Janet Chu, MD, MPH, MAS
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Janet Chu is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine, where she works as a primary care physician and health services researcher. Her research focuses on using implementation science to understand and address the impact of multilevel social determinants of health and advance opportunity for all.

Education & Training

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• MAS University of California, San Francsico 2021
• Internship and Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2019
• MD University of California, San Francisco 2016
• MPH University of California, Berkeley 2015
• BA Human Biology Stanford University 2010

Publications (26)

Top publication keywords:
HypophysitisPatient NavigationCommunication BarriersCancer SurvivorsAnemia, Hemolytic, AutoimmuneLanguagePatient PortalsMultilingualismHealth LiteracyNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseGranulomatosis with PolyangiitisHepatitis BSocial EnvironmentInformation Seeking BehaviorEnd Stage Liver Disease

• Developing and Testing an Online Portal for Virtual Navigation for Asian American Patients With Cancer: Pilot Feasibility Study.
  JMIR cancer 2025 Chu JN, Oh D, Allen L, Tsoh JY, Wang K, Kuo MC, Wong C, Bui H, Chen J, Hwang A, Ma C, Truong A, Li FM, Nguyen TT, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S
• Abrupt decrease in haemoglobin A1C as the first hint of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia.
  BMJ case reports 2025 Boctor D, Heskel M, Leavitt AD, Chu JN
• Disparities in Cancer Stage Shifts Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic in California, 2020 to 2021.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2025 Wang K, Canchola AJ, McKinley M, Guan A, Vu A, Lin K, Meltzer D, Dixit N, Chu JN, Idossa D, Van Blarigan EL, Cheng I, Shariff-Marco S, Gomez SL
• Patient COUNTS: A pilot navigation program for Asian American cancer patients.
  Asian American journal of psychology 2024 Chu JN, Tsoh JY, Shariff-Marco S, Allen L, Oh D, Kuo MC, Wong C, Bui H, Chen J, Truong A, Wang K, Hwang A, Li FM, Ma C, Gomez SL, Nguyen TT
• Association between language discordance and unplanned hospital readmissions or emergency department revisits: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  BMJ quality & safety 2024 Chu JN, Wong J, Bardach NS, Allen IE, Barr-Walker J, Sierra M, Sarkar U, Khoong EC

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• Correlates of supportive care needs among Asian Americans with colorectal, liver, or lung cancer from a web-based patient navigation portal intervention: The Patient COUNTS study.
  Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) 2024 Wang K, Chu JN, Oh DL, Shariff-Marco S, Allen L, Kuo MC, Wong C, Bui H, Chen J, Li FM, Ma C, Truong A, Gomez SL, Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY
• Underrecognition and Suboptimal Quality of Care for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Cirrhosis in Primary Care Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.
  The American journal of medicine 2023 Chu JN, Goldman ML, Brandman D, Sohn JH, Islam K, Ross LA, Fox RK
• Resmetirom for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
  Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy 2023 Fahim SM, Tice JA, Suh K, Carlson JJ, Richardson M, Chu JN, Herce-Hagiwara B, Agboola F, Rind D, Pearson SD
• The effectiveness and value of gene therapy for hemophilia: A Summary from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review's California Technology Assessment Forum.
  Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy 2023 Tice JA, Walton SM, Sarker J, Moradi A, Chu JN, Herce-Hagiwara B, Fahim SM, Agboola F, Rind D, Pearson SD
• Neighborhood attributes and cardiovascular disease risk in breast cancer survivors: The Pathways Study.
  Cancer 2023 Conroy SM, Von Behren J, Kwan ML, Kushi LH, Kim MO, Iribarren C, Roh JM, Laurent CA, Thomsen C, Chu JN, Greenlee H, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S
• Prospective study of a case-finding algorithm to detect NAFLD with advanced fibrosis in primary care patients.
  Hepatology communications 2023 Fox RK, Chu JN, Goldman ML, Islam KB, Brandman D
• Primary Care Providers and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Needs Assessment Survey.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2022 Islam KB, Brandman D, Chu JN, Goldman ML, Fox RK
• Racial/ethnic differences in fibrosis prevalence and progression in biopsy-proven steatosis: A focus on the Asian American population.
  Hepatology communications 2022 Kim RG, Chu JN, Vittinghoff E, Deng J, Reaso JN, Grenert JP, Khalili M
• Patient-reported supportive care needs among Asian American cancer patients.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2022 Wang K, Ma C, Li FM, Truong A, Shariff-Marco S, Chu JN, Oh DL, Allen L, Kuo MC, Wong C, Bui H, Chen J, Gomez SL, Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY
• Exploring factors associated with hepatitis B screening in a multilingual and diverse population.
  BMC health services research 2022 Chu JN, Nguyen TT, Rivadeneira NA, Hiatt RA, Sarkar U
• Increasing Telehealth Access to Care for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic at an Academic Medical Center: Video Visits for Elders Project (VVEP).
  Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2021 Chu JN, Kaplan C, Lee JS, Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner L
• Asian American/Pacific Islander and Hispanic Ethnic Enclaves, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in California: An Update.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2021 Sangaramoorthy M, Yang J, Guan A, DeRouen MC, Tana MM, Somsouk M, Thompson CA, Gibbons J, Ho C, Chu JN, Cheng I, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S
• Evaluating the Impact of Social and Built Environments on Health-Related Quality of Life among Cancer Survivors.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2021 Chu JN, Canchola AJ, Keegan THM, Nickell A, Oakley-Girvan I, Hamilton AS, Yu RL, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S
• Impact of language preference and health literacy on health information-seeking experiences among a low-income, multilingual cohort.
  Patient education and counseling 2021 Chu JN, Sarkar U, Rivadeneira NA, Hiatt RA, Khoong EC
• Death Toll of COVID-19 on Asian Americans: Disparities Revealed.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Yan BW, Hwang AL, Ng F, Chu JN, Tsoh JY, Nguyen TT
• The Hidden Colors of Coronavirus: the Burden of Attributable COVID-19 Deaths.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Chu JN, Tsoh JY, Ong E, Ponce NA
• Effect of a media intervention on hepatitis B screening among Vietnamese Americans.
  Ethnicity & health 2019 Chu JN, Stewart SL, Gildengorin G, Wong C, Lam H, McPhee SJ, Chen MS, Bastani R, Maxwell AE, Taylor VM, Nguyen TT
• Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presenting as Hypophysitis.
  The American journal of medicine 2018 Chu JN, Goglin S, Patzek S, Brondfield S
• Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Knowledge Among Vietnamese Americans: A Population-Based Survey.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2017 Chu JN, Le PV, Kennedy CJ, McPhee SJ, Wong C, Stewart SL, Nguyen TT
• The risk of venous thromboembolism with aspirin compared to anticoagulants after hip and knee arthroplasty.
  Thrombosis research 2017 Chu JN, Maselli J, Auerbach AD, Fang MC
• Selective reporting in trials of high risk cardiovascular devices: cross sectional comparison between premarket approval summaries and published reports.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2015 Chang L, Dhruva SS, Chu J, Bero LA, Redberg RF