Anh P. Nguyen, PhD, is an Independent Investigator at the Institute for Health Research. His research integrates sociology, epidemiology, and health services research to investigate and improve health and health care in vulnerable patient populations, such as socioeconomically disadvantaged, substance use affected, and criminal legal system involved individuals. He also has interests in research methods for causal inference with observational data, risk prediction, and research translation.

Dr. Nguyen completed his doctoral training in Sociology at the University of Michigan, where he also trained in the Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research. He has conducted research on the social and family contexts of overdose risk, mortality consequences of insurance instability, and impacts of social stigma. He has also led efforts to develop, validate, and implement several risk prediction models in clinical care.