Susanne Hempel, PhD
Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences
Health Equity Interests
Conducting systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and evidence maps to synthesize evidence.
Biography
Susanne Hempel is a professor in the department of Population and Public Health Science, USC Keck School of Medicine. She is the director of the Southern California Evidence Review Center (https://sites.usc.edu/socalevidencereview), leading contracts for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Dr. Hempel oversees a large portfolio of evidence synthesis projects and leads large multi-site and multi-discipline projects. Products include systematic reviews, scoping reviews, evidence maps, and stakeholder panels. Dr. Hempel teaches Health Service Delivery in the US and the Capstone Project courses in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program. Dr. Hempel is an adjunct behavioral scientist at RAND and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School (PRGS) teaching Systematic Review Methodology and Applied Psychometrics. Prior, she worked at the Center for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), University of York, UK. Her academic background is personality psychology with a PhD from the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Research Interests
- Health Services
- Health Care Systems
- Implementation Science
- Translational Research
- health
- Research Design and Methods
Publications
Stress Control for Military, Law Enforcement, and First Responders: A Systematic Review.
Rand Health Q. 2022 Jun;9(3):20. doi: . Epub 2022 Jun 30. PubMed PMID: 35837521; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9242555.
Sleep Management in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Systematic Review.
Rand Health Q. 2022 Jun;9(3):14. doi: . Epub 2022 Jun 30. PubMed PMID: 35837535; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9242569.
Methods for Identifying Health Research Gaps, Needs, and Priorities: A Scoping Review.
Rand Health Q. 2022 Jun;9(3):27. doi: . Epub 2022 Jun 30. PubMed PMID: 35837513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9242561.
Frameworks and measures for HIV-related internalized stigma, stigma and discrimination in healthcare and in laws and policies: a systematic review.
J Int AIDS Soc. 2022 Jul;25 Suppl 1:e25915. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25915. PubMed PMID: 35818866; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9274352.
Methods for Identifying Health Research Gaps, Needs, and Priorities: a Scoping Review.
J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Jan;37(1):198-205. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07064-1. Epub 2021 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 34748098; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8738821.
Courses Taught
- Health Service Delivery in the U.S.
- Capstone in Public Health