Ryan Suk, PhD, MS

Biography

Ryan Suk, PhD, MS, is an assistant professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing (view profile) and the Department of Health Policy and Management at Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University (view profile). A health economist by training, Dr. Suk's primary focus is on addressing limited resources and health inequity. Dr. Suk is a faculty consultant for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) at the Winship Center for Cancer Health Equity Research and a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Education

Dr. Suk received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration (BBA) from Korea University (Seoul, South Korea), an MS in Economics from the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) and after completing her PhD coursework at the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida), a PhD in Health Economics from The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Houston. Before joining Emory, she was an assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy (2023) and at UTHealth School of Public Health (2021-2023).

Titles & Roles

• Assistant Professor

  Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University
• Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management

  Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Research

Dr. Suk's research focuses on HPV-associated cancer prevention and control, and she is dedicated to tailoring efforts to reach everyone. She is especially interested in integrating economic evaluation, community engagement and AI-driven approaches to optimize resources and their allocation by developing and implementing various decision support or navigation tools to enhance HPV-associated cancer prevention and control. Dr. Suk is also deeply committed to understanding public discourse to better "validate concerns without validating misinformation" surrounding HPV-associated cancer prevention with empathy and clarity. Her research has been published in JAMA Health Forum, JAMA Network Open, JAMA Pediatrics, JNCI, Journal of General Internal Medicine and more.

Publications