Sze-chuan Suen, PhD

Sze-chuan Suen joined the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California as an assistant professor in 2016 and is a fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center.

Suen received her PhD in the management science and engineering from Stanford University in 2016. Her research interests include using applied mathematical models to identify epidemiological trends and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of health policies to support informed decision-making. Her research draws from techniques in simulation, dynamic systems modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis and decision analysis. Her previous work focused on the control of tuberculosis in resource-constrained settings, with emphasis on policies to address drug-resistance.

Recent Work

Are Unequal Policies in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Needed to Improve Equality? An Examination Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles County

USC researchers examine tradeoffs between effectiveness and equality of PrEP.

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Early Transplantation Maximizes Survival in Severe Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure: Results of a Markov Decision Process Model

The researchers create a Markov decision process model to maximize overall survival among patients listed for liver transplantation with grade three acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF-3) within the first 7 days of listing

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Optimizing Diabetes Screening Frequencies for At-Risk Groups

There is strong evidence that diabetes is underdiagnosed in the US: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that approximately 25% of diabetic patients are unaware of their condition.

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Allocating Outreach Resources for Disease Control in a Dynamic Population with Information Spread

Infected individuals must be aware of disease symptoms to seek care, so outreach and education programs are critical to disease control.

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Recent Work

Are Unequal Policies in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Needed to Improve Equality? An Examination Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles County

Early Transplantation Maximizes Survival in Severe Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure: Results of a Markov Decision Process Model

Optimizing Diabetes Screening Frequencies for At-Risk Groups

Allocating Outreach Resources for Disease Control in a Dynamic Population with Information Spread