Tan Lab
Welcome to the Tan Lab, a proud part of the Cancer Research Center for Health Equity (CRCHE) at Cedars-Sinai. The Tan Lab is dedicated to eliminating health disparities among sexual and gender minority people of color and other stigmatized communities. Across conditions as varied as HIV, cancer and substance use, we've found that structural inequities and social stigma drive worse health outcomes for communities already impacted by marginalization. Our research responds to this problem by developing and testing community-informed interventions that leverage technology to strengthen relationships and care engagement, counter isolation and shame, and center the populations we intend to serve through each stage of intervention design.
Personal Statement
I earned my doctorate in social psychology from the University of Connecticut. I started my career working with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, eventually becoming an assistant professor in the Division of Prevention Science at UCSF. I have continued my work as an associate professor and research scientist at Cedars-Sinai, where I focus on behavioral interventions rooted in social and health psychological theory, quantitative research methods and intervention development. My research aims to develop novel interventions to reduce health disparities, particularly those among sexual and gender minority people of color.
Judy Tan, PhD
Breakthrough Research
The Tan Lab pioneered a new approach to smoking cessation interventions specifically for gender-minoritized people of color, in addition to the development of dyadic, group and mobile app HIV interventions for Black men who have sex with men.
Publications
Interested in our work? Take a look at the Tan Lab's published research articles.
Laboratory Team
Our team of passionate researchers focuses on understanding and addressing health disparities.
Collaborations
The Tan Lab's research is informed by academic collaborators and strengthened through longstanding partnerships with community organizations, nonprofits and advocacy groups.