Sue M. Lai, Ph.D., M.S., MBA
Professional Background
Dr. Lai is a Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Population Health and has a secondary Professor appointment with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Lai is Director of the Kansas Statewide Cancer Registry. She is the principal investigator (PI) for the Kansas Cancer Registry grant as well as the PI for the Kansas Statewide breast cancer screening grant.
Dr. Lai received her PhD degree in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She also completed a Master of Science in statistics from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Her research interests include development of outcome assessment tools, clinical epidemiology in stroke, stroke rehabilitation, cardiovascular diseases, orthopedics, cancer, and health services research.
Dr. Lai has received grants from CDC, NIH, NCI, VA, ACS and AHA where she has been PI or Co-PI since 1994.
Dr. Lai is a member of many national and international cancer and neuroepidemiology committees. She is on the CDC NPCR Advisory Board for issues related to cancer surveillance in the US.
- BA, Economics, National Cheng Chi University, Taipei, Taiwan
- MBA, Accounting, Miami University, Oxford, OH
- MS, Statistics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- American Association for Cancer Research, Member, 2008 - Present
- CDC, Scientific Advisory group for Publication of the United States Cancer Statistics , Member, 2001 - Present
- American Academy of Neurology, Member, 1999 - Present
- American Cancer Society and American College of Surgeons, Joint Committee of Cancer Control for Four States including Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, Member, 1996 - Present
- American Heart Association Stroke Council, Member, 1996 - Present
- International Association of Cancer Registries, Member, 1994 - Present
- World Federation of Neurology, Research Group on Neuroepidemiology, Member, 1993 - Present
