Curriculum Vitae
Jake Ryann Sumibcay, DrPH, MPH, CHES®
Education
Harvard University
Professional Graduate Certificate in Digital Storytelling, Division of Continuing Education
Claremont Graduate University
Dr.P.H., School of Community and Global Health;
Doctoral Concentration and Minor: Leadership and Management, Health Policy
Claremont Graduate University
M.P.H., School of Community and Global Health;
Concentration: Health Promotion, Education, and Evaluation
Seattle University
B.A., International Studies
Emphasis on Global Health and International Development
Seattle University Commencement, 2013, Key Arena, Seattle WA.
Claremont Graduate University 89th Annual Commencement Ceremony, 2016, Claremont, CA.
Claremont Graduate University 95th Annual Commencement Ceremony, 2022, Claremont, CA.
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health
2024-
Yerby Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management
2022-2024
FXB Health and Human Rights Research Fellow
François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University
2022-2024
Project Coordinator
California State University - Los Angeles, Department of Public Health, Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
2021-2022
Youth Engagement Consultant and Leadership Coach
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL) Statewide Pacific Islander Asian American Resource and Coordinating Center (SPARC)
2017-2020
Graduate Administrative Assistant
Claremont Graduate University, School of Community and Global Health
2016-2022
Public Administration Analyst/Research Assistant
University of California - Los Angeles, Center for Cancer Prevention and Control
2016-2018
Health Promotion Specialist
Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development
2013-2014
Publications
Peer-Reviewed
Sumibcay, J.R.; Kunichoff, D., and Bassett, M.T. (2024). Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality. JAMA Network Open. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.11656
Sumibcay, J.R. (2024). Examining structural racism as the fundamental cause of health inequities among the Indigenous Māori, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Island peoples in the U.S. and Aotearoa New Zealand: Perspectives from key informant community leaders. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 5, 100379. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100379
Do, E., Aarvig, K., Muller-Tabanera, H., Mills, S., Sumibcay, J.R., Koh, H., & Vallone, D. (2023). E-cigarette Use among Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youth in the Contiguous United States: Insights from the Monitoring the Future Study (2018-2019). Preventive Medicine Reports, 35, 102376. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102376
Lee, M.; Sumibcay, J.R.C.; Cory, H.; Duarte, C. and Planey, A.M. Extending critical race, racialization, and racism literatures to the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of data equity policies and data (dis)aggregation practices in health research. (2023). Health Serv Res. 1- 6. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.14167
Sabado-Liwag, M.; Manalo-Pedro, E.; Taggueg Jr. R.; Bacong, A.M.; Adia, A.; Deminarig, D.; Sumibcay, J.R.; Valdermara-Wallace, C., Oronce, C.I.A.; Bonus, R.; and Ponce, N. (2022). Addressing The Interlocking Impact of Colonialism And Racism on Filipinx/a/o American Health Inequities. Health Affairs, 41(2), DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01418.
Makinde, O., Little, T., Enad, R., Hayes, T., Kercy, M., Sumibcay, J. R., & Desgouttes, M. (2016).The Real World: Six Strangers Connecting AJPH to the Next Generation. American Journal of Public Health, 106(9), 1526-1526
Non-Peer Reviewed
Sumibcay, J.R. (2020). Commentary: Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders at-Risk of Being Unseen. AsAm News, asamnews.com/2020/02/03/inequalities-faced-by-native-hawaiians-masked-by-undercount-and-lack-of-disaggreated-data/.
Research
Project Coordinator (PI: Dr. Melanie Sabado-Liwag), California State University - Los Angeles, Department of Public Health, Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services, 2021-Present
Public Administration Analyst/Research Assistant (PI: Dr. Burton Cowgill),
UCLA, Fielding School of Public Health, 2016-2018
Health Promotion Specialist/Graduate Research Assistant (PI: Dr. Jason Mendoza), Seattle Children’s Research Institute and University of Washington, 2013-2016
Teaching
Instructor, PH 677: Managing Global Health Service Delivery; Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Fall 2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CGH 418: Health Equity in Research and Practice; School of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University. Professor: Paula H. Palmer, Spring 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CGH 418: Health Equity in Research and Practice; School of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University. Professor: Paula H. Palmer, Spring 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CGH 310: Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach; School of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University. Professor: Paula H. Palmer, Summer 2021
Graduate Assistant, CGH 306: Supervised Field Training in Public Health; School of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University. Professor: Darleen Peterson, 2020-2022
Presentations
Sumibcay, J.R. “Examining Structural Racism as the Fundamental Cause of Health Inequities among Pacific Island peoples in the U.S. and Aotearoa New Zealand: Perspectives from Key Informant Community Leaders.” Poster Presentation, 151st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo – Emerging Scholars Plus Program, Atlanta, GA.
Kwan, P., Rodriguez, M., Esmundo, S., Zamora, M., Martorell, C., Maniquis, K., Foo, M.A., Sngiem, S., Chu, R. Romero, B., Atienza, D.D., Matsue, N., De Jesus, N., Kwan, N., Sumibcay, J.R., Sabado-Liwag, M.D. “Social and economic impacts of COVID-19 on Southeast Asian Americans: Preliminary results of the RADx Community-based Study.” Oral Presentation, 151st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, Atlanta, GA
Do, E., Aarvig, K., Muller-Tabanera, H., Mills, S., Sumibcay, J.R., Koh, H., & Vallone, D. “E-cigarette Use among Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youth: Insights from the Monitoring the Future Study (2018-2019)” Poster Presentation, Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 2023 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Zamora, M., Sumibcay, J.R., Esmundo, S. & Sabado-Liwag, M.D. “Racism & Mental Health: Chronicles from The FILLED (FILipino Lived Experiences During COVID-19) Project.” Oral Presentation, 2022 Asian American Research Center on Health (ARCH) Symposium, Hayward, CA.
Sabado-Liwag, M.D., Sumibcay, J.R., Zamora, M., Esmundo, S., Balingit, R., Escobedo, L., Javier, J. & Demanarig, D. “Racism and mental health: chronicles from the FILLED (FILipino Lived Experiences During COVID-19) Project” Oral Presentation, 150th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, Boston, MA.
Hemingway, B., Low, S., Mills, A., Fortinis, B., Quinn, E., Cadiz, C., Sumibcay, J.R., & Palmer, P. “Piloting a new approach to Interprofessional Education (IPE): Students from Public Health, Pharmacy and Genetics Collaborate to Address Current Ethical Challenges in Health.” Oral Presentation, 147th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Subica, A., Sumibcay, J.R., Razo, M., He, Z., Aitaoto, N., & Link, B. “Examining mental illness stigma in Pacific Islander communities.” Oral Presentation, 147th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Blanks Jones, J., Gutiérrez, M., Sumibcay, J.R., Keaulana (Scott), S. “Research to Health Communities (Re)Access Power: A Discussion of Community-Based Participatory Research Practices.” Panel Presentation, 2019 IAPHS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Sabado-Liwag, M.D. and Sumibcay, J.R. “Perceived credibility and qualifications of the Food and Drug Administration,” 5th Annual National Cancer Institute HINTS Data Users Conference, Bethesda, MD.
Bacong, A., Manalo-Pedro, E., Natividad, R., Sumibcay, J.R., and Tuason-Kelly, H. “Connecting Kapwa with Public Health for Community Well-Being” 2019 Filipino Mental Health and Wellbeing Summit, Los Angeles, CA
Cowgill, B.O., Sumibcay, J.R., Richardson, J. and Berman, B. “Perceptions and use of e-cigarettes among an ethnically diverse population of high school students – passing fad or here to stay?” Poster Presentation, 146th Annual American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
Cowgill, B.O., Richardson, J., Sumibcay, J.R., Chang, L.C., and Berman, B. “What drives e-cigarette experimentation and use among students attending a majority-minority high school?” Poster Presentation, 146th Annual American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
Sumibcay, J.R., “Youth and Young Adult Engagement: Critical Issues in Tobacco and Obesity for AANHPIs,” 2017 APPEAL Making Waves Conference, Emeryville, CA
Invited Talks and Lectures
Keaulana-Scott, S.; Davis, C., Plaisime, M. and Sumibcay, J.R., “Social Movements have revealed institutional racial injustices across the US, including its illegally occupied spaces like Hawai‘i” 2021 Postgraduate Talanoa Presentation, University of Auckland (NZ) Ta Fale Pouāwhina, Virtual.
Sumibcay, J.R., “Cultural Diversity in Tobacco Control and Prevention” Guest Lecture Presentation, California State University, Dominguez Hills HEA 495: Drug Addiction and Health, Virtual.
Sumibcay, J.R., “Advancing Pacific Islander Health Equity” Guest Lecture Presentation, Claremont Graduate University School of Community and Global Health, CGH 418 Health Equity in Research and Practice, Virtual.
Sumibcay, J.R., “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as Sources of Excellence for Our Institution” Student Presenter (SCGH), CGU Faculty Retreat, Virtual.
Sumibcay, J.R., “Cultural Diversity in Tobacco Control and Prevention” Guest Lecture Presentation, Claremont Graduate University School of Community and Global Health, CGH 317 Ethics, Human Rights and Cultural Diversity, Virtual.
Sumibcay, J.R., “A Global Public Health Response to COVID-19” Keynote Presentation, 'Iolani School Model United Nations Conference, World Health Organization Committee, Honolulu, HI.
Sumibcay, J.R., “Making the Most of Leadership Opportunities, Messaging and Policy Visits” Guest Presentation, 2018 APPEAL Young Advocates for Change Leadership Summit, Long Beach, CA.
Sumibcay, J.R., Youth and Young Adult Engagement: Critical Issues in Tobacco and Obesity for AANHPIs Presenter and Panelist, APPEAL Making Waves Conference, Emeryville, CA.
