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Sugy Choi
Sugy Choi, PhD
NYU Langone Health - Assistant Professor, Health Evaluation and Analytics Lab, Department of Population Health
Email: sugy.choi@nyulangone.org
Education
PhD, Health Services Research, Boston University School of Public Health
MS, Global Health; Health Policy and Financing, Georgetown University
BSFS, International Affairs; Culture and Politics, Georgetown University
Research Interests
Medicaid, substance use disorder, gender disparities, racial-ethnic disparities, health services research, longitudinal data analysis, implementation science, program evaluation, mixed-methods research
BIO
Sugy Choi is Assistant Professor of Population Health at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Her current work focuses on the intersections of health care delivery reform for patients with substance use disorder (SUD), Medicaid policy, safety net providers, quality of care, and health disparities. Her prior research includes evaluating state-level policies and treatment programs and addressing socioeconomic determinants across multiple settings at domestic and international levels.
Projects
Principal Investigator, Exploring Coordination of Care and Interorganizational Relationships to Improve Women’s Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Criminal Justice, Child Protective Services, and Treatment Organization Perspectives. Active
Principal Investigator, Improving Quality of Asian American Subgroup Race-Ethnicity Data with a Focus on Patients with Substance Use Disorder. Completed
Publications

Recent

Altaf S, Lee J, Choi S, Park S (2026).
Drug policy and culture: A cross-national comparative study using Hofstede’s index
International Journal of Drug Policy, 148, 105132. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105132.

Choi S, Ponce NA, Galea S (2026).
Advancing the science and scholarship of health equity
JAMA Health Forum, 7 (1), e256576. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.6576.

Ezell JM, Choi S, Morales S, Bolinski R, Pho M (2026).
The experiences and attitudes of rural Black people who use drugs
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities [Epub 2026 Jan 5]. doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02798-8.

Choi S, Knopf E, Kim E, Neighbors CJ, Berry CA, Hade E, Trinh-Shevrin C, Terplan M, Seligman NS, Garry DJ, McNeely J (2025).
A multi-level explanatory-sequential mixed-methods study of perinatal toxicology practices in New York State: Protocol
PLoS One, 20 (12), e0339284. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0339284. PMCID: PMC12755800.

Choi S, Aleksanyan J, Knopf E, Hwee T, Habersham L, West BS (2025).
Impact of policies on pregnant individuals using drugs: A narrative synthesis review of treatment, health care access, and outcomes
Stigma and Health [Epub 2025 Dec 11]. doi: 10.1037/sah0000675.


Notable

Choi S, Healy S, Shapoval L, Forthal S, Neighbors CJ (2021).
Hepatitis C virus screening among Medicaid-insured individuals with opioid use disorder across substance use disorder treatment settings
Substance Use and Misuse, 56 (2), 258-263. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1858106. PMCID: PMC8262086.

Choi S, Yerneni R, Healy S, Goyal M, Neighbors CJ (2020).
Predictors of medication utilization for opioid use disorder among Medicaid-insured HIV patients in New York
American Journal on Addictions, 29 (2), 151-154. doi: 10.1111/ajad.12998. PMCID: PMC7035191.

Choi S, Biello KB, Bazzi AR, Drainoni ML (2019).
Age differences in emergency department utilization and repeat visits among patients with opioid use disorder at an urban safety-net hospital: A focus on young adults
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 200, 14-18. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.02.030. PMCID: PMC6588461.

Dr. Choi's ResearchGate Profile
Selected Press