Anh P. Nguyen, PhD

Investigator

Anh P. Nguyen, PhD, is an Investigator at the Institute for Health Research. His research integrates sociology, epidemiology, and health services research to investigate and improve health and health care in vulnerable patient populations, such as socioeconomically disadvantaged, substance use affected, and criminal legal system involved individuals. He conducts research on the social and family context of health risk, health and mortality consequences of health insurance instability, and barriers to treatment for opioid use disorder. He has also led efforts to develop, validate, and implement risk prediction models in clinical care.

Dr. Nguyen completed his doctoral training in Sociology at the University of Michigan, where he also trained in the Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the IHR. Dr. Nguyen is a former AmeriCorps member and former fellow of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program.

Dr. Nguyen is also an Assistant Professor of Health Systems Science at the Bernard J. Tyson Permanente School of Medicine and a member of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence.

Selected Research:

  • Health Insurance Instability and Mortality among Patients Receiving Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Linkage of the Prescription Opioid Registry with the National Death Index

    • This multi-site cohort study of patients receiving medication-based treatment for opioid use disorder across four health systems in the Health Systems Node of the Clinical Trials Network seeks to link electronic health records with novel data to examine health insurance instability and its association with all-cause and overdose mortality.

    • Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Clinical Trials Network
    • Study End Date: 02/28/2027

  • Exploring the Scope of Youth in Opioid-Affected Families and the Collateral Consequences of Parental Opioid Use Overdose and Opioid Use Disorder

    • This study leverages family linkages to assess the scope of the opioid epidemic’s research in affecting youth.

    • Funder: STAR
    • Award End Date: 12/31/2023

  • Exploring Cannabis-Related Outcomes in KPCO Members

    • The study seeks to assess measurement of cannabis use, prevalence of cannabis use disorder and poisoning, and associated mortality risk.

    • Funder: STAR
    • Award End Date: 12/31/2025