapies for symptoms among older adults: Study design and illustrative results. Journal of Aging and Health. 2011; 23(1):52-69.
Nguyen H, Markides K, & Winkleby M. Physician advice on exercise and diet in a U.S. sample of obese Mexican American adults. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2011; 25:402-409.
Nguyen H, Grzywacz J, Lang W, Walkup M, & Arcury T. Longitudinal analysis of the effects of complementary therapy on health in a national US sample of older adults. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Therapy. 2010; 16(7):701-706.
Nguyen H, Grzywacz J, Arcury T, Chapman C, Kirk J, Ip E, Bell R, & Quandt S. Linking glycemic control and executive function in rural older adults with diabetes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2010; 58:1123-1127.
Nguyen H, Evans M, & Zonderman A. Influence of medical conditions on executive and memory functions in low socioeconomic status African Americans. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2007; 22(6):689-698.
Nguyen H & Zonderman A. Relationship between age and aspects of depression: consistency and reliability across two longitudinal studies. Psychology and Aging. 2006; 21(1):119-126.
Nguyen H, Kitner-Triola M, Evans M, & Zonderman A. Factorial invariance of the CES-D in low socioeconomic status African Americans compared with a nationally representative sample. Psychiatry Research. 2004; 126(2):177-187.
Nguyen H, Black S, Ray L, & Markides K. Cognitive impairment and mortality in Mexican American elderly people. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2003; 51(2):178-183.