I am a social and behavioral scientist trained at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. My research has focused on liver cancer and HBV infection among Asian Americans, minority mental health, suicidal behavior, substance use, criminal behavior, and cancer control behaviors of underserved minority populations including Korean Americans, Asian Indians, and African Americans.

Social and Behavioral Sciences; liver cancer; HBV infection; cancer control behavior; substance use; criminal behavior; minority mental health; cigarette smoking; suicidal behavior; Korean American; Asian Indian American; Chinese American; Vietnamese American

Delta Omega Honor Society, 2003 NIMH National Research Service Award, 1985 - 1990. Professional Nurse Traineeship Grant, 1986, 1989, 1990.

Associate Editor, Cancer Cause and Control, 2009 -

Bowie J, Juon HS, Lebrun LA, Dubay L, Curbow B, Thrope R, LaVist TA. (2009). Cancer prevention behaviors in low-income urban whites: An understudied problem. Journal of Urban Health

Ensminger ME, Smith KC, Juon HS, Pearson JL, Robertson JA. (2009). Women, Smoking, and Social Disadvantage over the life Course: A Longitudinal Study of African American Women, Drug Abuse and Dependence.

Ensminger ME, Juon HS, Lee R, Lo S. (2009). Social connection among inner city African Americans: A life course perspectives.

Fothergill K. Ensminger ME, Green K, Thorpe R, Roberson J, Kasper J, Juon HS. (2009). Living arrangements during childrearing years and later health of African American mothers. Journal of Marriage and Family.

Lee S, Martinez G, Ma GX, Hsu CE, Robinson S, Bawa J, Juon HS. (2009). Barriers to Health Care Access in 13 Asian American Communities. American Journal of Health Behavior.

Ta VM, Juon HS, Gielen A, Steinwachs D, McFarlane E, Duggan A. (2008). A longitudinal analysis of depressive symptoms among Asian and Pacific Islander mothers at-risk for child maltreatment. Community Mental Health Journal.

Lee S, Juon HS, Martinez G, Hsu CE, Robinson ES, Bawa J, Ma G. (2008). Model minority at risk: expressed needs of mental health by Asian American young adults. Journal of Community Health

Fothergill KE, Ensminger ME, Robertson JA, Juon HS, Green KM. (2008). Pathways to Adult Marijuana and Cocaine Use: A Prospective Study of African Americans from Age 6 to 42. Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Kasper J, Ensminger ME, Green KM, Fothergill KE, Juon HS, Robertson J, Thorpe RJ. (2008). Effects of poverty and family stress over three decades on functional status of older African American women. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 63B, S201-S210.

Ahn MK, Juon HS, Gittelsohn J. (2008). Association of Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Acculturation, and Environmental Factors with At Risk of Overweight among Adolescents in California. Preventing Chronic Disease.

Klassen AC, Smith KC, Shariff-Marco S, Juon HS. (2008). A healthy mistrust: how worldview relates to attitudes about breast cancer screening in a cross-sectional survey of low-income women. International Journal for Equity in Health, 7:5.

Juon HS, Choi S, Klassen AC, Roter DL. (2006). The impact of a breast cancer screening intervention with Korean American women in Maryland. Cancer Detection & Prevention.

Juon HS, Doherty EE, Ensminger ME. (2006). Childhood Behavior and Adult Criminality: Cluster Analysis in Prospective Study of African Americans. Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

Cho J, Juon HS. (2006). Assessing Overweight and Obesity Risk Among Korean Americans in California Using World Health Organization Body Mass Index Criteria for Asians. Preventing Chronic Disease, 3(3), 1-11.

Green KM, Ensminger ME, Robertson JA, Juon HS. (2006). Impact of Adult Sons’ Incarceration on Mothers’ Psychological Distress. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 68, 430-441.

Crum RM, Juon HS, Green KM, Fothergill K, Ensminger ME. (2006). Educational Achievement and Early School Behavior as Predictors of Alcohol Use Disorders: 35-year Follow-up of the Woodlawn Study. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67, 75-85.