GHECon affiliate profile HY Sung, July 29, 2013
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Hai-Yen Sung, PhD
Institute for Health & Aging, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Center for
Tobacco Control Research and Education, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Dr. Sung's research interests include the cost of cancer and other illnesses, economic
burden of smoking, evaluation of tobacco control policies, analysis of healthcare
utilization and expenditures, and cancer screening and outcomes. She has studied the
cost of smoking in California, the US, India, China, Indonesia, and Taiwan. Her current
research includes health and economic impact of secondhand smoke exposure, smoking
behavior and smoking-attributable healthcare costs among people with mental illness,
economic impact of tobacco taxes among California African Americans, and economic
impact of new and emerging tobacco products.
 Quantify the economic burden of tobacco use and make the information accessible
to policymakers and tobacco control advocates
 Evaluate the economic impact of tobacco control policies
 The Cost of Smoking for California's 58 Counties – Developing estimates of the cost
of smoking for each of California's 58 counties, including costs of both active smoking
and secondhand smoke exposure. (California Tobacco-Related Disease Research
Program, Max PI, 2011-2014)
 Economic Impact of Tobacco Taxes in African American Community – Evaluating the
impact of tobacco tax increases on cigarette smoking behavior and quitting behavior
for African Americans, and assessing whether tobacco tax increases are regressive to
the African American community. (California Tobacco-Related Disease Research
Program, Sung PI, 2013-2016)
 Health and Economic Toll of Tobacco on CA's LGBT Community – Assessing the
health, healthcare utilization, and economic impacts of smoking in the California
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population in California. (California
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, Max PI, 2013-2016)
 Economic Burden of Secondhand Smoke – Quantifying the economic burden of
exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) among U.S. adults and children in terms of
healthcare costs and lost productivity from lost time and premature mortality. (Flight
Attendants Medical Research Institute, Max PI on economics study, Benowitz PI,
2007-2012)
 Economic Impact of Smoking for Persons with Mental Disorders – Examining
smoking behavior and estimating the economic burden of smoking among California
adults with mental disorders. (California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program,
Sung PI, 2009-2011)
 Economists & modelers: Wendy Max (UCSF), Teh-wei Hu (UC Berkeley), James
Lightwood (UCSF), Stanton Glantz (UCSF), Courtney Keeler (USF), Theodore Keeler
(UC Berkeley), Zhengzhong Mao (Sichuan University, China), Triasih Djutaharta
(University of Indonesia)
 Health policy researchers: Ivy Tsai (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan), FongChing Chang (National Taiwan Normal University)
 Physicians & medical professionals: Michael Ong (UCLA), Valerie Yerger (UCSF)
 Psychologists: Jodi Prochaska (Stanford), Shu-Hong Zhu (UCSD)
 John RM, Sung HY, Max W, Ross H. Counting 15 Million More Poor in India, Thanks to
Tobacco. Tobacco Control, 2011; 20: 349-352.
 Sung HY, Prochaska JJ, Ong M, Shi Y, Max W. Cigarette Smoking and Serious
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Psychological Distress: A Population-Based Study of California Adults. Nicotine &
Tobacco Research, 2011; 13(12): 1183–1192.
 Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Max W. Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home in
Rural China. Cancer Causes and Control. Cancer Causes Control, 2012; 23:109–115.
 Max W, Sung HY, Shi Y. Deaths from secondhand smoke exposure in the United
States: Economic implications. American Journal of Public Health. 2012; 102(11):
2173-2180.
 Max W, Sung HY, Lightwood J. The Impact of Changes in Tobacco Control Funding on
Healthcare Expenditures in California, 2012 – 2016. Tobacco Control, 2013;
22(e1):e10-5.
Mentoring
Quantitative methods, econometric modeling, cost analysis, healthcare expenditure
models, policy analysis
Economics of smoking, tobacco use, and secondhand smoke exposure; cost of cancer
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