Summer Han

Associate Professor (Research) of Neurosurgery, of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

Web page: http://web.stanford.edu/~summerh/

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor (Research), Neurosurgery
Associate Professor (Research), Medicine - Biomedical Informatics Research
Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy), Epidemiology and Population Health
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Honors & Awards

NIH MERIT Award, National Institutes of Health (June 2018)
Stanford Spectrum Pilot Award, Stanford School of Medicine (January 2017)
Research Fellowship, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (August 2012)
Paper Competition Award, Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association (August 2008)
Conference Travel Fund Award, Yale Graduate Student Assembly (June 2008)
Dissertation Fellowship, Yale Graduate School (September 2008)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Reviewer, NIH Study Section: Organization and Delivery of Health Services (ODHS) (2022 - Present)
Program Chair-Elect, Health Policy Statistics Section: American Statistical Association (2021 - Present)
Program Chair, Statistical Consulting Section, American Statistical Association (2018 - 2019)
Associate Editor, Molecular Carcinogenesis (2018 - Present)
Member, Korean International Statistics Society (2017 - Present)
Member, The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) (2017 - Present)
Statistical Editor, The Editorial Board of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2012 - Present)
Member, American Statistical Association (2008 - Present)
Member, American Society of Human Genetics (2008 - Present)
Member, International Genetic Epidemiology Society (2008 - 2013)

Professional Education

PhD, Yale University, Statistics (2009)
M.A., Yale University, Statistics (2004)

Contact

Academic
summer.han@stanford.edu
University - Faculty Department: Adult Neurosurgery Position: Assoc Professor-Research
- (650) 724-5997 (office)

Additional Info

Mail Code: 5377
Other Names:
Seongmin Summer Han

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

My current research focuses on understanding the genetic and environmental etiology of complex disease and developing and evaluating efficient screening strategies based on etiological understanding. The areas of my research interests include statistical genetics, molecular epidemiology, cancer screening, health policy modeling, and risk prediction modeling. I have developed various statistical methods to analyze high-dimensional data to identify genetic and environmental risk factors and their interactions for complex disease.

2023-24 Courses

Independent Studies (5)
- Directed Reading in Epidemiology
  EPI 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  EPI 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  NENS 370 (Aut, Win)
- Out-of-Department Advanced Research Laboratory in Bioengineering
  BIOE 191X (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  EPI 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Stanford Advisees

Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Aparajita Khan
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Chloe Su