Sue-Min Lai, PhD, MS, MBA

Professor, Preventive Medicine & Public Health
Director, Kansas Cancer Registry

The Kansas Cancer Registry has been repeatedly awarded the Gold Standard Award by NAACCR for case completeness, timeliness and data quality, and is considered a leader among all state cancer registries. And who’s at the helm? Sue-Min Lai, a leading chronic disease epidemiologist, established the registry in 1994. A national leader in the fields of cancer, heart disease, stroke and spine deformities, Sue is sought out as an expert witness locally, regionally and nationally. She has even testified before the U.S. Senate Select Panel on cancer clusters, one of six experts selected. Her track record in securing federal and non-federal grant funding in cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and publishing peer-reviewed articles is astonishing. Sue enjoys mentoring and teaching in both the MS and the MPH programs. She serves on the Editorial Board of Neuroepidemiology and is a charter member of the NIH Cardiovascular and Sleep Epidemiology Study Section.

BA	Economics	National Chengchi University, Taiwan
MBA	Accounting	Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
MS	Statistics	Temple University, Pennsylvania
PhD	Epidemiology	University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania